Best cruise ship out of Galveston?

HitchedFeb08

We have never been on a cruise and a friend said it would be the best deal for us since we don't drink. Also, I would like to stay out of Mexico so if you have any recs on places to visit I would appreciate it!

River Pestie

I would say Crown Princess or Mariner of the Seas.

And I would check out this website, they have great deals a lot. I also "liked" them on FB and they post amazing prices, too.

 

Sweet_Thang

Starting in Mid November, the newest of the Carnival Cruise Ships will be sailing out of Galveston, Magic.  I will be cruising on it in October out of Barcelona as will my parents.  But they will be doing the Trans Atlantic crossing from Barcelona back to Galveston.   I believe that the Magic will be doing some Mexico routes, but also some Bahamas/Freeport as well. 

Starryfish

River Pestie:

I would say Crown Princess or Mariner of the Seas.

And I would check out this website, they have great deals a lot. I also "liked" them on FB and they post amazing prices, too.

 

ETA: Princess will not be here basically until 2013

missjake

My parents take 2+ cruises a year and their favorite out of Galveston is Royal Caribbean.

melissa0312

we've only done one and it was a royal caribbean out of galveston to cozumel and costa maya. we're not big drinkers/partiers either and it was perfect for us.

if you don't want to do mexico, you'll need to plan on at least a 5-7 day cruise. it takes a full day "at sea" to get anywhere from galveston, and the caribbean is a farther treck. there are some western caribbean cruises that will go to belize and honduras, but i'm pretty sure there'll be at least 1 mexico stop too.

good luck! sounds like fun!

HitchedFeb08

Thank you all for your recs! This is all pretty confusing especially when you start looking at the rooms and prices but it seems a lot cheaper than the 3K resort we went to last time. And we probably won't be going until February 2013 (our 5 year anniversary) so we have some time to plan everything. And thank you RP, I was actually looking at that same site!

Starryfish

HitchedFeb08:

Thank you all for your recs! This is all pretty confusing especially when you start looking at the rooms and prices but it seems a lot cheaper than the 3K resort we went to last time. And we probably won't be going until February 2013 (our 5 year anniversary) so we have some time to plan everything. And thank you RP, I was actually looking at that same site!

I would highly recommend just getting a cheap inside room. Reason being you are hardly ever in your room when you are awake, so there is no reason to spend double or triple on a balcony.