Mr Needles, if you see this before you take off, a little advice from an on board service employee. When I travel in (even at work) I carry a small pack of "Clorox" wipes or something similar to baby wipes that have the cleaner already applied with me in my bag. That way if I find something not quite to my satisfaction, I can take care of it and be ok. I find for the most part, the car cleaners overall do fairly good job of cleaning the insides of the cars up. But keep in mind, many times they are pressed for time due to equipment constraints, late trains, etc. When this occurs they may shortcut a little, or simply miss something all together. It happens commonly everywhere, hotels, trains, airlines, etc. I find keeping that pack of cleaning wipes usually takes care of most issues I run into while traveling. I sometimes have to do a little sprucing up at work in the crew car or in my sleeper in the case we have an on/off passenger sale in the same room. They (the cleaning wipes) come in very handy! Take care and hope you enjoy your trip, and please heed the advice of the one who mentions accomodations in the NOL area. There is really very little around down there! OBS...