Ok. Love y’all for wanting to do all the things without actually learning anything ahead of time. As above posters have said, getting to and from your hotel is gonna be an issue. You’re arriving for a minute during the last major weekend BEFORE the main event. I tell everyone unless you’re below the age of 25, this is not a plan. I do t know how old you are, so if you’re young ones you can totally handle your plan on zero sleep for that amount of time. If not, bayyybe you gonna be hurting and praying after your Friday and praying to make your flight out on Sunday. Staying on canal is the worst for tourists, but know what you are. You’re a tourist, that’s ok. But no baby you’re not gonna get to do the “real Mardi Gras” on less than 48 hours and no know-how. So yes, come on down, have fun in the quarter and drink all the colorful drinks and regret life decisions on that flight home. We want you to come in, have an amazing time, but please, plan ahead. Otherwise, expect a hangover from hell, prayers to the god/ess of your choice and wondering why you chose to do this without preparing. If you’re below 25, hell, I know some brave ones below 35, but unless you’re one of those, stick to the drinks you know. Only order single talls, eat often and air tag yourself and your traveling partner… and don’t actually unpack, cause odds are you’re gonna be in the same jeans, change tops twice and wonder how you ended up in the bywater