A familiar face returned to Galveston Texas this afternoon. After an absence of several weeks due to the damage caused by Hurricane Ike in September, Carnival’s CONQUEST docked around 1:35 p.m. to a newly repaired and upgraded cruise terminal.

Normally the ship arrives early in the morning hours, but this time she traveled to the Bayport Cruise Terminal in Houston to offload last weeks passengers and then make the return back to Galveston to board the newest vacationers.

Thanks to the web cam at Harbor House located at Pier 21, I was able to capture several screen shots showing her maneourving into position to be tied up at the pier.

CARNIVAL CONQUEST currently operates on a 7 day  Western Caribbean run. She sails on Sunday with calls at Nontego Bay Jamaica on Wednesday, Granda Cayman, Cayman Islands on Thursday, and Cozumel Mexico on Fridays.

On March 15, 2008 she will be offering a welcome change to those who wanted a different itinerary from Galveston. Carnival announced that the ship will offer an Eastern Caribbean cruise. She will still be leaving on Sundays, with a stop in Key West, FL on Tuesdays, Freeport, Bahamas on Wednesday, Nassau, Bahamas on Thursday, and returning back to Galveston on Sundays.