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Carnival's 7-Night Western Caribbean from Galveston: The Insider's Itinerary Guide — Cozumel, Costa Maya, Roatán/Belize and Points
Day-by-day guide to Carnival's 7-night Western Caribbean from Galveston: ports, DIY vs ship tours, the flight home, points plays and a cost sheet.
Why this guide
12 chapters, day by day
A 12-chapter plan with a day-by-day route, where to stay, what to skip and a half-day cut for each day.
Costs traced to official pages
14 prices, fees and rules carry the date we checked them and the official page to re-check.
Rain plans and backup days
Every day has a rain plan and a shorter version for when you run out of time or energy.
A sample day from the guide
- Step 1 Embarkation. Ships usually open boarding around late morning to midday and sail late afternoon.…
- Step 2 Insider move: Do your online check-in, upload the photo and fill in the health…
- Step 3 Splurge vs save: Save by driving and parking; splurge on an early-boarding perk only…
- Step 4 What's not worth it: Paying for the first-day photo package before you know how…
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- Start here
- 1. The route day by day
- 2. Embarkation port: Galveston
- 3. Each port: pier, walk or shuttle, ship tour vs DIY
- 4. Sea days
- 5. Debarkation and the flight home
- 6. What to pre-book (and when)
- 7. Points play
- 8. Cost sheet
- 9. Packing list, embarkation-day plan, official contacts
- 10. Update notes
- SOURCES
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12 chapters · About 20 pages (estimated) · Maps: count pending · Photos: count pending
Table of contents
- Start here
- The route day by day
- Embarkation port: Galveston
- Each port: pier, walk or shuttle, ship tour vs DIY
- Sea days
- Debarkation and the flight home
- What to pre-book (and when)
- Points play
- Cost sheet
- Packing list, embarkation-day plan, official contacts
- Update notes
- Sources
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The full 12-chapter guide: the day-by-day plan, where to stay, costs with the dates we checked them, what is not worth it, backup plans. You read it online in your PerkJolt library.
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