"LeeNY" wrote:
>Jim Booth wrote:
>> We will be going out of New Orleans on NCL in January for a 7 days cruise.
>> Can anyone tell me where the dock is located? We would like to reserve a
>> hotel room close by both the day before the cruise and the day after.
>>
>Why do you want to stay by the dock? I've never been to N.O., but I'd
>LOVE to, and it's not the dock I want to see! It seems that there's so
>much to see, do, taste, experience in the city, that I'd have to be
>dragged, kicking and screaming, to a hotel outside of the action.
>
The docks are not any distance at all from 'the action'. New Orleans
is on the river and so are the docks. The docks are just about a
block from Canal Street, between the Convention Center and River Walk
and Canal. The French Quarter is on the other side of Canal Street.
It is just a question of where along the river you stay.
The Spring Hill Suites which another person recommended are Marriott
hotels.
One is Courtyard by Marriott: New Orleans
(504) 598-9898 300 Julia St New Orleans, LA 70130
and the other one is Spring Hill Suites by Marriott
(504) 522-3100
301 Saint Joseph St, New Orleans, LA 70130
>Perhaps you've been to N.O. a zillion times and want to avoid what so
>many tourists want to see. But, if you've never been, why do you want
>to skip the experience?
>
>I'm just curious. I hope you don't take offense.
>
Most people want to stay in the French Quarter. The French Quarter is
very noisy at times, including all night, even during the week. The
French Quarter is easy enough to get to on public transportation from
almost any hotel, even without staying there and there are excellent
restaurants within a short distance of almost anywhere you might stay.
The three main sections of tourist New Orleans are
a) The French Quarter, which is quaint, dirty, loud, and expensive
b) The Garden District which is beautiful, quiet, isolated and
expensive
c) the area around the Convention Center which is convenient, ordinary
and expensive.
It is easy to get to the rest of New Orleans if you stay anywhere on
the Riverfront, or along Canal Street. . If you are old enough to
have Medicare (as we are) you can ride the streetcar (they are NOT
called trolleys) or the buses for 40 cents and get a free transfer.
If you are a young'un, it will be $1.25 a ride (exact change although
they do take dollar bills) plus 25 cents for a transfer or a VisiTOUR
pass for $5 for the day.
There are three main street car lines and they come about every 10
minutes. One runs along the river front all the way from the
convention center to the French Market/Jackson Square area. One runs
up the middle of Canal Street, and one runs from Canal Street through
the Garden District to Carrollton.
Most of the tours will pick you up at your hotel, wherever that is.
You can also go down near the Plaza d'Espana and get a paddlewheel
boat up to Chalmette (the Battle of New Orleans), or take the ferry
over to Algiers (where they make the Mardi Gras floats). And the
cruise ship docks are also close to Harrah's casino, and the Audubon
Aquarium of the Americas. From the Aquarium, you can get a boat to
the zoo.
We stayed farther up Canal, and had no trouble walking across to the
French Quarter or taken the streetcars to the Garden District, to the
Aquarium, to the French Market, etc. We were there for a week.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/5d371/#TL Two days may not be
enough, but you will not have any problem being too far from the
'action' if you are near the docks.
grandma Rosalie
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