tnebell Posted April 21, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Hi there, question. I've left from numerous ports (Miami, Tampa bay, Galveston, San Diego) and each are different in their embarkation. How does NOLA compare to those? For instance Galveston you drop your bags on one side of the building and then walk to the main cruise terminal. Miami, I could've sworn we put our bags through tsa and then continued upstairs to check in. How is new Orleans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoTech Posted April 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hi there, question. I've left from numerous ports (Miami, Tampa bay, Galveston, San Diego) and each are different in their embarkation. How does NOLA compare to those? For instance Galveston you drop your bags on one side of the building and then walk to the main cruise terminal. Miami, I could've sworn we put our bags through tsa and then continued upstairs to check in. How is new Orleans? New Orleans is similar to most other ports. You drop your bags with the porters outside, then carry your carry-on's through a TSA style Xray and magnetometer. You fill out the Health form at the same time. After port security, you are directed upstairs to the various check in lines. Normal process from that point on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted April 25, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Porters are outside and usually wearing very colorful Hawaiian type shirts. Drop bags (and a tip) with them then proceed into the terminal just a few feet away. Someone will look at your boarding pass and check in time as you enter. Then up the stairs, through security and into the big room where you will be directed to a line where you will get your S&S card and a zone number for embarkation. I think NOLA is super easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda59 Posted April 26, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I agree with super easy. But I do not go early - I go around 1:30pm or so. I live about 12 miles away and I have literally left my home and been in my cabin in 45 minutes. I would sail out of New Orleans more, but I have already been to these same ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted April 30, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 30, 2017 After only doing New Orleans, then doing Galveston, New Orleans is super easy in comparison. Porters are right in front of the entrance to grab your bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzmark Posted May 3, 2017 #6 Share Posted May 3, 2017 After only doing New Orleans, then doing Galveston, New Orleans is super easy in comparison. Porters are right in front of the entrance to grab your bags. Sure, the traffic jam on the road into the port is insane though. I experienced nothing like this at Canaveral or Ft. Lauderdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 3, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Sure, the traffic jam on the road into the port is insane though. I experienced nothing like this at Canaveral or Ft. Lauderdale. I take the shuttle from Fulton garage and I've never been in a traffic jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzmark Posted May 3, 2017 #8 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I take the shuttle from Fulton garage and I've never been in a traffic jam. We took a cab from the Hilton Riverside, it was a long line of cars inching along to get to the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 3, 2017 #9 Share Posted May 3, 2017 We took a cab from the Hilton Riverside, it was a long line of cars inching along to get to the terminal. I'd say that's rare then because I've done it four times and I'd say I've never been in that shuttle more than 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted May 3, 2017 #10 Share Posted May 3, 2017 We sailed last week on the Dream. We arrived at about 1:30, dropped off the luggage and parked the car. Once inside the terminal it took about 20 minutes to complete the check-in. We were on the ship within 40 minutes of arrival, with almost no lines. When we left the ship at about 9:30 the following Sunday, the line of cars waiting to park was at least two blocks long. It's all in the timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 4, 2017 #11 Share Posted May 4, 2017 We sailed last week on the Dream. We arrived at about 1:30, dropped off the luggage and parked the car. Once inside the terminal it took about 20 minutes to complete the check-in. We were on the ship within 40 minutes of arrival, with almost no lines. When we left the ship at about 9:30 the following Sunday, the line of cars waiting to park was at least two blocks long. It's all in the timing. Maybe it's early arrivals. I think the earliest I've parked at Fulton is 11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallyho8 Posted May 4, 2017 #12 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It's really very simple. Some people arrive at the port very early before many people have disembarked from the ship. At that time there are cars coming in to pick up the people disembarking and cars coming in to embark. Twice the traffic, twice the wait. If you arrive after everyone has departed the ship you will have a much quicker embarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzmark Posted May 4, 2017 #13 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It's really very simple. Some people arrive at the port very early before many people have disembarked from the ship. At that time there are cars coming in to pick up the people disembarking and cars coming in to embark. Twice the traffic, twice the wait. If you arrive after everyone has departed the ship you will have a much quicker embarkation. We arrived after everyone should have departed, once we got up to the terminal there were not people leaving, only arriving. Once we got to the terminal we got inside quickly, it was just a PITA to get down that long line of traffic with a bunch of cops directing traffic that didn't seem to have a clear notion of what they were doing. On our previous cruises we drove ourselves, we just pulled in with what seemed to be almost no traffic and parked in the port lots. From there we simply walked on in, NOLA was the same once we got to the terminal, it was the road getting there that was bad. ETA, When we debarked the traffic was the same for the cars coming to pick people up. We called an Uber and watched as he inched down the street to get to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnebell Posted May 9, 2017 Author #14 Share Posted May 9, 2017 We're actually walking to the port from our hotel. Does anyone know if the porters are right outside on Julia street? (I believe that was the street) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted May 10, 2017 #15 Share Posted May 10, 2017 There are two terminals: Erato Street (Carnival) and Julia Street (all others). Which one will you be going to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnebell Posted May 11, 2017 Author #16 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Julia street I believe. The one that is closest to the Hyatt place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted May 11, 2017 #17 Share Posted May 11, 2017 There are two ways to get to the terminal once you reach the end of Julia Street. You can take a right and walk a short distance to the terminal entrance, but you will be walking against traffic and there are signs that tell you not to do that. Or you can take the escalator or elevator up to the Riverwalk mall, walk directly across towards the river and you will see an elevator that takes you to the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde3 Posted May 11, 2017 #18 Share Posted May 11, 2017 There are two ways to get to the terminal once you reach the end of Julia Street. You can take a right and walk a short distance to the terminal entrance, but you will be walking against traffic and there are signs that tell you not to do that. Or you can take the escalator or elevator up to the Riverwalk mall, walk directly across towards the river and you will see an elevator that takes you to the terminal. Is it possible to walk across the tracks and enter the portal that says "Julia Street Cruise Terminal" and get into the terminal that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnebell Posted May 11, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted May 11, 2017 We'll be walking right past the convention center up convention center blvd. Can we go up Julia street to the terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted May 12, 2017 #20 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Yes, to both of the questions above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde3 Posted May 12, 2017 #21 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 20, 2017 #22 Share Posted September 20, 2017 After only doing New Orleans, then doing Galveston, New Orleans is super easy in comparison. Porters are right in front of the entrance to grab your bags. Sure, the traffic jam on the road into the port is insane though. I experienced nothing like this at Canaveral or Ft. Lauderdale. I take the shuttle from Fulton garage and I've never been in a traffic jam. We took a cab from the Hilton Riverside, it was a long line of cars inching along to get to the terminal. I'd say that's rare then because I've done it four times and I'd say I've never been in that shuttle more than 5 minutes. I haven't forgotten about this exchange. I recorded my ride to and from the Port this time. Zwzj29_iG6U [YOUTUBE]aJdXQchT9Ak[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluidshay Posted February 1, 2018 #23 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi, I see instructions for walking to Julia terminal but not to Erato. Can someone tell me if I can walk from my hotel to the terminal? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 1, 2018 #24 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi, I see instructions for walking to Julia terminal but not to Erato. Can someone tell me if I can walk from my hotel to the terminal? Thanks! What hotel? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluidshay Posted February 2, 2018 #25 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Four Seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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