Vacationdreamer<>< Posted April 2, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 2, 2019 With thanks to @Saint Greg for his suggestion, I am reposting my question over here. Our cruise leaves from NOLA on a Saturday. We will be leaving our house in NY on Thursday evening and driving directly to the greater NOLA area. I am considering staying in the Laplace or Boutte region (to maybe see a plantation before embarking) vs. a hotel in Slidell or a hotel in Gretna. What is traffic like in the area? Is it utterly impractical to stay west of the city to see a plantation prior to boarding? It looks like Evergreen Plantation is 65 minutes from port. Ideally we would be at Evergreen when it opened at 9AM, tour til 11:30 then get to port by 1:00 P.M. Is this reasonable? If this is too much, is there anything anyone can recommend to do in Slidell or Gretna areas with some regional flair? We are a family of me, DH, kids 19, 17, 15, 13, 9, 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted April 3, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Unless there is some major event going on, Saturday traffic is fairly mild. You can get traffic reports here: www.wwltv.com There is no "regional flair" in Slidell or Gretna that I can think of. Gretna is a lot closer to downtown and the French Quarter than Slidell. Same with Laplace and Boutte, but as long as you are just looking for a place to spend the night, any of them would work.The plantation tour should fit into your schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeko1 Posted April 7, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 7, 2019 use the LADOT website to track traffic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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