2018 Galveston?!?!

[Dallas_Lady]

We've been eyeing the cruises out of Galveston since they started years ago. It's only a 5 hour drive but we could just never make it work for one reason or another. I think 2018 might be our year! Now I'm just waiting to see the sticker shock. Anyone else looking at a Galveston cruise?

 

[dclpluto]

We've been eyeing the cruises out of Galveston since they started years ago. It's only a 5 hour drive but we could just never make it work for one reason or another. I think 2018 might be our year! Now I'm just waiting to see the sticker shock. Anyone else looking at a Galveston cruise?

Shouldn't be a sticker shock for Galveston. Galveston is usually pretty reasonable unless you cruise during thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years.

 

[anricat]

Shouldn't be a sticker shock for Galveston. Galveston is usually pretty reasonable unless you cruise during thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years.

Which happens to be when the majority of those cruises are!

 

[dcassetta]

Shouldn't be a sticker shock for Galveston. Galveston is usually pretty reasonable unless you cruise during thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years.

Which happens to be when the majority of those cruises are!

I think the DclPluto was saying that they'll only be expensive during the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. usually Galveston is pretty reasonable outside of those three particular weeks. And I believe in 2015 the Thanksgiving week sailing went VGT.

 

[Dallas_Lady]

I'm a school counselor so I'm stuck with holiday vacations. I'm looking at the four night also since I can take a long weekend.

 

[Kontos]

I hear no one's looking at Galveston cause it's probably fogged in

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I hear no one's looking at Galveston cause it's probably fogged in

All joking aside - fog in Galveston is a real issue.

 

[dclpluto]

Which happens to be when the majority of those cruises are!

I see 12 cruises from Galveston well one is 2019 so 11 cruises in fall and early winter 2018. No where near the majority.

 

[anricat]

I see 12 cruises from Galveston well one is 2019 so 11 cruises in fall and early winter 2018. No where near the majority.

It seems to me that any of the cruises that are marketed as "Merrytime" cruises tend to have higher prices. Every time I look at those cruises they are nearly the same price for my family of three (for the same category) as the cruise we took in Alaska. And while Key West and Nassau are perfectly fine ports, I'd really like to see them do something different.

 

[MUN]

My experience with Galveston is the NYE cruises are less expensive than comparable DCL NYE cruises out of PC.

MUN

 

[LullabeeDisney]

there's ways to check previous fares/prices - I can't think of the name of the websites, but the give general ideas.

I've been looking at 12/7 merry time one - it should be around $3,500-4,000 for 2 adults, 1 kid. Basic room.

 

[cmph]

We did the 7 night over this past NYE, which wasn't a Merrytime b/c it departed after Christmas. The price was really not "that bad". I guess it's all relative. We wanted to travel completely within the kids' school break, so all of my price comparisons were for departures between 12/25 and 12/31. The Fantasy was far more expensive, and most other cruiselines out of FL were very much jacked-up because of NYE, moreso than the Wonder. The only other thing we vaguely considered was a Royal out of Miami that had better ports, but was only 6 nights, and honestly wasn't that much cheaper than the Wonder and would have cost us more to get to. We booked in Feb, and it seemed like a lot of folks in my meet group booked far later than that. You might want to just see what 2017 prices are like, b/c they're probably not that different than opening day.

 

[AZMermaid]

We are looking at the 12/27 cruise. I have this crazy idea about a Christmas surprise and driving. Problem is... it is an 18 hour drive from Phoenix! But... I am looking at it! More likely we are doing the 9/19 out of San Diego. I am also a teacher and tied to breaks or shorter weekend. That 9/19 is my kids' fall break, but not mine, but my school likely have Wednesday off for Yom Kippur, so I will only need to take 2 days off.

But... maybe we will be on the 12/27 Galveston if the price is right!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

here's ways to check previous fares/prices - I can't think of the name of the websites,

I use cruisefish.

As well as the past threads here set up for opening day prices.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

We live in Houston so I'm ALWAYS looking at the DCL Galveston cruises. I've sailed on three DCL Galveston cruises and I have to say -- I miss the days of Disney advertising on billboards and on the radio of their "kids sail free" promo when the Galveston sailings weren't selling so well. Prices are so high now from where they began in Galveston. I sailed on an 8 night from Galveston in April of 2013 ~ for two children and one adult it was $2500 give/take. That even included stopping for a day at WDW. Sigh....

On a different note, the people at the ports in Port Canaveral have it together and truly portray the Disney magic that I love so much, unlike the people at the Port in Galveston.

 

[undertheradar]

I honestly believe that the Galveston port crew tries to be as "Disney" as possible. There were a lot of smiles and friendly people that we encountered.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

I also think that the majority of them try!! Our most recent experience was a woman who was definitely not trying. Perhaps she'd just had a "day". Really set the tone for the beginning of our cruise though -- and not the tone that we get sailing from Port Canaveral. Still won't keep me from cruising out of Galveston!