crazy4disney

Voyager 10/12 Voyager 10/16 Double the birthdays, double the fun!

I swear 45S is never going to be done... We will all be flying around in Jetson's-style hover cars, and we'll be able to watch them endlessly tearing up parts of 45 below, lol. People who don't live here just can't understand how variable the travel time can be, not only because of the construction but because of all the horrible accidents the construction causes every day. The freeway has been shut down completely at least 3 times already this week because of accidents on 45S, and it's only Tuesday. I work here on the island and only live about 33 miles away, and there have been days when it has taken me 2+ hours to go only that far due to accidents. Statistically, odds are that any given traveler will never have an issue getting to or coming from here... But I would make sure I had real good travel insurance if coming in the day of a cruise!

Interesting... Do they function in the same way as the fridges/coolers on Carnival, in that they get WAY cooler if you pull them forward an inch or two and leave the cabinet door open to allow heat to escape? Makes such a ginormous difference on those, but not sure if it works the same way with the type of cooling you describe. It sounds like it would work even better, but I'm no engineer.

I thought it was okay to bring back sand, that it's just shells and coral that you're not allowed to bring back because of possible critters.

Nice!! You are going to wonder why you never did this before. If y'all haven't already, go search for this cruise on FB and join the group there! Lots more activity than here!

Even the Port has posted about it, so I think it will definitely happen. I saw the crane this morning as well. Glad I don't work weekends and won't be trying to get on the island!

We will all be flying around in Jetsons-style cars someday and they'll still be down there working on the Gulf Fwy.

Living 30 miles from Galveston, these speculations make me a very happy cruiser! Would love to see a ship like that be home-ported here!

Interesting... Thank you for sharing your experience! Can I ask around what time you got to the lot?

Awesome, thank you!

Maybe one of you who has parked in one of the North lots can help me out... In this picture is the North Premium lot everything from the obvious division on up, and below that is the regular North lot? I would think so, but then I'm confused because I thought the premium lot was all covered, and there are plenty of uncovered spots in that section. I hemmed and hawed too long over the cost of the premium (it's a lot!) and now it's sold out, but the regular North lot is still available. We don't care about covered parking, though, just distance -- and if those uncovered spots are just considered part of the regular North lot then I'll jump on that while I can.

I can very much relate to that analogy.. I went to look at prices for 2024 when they dropped yesterday and while they weren't as bad as I feared they would be, it just amazed me (and makes me feel old!) to compare them to what I used to pay back in the early 2000's. With the old MKC discount I could often get a value resort for as little as $59/night and now those are close to $300/nt. Even the difference between now and the last time we went, in early 2020, is HUGE thanks to Disney deciding to charge for so many things that were included just 3 years ago. But like you said, people keep paying... Just like I probably will, because.. you know, the pull of The Mouse is strong!

Great thread! Following this to take notes for my husband. Enjoying a cigar up on deck in the evening with the sea breeze blowing is one of his favorite things about cruising and something he very much looks forward to.

Thank you both - I never realized there were different schedules for different length cruises!

The first one is a 4-night and the second is a 5-night, if that matters -- I guess I should have put that!