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Whether you’re whooping it up on Bourbon Street, listening to the Jackson Square trumpeters, or hearing the ghosts whisper at eerie St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, spending extra time in the Big Easy is a must when cruising from New Orleans. Time your NOLA cruise right, and you can step out with the parades of Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras. MEET THE CEREMONY. We kick off a new ship’s career with a naming ceremony and ours are one part tradition and a lotta parts fun! On the tradition end, we get dignitaries like Mardi Gras' godmother, Miss Dominican Republic Kimberly Jiménez, and our own Chief Fun Officer Shaq to help make sure the champagne bottle gets broken just right for good luck. Cruises. New Orleans Mardi Gras: March 2025; MayDaze: May 2025; Danube Delights River Cruise: July 2025 New Orleans Mardi Gras Cruise – SOLD OUT 8 Nights, March Join us in New Orleans for a Mardi Gras celebration unlike any other. Let the good times roll with two incredible options designed to elevate your experience. Enjoy the electrifying parade and unlimited cocktails from reserved stadium seating on the street, or upgrade to balcony access featuring a buffet and open bar. VACAYA sails for 7 adventure-filled nights from New Orleans February 22-March 1, 2025 and returns to The Big Easy just in time for Mardi Gras Weekend! This all-LGBT+ cruise marks the first big-ship gay cruise from New Orleans in over 20 years and will provide VACAYA guests with a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Also visit Cozumel, Mexico, George Town, Grand Cayman, and Yucatan (Progresso), Mexico. At the end of the cruise, VACAYA has an incredible 4-night post-cruise stay in New Orleans available for purchase, as well. Those 4 nights are packed with nearly everything you could ever want from a Mardi Gras experience – grandstand seating for the best parades (Endymion, Bacchus, Zulu, and Rex), delicious food, bayou fun, transfers I was just in New Orleans for a land based vacation, and ended up walking through the area with the cruise terminal (it's an outlet mall). The good news is that it's outside of the French Quarter, the bad news is that the area that the terminal is in is still VERY busy during Mardi Gras season because some of the parades are nearby. MEET THE CEREMONY. We kick off a new ship’s career with a naming ceremony and ours are one part tradition and a lotta parts fun! On the tradition end, we get dignitaries like Mardi Gras' godmother, Miss Dominican Republic Kimberly Jiménez, and our own Chief Fun Officer Shaq to help make sure the champagne bottle gets broken just right for good luck. Mardi Gras Doubloon Learn more about this iconic parade throw. What makes New Orleans Mardi Gras parades unique from— and much more fun than—parades across the country is simple: active crowd participation. Mardi Gras is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, the last day of the Carnival season which always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, which is officially the first day of Lent. Our 2025 All-Inclusive Cruise and Mardi Gras in New Orleans package is now sold out, however we have 2026 and 2027 departures now on sale. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans in style with our epic US Music Cities package. Includes Nashville, Memphis & and all-inclusive Caribbean cruise. Mardi Gras 2024 in New Orleans & Western Caribbean cruise with Memphis & Nashville from £2999 Mardi Gras World draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world each year, providing visitors with the opportunity to don authentic Mardi Gras costumes, tour enormous warehouses filled with floats and get a true taste of Mardi Gras with king cake and New Orleans coffee.
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