Pretty great experience. They are taking COVID-19 seriously. The theater seats were 6 ft apart and then required people to wear masks. They offered us King Cake to go along with ticket entry which was tasty.

They show a Short video, then explain the artist area. You walk through the artist area as they are making statues and floats. $15 is a lot but it is great to be up close to the statues and floats. Fun gift shop too.

This place was amazing! It was great to learn the history and also see the floats before they go out for parades.Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor.Best part, your tickets are a set of beads!

Awesome walking tour of the Mardi Gras floats and a great little move about how theyre made. We were able to see the steps to how the fonts are assembled and finished. Great little tour.

We love everything about the FQ

As a performing artist, I enjoy being able to see other artists in their creative space.

It was interesting to see the process behind the sculpture making. Social distancing measures ate strictly followed.

5* because it was obvious that they had to put some restrictions in place for COVID19. If this tour was as is all the time, Id be disappointed at the price and rate it at 4*.Short 15 minute video talking about the history of Mardi Gras, the Krewes, the Super Krewes, and Kerns impact on Mardi Gras. Very informative, add in the fact that you get to see how the artists do their magic, the floats at rest, and you can really get a feeling for how Mardi Gras is created.Suggestion, maybe have a float that visitors can walk up and onto, just to get a view behind the wall where the Krewe stands.

It was so cool to see where all of the Mardi Gras floats are made!

Tour with out a guide. Guessing its a lot better when someone is actually telling you about what you are looking at

The short film on the float prop creation process was very interesting. the tour guide was very nice and thorough with his tour.

Great experience to get up close to Mardi Gras float pieces being constructed.

Amazing to see behind the scenes

Its worth going to see all the effort and time and money each float takes to be in one parade! Its amazing how talented and original some of the art they created. Must see!

Quite interesting to see the process if these floats being made for Mardi gras and carnivale parades. They are all so beautiful and take so much work and have so much detail. Thanks so much for the tour.

Super interesting to learn about the parade. Even though the tour has to be self guided because of COVID19 it was still very informational and you can go at your own pace to see everything you can.

Great tour! The guide was very informative, we had the oppratuniuty to try some king cake. It was really neat getting to see the process of how the floats are made, and getting to be up close with them. It is cheaper to take one of the free shuttles, if not it is $15 dollars to park in front.

Woowzers! Best part of my vacation was seeing all of the floats yp close amd personal. O wont post pucs of them, i dont wanna spoil.the fun

This is awesome. They show you a film about the history of mardi Gras, then you taste of piece of cake and they take you on a tour show you how the characters and floats are made. I really enjoy it and the Staff is awesome. Nice group of people.

Very cool place to visit. The floats are huge and colorful. The warehouse is huge filled with random floats. Make sure you take a guide so you can learn about how they are made and what they were used for at one point.

Very good looking like Mardi gras again

This offers a unique opportunity for seeing the world of Mardi Gras without all of the craziness. The artistic nature of the floats and figures is able to be seen up close and personal. The plantation is so cool, depicting a night sky with the plantation buildings around the edges.

So interesting! Really made us want to come back for a parade!!

This place is awesome!

Neat little paid tour through the design shop that starts of with a video on Mardi Gras and a taste of king cake. Preview some of the in progress builds, see how floats are broken down and upgraded, and keep an eye out for interesting characters tucked in everywhere!Lot parking is available for a flat rate of fifteen right across the railroad tracks, but you can also take a shuttle or try your luck with street parking nearby.

Enjoyable tour. I was hoping they would get more in-depth about some of thier sculpting and molding process but it is geared towards the general public and younger audiences. It will give you a good Mardi Gras flavor anytime of the year (and a little bite of king cake). The tour is really quite hot in the middle of summer.

Around 22 dollars a person. Had a lot of floats. Making new ones also.

It is just amazing what these artists have accomplished with these sculptures. The end results with the sculptures on the floats are really worth seeing and enjoying the imagination it took to create these. I really loved to see how the sculptures are created from different materials depending on its future placement and required longevity. The sculptures are also reused and it was fun to see ones with missing limbs and redone focus areas. Really a most see location in New Orleans.

We had such an incredible time learning the history of Mardi Gras and how the floats are built. A definite must do of your trip! The warehouse is HUGE, and has so much to see. Because it is a functioning studio, you can see all sorts of props being made at different times.

One must place to visit at New Orleans and we had a great tour guide.

Really neat behind the scenes look at Mardi Gras. Cool!

Never expected to go to Mardi Gras world but it was a cool place. You get to see how the floats are constructed and stored. I was with a business group and they had arranged for us to build mini floats. A lot of fun!

If you love Madri Gras and all the floats this is a must stop while youre in Nelins. A huge warehouse of color & creativity. We visited in December so there were various stages of production going on; foam pieces just being sculpted, vintage pieces being repainted, huge flowers & butterflies completed and waiting to be added to floats. An informative and fun way to spend an hour getting up close to a part of the Madri Gras celebrations.

You claim that you HONOR(S) TRADITION in your pullout from the newspaper. In that same advertisement is a picture of your new King Kong float with riders. If you and Bacchus really honored tradition you would have kept the original Kong without riders.

A great time and much to see! I didnt a full review on my YouTube just search for mrbucketlist mardi gras world

Great place to get a good understanding of what New Orleans culture is about. Beautiful hand skulking. You also get to see all the floats and the artists at work, making cool creations.

Ok for a tourist things... great work from Kern Studio!

An interesting story. Really fun to see the operations up close

I enjoyed the tour! Look forward to going back.

Warehouse full of famous, popular Hand made/ painted Mardi Gras floats, a must see for all ages!

The tour guide was very informative and we were allowed plenty of time during our visit. We started out with a film and King Cake! You cant go wrong with King Cake for breakfast!

Went for the Mardi Gras World tour. Definitely go see it if you have the sight seeing pass. They have a free shuttle for on the way back. Cool to see the floats up close and learn about the history of Mardi Gras. They give you a slice of King Cake too!

Such a fascinating place to check out. Highly recommend.

Learned alot!

This was great seeing props being created, painted was neat. Seeing props from the past was another neat feature.

Very cool to hear about the process of building the floats and seeing all of the props

Neat experience to see how a concept goes into a visual reality! Their artists and sculptors are talented. I would recommend looking for discount ticks as youll only be there for about an hour. Also, they run a free shuttle to/from the French quarter and central business district.

Very cool place to see how floats are made. They give you some history about Mardi Gras, tour the warehouse from start to finish and taste some king cake!

Best place i have been mardi grass

Part of Mardi Gras World ,tour was very enjoyable ,highly recommend.

A Very Colorful Experience Everybody Can Enjoy!

Very interesting place. Learned how the parade floats are made.

I had a great time there. My tour guide was great. He was fabulous he kept us laughing..

A gray place to see how the floats are made.

Its all part of Mardi gras world. It was a fun time they make some awesome floats

Wet and more wet. A very short tour, I may assume due to weather. For what I paid to park and for 2 tickets was unreasonable and not worth it at all. I wish I had stayed home, but we paid to attend the field trip with our daughter.

Very cool place to visit on a trip to New Orleans

It was very informative and beautiful

Fun surprise stop after taking the hop on hop off bus tour fin look behind the scenes at the people who make the float for Mardi Gras and all the parades

Excellent behind the scenes look at how the floats are created for Mardi Gras. From the sketches to the cutting of the forms to the painting and finishing, you get to experience it all. Highly recommend this tour through Mardi Gras World.

The lady working the gift shop is amazing

Great place to visit!

Got to see a lot of local artists building floats and doing repairs on old projects, I love to see how focused everybody is even with the tour group riding around looking and talking over them. I love their imagination what they can create with paper mache its incredible

Beautiful works of art!

Wonderful antique floats!!! Thank you for sponsoring the Delta party!!!! We had a fantastic time!!!!

Very awesome! Learned a lot, a fun guide! And the king cake was great!

Fascinating history and fantastic tour!

Cool place to visit. Neat things to see. Get the chance go visit.

Fun! Educational! Tasty! Educated on what Mardi gras is. Shown how the awesome floats are built. All I can say is WOW! The talent these folks have is incredible. A behind the scenes look. Lastly you get to sample King cake. Yum! Like a cinnamon coffee cake. Great place to spend a few hours.

Great information. Lots of help

Fun and entertaining learning experience.

Really cool place to see some awesome history - both new and old.

Part of Mardi Gras World.

Very informative of the carnival parade floats

Very interesting to see how the floats are made & all of the history behind it!

A very informative tour that shows historical and current Mardi gras parade floats, with on-site teams designing and building these mobile works of art. Highly recommended.

Great to see how the floats are made

This place is amazing! A must see if you are in the area.

Really cool!

Very interesting...wish we had gotten info from a tour guide. We went to the gift shop, admittedly right before closing, and the cashier kept announcing the time...5 minutes till we close, 3 minutes, 1 minute...obviously not interested in making some sales. Our tickets to this private event were very expensive...she could have been a bit more accommodating.

Getting a behind the scenes look at what goes into creating those gorgeous floats was amazing. Lots of great photo opportunities. I totally recommend making this one of your stops when visiting the Big Easy.

Amazing amazing...amazing!

Interesting view behind the scenes in float construction in an active factory.

Floats and how they are built. Interesting and good presentations on Road Scholar tour

Great experience, learned all about Mardi Gras floats, etc. Multiple photo opportunities during visit.

Amazing. Tour guide & van driver were cool

Love this place and I would recommend all first timers to check it out !

Had fun visiting while in town. Enjoyed a little behind the scenes of Mardi gras making. The guide was very helpful in answering our questions and knowledgeable. My daughter loved looking at the floats that were there. Was a good family experience.

Loved all the unique floats and decorations and very nice people work there

Great tour guide very knowledgeable and passionate about his job and the artistswork

All the associates were friendly and courteous. The tour guide was also friendly and very knowledgeable of all the exhibits and operations. The movie presentation at the beginning of the tour was very informative. No visit to NOLA is complete without coming here and learning about the culture and traditions of NOLA. Highly recommend visiting.

Very cool. Learned a few things.

Interesting tour. Must see if you are a fan

Interesting venue which takes you through New Orleans Mardi Grad story.

If you want to see some Mardi Gras floats up close and learn some of their history, this is a worthwhile stop.

Great place. Good info. Dont go in the rain the roof leaks every where. Mr Kern needs to spend a little money and fix some leaks. At least the big ones by the entrance.

What a great way to learn about Mardi Gras and Carnival.

Awesome behind the scenes look at Mardi Gras and the chick fil a cows

Amazing work! Our Orpheus Float is a masterpiece!

The floats were cool but our group was way too big to enjoy the tour. The warehouse was pretty hot. Parking is expensive unless you park a mile away and walk in. This place could do so much better.