So we also always drive to the cruise ports, however in September 2023 we booked a trip on the Venezia sailing into Canada. This was our first trip to NYC and I was majorly overwhelmed with the logistics and planning for the cruise. We opted to fly into LaGuardia on Friday a.m. before the cruise departed on Saturday. Our flight had no delays and arrived at LaGuardia on time. We used ride share as transportation to the Comfort Inn Midtown (walkable to the port). As nervous as I was to fly into LaGuardia, our experience could not have been any easier. Since we arrived at the Comfort Inn so early, they put our luggage into storage so that we could begin exploring the city.
I also want to note that the morning we arrived back at the Manhattan cruise port the ship was early. Walked across the street and contacted ride share. We were in line at LGA at 8:30 a.m. and were able to have our flight time moved up. Based on this experience we would for sure fly into
LGA again.