Traveler friends - advice needed!
So we are strongly considering taking the girls to New Orleans this summer for our family vacation.Yes, I know it will be hot as hell, we lived in La. for a year plus. We will probably be going right in the middle of July to avoid Dove's Shakespeare schedule in the early part of summer.
So, the question is, what's good to do with KIDS (ages 10 and 13) in New Orleans? We will likely be there in the city for three days, staying close to the downtown area but not IN the French Quarter, taking the Amtrak Crescent line down and back, so we will also be likely car-less.
Potential things on are agenda are: the Aquarium / Insectarium (zoo probably too far), a swamp tour, a riverboat ride, a ghost tour, Mardi Gras World, Cafe du Monde, a nice dinner out at some point, maybe a play.
It has been 20 years since my last Nawlins trip, during Mardi Gras, and it was before we had kids, so I'm going to need to look at this visit from a different perspective. For those of you who've visited recently, or visited with kids, what do you recommend as fun? What were the duds and disappointments, and what are the gotta do's?
Chime in, folks! :)
So, the question is, what's good to do with KIDS (ages 10 and 13) in New Orleans? We will likely be there in the city for three days, staying close to the downtown area but not IN the French Quarter, taking the Amtrak Crescent line down and back, so we will also be likely car-less.
Potential things on are agenda are: the Aquarium / Insectarium (zoo probably too far), a swamp tour, a riverboat ride, a ghost tour, Mardi Gras World, Cafe du Monde, a nice dinner out at some point, maybe a play.
It has been 20 years since my last Nawlins trip, during Mardi Gras, and it was before we had kids, so I'm going to need to look at this visit from a different perspective. For those of you who've visited recently, or visited with kids, what do you recommend as fun? What were the duds and disappointments, and what are the gotta do's?
Chime in, folks! :)