Kosa Mardi Gras Train-2026

KoSA Mardi Gras Train to New Orleans
Mark your calendars now for a once-in-a-lifetime trip with your Krewe!
We’re taking Mardi Gras on the rails and heading to New Orleans for an unforgettable experience you won’t want to miss.
A Mardi Gras journey as fun as the destination
We will leave the Den on 12/4 at 11:00 AM and travel to Mobile, Alabama, where we will board the Amtrak Mardi Gras train to New Orleans, Louisiana at 4:30 PM.
We will arrive in New Orleans at 8:30 PM. A shuttle will pick us up and take us to the Chateau Lemoyne Holiday Inn in New Orleans.
On Saturday, there will be a Christmas Parade at 11:00 AM. We can meet up and watch the parade together as a group.
On Sunday 12/6, we will leave the hotel at 4:00 PM. Hotel checkout is at 11:00 AM, but the hotel will store our luggage until we are ready to leave.
Transportation Costs *Per Person
Train: $75 round trip
Bus: $115 round trip
Shuttle: $22 round trip
Total transportation cost: $212 (Train – Shuttle Only $97.00)
This amount is due to reserve your spot and is non-refundable.
Transportation sign-up deadline: July 15.
Hotel rooms are $169.00 per night plus taxes and fees. A hotel code will be available in the next couple of days.
It is your responsibility to reserve and pay for room(s).
Link to reserve room(s) below.
Additional Notes
If we have 58 members sign up, we will get our own train car.
We need 56 people to fill the bus.
More details coming soon… but trust us — you’ll want to be on this train.