Time of return flight from New Orleans

[kokopelli-az]

We will be on the American Queen, arriving at New Orleans June 9, 2013. Is there plenty of time to get from the cruise port to the New Orleans airport for a 10:45 am flight?

[DebbieMH]

Id call AQ and see what they think. You should be ok if you get off no later than 8:00. Traffic can back up on I-10 because of construction, so take take that into consideration. Nola has been working on I-10 now for 20 years, so it wont be complete!

[KirkNC]

I would want something later, preferably after noon.

[DebbieMH]

I went I-10 this morning a little after 8, i agree with the above poster, get a flight at noon or after to be on the safe side.

[kokopelli-az]

Update for anyone else with this question. I called The American Queen and they said I can probably get off the ship by 7:00 am, just let the front desk know that I have an early flight and ask them to request a taxi to be sure one is waiting at the dock. The driving to the airport from where the ship docks will be on a Sunday morning so I am thinking it will be a faster (than during rush hour) drive. I'm going to go ahead and make reservations for the 10:45 am flight.

 

Thanks for everyone's input.

[DebbieMH]

Sunday, you will be fine and if you can get off the boat around 7 or 7:30, no worries!

[DebbieMH]

We docked in New Orleans about 4:00 am this morning. Some people were disembarking around 6:30 fyi

[kokopelli-az]

For your replies regarding time of debarkation. If we are lucky enough to debark by 6am or so we might even get to pick up an earlier flight ! Thanks again.

[DebbieMH]

You get a form about midway through asking how you want to disembark. Since we live in Nola, we just said we would take our luggage off the boat - there was an option for that. A lot easier than having to leave your luggage out the night before. And, all A Q did was put all the luggage on the dock, so if you planned on a taxi, you would have to go through the luggage down there to get yours anyway. Might as well just disembark with it.