Depending on where you want to cruise you have some choices when it comes to where your vacation begins. You can fly to Miami or Fort Lauderdale to catch a ship. Or you can simply head to Galveston, Texas, and the port there. The port of Galveston serves the majority of Texas cruise guests. I like it because once the vessel is underway, you're really underway. It's not like that when you sail away from a port like New Orleans, Louisiana.