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Shar, if you get a chance, that would be wonderful, but please do not go out of your way Hope you have a great time at Niagara Falls, take pics and post them here please!!! Byron, it was great hearing from you, I miss your posts.

We are cruising out of Galveston in Nov. Our friends, who were are sailing with, were here visiting us fr om Texas for the past week and one of them said that they did not want to stay in Houston, as they did on their last cruise, but wanted to spend the night before embarkation in Galveston. I started looking yesterday for lodging, only to discover that the thousands of people who will be sailing from that port on the same day, had beaten me to it. Every hotel I could find said it was unavailable that night, however I could get a room the following night which would do us no good as we will already be at sea then. Anyway, today I discovered that there were 2 rooms available for that night at the Comfort Suites located at 3606 89th Street , Galveston, TX. I booked them, however, I cannot find pics anywhere online for this establishment - I even contacted Choice Hotels and was told that they do not have pics on their website because the hotel has not provided them with any. I looked on Hotels.Com and several other sites that normally have pics posted and no luck there either. I have been to Galveston, but it has been 20 yrs. or so ago. I am not familiar with the town, and don't want to sound like a snob, but do have some concerns that possibly it is not located in a "good part of town". I know it is only for 1 night, but am concerned for our safety and the safety of our vehicles (my brand new Cadillac which I so proudly posted pics of a few weeks ago will be parked there overnight). Can anyone help me in my search for info on the area this hotel is located in?

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Maybe it is like real estate - location, location, location...I have no idea as to what the difference would be though....

No underwear or shoes????

It really depends on where we are sailing from. When the kids were young and went with us, we always had a "vacation" after we disembarked, such as DisneyWorld or Key Largo or something like that. Now, we usually fly home the same day the cruise ends, but think on the Loco cruise, we may hang out in CA for a few days.

Pam, my in-laws have a timeshare with the Fairfield Resorts also, and we have stayed at the Grand Desert a couple of times. It is really nice, isn't it? The first time we stayed there was about 3 years ago - they had gone to stay a week and on their second day there, my FIL collapsed and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He was diagnosed with an aortic anuerysm, which had burst. He was given a 10% chance of survival, so of course, the whole family flew out there. Fairfield put us all up at absolutely no charge. Dad was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks and then it was another 2 weeks before he could travel. From the day he collapsed, not only did they not charge us, but they also did not charge my in-laws any points for the remainder of their stay. Not a lot of companies would be that caring. One of their employees even took Mom to the hospital and stayed with her until the family could get there because we were flying in from all over...

I would be on the ground with Lisa - I think my highest ones are about 5 inches....

Hey Chuck, just wanted to let you know that my paperwork for the Loco cruise arrived today - boy, you are prompt!!!