Carnival Glory - LIVE - Aug 25-Sep 1 - NOLA - Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, Cozumel

[Saint Greg]

[Saint Greg]

 

[Saint Greg]

 

[Saint Greg]

 

[Saint Greg]

I decided to finish the night with some Dat Dog

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

I got got a Guinness dog and some cheddar bacon ranch fries..and a Lyft back to the hotel.

 

[grandmarnnurse]

Loving your pics of New Orleans, and yes, I’ve watched NCIS New Orleans! The bar looks familiar—could it be Prides? You are making me so excited for my trip in February! Can’t wait to read more! Happy Saturday! 

[PhillyFan33579]

Have fun on your cruise!  Hopefully embarkation goes smoothly today. Only six more days until I am on Liberty and 15 more days until the Eagles start their march to the Super Bowl!

[Jamman54]

Have a great cruise Greg! I'll be following along.

[Saint Greg]

48 minutes ago, grandmarnnurse said:

Loving your pics of New Orleans, and yes, I’ve watched NCIS New Orleans! The bar looks familiar—could it be Prides? You are making me so excited for my trip in February! Can’t wait to read more! Happy Saturday! 

 

Yep. The tru tone in the show. They just change the sign.

[Saint Greg]

[Saint Greg]

48 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

Have fun on your cruise!  Hopefully embarkation goes smoothly today. Only six more days until I am on Liberty and 15 more days until the Eagles start their march to the Super Bowl!

 

Embarkation is tomorrow. More New Orleans is happening today.

[Saint Greg]

I don’t know what’s going on but they’re setting up for something.

 

 

And these people are involved.

 

[Saint Greg]

I saw a crazy cast of characters when I first opened the window...including a female devil on roller skates.

[Saint Greg]

There’s the finish line

 

[Saint Greg]

My steakhouse reservation was confirmed.

[Saint Greg]

 

[kdr69]

Looking forward to this review as I sail on Glory out of NOLA in April of 2020 and then again the following year in February of 2021 for a bucket list Mardi Gras trip.  Only 112 days to our Panorama Cruise!!

[jbethel11]

1 hour ago, grandmarnnurse said:

I’ve watched NCIS New Orleans!

SAME!!!!

 

52 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Yep. The tru tone in the show. They just change the sign.

Oh so they actually filmed in NOLA?

 

I will be there tomorrow, cannot wait to see what they have to offer, and if it even compares to NY!

[Saint Greg]

Just now, jbethel11 said:

SAME!!!!

 

Oh so they actually filmed in NOLA?

 

I will be there tomorrow, cannot wait to see what they have to offer, and if it even compares to NY!

 

The outside shots. The inside is done on a sound stage. I should get by the exterior of their HQ today.

 

 

[Saint Greg]

I don’t think I mentioned it last night but I was successful at Nordstrom Rack. I got this charger for $15. It’s pretty close to mine. Mine has the built in cable is the only thing...which I prefer.

 

[Saint Greg]

I’m always fascinated with historic buildings. I want to know what a building used to be. I think I may have casually mentioned on one of my reviews last year that this area is where the 1984 worlds fair was and the port is actually where they had the space shuttle.

 

They say they fair was a failure because it didn’t bring the number of people they wanted but I see it as a huge win for New Orleans that is still paying dividends today. It built the convention center, riverwalk mall, and revitalized this area that was old warehouses and is now full of hotels and restaurants.

 

I wish they still had the tram. I’d love to take it to the port. Or the cable car that took you across the river. Imagine being in the holiday inn west bank and taking a cable car over to the port. 

 

If you’re ever in Miami and go to the zoo, you can ride the tram that was here in 1984.

 

Here’s a good article on it from a few months ago.

 

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_492c92ce-7ac8-5430-8c4e-43e0e3ccf567.html

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

I checked out of the hotel and stopped by the car to drop off my dirty clothes and pick up some clean ones for tomorrow.

 

Think I’m going to find something to eat.

 

[Saint Greg]

This is what’s going on out here.

 

port orleans. I believe that’s the brewery owned by former saints RT and current play by play announcer Zach Strief. 

 

Drew Brees had his b-day party at that place after the saints playoff win. There’s a really good article by a couple of guys that crashed the party. It was really cool how they were accepted as if they belonged there.

 

 

[Saint Greg]

Oh man they got the crepes a la cart truck. That’s what I’m getting.