Cruises From New Orleans, Louisiana
OverviewAs of today (January 17, 2025) there are 195 cruises out of New Orleans, LA (from which 136 are in 2025 and 59 are in 2026). In the following paragraphs you'll find a detailed overview of all those cruise options. If you're just looking to see the listing of the 195 sailings, please click on one of the 3 buttons on the right side - either on "View Sailings Sorted By Departure Date" (good for viewing last minute New Orleans cruise deals), "View Sailings Sorted By Price Per Day" or "View Sailings Grouped By Itineraries".Regions and Prices< Previous Month | Next Month >
In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from New Orleans and visits Caribbean is January, with prices starting from $422. For Panama Canal you can book cruises in November starting from $1319. For Transatlantic you can book cruises in April starting from $843. You can click on links in the table above to view the cruise options for the given region in a given month. You can also click on the "Next Month" and "Previous Month" links at the top of the table to shift the window of months that are displayed. Cheap Cruises From New OrleansSince New Orleans cruises have various durations (7 days, 5 days and other durations - see below), the best way to compare cruise prices is to do that on price-per-day bases. The following table shows New Orleans cruises in the upcoming 12 months sorted by price per day. You can use this table to find the best cruise deals from New Orleans.
The most discounted New Orleans cruise starts at $53 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on April 24, 2025 (16 nights New Orleans to Barcelona, Spain itinerary on Carnival Valor). If you want to see the listing of all 195 New Orleans sailings sorted by price per day, you can click on 'View All Cruises Sorted By Price Per Day' link at the bottom of the table above. Cruise Lines out of New OrleansThere are only three cruise lines - Carnival, Norwegian (NCL) and Royal Caribbean - that offer cruises that depart from the Port of New Orleans.
Carnival Cruises Out Of New OrleansCarnival offers the most sailings out of New Orleans - 144 cruise options. It offers 19 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Carnival Valor and Carnival Liberty) sailing out of New Orleans. The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $119.View all Carnival Cruises From New Orleans. Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of New OrleansNorwegian (NCL) offers 41 cruise options out of New Orleans. It offers 14 distinct itineraries out of New Orleans, serviced on 2 cruise ships (Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Getaway). The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $149.View all Norwegian (NCL) Cruises From New Orleans. Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of New OrleansRoyal Caribbean offers 10 cruise options out of New Orleans. It offers 4 distinct itineraries and has 1 cruise ship (Brilliance of the Seas) sailing out of New Orleans. The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $143.View all Royal Caribbean Cruises From New Orleans. Cruise Ships out of New OrleansThere are 5 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the New Orleans cruise terminal.
Carnival Valor, which was built in 2004 and accommodates approximately 3000 passengers, offers the most sailings out of New Orleans - 87 of them. It features 6 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $123. Carnival Liberty, built in 2005 with capacity of approximately 3000 passengers, offers 57 sailings out of New Orleans. It features 13 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $114. Norwegian Escape, which started sailing in 2015 and accommodates approximately 4200 passengers, offers 27 sailings. It features 9 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $153. Norwegian Getaway offers 14 cruises using 5 distinct itineraries and Brilliance of the Seas offers 10 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries. Duration of CruisesAlmost all cruise sailings scheduled out of New Orleans are 4 days, 5 days, 6 days, 7 days, 8 days, 11 days or 14 days long. The following table summarizes those options:
The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of New Orleans is 7 days (7 nights) long. There are 100 such cruises featuring 26 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $131. There are 55 cruise sailings that are 5 days (5 nights) long. They feature 2 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $118. Among cruises that sail out of New Orleans you can also find 4 day cruises (29 sailings), 6 day cruises (4 sailings), 14 day cruises (3 sailings), 8 day cruises (2 sailings) and 11 day cruises (1 sailing). Even though many people ask about them, cruise lines do not offer any 2 day or 3 day cruises out of New Orleans. Ports of CallThere are 19 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from New Orleans. The following table shows these ports:
Among cruises that leave from New Orleans there are 177 cruises (32 distinct itineraries) that visit Cozumel Island, Mexico. Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, on the other hand, is visited by 62 cruises on 20 distinct itineraries. There are 57 cruises that visit Costa Maya, Mexico on 18 itineraries. Some of the other more popular ports of call for New Orleans cruises are Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico (51 sailings), George Town, Cayman Islands (27 sailings), Belize City, Belize (27 sailings) and Nassau, Bahamas (18 sailings). Things to See and Do in New OrleansThere are many interesting things you can see and do while you're in New Orleans - also known as the Big Easy - either before or after your cruise. Here are some ideas:
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