clingingmermaid

I will be sailing out of New Orleans for the first time in Oct. Where is the best place to stay pre-cruise? Do any hotels have shuttles from the airport to the hotel and shuttle to the port on cruise day? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I know its really early but I'm looking at booking a 2 day pre-cruise out of NewOrleans in April of 2015. Any ideas why a lot of the hotels are booked its past mardi gra I made sure of that. Could it be because its just too early too book and the sites say booked untill they open up? Or is something going on at that time I don't know about? The cruise is April 19 so I'm looking at 17 and 18 hotel stay....Any help would be appricated.....:)