Do I need an excuse to return to New Orleans? NO! I have been pining to return since my last visit in Nov. 2010 (my first blog post too). So, an invite from the people I cruised with last year in April was taken seriously and I told them I would join. I ended up not doing the cruise portion because my friend(?) bowed out of doing this trip altogether after committing to it, and she was to be my roommate. She was also paying half so that hurt me financially.