We booked the cruise directly through carnival.com in early November. If you don't remember the screen name I was the person that had a problem with the funpoints through Barclays. They resolved it to my satisfaction by honoring their own calculator after some corporate involvement. Anyway back to the cruise.

Hotel Info: We stayed on the beach in Galveston very late Christmas night at the Holiday Inn. It was okay but I may not go back based on the room. The visible black mold on the air conditioner grille was a turnoff. We had rented a car for the week - if I was more experienced with the port I'd have just done the drop off on island and rented another one. Instead I used Galveston.com to book valet parking for around $50 for the week. It was directly across from the ship and easy. We dropped the car off, walked across the street and into the confusion.

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