Sunny AZ Girl Posted February 29, 2012 #1 Share Posted February 29, 2012 In the past we have enjoyed post-cruise tours through the cruise line (Seattle, Ft. Lauderdale) with airport drop off. I do not see anything on Princess' website regarding this kind of tour. I know it is a new port for Princess, so I checked Carnival's website and did not see any excursions listed for Galveston, either. Does anyone know if this type of tour is ever offered? We will be flying out of Hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssb Posted February 29, 2012 #2 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Do it on your own! With a couple of days only There is plenty to do in Galveston/Kemah/Nasa area There are special events in Galveston area almost every weekend See: www.galveston.com (what to do)(calendar of events) your vacation calendar dates Sign up on Galveston.com for email of weekly events see also: www.galvestonhistory.org -------Galveston Historical Foundation !!!!!! www.moodygardens.com ------ just look at site !!!!!! www.thegrand.com – 1894 Grand Opera House !!!!!! Clearlake Nasa Space Center Kemah board walk – www.kemahboardwalk.com Galveston: Beaches Beaches Beaches Old town Galveston *- Strand To Post Office Street NEXT TO PORT TERMINAL(1 block) (lots of shopping, ice cream, old army surplus store, nautical shop, fine restaurants) Restaurants, Antiques, Shops, Bakery and Coffee shop Wineries and wine festivals Restaurants overlooking gulf and on port Two first class convention centers Many live theater venues Many live music venues Free concert nights - old town Galveston *- on strand Free film nights -old town Galveston *- on strand Free band nights-“family/kids” oriented-summer outdoor Tuesdays 24th & Sealy 1894 Grand Opera House * (a must seetour, and/or performances of many types) Chess park Artist festivals Museums Antique stores and art Galleries Horse drawn carriage rides Swimming in Gulf Fine restaurants Night scene Galveston Historical Foundation properties* Many Historical and Victorian homes Galveston has second largest preservation membership in United States Wooden Carved Trees Tour (wonderful) Bishops palace (wonderful) Moody mansion(wonderful) · Ashton villa (wonderful) Moody gardens *(lots and lots and lots to do) (massive, fun and family oriented) Schlitterbahn water park www.schlitterbahn.com/gal Restored tall ship schooner Elisa NEXT TO PORT TERMINALwww.tsm-elissa.org (wonderful) 1900 storm and pirate jean Laffite documentary films at port NEXT TO PORT TERMINAL Pirates Store and program - Old town Strand Maritime museum- NEXT TO PORT TERMINAL www.tsm-elissa.org Airplane museum (Lone Star Flight Museum)- www.lsfm.org/ Railroad museum - NEXT TO PORT TERMINAL http://www.galvestonrrmuseum.com Oil drilling rig museum - NEXT TO PORT TERMINALwww.oceanstaroec.com Sea wolf park – WWII submarine and destroyer - www.cavalla.org Large souvenir shop over gulf water - Murdochs Walks and shelling on the beach Cruise ships (RCCL, Carnival, Princess, Disney) Fishing (piers, wadefishing and charters-offshore & inshore)) Golfing Skateboard park - large Kayaking trails Surfing and children surf camps Kite flying on beach Marine life and children marine care educational camps at Moody Gardens Marine life and children marine camps at Texas AM University - Sea Camp Programs Various Running events with major Triathlon event Sand castle building event Shopping shopping shopping Dolphin watching and port water tours Turtle rescue farm behind San Luis Resort Carved damaged trees tour from storm Free ferry ride and a short cruise to Bolivar Duck tour (amphibious boat) Galveston.com/ interact and discover/cams Many major weekly events and festivals not mentioned as example : Spring Break Events Confederate Reenactment Sanctioned and Fun Runs(some large) Triathlon Events Art Walk (every 5 or so weeks year around) Dickens on Strand (Dec) ----LARGE - http://www.dickensonthestrand.com Lone Star Motorcycle Rally (Nov) ---LARGE - www.lonestarrally.com Mardi Gras Galveston (Feb) ----LARGE - www.mardigrasgalveston.com October Fest Beach Events Beer Fests Wine Events and Fests Greek Fest Epicurean Evening of all restaurants Shrimp Fest Yega’s Wild Game Cook Off large County Fair - LARGE Children’s Fest Feather Fest - Large Old Timey Bathing Beauty Fest And many many more !! Trauma 1 Emergency Hospital on Island – Univ. Texas Medical Branch/Sealy Hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbgd Posted February 29, 2012 #3 Share Posted February 29, 2012 1 of the drawbacks of cruising out of Galveston I think the cruiselines dont do it since the airport is so far away. It takes about an hour to get to HOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted March 1, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Do it on your own! Thank you for the extensive list. I am sure there will be many on these boards who will benefit from it. However, at this point we plan to go right from the ship to the airport. It would be nice to be able to see some of the area along the way. We will not be renting a car or staying overnight post-cruise. However, we are over a year away and we may change our minds down the road. 1 of the drawbacks of cruising out of Galveston I think the cruiselines dont do it since the airport is so far away. It takes about an hour to get to HOU Too bad. I know they run a shuttle. It would be great to see some of the sights along the way. I would book a later flight to accommodate a post-cruise tour if one were available. I don't like worrying my luggage and those tours handle it all for you. Most of the time on a cruise we do private tours, but post-cruise is one of those exceptions, unless we are staying overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbgd Posted March 1, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Too bad. I know they run a shuttle. It would be great to see some of the sights along the way. I would book a later flight to accommodate a post-cruise tour if one were available. I don't like worrying my luggage and those tours handle it all for you. Most of the time on a cruise we do private tours, but post-cruise is one of those exceptions, unless we are staying overnight. I agree,that is what we do the first time we cruise out of a port. I dont know why one of the locals doesnt have a post cruise tour contract with any of the cruislines. They could easily do a drive thru The Strand, along the Seawall and than up Broadway and all those historic houses to the 10 and on to the airport. While Its a great drive to port........ it could be better port if they had one way rentals for people flying in. Something like what Orlando/Port Canaveral does One of the reasons we always chose to cruise out FLL or MIA was lack of transportation between airport and port. Also it expensive to fly to Houston from anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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