If you want to be right in the middle of the Bourbon Street action in New Orleans, Sheraton Four Points is one of your better hotel options. Just a few blocks from Jackson Square, Sheraton Four Points is walking distance from all of the French Quarter tourist sites and…
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I actually have a long history with this hotel. This is the hotel I used to stay in every time I was in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina. At the time it was a Radisson. It just re-opened in 2018 as TownPlace Suites. This will be my first…
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I’m a big believer that anyone who has at least a day to spend in New Orleans before a cruise should visit the National WWII Museum.
This museum is better and more affordable than almost any excursion you can book on a cruise.
Visiting the WWII Museum is also extremely…
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In this entry I’m going to cover the places I ate prior to my last two cruises out of New Orleans and I’ll throw in where I ate before the Saints vs. Texas Monday Night Football game a couple weeks ago.
Going back to last December I did the Park…
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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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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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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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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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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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