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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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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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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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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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Good Morning. I just got myself a white chocolate mocha at the coffee shop and went to the ocean plaza seeking debarkarkion luggage tags like they had on Dream. I don’t see the setup. I guess I need to read the debarkation paperwork a little closer.
Looking at the debarkation…
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The day before yesterday I set my phone to not change time automatically. It worked great for yesterday. When my phone died and got recharged I guess that got reset some how. It was on eastern. I forgot to change it last night. So today I was up and…
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Last night I set my phone not to change time and I set my first alarm for 6:30. I woke up at 5:30. I could sleep another hour. But I can’t get back to sleep. And the more I lay here the more hungry I get. I think for…
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Good morning from just off the coast of Cuba.
I got a good 7 hours of sleep after the kid next door quieted down. I woke up once at 7am. I think it was ship movement again. At 8:30 I knew I was pretty much up for good but decided…
