Raxter54 Posted April 6, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 6, 2015 We are sailing on the Dream out of NOLA next Jan 31. Do any frequent NOLA cruisers know if Mardi Gras is in progress at that time? Just wondering if parking will be a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nydney1 Posted April 7, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 7, 2015 We sailed out on Feb 1st this year and there was a Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter that Saturday night. We had little ones so we skipped the parade. We stayed at the Hilton and had no issues parking. For the cruise we parked at the Fulton Garage for $8 a day with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxter54 Posted April 7, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted April 7, 2015 We sailed out on Feb 1st this year and there was a Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter that Saturday night. We had little ones so we skipped the parade. We stayed at the Hilton and had no issues parking. For the cruise we parked at the Fulton Garage for $8 a day with no issues. Thank you for the information. We also used the Fulton garage earlier this year, so I guess we'll get out parking spot reserved early :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnola66 Posted April 7, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Fat Tuesday is February 9 next year so yes you will be there at the height of the Mardi Gras season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxter54 Posted April 7, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Fat Tuesday is February 9 next year so yes you will be there at the height of the Mardi Gras season Since we are just driving in to park at Fulton Garage and then back out after the cruise, hopefully there won't be much traffic by the pier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nydney1 Posted April 7, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Apparently only folks from Illinois can reply to this thread. We were down the same time you will be going down. All of the stands and port a lets for the parades were already up but traffic was not a problem. We had been to NOLA before and I did not notice any additional traffic. I will tell you the drive is a long one from Illinois. We are two hours north of Bloomington and it took us 15 hours. It's much better to split it into two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxter54 Posted April 8, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Apparently only folks from Illinois can reply to this thread. We were down the same time you will be going down. All of the stands and port a lets for the parades were already up but traffic was not a problem. We had been to NOLA before and I did not notice any additional traffic. I will tell you the drive is a long one from Illinois. We are two hours north of Bloomington and it took us 15 hours. It's much better to split it into two days. We're in East Central Illinois, SE of Champaign. On our first trip down we stopped in Brookhaven MS for the night. That left us a leisurely 2 hour jaunt to reach NOLA. Probably do the same thing this time. Why change something that works :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted April 8, 2015 #8 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The parades on your departure date won't get downtown until early afternoon, so you shouldn't have any problems with traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnola66 Posted April 8, 2015 #9 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) I would check the NOLA Mardi Gras sites for parade times and street closures. Edited April 8, 2015 by luvnola66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxter54 Posted April 8, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I would check the NOLA Mardi Gras sites for parade times and street closures. Looks like the parades on Jan 31 are in the afternoon, and Feb 7 they are all after 11 AM. Hopefully I'll be boarding the ship before the Jan 31 ones, and leaving town before the Feb 7 ones. I'm hoping Carnival allows self-disembarking like Royal Caribbean did. DW and I were the 3rd and 4th people off the Serenade on our cruise :-) Does anyone know if the parades would be affecting Interstate 10 heading out of NOLA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nydney1 Posted April 8, 2015 #11 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I Think the parades are more on city streets instead of the Interstate. When we sailed the dream at the end of January they had self assist. Even with two children we were off by 830. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxter54 Posted April 8, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted April 8, 2015 When we sailed the dream at the end of January they had self assist. Even with two children we were off by 830. Sweet! Surprised that Carnival doesn't sell "Faster Off The Ship" like they do "Faster To The Fun". Missing out on some revenue there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmpuma Posted April 9, 2015 #13 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Carnival allows self-disembarkation. Within a few blocks of the terminal you can get on I-10 and avoid any parade traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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