See more, save more with New Orleans Power Pass"! For one low price, visitors receive free entry to all the most exciting attractions in town... a combined value of over $500 in admission fees.
See more, save more with New Orleans Power Pass"! For one low price, visitors receive free entry to all the most exciting attractions in town... a combined value of over $500 in admission fees. A New Orleans Power Pass" also includes "Fast Tracking", allowing customers to skip the line at many attractions. Every New Orleans Power Pass" provides additional discounts and special offers for fine retail shops, restaurants, and other activities. A colorful guide with maps, travel instructions, attraction descriptions and operating hours is also included.
How It Works
You can purchase a New Orleans Power Pass" good for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days. Multi-day New Orleans Power Pass" are valid on consecutive days only. A New Orleans Power Pass" is presented at the ticket window of each attraction and is activated at the first participating location visited. Each participating location can be visited once per day. (The list of participating locations is subject to change)
Please see list below for participating attractions.
Special Offer - Book and travel by August 31, 2009 and the price displayed will include a discount of 5% off the recommended retail price of a 3-day pass - BOOK NOW!
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The Evening Jazz Cruise features nightly entertainment by the Grammy nominated 'Dukes of Dixieland'.
Cruise Highlights:
Welcome to the Fun, Food and Folklore of The New Orleans School of Cooking! These entertaining classes are located in a renovated molasses warehouse built in the early 1800's in the heart of the French Quarter. You will be taught the basics of Louisiana Cooking in a way you'll never forget.
Fun is a primary ingredient in the kitchen! The Creole/Cajun experts teach you New Orleans specialties such as Gumbo, Jambalaya and Pralines, and season them with history, trivia and tall tales. It's a "ga-ron-teed" good time for all!
All classes include recipes and generous samplings of the demonstrated items, coffee, iced tea and beer.
Please Note: Bookings can only be made up to 3 months in advance
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Drive by the French Market, the old US Mint, the stately mansions, and St. Louis Cemetery #3 along Esplanade Avenue. Then, make your way to peaceful Bayou St. John, where you will view raised houses from the late 1700's and hear about their architectural significance in a city below sea level.
Arrive at UNO's campus along Lake Pontchartrain's shores, where the levee system is explained and the longest of all bridges, the Causeway, is seen from the van; then, drive along the Lakeshore past the remains of the Southern Yacht Club and the marinas, and reach the second levee breach at the 17th Street Canal and view from the van the violent and utter destruction it caused to the Lakeview neighborhood.
Drive though the once flooded Gentilly and New Orleans East neighborhoods continuing to witness the huge scope of Katrina's devastation. Cross over the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, MRGO, and hear about its impact on the loss of wetlands and coastal erosion, before arriving in Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, where the size of the tour vehicles allows you to drive through a demolished neighborhood caused by yet another levee failure.
Finally, drive across the Industrial Canal where you will see the largest Levee Breach which demolished the 9th Ward and then return to New Orleans downtown, pass the Superdome and the Convention Center.
Board the historic Steamboat Natchez to the delightful tunes of the Steam Calliope. Experience the sights and sounds of river life that enchanted characters of history and literature - like Mark Twain's Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer - and see the bustling activity of America's second largest port!
View the ever-changing skyline of 'The Crescent City' from the sunny decks or climate-controlled comfort of the majestic Steamer Natchez. Cruise past the Chalmette Battlefield, where the legendary Jean Lafitte and his buccaneers joined forces with Andrew Jackson to defend the city against the British in the Battle of New Orleans.
On the 11:30am departure, you also have the option to add on a delicious lunch.
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The cold buffet is a creative sampling of boiled shrimp (and crawfish when in season) with your choice of traditional cocktail or Creole remoulade sauces, seafood and pasta salads, ceviche, pates, cheeses and a variety of fresh fruit. Also included are delicious desserts: pecan pie, homemade vanilla ice cream, Bananas Foster and our famous bread pudding with whiskey sauce. While enjoying brunch, relax and sing along with our Jazz Trio, which plays daily.
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Next visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.
New Orleans has abundant wildlife, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana. Take a boat ride through these swamps and you may see alligators, raccoons, snakes and native birds. You'll hear stories of the local Cajuns and how they created gumbo, now a New Orleans tradition.
After a short motorcoach ride across the Mississippi River, take a fascinating boat trip into the Louisiana Swamps and Bayous.
Welcome to Cajun Country, the heart of French culture in Louisiana. Discover the history of the Cajun people, then board a boat for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the Bayou. Here, you can see alligators, herons and other native animals. For a unique tour with a little dash of Cajun spice - look no further!
Driving out to Cajun Country, you will travel through wild cypress swamps, over the Mississippi River on an impressive suspended bridge, and along vast sugarcane fields, as your guide tells a unique story of the odyssey of the Cajun people.
Enjoy a narrated boat tour (about 1 1/2 hours duration) on winding bayous in remote cypress swamps. Your Cajun guide, also an alligator hunter and fur trapper, shares his knowledge of the swamp including reptile habits, healing plants and exotic birds.
After this peaceful ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf.
Tours are operated in top of the line 14 passenger vans ensuring the greatest of comfort and personalized service.
The New Orleans MealTicket" offers visitors the best value on dining in town. For one low price, visitors receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner at six New Orleans restaurants. Every MealTicket" comes with a colorful guide with maps, travel instructions, restaurant descriptions, menu options and operating hours.
How It Works:
Consumers can purchase a New Orleans MealTicket" good for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days. Multi-day MealTicket" are valid on consecutive days only. A MealTicket" card is presented to servers or hosts at each restaurant prior to ordering and is activated at the first participating restaurant visited. Each MealTicket" is limited to one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner per day. Some restaurants may offer restricted menus; appetizers, dessert, alcohol, off menu items are extra.
Important: MealTicket" recommends providing a gratuity to your server. Please see list below for participating restaurants.
Special Offer - Book and travel by August 31, 2009 and the price displayed will include a discount of 5% off the recommended retail price - BOOK NOW!
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