Louisiana Vacation 2020

It's that time, vacation is over :( I'm writing this while sitting in the airport at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (airport code: MSY, which I'll explain shortly). I'm actually in the brand new (2 days since opening) The Club MSY, a brand new airport lounge in the $1B new addition to the airport (review of that shortly too)!

As I've discovered, MSY stands for Moisant Stock Yards. According to Wikipedia: "The airport was originally named Moisant Field after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in 1910 in an airplane crash on agricultural land where the airport is now located. Its IATA code MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards."

Back to The Club MSY: no membership to anything is required, there are some cards/memberships that will allow free entry, but you can pay $40 for a day pass if you don't have those. The first area you walk into is a work area, semi-quiet, plenty of chairs, although the middle section of chairs don't appear to have any outlets, only those along the wall do.

Off the left of the work area is a designated quiet area, with dim lighting. More conducive to napping, with higher backed chairs and ottomans.

Straight through the work area, is a bar and a dining area. Complimentary drinks at the bar offer a decent selection. The "hot and cold buffet" was a little less impressive than I had hoped for. At the time we came, the hot buffet consisted of soup (crawfish and corn chowder), and a soggy tomato penne. The cold buffet was a couple salads, 2 types of wraps (turkey & cranberry, and a vegetarian option), and some cookies.

There was also a few pop options, a few water options (infused and regular), a latte machine, and a number of jars of snacks (candy, pretzels, etc). After a short time, the soup was changed out to brocolli cheddar. The staff was friendly, however, they seemed overstaffed. I spoke with one woman who mentioned she was just wiping the same area over and over (we were joking around). I'm sure as the days wear on (and Mardi Gras kicks into full gear), they will need all the employees that they currently have (and maybe this is good training for that), but right now, they seem bored. My husband didn't love the seemingly-constant requests about whether we required anything else from them (every 5-10 minutes we were asked). This was quite different from the other lounges I've been in (only a few), where you help yourself, and the staff basically tidies things up and is there IF you need something from them (by request).

I'll post this as is for now, but over the (hopefully) next few days, before I forget all the details(!), I'll update this post with the links about each of our travel days (below). I'll be sharing reviews of restaurants, touristy things, as well as links to those reviewed businesses.

For now, I'm happy to be heading home, and then to drive up to BC tomorrow morning to pick up Barrett from my Mom's place (although, I know she's sad about that)!

Friday, January 24 - Vacation Day 1

Saturday, January 25 - Vacation Day 2

Sunday, January 26 - Vacation Day 3

Monday, January 27 - Vacation Day 4

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday