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Boarding group A06; arrival time is 10am. We are leaving hotel in a pre-ordered Ubert at 9:30; don’t care if we get there a little “late” since we don’t really want to get in line before it starts moving around 10. 3 Ubers; ours cost $37 (would be $24 today at a non-peak time) but not bad per person,
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Took about 1.45 hours to get to the hotel. Just - 1 of 4 rooms was ready. We piled our luggage ( and my Goddaughter for a nap) into the room, and walked 1/2 mile to Viet Cajun for lunch. Texas is BYOB so a Modelo has been had by some. I ordered the small fried oyster basket with fried rice—some people got the Pho.
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We are in the van on the way to Galveston! Took the train from Terminal A to C to meet up with some of our group. We had time to kill—very few food choices pre-gate at IAH We used Galveston Shuttle. 5 people not 7 —the kids missed their connections so will barely make it to a late dinner. Massive traffic. Welcome to Houston!
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Our airport parking garage was under construction, so we played “airport parking lotto” and drove around endlessly trying to find a spot in long term parking, so we didn’t have to go (far) outside to economy parking in the pouring rain. And we won! Found a spot just as we were about to give up. I did bring the coat, and since I was freezing on the walk to the terminal, a good decision. Also only in the low 60s today in Galveston 😭 was 70s last week. Usually our family member who house sits and stays with the cats drives us, but they couldn’t drive us today. Gosh, we appreciate them! Less than 10 minutes from curb to the gate area. And then our traditional stop at Starbucks, for 2 short extra dry cappuccinos! Let the vacation begin!
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All set for tomorrow! Other than the glares I’m getting from my cats (they hate it when I travel!), everything seems to be in order! Early morning flight, but since there is no connection, I should be on the ground at IAH airport by about 11:30. Very chilly here; in the morning will be upper 30s when we leave the house. I hate taking a coat for the plane prior to a Caribbean cruise…just gets in the way the entire trip. Any suggestions for dinner tomorrow in Galveston? Haven’t made a plan yet. We are staying at the Courtyard Galveston Island and the Town Place Suites right next to it.
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Ive had them (and also Chocolate Martini’s) at the Central Stage Bar on Mardi Gras and Celebration, and also the Venezia Terraza Bar (best ones I’ve had!).
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Yes! She’s back! After my grand adventure to Antarctica on Holland America, I return to Carnival, this time on the brand new Jubilee! I was originally booked on the maiden TransAtlantic voyage of Jubilee that got cancelled; this is the earliest I could re-book after that happened. Along the way, I’ve picked up 8 of my friends and family to cruise along with me. As you might know if you’ve read my prior LIVE! blogs, I don’t generally cruise with such a large group. And we have 5 first time ocean cruisers on this trip! It certainly is a bit like herding cats, but I’m here for it! This is my 9th LIVE! Blog here on Cruise Critic, and I just love taking y’all along with me. Things that make me particularly excited about this cruise: 1. JUBILEE! New ship. YAY! 2. Excel class ship! My favorite (I’ve already sailed on Mardi Gras and Celebration) 3. My Platinum cruise! Yep, I’m just now Platinum, as I sail with many cruise lines. But for Fun in the Sun, Carnival is my favorite. FREE LAUNDRY! 😀 4. Galveston! Last time I sailed out of Galveston, it was the Carnival Breeze in 2016! 5. Big family group! Well, I think this is good. I DO feel a bit responsible for the whole trip. If you plan the entire cruise for your family, do you feel that way? I have a cruising channel on YouTube, Cruising With Dee. You can completely enjoy this LIVE! without visiting my channel, but if you want to visit my channel and/or subscibe, I won’t complain! I write my blog (prose) here with lots of photos, and the videos and live streams go on the Channel. Link to my channel is always in my signature, and I’ll include links for any videos I upload during or right after the trip. This particular cruise is the Western Caribbean Itinerary, so ports are Cozumel, Costa Maya and Roatan. I have done all of these ports multiple times now.; I’m there for the ship, not the ports, but I do have concern that so many huge ships are really over- narrowing the port possibilities. I’m going to just chill at Passion Beach in Cozumel; go see the sloths in Roatan (haven’t done that one yet) and then just explore the port area in Costa Maya. Many on this trip will be diving; I do not dive. Thanks in advance for reading along and joining in! I don’t like my LIVE! blogs to be soliloquies; so please comment, suggest, ask questions! I’ll try my best to answer any questions I can while I’m on the ship. Let’s Cruise!
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