All that Jazz……

I will go back one day….

It was a place that I never thought of or had the urge to go, but a few years ago I was given the opportunity to visit a couple of ships that were based in New Orleans.
Making a weekend of it and with the Sales & Marketing director who worked with us at the time we made our flight over to New Orleans. It was Mardi s Gras when we went which obviously added to the excitment. After a long hard day we decided to go and paint the town red. Wow what an experience.  It was so exciting, the atmosphere was electric, people partying out on the streets, some very eccentric people were out and about.  It didn’t take me long to get into the party spirit making my way back to the hotel about 5 in the morning.  These ship visits can be so tiring.

So I am very excitied to hear that NCL will place one of their ships in New Orleans in 2011

Here’s the press release.

In summer 2011, Norwegian Cruise Line will base a ship year-round in New Orleans and will homeport in Copenhagen for the first time.

The Norwegian Sun will offer nine-day Baltic cruises from Denmark’s capital.

A year-round cruise program out of New Orleans is also a first for NCL. The move brings more good news to the Big Easy two days after it won the Super Bowl.

The Norwegian Spirit has been based in New Orleans seasonally since 2007. Year-round, the Spirit will operate weekly, seven-day western Caribbean cruises from April 2011 through April 2012.

The 2,000-passenger Spirit will call in Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; and Belize City, Belize.

From Copenhagen, the Sun will go to Berlin (Warnemünde), Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; and Stockholm (Nynashamn), Sweden. The ship will overnight in St. Petersburg.

Also in summer 2011, the 2,400-passenger Norwegian Gem will replace the Norwegian Dawn sailing from New York to Bermuda. The 2,224-passenger Dawn will homeport in Boston, replacing the Spirit.