*** PHOTO Trip Journal aboard Carnival's CONQUEST (Sept. 2012, Caribbean) ***

[daliflor]

Thank you ALL for your patience... been away for the Holidays and didn't have the chance to post.

 

Back to Saturday night and the "Carnival Legends" talent show!

VIDEO (Gloria Estefan's performance @ Carnival Legends):

 

 

 

VIDEO (Elvis Presley's performance @ Carnival Legends):

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VIDEO (Frank Sinatra's performance to conclude the "Carnival Legends" talent show):

 

 

 

The Grand Finale of the CARNIVAL LEGENDS talent show @ Toulouse Lautrec Lounge!

 

 

VIDEO (The Big Finale conclusion of the "Carnival Legends" talent show):

 

Mingling with the talented stars of the Carnival Legends show @ Lobby 3 Atrium aboard Carnival CONQUEST cruise ship -

Saturday night, last Fun Day at Sea and last night of this 2012 Western Caribbean cruise:

 

 

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The curtain came down at the end of the show ("Carnival Legends"):

 

 

 

This was the last show aboard Carnival's CONQUEST cruise ship @ Toulouse Lautrec Lounge...

 

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Last NIGHT aboard the ship... so time for one last tour of the "old" CONQUEST (before the 2.0 upgrade):

 

 

 

ALFRED's BAR

 

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One last drink @ ALFRED's BAR... aboard the Conquest - Saturday night:

 

 

 

 

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Maybe one more... drink @ ALFRED's BAR - aboard the Conquest, Saturday night:

 

 

 

 

Time to explore some more... of the "old" CONQUEST...

 

 

 

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Colors... lights... shadows... Saturday night aboard the Carnival's CONQUEST!

 

 

 

 

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Last day aboard the Carnival's "old" CONQUEST (prior to the 2.0 upgrade)... Saturday night...

 

 

 

 

 

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The colors of Carnival's CONQUEST at night - Saturday!

 

 

 

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It's raining... getting closer to New Orleans... Saturday night aboard the Carnival's CONQUEST cruise ship...

 

 

 

 

The BUFFET is CLOSED, indeed!

 

 

 

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The CONQUEST ship's interior decor - a French Impressionist style (designed to complement the port-city of New Orleans).

 

 

 

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Got the... BLUES @ Carnival's CONQUEST... Saturday night!

 

 

 

 

The Godmother of Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.

 

 

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Strangers in the night exchanging glances...

 

 

Wond'ring in the night what were the chances

We'd be sharing love before the night was through...

 

 

... LaLaLa...

We were strangers in the night

Up to the moment when we said our first hello...

 

 

GOOD NIGHT, Moon! ...

 

 

Tomorrow is another day (Sunday, disembarkation in New Orleans)!

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WOW! Some of those paintings are really good!

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GOOD MORNING, NEW ORLEANS Louisiana!

 

 

Sunday morning, our Western Caribbean cruise came to an end... it was raining...

 

 

 

Back to the cruise terminals that serve New Orleans, LA -

the ones located on the Mississippi River (near the French Quarter and adjacent to the Convention Center).

 

 

 

 

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With the Mississippi River moving about 500 million tons of cargo each year –

including chemicals, coal, timber, iron, steel and more than half of the nation’s grain exports,

the Port of New Orleans is America’s gateway to the global market.

 

 

 

 

New Orleans has been a center for international trade since 1718 when it was founded by the French.

 

Today, the Port of New Orleans is at the center of the world’s busiest port complex — Louisiana’s Lower Mississippi River.

 

Its proximity to the American Midwest via a 14,500-mile inland waterway system makes

New Orleans the port of choice for the movement of cargoes.

 

 

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Saying "Good Bye!" to our lovely Aussie friends (ladies, remember: "Go, Julia!").

 

 

 

 

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Mississippi River -- The Port of New Orleans is ideally located on the 14,500 mile Mid-America inland waterway system.

 

 

World’s Busiest Waterway -- More than 6,000 ocean vessels annually move through New Orleans on the Mississippi River.

 

 

Cruise Port -- More than 700,000 passengers sail through the Port of New Orleans each year.

 

Carnival Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines sail weekly to destinations

in the Caribbean and Mexico.

 

The Delta Queen Steamboat Company offers excursions along the nation’s inland river system.

 

RiverBarge Excursions’ hotel-on-barge River Explorer features a New Orleans/Memphis itinerary.

 

 

 

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It's raining in New Orleans... it stops for few minutes... and then it starts again... Disembarkation Day...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In New Orleans, LA the ingredients have come together like a delicious gumbo:

start with the Mississippi River, then add the historic French Quarter, world class restaurants, the arts district, and shopping –

all within walking distance of the port's cruise terminal complex.

 

 

 

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VIDEO (The New Orleans Pier seen from the decks of Carnival's CONQUEST):

 

 

 

The NOLA Port’s signature facility, the Erato St. Cruise Terminal and Parking Garage Complex,

opened on October 15, 2006.

 

 

 

VIDEO (New Orleans Cruise Terminal seen from the decks of Carnival's CONQUEST):

 

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Taking a look inside some of the staterooms @ Deck 2

(as they were being cleaned on Sunday morning):

 

 

Carnival Conquest - stateroom 2429

 

 

 

 

Carnival Conquest - stateroom 2423

 

[theporterhouse]

Spectacular review-journal! We were on the conquest in August and had a fabulous time! All your spectacular photos take me back to that wonderful trip! Thank you so much!

[tkabrk]

I noticed in the daily capers that they have a renewal of vows - do they do that on all sailings? Has anyone else done this? What is the cost?

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Taking another look inside some of the staterooms @ Deck 2 on Sunday morning:

 

 

Carnival Conquest - stateroom 2421

 

 

 

Oh! And the LAUNDRY facilities (and iron) @ Deck 2 aboard the CONQUEST:

 

 

 

 

One last look at a stateroom (before getting off the ship in New Orleans):

 

 

Carnival Conquest - stateroom 2257