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Participants can glide past the historic French Quarter and see the Port of New Orleans with a detailed narration from an onboard historian
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About This Deal
- The vessel: The Creole Queen
- Duration of trip: 2.5 hours
- Departure location: Riverwalk/Canal Street Dock (1 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70130, located behind the Hilton Riverside Hotel & The Outlet Riverwalk Collections Mall)
- For questions, call (504) 529-4567
- Boarding: 1:30 p.m..
- Departing:
- Thursday - Monday: 2:00 p.m.
- Returns: 4:30 p.m.
- Children 5 and under are free without a meal; boarding pass still required, please mention them at time of booking.
- Available days: Thursday to Friday.
- What’s included: narrated cruise and tour of the battlefield
- Available upgrades onboard: $19 Creole Lunch Buffet, $20 bottomless mimosas, cash bar
- Reservation required? Yes
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How to Schedule
- After purchasing your voucher, you’ll receive instructions and a link to schedule the date and time of your tour.
- View the offer for the Mississippi River Dinner Jazz Cruise
- View the offer for the Jazz Brunch
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About Creole Queen
With its maiden voyage held a mere 30 years ago, the Paddlewheeler Creole Queen seems to break the rules of time. From its outside, the vessel looks straight out of the 1800s. A giant, 24-foot paddle wheel propels the boat up and down the Mississippi River, and its soft lighting, wrought-iron trim, and Victorian-style draperies call to mind a bygone era. Look past those features, however, and you find modern equipment. Air conditioning and heating keep things comfortable, while a fuel-efficient, diesel-electric engine would make a steam-powered vessel scream like a tea kettle with envy.
Once that engine churns to life, the paddle wheeler can take more than 800 passengers at a time on two types of tours. A Creole buffet and live music take over the interior dining rooms during the Dinner Jazz Cruise. The Chalmette Battlefield River Cruise, on the other hand, focuses on history, with the captain spinning tails of local landmarks and key events, and the passengers disembarking to explore the historic site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.