Carnival back in business in Galveston
Carnival Cruise Lines will return to sailing from Galveston, Texas, on Saturday -- just seven weeks after Hurricane Ike devastated the city. The company's two Galveston-based ships, the Ecstasy and the Conquest, began using Houston's port for their Caribbean cruises after the hurricane. In a news release, Galveston's port director, Steven Cernak, said Cruise Terminal 1, damaged in the storm, had been overhauled, with work crews tearing out carpeting and walls, installing new amenities and repairing equipment. Beaches and many hotels and restaurants were open, according to the Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau. Both Carnival ships, at sea with passengers when the storm hit, sailed safely. The Ecstasy had set sail two days before the storm, while the city was under a hurricane warning and an evacuation order. Carnival said the Ecstasy would begin sailing out of Galveston on Saturday, and the Conquest on Nov. 2.
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