Bill - thanks! Did you approach Tchfuncte from the NOLA side of the bridge? If so, do you happen to remember how long it took to get there? Trying to figure out if it's a reasonable side trip.

Would the other lights be reasonable side trips? Worth it? Or spend the time in the city?

Bob - I'm VERY excited about Queen Mary. As you know, I'm a huge liner geek. I've been onboard her before, back in August 2008 with my fellow ship geek friend Kyle, who had all sorts of vintage deck plans and photos, and we spent four hours comparing the historic and modern. But I didn't spend the night, so I'm doing that now. It's going to be nirvana for me -- I'm calling it my "Cruise to (Really) Nowhere." With this, I'll have slept onboard every Cunard Queen ship except the original Queen Elizabeth (which would be hard since it burned in 1972).