We had a great first time on the Elation. New Orleans is becoming our favorite cruise port; we previously sailed on the Conquest earlier in the year.

We stayed at the Drury Hotel for 2 nights before the cruise and had a blast in the French Quarter and even took a riverboat cruise!

Embarkation was awesome, luckily my wife is Platinum so we were onboard probably around 11:15 and dropped our bags in our room and headed to the Lido for our first DOD. We stayed in an interior on the Veranda deck, room V36. It was the first time we stayed in an interior, since the older ships do not have balcony rooms except for the suites we figured we would try this out and it worked out fine. The only complaint was the box in the corner of the room for the life vests that was a pain to move around. Read more