More cruises to test Gulf Coast waters

The first four-day Disney cruise out of the Port of New Orleans was announced in September and sold out within an hour. Additional cruise lines are about to start testing Gulf Coast waters with bigger ships and longer cruises. “You wouldn’t believe the people that jumped on that” first-day sale for the Disney cruise, said Brenda Walker, who owns Coast Cruises and More. “The whole cruise” sold out in an hour, she said. “It just shows you how eager people are to cruise local.” South Mississippians had a choice of one Carnival ship out of Mobile, Ala., and two out of New Orleans, Walker told NOLA.com, or travel to Florida or Texas. More cruise lines are “testing the waters,” she said, and even Carnival has expanded its trips. (Source: Sun Herald 10/27/18)