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My husband and I were also one of the cancelled cabins. This was to be our first cruise. So disappointing. We drove 9 hours to get to New Orleans, stayed a day in NOLA. The morning of the cruise we received a text message that we should delay our port arrival until 12. We requested a late check out from the hotel and then took a shuttle over. The porter would not take our luggage as we were on the dreaded "list". We sat for 2 hours with no information. Then at 2 pm they handed out a letter to those on the list, promising a refund and a future cruise. After a while longer they started to board some passengers and announced that if you were on the list you could go down to the shops at Riverwalk nearby. But we could not, as our luggage was not checked and we did not want to drag our bags around. We wound up, hours later going back to the hotel and staying the night, too late to drive back. Hoping that they come through as promised and that we actually get to take a first cruise, maybe next year.

A news article reported that they were not able to set sail until Sunday afternoon.