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Advance Check-In is the name of the luggage service. While their desk is inside of the terminal building, they do not appear to have a direct affiliation with the port authority. You can find more info here: https://www.advancecheckin.com/

When we arrived back in port, we proceeded to the customs hall, located our luggage, were cleared by the customs officer, and then proceeded out into the hallway that is just inside from the Julia Street pick up/drop off area. About 50 yards past the customs officer we saw the desk for "Advance Check-In" luggage service where they had about a half-dozen staff members set to tag your bags. We then pre-paid for our luggage to be delivered to MSY, where we were able to pick it up at the baggage claim level later that evening. The fee is $25 for the first piece of luggage, $45 for 2-4 pieces of luggage, and $10 for each additional piece of luggage after 4. $55 lighter (plus tip) and five bags lighter we were then free to go catch our Uber to head to the WWII Museum. A great way to kill time until our late flight!

Hi again to my fellow cruise lovers! I hope you enjoy my review of the Breakaway! We had an incredible time as a family on this cruise, and I couldn't wait to get home and share our thoughts and review with you all! First off, I always like to introduce our family a bit at the start of my reviews. My wife and I reside in the great state of Iowa where we're raising two boys. I'm employed in the insurance industry, while my wife, a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, runs the lab in a health clinic. We've been married for 14+ years (15 in May!), and have enjoyed five NCL cruises prior to this one (Sky 2011, Sky 2015, Escape 2017, Breakaway 2019, Bliss 2021). Pictured is a family photo from a Florida beach trip back in April of '21. Because we're so far from any cruise port, we typically get to cruise about every 18 months or so if we're lucky. But because of the craziest cruise cancellation (and that's a high bar in the age of global pandemics), we were able to book this cruise shortly after our November Bliss trip. (reviewed here: Basically, we were supposed to sail on the Breakaway in May of 2020 (COVID cancelled), optimistically rescheduled for October of 2020 on the Joy (should have been a bit more pessimistic), and finally rescheduled for the Encore in November of 2021. However, the Encore sailing was canceled at the last minute (four days prior to sailing) due to it being stuck on the wrong side of the Panama canal's bottle neck. We were able to very quickly flip our entire itinerary around from Miami to L.A. to sail on the bliss, but because NCL gave us a full refund AND FCC worth 50% of the canceled cruise's value. So rebooking last minute to the Bliss worked out great, and we had money to spend once we got home. After quite a bit of research during the Black Friday sale, we landed on this April sailing for a family trip with the boys in tow this time around. It coincided with Easter and Spring Break for the boys, so it was perfect! We managed to keep it a secret from the boys until Christmas. They had noticed that there was really only one present under the tree, and it was to both of them, but didn't make any waves or complain. So when the time came to open their gift, things got pretty exciting pretty quickly!