Shar, I am so happy that you found us here and are posting in the Daily Dock.  I am a transplanted Texan - we lived in Dallas before moving here to Denver 15 yrs. ago.  I really miss Texas.  We are sailing out of Galveston for the first time in Nov.  All of other cruises have been out of Florida, except the last one which sailed fron San Juan.  Are you flying in the day of or the day before the cruise?  Just wondering, as we flew American Airlines and flew into Ft. Lauderdale the day before and hung out there and then flew onto San Juan the day of sailing.  The ship sailed at 10:00 p.m. and our flight was to arrive in the early afternoon, so we thought it would be fine, but our flight kept getting delayed and it was 9:15 when we finally walked out of (more like RAN out of) the San Juan airport after getting our luggage.  We got a cabbie who really wanted the extra tip we offered if he got us to the port quickly, but we were really kicking ourselves for not flying in the day before.  We did make it and luckily there was not a single person in the check-in line so we flew thru.  I have never been to Niagara Falls, but it is one place I would really love to see - hope you have a safe trip and a great time.