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Go to Guest Services when it's not crowded and see if you can get a passenger count breakdown for the April 9th sailing.

Same thing happened to me. Contacted GS once onboard, she credited me OBC and we used it elsewhere on the ship. She did say, if there was balance at the end of the cruise, it would either be credited back to my CC or check would be issued by Corp.

Was on it in January and leave again tomorrow. The drink package starts first day when you hit international waters, usually around 7pm.

Following.............................................................we're on it too.

Just off the Ruby in mid-January. Our drink package started about 7pm on sail away day. The next day thing is with CCL out of Texas.

Here's info from Houston Trans Star regarding I45 South Traffic in Galveston County. Be mindful it's a government job so March 31st might not actually mean March 31st. Houston TranStar Road Closure Location IH-45 Northbound and southbound from FM-518 to FM-517 in League City Description Construction Lanes Affected 1 Alternate Lane(s) Duration Closed Daily from Saturday, February 1, 2020 9:00 AM to Friday, March 31, 2023 3:00 PM Live Status Active

We arrive early 11, drop off bags then head over to the strand eat, have a drink, then go park our car at EZ cruise. It's usally around 1:30-2:00 when we catch the shuttle, by that time there is virtually no line. There is a cut-off time to have your luggage handled by porters.

Did you drive or fly in?

Just off on 1-22-23, and they were FIXED in our stateroom, B250. In fact, every Princess ship I've sailed have had FIXED shower heads.

My understanding is NO. What I have done when my parents used to cruise has had them and the luggage wait at the terminal. I would walk or shuttle to the lot, pickup my car, then drive over pick them up.

My CVP told me, find your cruise, place a hold on it, and we iron out the details when she calls me. She calls usually within a day, if not the same day. She gets credit, and we're happy.

Yes, we had a good time with them. We do a lot of trivia and had a good team (4 wins over the week).

Just got off Ruby on Sunday. The captain is a Brit with quite the sense of humor. Michael is still CD, and part of his staff, Tommy & Joey told me they are on until middle of March.

Nope, just off the Ruby, and they were allowing shorts in the MDR on formal night. "and that's about all I have to say about that"

Saltgrass Steak House, it's on the seawall.

That's why we do Galveston so much, don't have to fly.

Hey Doug, PCL switched the 3-19 sailing Costa Maya call to Belize, which I am not a fan of.

Seeing that monkey reminds me of the movie "Outbreak".

But they only charged for 6 days instead of 7, so all was sort of good. We're going on March 19th, when are y'all going?

It is here and waiting, arrived about 6am. Good luck with check-in, and have a wonderful cruise.

The last time I sailed Princess out of Texas was 2016, and I believe the drink package didn't kick in until 6am on the first sea day. Embarkation day, sail away and that night drinks were charged to your portfolio.

Once you sail it a couple of hours and you're in international waters. You can always bring one bottle of wine each and an opener. You can always have a cocktail; however, the choices of liquor might be different than what you are used to. I will say that Texas vodka, bourbon, and wines are really quite good.

As Peyton would say, "You have no idea"

Glad y'all had a good day. I bet you walked through a grassy area on the way to the beach and stirred up the skeeters. Yes, we have them year around down here, not as big as Alaska, but meaner. Enjoy your Saturday. The Ruby is 360 NM SSE of GLS @ 20 KN. She's on track for a pre-dawn arrival tomorrow. You can watch her arrival by going to www.galveston.com, go to webcams, and pick cruise cam, marina cam, or emerald cam. I would do those in reverse order. Judging from the pictures out your room, you might can see her entering the shipping lanes in the morning. You can check marinetraffic.com or vesselfinder.com for her location.

Maybe that's why they are doing seasonal sailing for a couple of years. CCL and RCL hasn't had a problem filling their ships with each now sailing 3 out of the port. You are right about travel from IAH through Houston to get to the island. I always suggest for people to fly into HOU (Hobby). It's on the southside of Houston making it closer to the island. That being said, the Gulf Freeway has been an ongoing project since the late 60's, and we always expect a slowdown somewhere. Luckily for us it's an 1 1/2 hour drive using the backroads.