This was our 3rd NCL Cruise - Hawaii, November 07 and Alaska June 08...

- New Orleans Hotel - We Arrived in New Orleans Thursday night March 19th about 11pm and stayed at the Drury Inn. We got a suite. Our suite was suppose to have a king bed and pull out sofa but instead had two double beds and a pull out sofa but we had a very nice bathroom with whirlpool tub and separate shower. Our friends who we traveled with got the king bed and pull out sofa but just a normal bathroom. We had stayed in a Drury Inn twice before in San Antonio and liked it so much we thought we would try this one. This Drury Inn is smaller and not quite as nice as the one in San Antonio but still very nice. They have hot breakfast in morning and cocktails at nite (limit of 3 per person). The sitting area is small and you must get there early for cocktails (5:30 to 7:00) if you want a seat. Breakfast was crowded but we were able to find seats whenever we went down. They ran out of Sausage our first morning but the breakfast was a good deal.

- New Orleans Activities - We had two days in New Orleans, Friday March 20th and Saturday March 21st. The weather was perfect in the mid 70's. Our first morning we took a 2 1/2 hour combo City/Katrina tour with Greyline. It was a very interesting and informative tour for us adults but our 13 year old girls slept through most of it and thought it was boring. We walked our feet off and even traumatized our daughter going down Bourbon Street (spring break no less) as it makes Las Vegas look like Disneyland in comparison. We ate at Deanies Seafood Restaurant in the French Quarter and the portions are very generous so be prepared. This original Restaurant is a local favorite our tour driver told us tho this one in the French Quarter is suppose to have same food. It was very good. We saw it on "Man Verses Food". We also had to visit Cafe Du Monde for Beignets and coffee. On Saturday we took a carriage ride from Jackson Square around the french quarter tho we could not even understand our driver but we still had a good time. In the evening we took a ghost tour which was a fun way to finish up our time in New Orleans. Read more