Gambling Ship In Galveston Texas

Gambling Ship In Galveston Texas

Part Southern, part Texan, abloom with towering oleanders of every color and encompassing more history and stories than cities 20 times its size, Galveston is often called 'The Republic of Galveston Island' by its residents because it is so unlike the rest of Texas. Despite a firestorm of negative feedback on its Facebook page regarding a post by the management of the Jacks or Better Casino yacht, the vessel is fully booked for its upcoming cruise on Friday. The general manager of the company that owns the Galveston-based gambling ship said that its post on Facebook on Monday soliciting opinions on whether or not to fire David Kendrick, the captain of.
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At one time, gamblers could take day casino cruises in Galveston, Texas, but these types of cruises no longer exist. They have been replaced by longer Caribbean cruises on ocean liners that have casinos for travelers as well as other amenities. Cruising from Galveston is a more economical option when compared to cruises available from many other ports in the United States. Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines offer several options for cruises featuring gambling opportunities.
Carnival EcstasyThe Crystal Palace Casino aboard the Carnival Ecstasy offers a full range of gambling options including card games, craps, blackjack, roulette, slots and more. Carnival offers a variety of cruise lengths from three to five days on the Ecstasy in the western Caribbean. Ports along the route include Cozumel, Mexico and Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. In addition to gambling while at sea, cruisers also enjoy a wireless Internet café, a swimming pool, a water park, an adults-only outdoor area, lounges, nightclubs and duty-free shops. Dining options include choices between several formal and casual restaurants. The ship also offers a kids program called Camp Carnival where kids ages two to 11 have their own space with a variety of fun activities.

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Galveston Gambling ShipThe Carnival Conquest leaves from Galveston for seven-day western Caribbean cruises. Destinations on this trip include Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. The Conquest casino features the same games you would find at any Las Vegas casino. All Carnival cruise ship casinos offer the Carnival Players Club in which your free membership gives you access to special casino promotions and tournaments. While on board the Conquest, guests can take a chance on MegaCash, the world's largest cruise ship jackpot. The Conquest also features several dining options, pools, a spa and activities for children.
Royal Caribbean Voyager of the SeaRoyal Caribbean's Voyager of the Sea offers both seven and 14-night cruises from Galveston. Depending on the dates of the trip, the seven-night Western Caribbean cruise includes stops in Roatan, Honduras; Costa Maya, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; Belize City, Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico. The 14-night cruises are transatlantic trips with stops in Nassau, Bahamas; Ponta Deglada, Azores; Malaga, Spain; Cartagena, Spain; Funchal, Portugal; Santa Cruz, Canary Islands; and Barcelona, Spain. The Casino Royale on all Voyager class ships in the Royal Caribbean line features card tables, roulette wheels, slot machines and more. In addition to gambling, the Voyager of the Sea offers several specialty restaurants, onboard ice-skating, pubs and lounges, a youth and teen program and more.
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Jeff Jones has been a writer since 1995 after a career in corporate marketing. His writing covers a range of business topics including marketing, corporate culture and human resources. More recently, he has written on topics of spirituality and life in the church. He has a degree in journalism/marketing from Texas A&M University and a master's in Christian education from Perkins School of Theology.
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Carnival ConquestGambling Ship In Galveston Texas Deep Sea FishingGalveston Gambling ShipThe Carnival Conquest leaves from Galveston for seven-day western Caribbean cruises. Destinations on this trip include Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. The Conquest casino features the same games you would find at any Las Vegas casino. All Carnival cruise ship casinos offer the Carnival Players Club in which your free membership gives you access to special casino promotions and tournaments. While on board the Conquest, guests can take a chance on MegaCash, the world's largest cruise ship jackpot. The Conquest also features several dining options, pools, a spa and activities for children.
Royal Caribbean Voyager of the SeaRoyal Caribbean's Voyager of the Sea offers both seven and 14-night cruises from Galveston. Depending on the dates of the trip, the seven-night Western Caribbean cruise includes stops in Roatan, Honduras; Costa Maya, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; Belize City, Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico. The 14-night cruises are transatlantic trips with stops in Nassau, Bahamas; Ponta Deglada, Azores; Malaga, Spain; Cartagena, Spain; Funchal, Portugal; Santa Cruz, Canary Islands; and Barcelona, Spain. The Casino Royale on all Voyager class ships in the Royal Caribbean line features card tables, roulette wheels, slot machines and more. In addition to gambling, the Voyager of the Sea offers several specialty restaurants, onboard ice-skating, pubs and lounges, a youth and teen program and more.
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About the AuthorCruise Ships In Galveston TexasJeff Jones has been a writer since 1995 after a career in corporate marketing. His writing covers a range of business topics including marketing, corporate culture and human resources. More recently, he has written on topics of spirituality and life in the church. He has a degree in journalism/marketing from Texas A&M University and a master's in Christian education from Perkins School of Theology.
Gambling Ship TexasMore ArticlesGambling Ship Galveston Texas StarThis webpage discusses some of the available ship passenger lists and indexes for Galveston, Texas from 1846-1948 (with partial coverage to 1951). Included are books, microfilm, and links to online records and indexes.
Online Index and Images 1896-1948Galveston Passenger Lists 1896-1948 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) includes name index and images of the passenger lists from National Archives Microfilm Publication M1359
This database also includes: 'Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959' (National Archives Microfilm A3458)Texas Seaport Museum Immigration Database 1844-1948The Texas Seaport Museum has a database of more than 132,000 passengers who first disembarked at Galveston from 1844-1948. If a passenger first disembarked at another port (such as New York) and then traveled to Texas, they will not be found in this database. This database is made up of names from the National Archives microfilm, various book sources and information from the Galveston Daily News. You can search the database online for free. For more information visit this webpage....
Texas Seaport Museum - Galveston Immigration Database
Microfilm Index 1896-1906Title: Indexes to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston, TX, 1896-1906
NARA Roll#FHL Roll#Covers...
M1357-11402451Aab, Heinrich--Kraus, Piotr
M1357-21402452Kraus, Albert--Polyak, Maria
M1357-31402453Pitsch, Franz--Zytekiewcz, Stanislaw

Microfilm Index 1906-1951Title: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston, TX, 1906-1951
This is an alphabetical index to the names of passengers arriving at Galveston and the subports of Houston and Brownsville, Texas beginning in October 1906.
NARA Roll#FHL Roll#Covers...
M1358-11402454Aab, Maria--Duquesne, Isidro Ariosa
M1358-21402455Duran, Carlos--Inglis, Elizabeth
M1358-31402456Ingram, Joseph--Lavitjanz, Arschak
M1358-41402457Lawenda, Joel--Papurlieff
M1358-51402458Paracheroff, Dimitar--Schriever
M1358-61402459Schrobenhauser, Anni--Weigert, Jacques
M1358-71402460Weiger, Georg--Zyzora, Wasyi

FamilySearch has digitized the microfilm for the rolls listed above. These digitized microfilm rolls can be browsed online at: Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at Galveston [and other nearby ports], Texas, 1896-1948; index, 1896-1951 at FamilySearch; from National Archives Microfilm Publications M1357, M1358, and M1359
The Passenger Lists & Index 1846-1871National Archives series M575: Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873. Roll M575-3 in this series covers Galveston, TX, 1846-1871. (Family History Library Roll #830233).
The index for this roll is available in three different formats...ONLINE INDEX: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coast & Great Lakes Passenger Lists (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes Galveston Texas 1846-1871
BOOK: These records have been transcribed into book form by the Galveston County Genealogical Society (see 'Ships Passenger Lists, Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871' in the 'Other Resources' section below for more information on this book.)
MICROFILM: NARA Microfilm Publication M334: Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874 188 rolls. Contains microfilmed index cards arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name.
The Passenger Lists 1872-1895The passenger lists from 1872-1895 are incomplete and most are missing. More information can be found at the Texas Seaport Museum link above.
The Passenger Lists 1893 & 1896-1948Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston, TX, 1896-1948; National Archives Microfilm Publication M1359; 36 rolls. (Includes some lists from 1893; coverage goes to October 1948)
Other ResourcesONLINE DATABASE: Galveston, Texas City Directories, 1888-1891 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
BOOK: A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847 by Chester W. Geue and Ethel H. Geue; 2nd enlarged ed; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1972. Contains information about more than 4,000 German immigrants who settled in Texas from 1844 to 1847. The person's age, place of residence in Europe, and dates of departure and arrival are given.
BOOK: New Homes in a New Land: German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 by Ethel H. Geue; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1970, reprinted 1999. A sequel to A New Land Beckoned, listed just above, this book contains the names of 5,600 German immigrants taken from 105 passenger lists. The person's age, place of residence in Europe, and dates of departure and arrival are given, along with the Texas county the immigrant settled in.
BOOK: Ships Passenger Lists, Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871 by the Galveston County Genealogical Society; Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984. This book contains transcriptions of the passenger records from National Archives Microfilm series M575, Roll 3, which covers Galveston, TX arrivals 1846-1871 (see microfilm listing above). In this book the passenger lists are arranged chronologically, followed by an alphabetical index of the individual passengers (more than 9,000 total).
BOOK: Passenger Lists for Galveston, 1850-1855 by Albert J. Blaha and Eva Lembcke; Houston, Texas: Privately printed by A.J. Blaha, 1985. (Contains mostly German passengers.) This book is also on 3 microfiche (FHL #6099940) at the Family History Library.