out what you put in. We toured the whole city, jazz clubs, cemeteries, Lake Pontchartrain, city park, swamps, plantations outside the city, the garden district, we even ran into the president of France in the French quarter. (true story). It seems like most people who don't like it just show up, look around, say "meh" and wonder what the big deal is. If you don't bother to go see what makes the city great of course you wont have a good time.