Just got back from a wonderful week aboard the Grandeur of the Seas. If you don't want to read this long review then stop at the end of the next sentence and you will know all you need to. The Grandeur lives up to its name, she is truly the Grandeur Of The Seas!
Our family of 45, Mom (39), Dad (40), Son (13), Son (16) and Son's girlfriend (16) all left Gettysburg, Pa., at 3 am in the morning and drove over 700 miles the Atlanta, Ga. Stayed the night with relatives.
Drove 500 miles from Atlanta to New Orleans. We had reservations at the Springhill Suits by Marriott. We rebooked a really nice suite for 5 and paid less then $100 including a free buffet breakfast. The only hitch came when they charged us over $14 to park at the hotel. Without sounding cheap I feel that this was a little tacky. We arrived in N.O. at noon actually gaining an hour in our day due to the time change. After checking in we drove around town to get the lay of the land. We then walked down the river walk and then took a Street Car to the French Quarter. There, we had reservations for dinner at K-Pauls. Dinner there was great, but kind of pricey. After Dinner we started walking down the street and soon came across a Mule drawn wagon. He charged us $50 for a great tour of the French Quarter. He said it was usually 30 - 45 minutes but he was not busy and loved to talk so we spent well over and hour with him. He showed and told us everything, I think what he did not know he made up but who cares it's all fun. He stopped in front of the oldest bar in the US and they ran out with drinks for us (really yummy Hurricanes). Then when our tour was over he dropped us off on Bourbon St and we stopped in a few shops and had a couple more drinks. It did not look like it would to long a walk back to our Hotel so we headed off into the night and some 14 or more blocks later we where home.