The cabin was small, as expected, but well appointed and there was plenty of room to conveniently store everything we brought (and we brought waaaayyy too much). We just had to remember that along with a view we got of the Royal Promenade, if the curtain was open, the Royal Promenade gets to view you back. There are nooks and crannies in every part of the cabin; There was room to store a dozen pairs of shoes over the closet, there were drawers and under bed storage, the bathroom successfully held all of mine and my wife's grooming products. The only negative was the room fridge never got anything under 68 degrees. It had a label stating it only cools to 55 but it never quite made it there.

Galveston was the getting on and off point only for us. We parked at Port Parking and took a shuttle to the terminal. Remember to hand each of your bags to the porter. We didn't and assumed they would take the rest. They didn't so we had to get out of line, go back to the drop off point and pick up our bags and hand them to a porter. If someone in line hadn't told us, our luggage would have been left behind. 

Galveston

We did the beach and Mexican cooking excursion. Without a doubt this was the most fun we had on any excursion. You prepare food from scratch while guided by a very funny local Chef. All the while your are cooking, they ply you with as many alcoholic drinks as you want, and more. You then get to enjoy the meal you prepared (the chipotle shrimp in tomato and adobe sauce on a mesa tortilla was incredible) in a lovely upstairs restaurant served by the staff. Nothing seemed rushed on this excursion and we had some time to sit on the beach and relax before heading back to the ship. I would warn you not to buy the photos they take ($30 for 3) and instead, take your own during. They will tell you at the beginning you can't but you can.

Okay, this one had it's ups and downs. Upside - Georgetown is not huge so it doesn't take long to go from one place to the next. They had the lowest pressure port market of any we went to, there was no high pressure to buy anything. The port and island are beautiful although it is beginning to suffer from over-development that was not present when I last visited 20 years ago. The tour guide was talkative...too talkative. We only had 20 minutes at the Turtle Farm and he took up 6-7 giving us a speech about the Turtle Farm. Look, I appreciate information as much as the next tourist but if I only get 20 minutes to look at these beautiful creatures, I would rather do that than hear some guy yammer about them for 28% of my extremely limited time there. Same thing with Hell, 15 minutes to see it, minus 5 minutes of mandated speechifying. The rum factory tour was literally 10-15 minutes. The sting ray adventure was the most laid back because we left Johnny Talks a Lot at the dock and took a leisurely 25 to 30 minute boat ride out to the sting ray sandbar. There was food but it was very overpriced at $10 for a relatively good jerk chicken thigh and two extremely tough and under proofed rolls. They also told everyone they couldn't bring their cameras in the water, this is not true, you can. This was done to force people to buy their overpriced digital shots. Then back to the bus where the driver continued to talk the entire 20 minute ride back to the port. He was often obviously annoyed when people took longer than the 15-20 minutes we had for each stop and was, frankly, annoying to listen to as he constantly referred to the &quot;richest man in the Cayman Islands,&quot; owning this or that and gave a 10 minute talk on how much it costs to get a vehicle on the island including taxes and fees. The Cayman Islands are absolutely stunning. This tour was rushed so much and wasted precious time on un-needed and unasked for commentary. Go to one or all of the places on your own, you will have more fun.

Good but quick tour of the factory. Free small samples of their delicious product and teeny tiny shots of rum. 

A leisurely boat ride to the sand bar were the stingrays are. The day we went there were five boats already there when we arrived. The stingrays are plentiful and will swim up to you, as long as you have chum and squid in hand.

Turtles are beautiful but go on your own rather than on a multi-stop tour to avoid feeling rushed. 

This sounded good on paper. Only a short ten minute bus ride to the beautiful beach of Blue Waters where you can feast and drink to your heart's content. It was a short ride from the port where there is plenty of shopping and moderate pressure to buy souvenirs. The beach itself was decent, clean and well maintained. Chairs were free but umbrellas cost $10 plus tip. The drinks were included and plentiful...and strong but the older bartender almost got into it with a younger bartender when I was told by the older man that the drink I wanted he didn't have (A Ting and vodka). They younger man went and got a bottle of Ting (Jamaican soda taste like American Squirt) and made me the drink. The older man made another drink for my wife and when I went to tip them both, the older man said, &quot;I am taking care of you, don't forget that. Not him, me.&quot; I didn't like the pressure of them competing for my tips. Food was only served at lunch time and we got there at a little after ten. There was other food available but it was relatively expensive. I paid $5 for a single patty (Jamaican meat pie). The food at lunch was good with Jerk Chicken, rice and beans, fried fish, and curried chicken. There was punch and water to drink and small dessert cakes. It was all very tasty and you could go back for seconds or thirds if you wanted. There was also a man at the lunch pavilion singing pretty loudly. I had heard he did really good impressions of singers like Louis Armstrong, Neil Diamond, Elvis, etc. He did not. He sang pretty good and people were singing along but he didn't really sound like anyone anymore than a decent karaoke singer does. Overall we left early because the beach was getting really crowded and the music was pretty loud. I wouldn't say this trip was really worth the expense. 

We boarded the ship in Galveston and other than a hickup with our luggage (don't leave the port parking bus before you literally hand over every piece of luggage to the porter), we got in the meandering long line of people waiting to get checked aboard.I wasn't expecting the ship to contain and display so many varied types of art.

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