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    Galveston in January

    in Gulf Coast Departures

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    10 hours ago, bobswife91 said:

    No one can predict the weather, but what is it generally like in Galveston in January.  Can't decide if we should stay on the island and walk around the sea wall area, or if it will be too cold and should just stay in Texas City.  We have never been to Galveston, usually cruise out of Florida ports.

    Galveston is a tourist destination with over 8 million visitors last year . 

    visitgalveston.com

    galveston.com

    galvestonhistory.org 

    Houston Hobby Hotels

    in Gulf Coast Departures

    Posted

    13 hours ago, George C said:

    We love the doubletree nice bar and restaurant, pretty sure there is a pool , if we stay by hobby this is our hotel. I believe there is a free shuttle from airport.

    If they want cruise line shuttle this is as good as it gets . 

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    Getting around Galveston 1 1/2 days b-4 our Harmony cruise

    in Gulf Coast Departures

    Posted

    On 8/20/2023 at 7:22 PM, Lorey2007 said:

    We will be staying 1 ½ days at the Hilton Galveston Island Resort before our Harmony cruise in April.  Are taxi’s, Uber & Lyft readily available to help us get around to restaurants, downtown some other places that we can’t walk to. Slight mobility issues make it difficult for us to walk more than a couple of blocks.  

    I did look into renting a golf cart for the day but not sure that is a good idea does anyone have any experience with that? Traffic, parking etc?

    I did see there is a bus or trolley that runs the seawall but also not sure if we would want to be standing around waiting for it.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Hotel has had limo bus to transport folks around island . Holiday inn,  San Luis and Hilton are owned by same and participate in the bus.   

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    Cruising out of Galveston

    in Gulf Coast Departures

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    8 minutes ago, Sand and Seas said:

    Galveston is a lovely island.  As soon as we returned from our last Prima cruise, we booked another out of Galveston and will spend two nights there prior to cruise.

     

    If your flight will arrive in Houston early, staying on the island is a wonderful way to start your vacation.  If your flight arrives later in  the day, staying at airport hotel might be a better idea.   We found that the hardest part to figure out was how to get from Houston to Galveston.  If you read about it, you will see mentions of heavy traffic and constant ongoing construction.  The time of day and day of week you arrive will play into the potential of increased travel time to the island.  We booked a private shuttle (again) will Galveston Saltwater Moms.  There are many other shuttle services available too.

     

    For our upcoming 2nd cruise from Galveston, we bypassed a direct flight into IAH that arrived later in the day and chose a connecting flight that arrives earlier in day at the smaller (and closer to island) Hobby airport.  That way, we will get to spend maximum time in Galveston prior to cruise.  It really depends on what type of flights you are looking at.  Travel from IAH will take longer as it is on the far side of the very busy Houston area.    

     

    We found lots of good advice  regarding hotels and shuttles on cruise critics Gulf Coast Departures board:

    https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/316-gulf-coast-departures/

    visitgalveston.com ,    galveston.com   , galvestonhistory.org

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    booking specialty dining on night 1 and night 2 using Diamond Plus discount, how do you do it?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted · Edited by ssb

    13 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

    Do you mean they were full, not that BOGO wasn’t allowed?

    They were claiming full in almost all specialty restaurants until end of week , and BOGOS were not allowed to anyone on this cruise .  Circumstantially too much demand. The BOGO benefit was taken away for this cruise, even though the Presidents Cruise was rewarding loyalty .  RCL sucked some more money out of back pocket  . 

     

     

    booking specialty dining on night 1 and night 2 using Diamond Plus discount, how do you do it?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted · Edited by ssb

    14 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

    Was this officially announced?
     

    If there was room for someone to make a reservation how could they deny the coupon on the setsail pass?

    No not that we were aware of . It was even more a surprise to ones taking our reservations. Communications about anything and everything were not good on this cruise . As were evidenced by boos at Q&A  session with Michael Bailey  in full house theater .  Boos were at public relations officer from Miami not Michael Bailey .

     

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    booking specialty dining on night 1 and night 2 using Diamond Plus discount, how do you do it?

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Just now, molly361 said:

    Not only that but I read of some who had the UDP and ended up cancelling as they couldn't even get ANY reservations at the specialty restaurants

    Yes we were on cruise . Many high ranking C&A's causing the problem. Supply and demand . We were very fortunate and were able to celebrate wife's birthday in 150 first night with friends . . .

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    What to do in Galveston

    in Gulf Coast Departures

    Posted · Edited by ssb

    Visitgalveston.com

    galvestonhistory.org

    galveston.com

    moodygardens.com

    bryanmuseum.com

    pier21.com

    railroadmuseum.com

    elissatallship.com

    pleasurepier.com

    and bunches of more museums and historic houses

    32 miles of beach

    offshore inshore Fishing

     

     

     

     

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