Carnival Dream - LIVE- Dec 2-9 NOLA to Western Carib., Fun Times, Menus, etc

[Saint Greg]

Dream and NCL Breakaway in port as viewed from my hotel room window and it’s froggy.

 

 

 

Convention center blvd construction 

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

4pm. The Dream is pulling out. There goes my view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

Not today 

 

[Saint Greg]

I still have this

 

 

 

5:15...I should’ve looked at the time before I hit the shower. I figured Breakaway was leaving at 5pm. I missed it.

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

I decided to walk across the street to the river walk mall to hit the Fat Tuesday for a daiquiri. 

 

I got the biggest Pina Colada they had and I’m going to finish watching this game here.

 

 

 

 

 

Ended up grabbing some food from the Mike Anderson’s in the food court here.

 

Popcorn Shrimp, Red Beans And Rice, slaw, and hush puppy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

Left this out of the room pics

 

 

 

hotel lobby

 

 

 

 

Starbucks downstairs 

 

 

something going on for the sugar bowl

 

Edited December 31, 2018 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

7:13am probably too early to catch Triumph coming in.

 

yep

 

 

[Saint Greg]

Ginger bread latte at 7:45am

 

 

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

I see this question a lot. Close place for wine. Cajun market on the corner of Julia street and convention center blvd...next door to the Marriott.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caribsun]

Thanks for the info. 

[Saint Greg]

If you are walking through the riverwalk mall there’s also this place

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

The in room tv checkout worked. A lot of places it doesn’t. They don’t leave newspapers outside your door for you. A lot of hotels here do. Here’s a look at the lobby bar while I wait for the valet.

 

[Saint Greg]

My chariot has arrived

Edited December 31, 2018 by Saint Greg

[bbtbear]

14 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I’ll tack this on since I’m staying in a popular New Orleans cruise hotel this weekend. 

 

I rolled in about 11am on Sunday... an hour before the Saints game so interstate traffic was bad but the area around the hotel wasn’t bad at all. The valet parking dropoff is actually off of Fulton Street. I was happy about that because I could avoid the construction and potential embarkation day traffic on convention center blvd on the other side of the hotel. 

 

There is actually a garage right across the street from the valet drop off. I believe you can park yourself there for $25-30/night. I went with the $39 valet because I was pressed for time to get to the game. 

 

This is a busy day because not only are people here for the Saints game. The Dream and Breakway are in port. I’m sure people are in town for New Years. Georgia and Texas are in town for the Sugar Bowl. 

 

I paid $150 for this hotel on Hotwire four months ago... which is a little high for a Sunday night. I attribute that to everything that’s going on in town right now.

 

I expected chaos, long lines, having to wait to check into a room until later. Those are all common things when I show up at a hotel at 11am on a Saints game day. Surprisingly there was only one person in line ahead of me and I was able to get a room immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't think you ever identified which hotel this is?

 

[Saint Greg]

1 hour ago, bbtbear said:

I don't think you ever identified which hotel this is?

 

 

Wow! I think you're right. Marriott Convention Center

[Saint Greg]

14 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

 

 

 

something going on for the sugar bowl

 

 

 

This room looks familiar 

 

 

https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/photos-kirby-smart-addresses-roster-sugar-bowl-press-conference/5ioDJSNDYCNOkcKa2bPIXP/

 

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2019 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

I did this video for anyone wanting to know how to walk from a convention center hotel to the port. 

 

This is coming out of the Marriott Convention Center. 

 

Look right to Hyatt Place next door. On the other side is the popular cruise parking garage Fulton.

 

walk to the corner at Julia street. Show you the Cajun market for wine purchases...and embassy suites around the corner. 

 

A look at Hilton riverside as we cross the street

 

walk to the Julia street NCL/RCCL terminal.

 

continue to the erato Street CCL terminal dodging cars like Frogger.

 

Then I take the steps to to the river walk mall like Rocky Balboa.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2019 by Saint Greg

[bbtbear]

Thanks for posting this! This video was actually so helpful to me. We are staying just a little bit away from the Marriott at the Loews and I was trying to figure out whether we should walk or catch an Uber or a cab. Because we'll have a lot of luggage and I saw all kinds of hazards to moving a bunch of luggage, I now feel really good about taking a cab instead of walking. Thanks again!

 

[Saint Greg]

23 minutes ago, bbtbear said:

Thanks for posting this! This video was actually so helpful to me. We are staying just a little bit away from the Marriott at the Loews and I was trying to figure out whether we should walk or catch an Uber or a cab. Because we'll have a lot of luggage and I saw all kinds of hazards to moving a bunch of luggage, I now feel really good about taking a cab instead of walking. Thanks again!

 

 

You can also go in Hilton riverside and through the mall but you’d have to make it down those stairs at the end. 

[bbtbear]

Just now, Saint Greg said:

 

You can also go in Hilton riverside and through the mall but you’d have to make it down those stairs at the end. 

Yeah, that just ain't happening. I'm packing heavy for this trip because after the cruise we're staying on in NOLA for Mardi Gras week, so I have a costume and will have to pack all kinds of other clothes and paraphernalia in case the weather isn't warm, it rains, etc. It's going to be a cab for me! 🙂

[pamici]

I haven't subscribed to a thread since the forum update, so I hope this does it. Great review as always and I'm looking forward to your Vista trip. I'm going on my first cruise in October and Vista's my girl.

[Saint Greg]

When I uploaded that video the other day I noticed I never uploaded my embarkation video. So here is my embarkation day crowd avoidance technique. I’m going to miss this on vista since they put the casino on deck 4...like having my own private hallway on the Dream.

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

On 1/3/2019 at 9:12 PM, pamici said:

I haven't subscribed to a thread since the forum update, so I hope this does it. Great review as always and I'm looking forward to your Vista trip. I'm going on my first cruise in October and Vista's my girl.

 

TEST. Thanks for signing up! I’ll be on board in 50 days so bring your questions. I’ll post here so you should get a notification. You’ll probably hear from me a week before that. 

[Dentac]

On 12/8/2018 at 10:43 AM, Saint Greg said:

They have luggage tags in a more visible area this time. I was able to secure the earliest possible tag number. Normally I’m not in a hurry to get off but the saints do play at noon tomorrow so I’ll have a little extra motivation.

 

 

 

[sammy b]

Great report very helpful!!! Thank you!