Damikaan

I paid extra to do the official port covered parking garage. I got put on the third floor with no cover, so it was not worth paying extra for the garage.

Just off the Ruby Princess. We left out of Pier 1 and returned to Pier 2. Both departing and arriving, I left my parents and luggage at the pier and quickly and easily walked to the parking garage. We were the first group off the ship so there wasn't much traffic. So it all worked out really well.

Thanks for the replies! I was hoping to avoid dealing with traffic to get back to the terminal, but I guess that is my only option.

It is the official Port of Galveston covered Parking garage. It is listed on the map above in a Green Rectangle as SMP Garage. Google maps showed it as a .2 mile walk to Cruise terminal 28. I know porters will take luggage to where you meet shuttles, but there is no shuttle for the garage so I wondered if they would take us all the way to the garage.

Ruby Princess. Terminal 2, not Port 2.

We are set to park in the covered parking at the Galveston port. At the time I booked it, my dock was just across the street. Since then, they moved us to the next dock. I have elderly parents with me. Does anyone know if a porter would be willing to take our luggage all the way from port 2 to the covered parking garage? Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I sure hope they still have the hazelnut dessert on the Ruby. I have been craving it for the last 3 years!

It's been a while since I've been on a Princess Cruise. One of my favorite things on Princess was the Normal Love Chocolate Journey desserts. I know they aren't affiliated with Normal Love anymore, and they don't label the desserts as a Chocolate Journey on the current menus. I have seen they still have the hazelnut dessert and the pistachio dome. Does anyone know the names of any others that are still offered? I don't want to miss any on my upcoming cruise on the Ruby. Thanks!

I haven't been on a Princess cruise in many years so I don't know what has changed, but overall it has been my favorite. Lately I have done mainly Carnival cruises because I can drive to the ports and the post covid prices have been amazing. But until 6 or 7 years ago I mainly sailed on Princess (I would have been in my forties at the time.) A few of the things that I love about Princess are on embarkation day you can eat lunch in the dining room which is so much more relaxing than the buffet after a day or two of traveling and the process of getting on board. I find the entertainment to be more varied on Princess than on Carnival. I've seen some great comedians on Princess that are hilarious without being raunchy. They have a lot of fun games scheduled during the daytime such as majority rules, family feud, etc. On some Princess ships, when the horn blows leaving port, they play The Love Boat theme song on the horn. The food in the dining room is excellent on Princess. A few times a week, they have different desserts they call "chocolate journey" which are incredible!!!!! My husband and I also enjoy the Oasis class ships on Royal Caribbean. We didn't care for the food as much, but the shows are unique and entertaining. We saw full Broadway type productions of Cats and Mamma Mia, shows similar to Cirque du Soleil, high dive shows, and ice skating shows. We also loved the Central Park area. The one drawback to the Oasis class ships are that there's not a lot of places overlooking the ocean, it is more inward focused, but I recommend trying it at least once.