2004 July 7 nt. Graduation Cruise to the Western Caribbean with Angie on Carnival Elation: Progresso; Belize; Cozumel
July 4, 2004:
This was another mother/daughter trip. The excuse for this trip was celebration of her graduation from K-state the month before.
We got an early start to the day. Our
flight to Houston left at 6:30 am, so we were at the airport about 5:45.
We arrived in Houston about 8:30 where we retrieved our luggage, then
waited until 10:45 for our shuttle to Port Galveston to catch our cruise
ship, Carnival's Elation. One thing we discovered from this
cruise---when you cruise out of Texas, 90%+ of the passengers are down
home Texans! Lots of ye-haws and cowboy hats! Nothing wrong with that,
just found it interesting and amusing.
I picked this particular cruise for a
couple of reasons. I always heard about the great barrier reef by Belize
and wanted to snorkel there. The other reason was because I found a
travel agent selling that cruise on Ebay for $450@ + $150 onboard
credit.
And that's it for another great mother/daughter trip.
7-4-04 embarkation day---
We got an early start to the day. Our flight to Houston left at 6:30 am,
so we were at the airport about 5:45. We arrived in Houston about 8:30
where we retrieved our luggage, then waited until 10:45 for our shuttle
to Port Galveston to catch our cruise ship, Carnival's Elation.
After waiting through the lines to get through check-in and security, we
finally made it on board and into the great atrium.
First up---our cabin. For a small space, I did like the way the beds were arranged. One day we
didn't even leave the room until about 3pm---stayed in bed and watched
movies on tv all afternoon. One afternoon we did have some maintenance
workers in the room for an hour or so. Apparently a couple cabins down
the hall had lost their electricity and they were going through our
ceiling to fix it.
We were in an inside cabin in the
very front of the ship. We did feel considerable rocking, but since
neither of us had any motion sickness, the rocking was actually rather
soothing.
It was also quite cold in the room and took us awhile to find
the air conditioner controls--which were on the ceiling.
Then we went to explore the ship a bit.
And watch for our luggage to get loaded
There was lots of loungers on this ship
and a nice sports deck
Looking over the Port of Galveston, Texas.
back to wandering around the ship
Angie dressed up for dinner and posing around the ship.
It was a beautiful evening.
Also checked out the duty free shops.
So photogenic!
Interesting artwork around the ship
Throughout the trip, we enjoyed wandering around checking out what was
going on around the ship. We especially enjoyed the art auctions. They
were more like art classes in that they talked extensively about the
artists and artworks. I believe we went to 3 of the auctions. Angie even
won 2 lithographs and purchased 2 more. Of all the cruises I've been on
as of 2012, these auctions were the most interesting.
Our cruise left on Sun., but our first port wasn't until Tues. But we enjoyed exploring the ship.
