Landry's Memorial Day Weekend Dinner Cruises

05.25.13 - 05.26.13

Guests will enjoy a four-course dinner and an up-close view of The Woodlands' fireworks displays presented by Wells Fargo. Start with crab, spinach and artichoke dip as an appetizer followed by

Travel Smart

Carnival already selling cheap cruises on still damaged Triumph: Vacation on a floating biohazard!

By Whitney Radley

04.11.13 | 7:11 am

Travelers who like their thrills cheap — and perhaps somewhat risky — ought to book their summer trips now.  Carnival Cruise Lines is attempting to recover from the recent Carn ...

Red plastic bags of . . .

A firsthand account from the stranded cruise ship: Houston passenger texts new gruesome details

By Tyler Rudick

02.14.13 | 12:52 pm

UPDATE: The Carnival Triumph finally docked late Thursday night, ending the passengers' long ordeal. A ship the Coast Guard declared "dead" was pulled into a dock in Mobile, Ala. ...

Worse off than Gilligan

Inside the nightmare of the stranded cruise ship: Sewage runs down walls, water rationed

By Tyler Rudick

02.12.13 | 11:32 am

Conditions aboard the Carnival Triumph have gone from bad to nightmarish in the last 24 hours, as the stranded cruise liner continues to drift without power in the Gulf of Mexico. After a Sunda ...

Valentine's Day "Dinner and a Cruise" at Hermann Park

02.14.13

For the first time ever, Hermann Park is hosting a Valentine's Day dinner — complete with pedal boat rides. On this special evening, guests can take in the sunset on the patio overlooking

Contract cut?

Here one day, gone the next: Disney Cruise Line will pull out of Galveston at the end of 2013

By Whitney Radley

12.10.12 | 6:00 pm

Disney Cruise Lines came into Galveston with a bang in September with seven-night cruises to the Western Caribbean, announcing additional itineraries throughout the fall and into the 2013 season an ...

Buffalo Bayou Partnership's 2012 Christmas Cruises

Allen's Landing

12.01.12 - 12.15.12

Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership in celebrating the holiday season with 30-minute pontoon boat rides along Buffalo Bayou served up with plenty of decorations, brightly colored lights, song and cheer.

Island Time

Is Galveston truly a viable cruise destination? Debating the island's push for "port of call" status

By Whitney Radley

11.08.12 | 6:28 pm

As a native Southeast Texan, I grew up building drip sand castles along Crystal Beach, swimming in Gulf of Mexico waters muddied by the Mississippi's silt.  Galveston Island, ...

Cruisin' together

An excursion that's definitely not less filling: Join reality TV stars on Top Chef: The Cruise

By Arden Ward

09.29.12 | 3:00 pm

Can’t get enough of quickfire challenges or experimental gastro-foams? Itching for a spring vacation on the open sea? You’re in luck. Bravo is beefing up its Top Chef game with the firs ...

Maiden voyage

The Disney Magic sets sail from Galveston, with much fanfare and lots of Lone Star pride

By Whitney Radley

09.24.12 | 12:14 pm

The Disney Magic, in all of its 11-deck and 964-feet glory, departed for its maiden voyage from the Port of Galveston on Saturday.  Disney embraced this first Texas trip with flair: I ...