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Cruise Blog Excursions New Orleans

New Orleans: Frenchman Street

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September 19, 2019

Last time on the New Orleans Barhop we left off at the R Bar which is the Bar used for exterior shots of the Tru Tone bar in NCIS: New Orleans. This bar is on Royal Street between the French Quarter and Frenchman Street which is where we’re heading…


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Cruise Blog Excursions New Orleans

New Orleans: Barhop

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September 13, 2019

On Bourbon Street this is the Tropical Isle where you can get a popular drink called the hand grenade. It comes in both liquid and frozen form. I don’t recommend drinking too many of those. I drank ten once and it didn’t go well the next morning.

I’m skipping the…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans: City Tour

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September 6, 2019

Warehouse District

This is the Riverwalk Mall. The Riverwalk Mall and neighboring Convention Center were built for the 1984 World’s Fair. They are where most of the exhibits were located.

They say they fair was a failure because it didn’t bring the number of people they wanted but I see…


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Cozumel Glory Grand Cayman Montego Bay New Orleans

Glory Days: Planning

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August 15, 2019

This is a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Glory from New Orleans to Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. The trip includes two nights in New Orleans pre-cruise.

This will be my 11th Carnival cruise, first on Glory, and eighth out of New Orleans. It will be my…


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Cruise Blog Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Hotels with Shuttle Service

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July 13, 2019

While researching for a place to stay prior to a future cruise, I decided to share the information as I was collecting it. I will post a detailed review of the hotel I book later in the year.

This is going to be my first time to Fort Lauderdale so…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans Hotel Review: Holiday Inn Downtown Superdome

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July 1, 2019

The Holiday Inn Downtown Superdome is one of the hotels in New Orleans that offers a cruise package. Their package includes up to eight nights of parking but no transportation to or from the port.

I’ve never booked this cruise package, but I have stayed at this hotel about…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans Hotel Review: Country Inn & Suites – Metairie

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June 15, 2019

The Country Inn & Suites in Metairie is the closest to a true “park ‘n cruise” hotel that you’ll find in New Orleans.

Their package includes up to eight days of parking, a hot breakfast, and a shuttle to the port. What it doesn’t include is a shuttle back…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans Hotel Review: Marriott Convention Center

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June 1, 2019

I booked this hotel on Hotwire.com for $120. It came to $155 after tax. It was a busy weekend for the city and the hotel. This was December 30th. Carnival Dream and NCL Breakaway were in port. Carnival Triumph was coming the following morning. People were in town for…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans: Walking to the Port

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May 18, 2019

If you are staying at a hotel in the port area and want to walk to the port, it can be a little tricky. On a map it looks like you can just walk through the New Orleans Convention Center, but you can’t. You actually have to walk around…


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Cruise Blog Dream Vista

Dream Class vs. Vista Class

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May 4, 2019

Prior to sailing on the Vista earlier this year, the Dream class (Dream, Magic, Breeze) was by far my favorite class of ship. Based on some of the reviews I had read, I expected that would remain the case after sailing on the Vista. I was wrong. I left…

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