Texas Teen

I'm real disappointed with myself for missing Liberty's first arrival. :( I haven't even thought about it recently until someone on another internet forum posted that he was going on a cruise soon.

I haven't seen the webcams with a ship on camera in over a month until today. Apparently I missed Carnival Freedom's arrival yesterday.

Aww, you didn't get a picture of the beach. :( Oh well, have fun!

Still planning to watch Allure depart from the beach today even though the water is too rough to get in.

It is very windy in Fort Lauderdale right now. :eek:

I'm planning to watch Allure depart in person from the beach. :D :)

Flying to Florida next week to see my dad who recently moved to Miami.

Fort Lauderdale is somewhat close to Miami, so I'm hoping to see Oasis or Allure in person next weekend. :)

I saw the three Celebrity billboards near Corsicana when returning from Houston the other day, though they must have changed since pspercy saw them.

The first two billboards were white with blue text and no logo or graphics (I was trying to figure out which cruise line this was), and the third had the Celebrity logo over a white background with no other graphics. I was very surprised!

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you and Lee as well.

Looks like I barely missed Navigator depart today (as I expected unless Nav was late).

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Forgot to specify in my previous post that the Emerald Princess screenshot was from last Sunday as well.

Emerald Princess headed to the Gulf of Mexico from Houston:

A screenshot of Navigator mid-turn last Sunday evening:

Navigator approaching Harbor House Hotel:

The above pictures should link to other screenshots.

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I won't be around to watch the ships depart tomorrow afternoon unless they are late.

I'm holding off on requesting a username change until next week or the week after.

I'm thinking People Are Strange or Dylan Is Strange.

I have outgrown my current username, however. :o

I hope GCG and his family is okay.

2.5 hours late and counting...

Ships rarely leave this late unless there is heavy fog, which is not the case right now.

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EDIT: Forgot to mention that I saw Emerald Princess coming down from Houston on the Emerald Cam several minutes ago.

One of Navigator's lifeboats was in the water until a few minutes ago.

It's not unusual for Navigator to be late for whatever reason.

Navigator has not turned yet, so this afternoon's sailaway should be interesting.

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My dad moved to Miami a few months ago, so I'm hoping to visit him sometime this January. My college has two weeks off after New Years to cram in a winter semester, and airfare to/from Fort Lauderdale is cheap then. Hoping to see ships there as well if I end up going.

Dylan,

 

You've been doing this awhile now. You still a teen?

Sorry for the delayed response. I haven't visited this forum in a while.

I'm 20 and in college, so it's probably time for a username change.

Yes we finally met Dylan

And we have known him since he was 14 years old on Cruise Critic.

Which was When he started the first thread of Galveston Cruise Cam a Group THREAD.

We are all on the second thread because cruise critic had to abort the first

because if the size and number of posts. That's how popular it has been.

 

We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon, dinner,

and evening at Olympia grill with Dylan. It is also fun to watch a departure of a cruise ship with him.

And to do it with Dylan was special. :D

We then took him back to meet with his family

in our convertible and for for a beach ride. It was a wonderful day.

 

We shall look forward to doing it again with him.

And continuing our new friendship with this fine young man.

Have a successful college school year Dylan.

 

Lee and Mary

This is actually the 3rd thread. The first was "archived" after it got too large, and I started this one before the 2nd got too large. :eek:

The ship we watched depart was Triumph. Did y'all end up meeting crazy4themouse?

Saw you were going to Galveston.

 

Rancher Tori kicked off her high school career today and because she was getting ready, including trying to read a book she had all Summer before class this morning, we stuck around in Houston. She did enjoy her first day at DeBakey HSHP. Guess tomorrow the full homework load hits.

 

Enjoy college. Soon enough you will be on a cruise for Spring Break with friends from college.

Spring Break? $ $ $ $ $

If my Winter break is the same this year as it was last year, my Winter break is four weeks long instead of two weeks. The Carnival Triumph Dec 15 or Jan 3 sailings (before Christmas or after New Years) are my best hopes for a cruise, though I'm keeping my hopes low. My mom has lost interest in going on a cruise.

I haven't posted any webcam images lately, so here are a few from yesterday:

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Seems like our group hasn't been together at the same time to watch the ships depart on webcam in a real long time. I'm thinking we should agree on a day to come and watch the webcams at the same time.

Would October 12 (no NASCAR race) or November 16 (Championship finale I'm boycotting) work for y'all?

I met Galveston Cruiser (Mary) and SSB (Lee) at Pier 21 yesterday. Very nice people! :) Here are a couple of pics they took of me:

Yes, I cropped the pictures. I figured giving the thumbs up looks awkward when I'm standing at a slight angle to the camera. I look a lot less awkward in these pictures than when I met Rancher Dave a few years ago, though looking at my messed up hair in the first pic is bothering me. I guess it wasn't long enough for my pony tail.

I have no idea why my photo host made the annoying watermark is so huge in the second picture. I will see if I can post a picture of the three of us later...

I'm live from Galveston! :) I must say, I'm very glad the seaweed problem is not as bad now as it was back in May. Seaweed is not washing ashore in giant clusters that cover the surface of the water like it did back in May, and it appears the seawall east of 61st has been cleaned recently.

Mary, if sand dunes were to build up between the water and seawall, where would people go to the beach? There was no sand between the giant mound of seaweed and one foot of seaweed-covered water when I was there last time.

On a different note, I plan on being at Pier 21 tomorrow for Triumph's departure.

A couple of webcam captures from today:

EDIT: Will be in Galveston the week before school resumes. Won't be there on a Sunday, though.

My dad and I have dealt with nasty seaweed before, but never on such a massive scale. On Crystal Beach, the seaweed covered the surface of the water, and there was a FOX affiliate from Beaumont there reporting on it! Fortunately, seaweed didn't cover the surface of the water in Galveston's western beaches, but we still had to walk over it.

I saw two people in orange shirts on deck 9 as Navigator sailed away. However, not surprisingly, my phone camera did a very poor job of picking up the color. Here is a Picture that I cropped to zoom in:

I circled the figures I assume are internetwhiz and whoever she was with (Karen and Bill?).

Didn't know where to look for Mary and Lee.

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On a side note, my dad and I went to Bolivar peninsula and back the next day hoping for a cleaner beach (unlike Sunday when we gave up, the line for the ferry was not crazy long on Monday). Unfortunately, the disgusting seaweed infestation was even worse there, so we waited in line for over an hour to return. I did take some pictures, though:

Here are some pictures that I took last Sunday:

Magic lost her turn. Nav leaving first.

Im at Pier 21 now. :D