08/21/2026
⚜️🚢 DID YOU KNOW? YOU CAN CRUISE FROM NEW ORLEANS!
When most people think about cruising, they think about Florida.
Miami. Fort Lauderdale. Port Canaveral.
But behbeh…
DON’T SLEEP ON NEW ORLEANS! 😂⚜️
New Orleans isn’t simply a destination where cruise passengers come to visit.
WE ARE A CRUISE HOMEPORT.
You can come to New Orleans, eat some gumbo, walk the French Quarter, listen to jazz, pass a good time…
…and then BOARD YOUR CRUISE SHIP RIGHT HERE!
And here’s something you may not know:
⚜️ PORT NOLA IS THE 6TH-LARGEST CRUISE PORT IN THE UNITED STATES, with more than 1 MILLION cruise passenger movements in 2025.
But what makes cruising from New Orleans REALLY different?
🚢 THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI!
When your ship leaves the terminal, you don’t immediately enter the Gulf.
You cruise DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, traveling through southeast Louisiana before eventually reaching the Gulf.
Now THAT’S a sail-away! ⚜️
And we’ve got options.
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE is the major year-round ocean cruise operator here, with Carnival Valor and Carnival Liberty sailing from New Orleans.
Depending on your itinerary, you can cruise to destinations like:
🌴 Cozumel
🌴 Progreso
🌴 Roatán
🌴 Belize
🌴 Jamaica
🌴 Grand Cayman
🌴 The Bahamas
…and more!
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE also operates seasonal cruises from New Orleans.
And over the years, New Orleans has welcomed major cruise lines including Royal Caribbean, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America and others.
But HERE’S the part that surprises a lot of people:
⚜️ WE DON’T JUST HAVE OCEAN CRUISES!
New Orleans is the ONLY U.S. CRUISE PORT OFFERING BOTH OCEAN-GOING AND RIVER CRUISES.
Instead of heading downriver toward the Gulf, you can cruise UP THE MISSISSIPPI through America’s historic river towns.
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES operates Mississippi River cruises from New Orleans.
And so does VIKING MISSISSIPPI.
So from the same city, you can board an ocean-going ship headed toward Mexico and the Caribbean…
OR
take a river cruise through America’s heartland.
And the cruise terminals?
They’re right in the city, just minutes from the French Quarter!
That means cruising from New Orleans can give you:
⚜️ TWO VACATIONS IN ONE!
Come early.
Eat the food.
Hear the music.
Walk the French Quarter.
Experience the culture.
Then grab your luggage, head down to the river and start an entirely different vacation! 🚢🌴
Cruising is really just the newest chapter in a much older story.
For centuries, the Port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River have connected this city with America and the world.
The ships have changed.
The passengers have changed.
BUT NEW ORLEANS IS STILL A PORT CITY. ⚜️
And this is where my two worlds come together!
I’m not only a New Orleans tour guide—I’m also an Independent Travel Agent specializing in New Orleans cruise vacations.
Thinking about cruising from New Orleans?
Visit my travel business, Get On Vacation, at letsgetonvacation.com.
Come early. Experience New Orleans. Then grab your luggage, head to the river and…
🚢🌴 GET ON VACATION!
Experience New Orleans. Cruise the world.
👇🏾 Have you ever cruised from New Orleans? Where did you go?
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