stay park and cruise

Has anyone ever done a "stay, park and cruise" package with a local Manhattan hotel and what are your thoughts? I find 400.00 to park at the terminal is a LOT

There are no hotels in Manhattan with stay/park/cruise packages. You would have to stay in New Jersey and travel to and from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal.

While $40 per night to park at the pier seems like a lot, it's actually not very expensive for Manhattan parking.

If you look at the East Coast Departures board you'll find any number of threads where this topic is discussed.

Thank you.

Well, I guess I don't know my way around these forums because I'm not sure where to find that board. :(

Well, I guess I don't know my way around these forums because I'm not sure where to find that board. :(

Looks up on top left of the page to see "Cruise Critic Message Board Forums".

We just got back from the 6/5 Breakaway and like you, I thought parking at the pier was outrageously priced!

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ridgefield Park, NJ. They are the only hotel around that has a stay, park & cruise package. We found it to be a very reasonable price and it worked out well IMO.

In total we paid $280 for the hotel, breakfast, parking, and the car service to AND from port. It was originally $330 but I went to get the address 2 days before for directions and noticed the price drop. Called them right up and they changed the price in seconds for me.

I will say there isn't much around the hotel at all, and I wish we hadn't ventured out as we did for dinner and last min things, but it all worked out in the end.

For me it was the best Park & Cruise experience we had after having a horror show in Tampa once!

Has anyone ever done a "stay, park and cruise" package with a local Manhattan hotel and what are your thoughts? I find 400.00 to park at the terminal is a LOT

If you are on the Gem, you can download a 25% discount coupon for parking at the pier

https://www.nycruise.com/manhattan-terminal/parking/

We just got back from the 6/5 Breakaway and like you, I thought parking at the pier was outrageously priced!

 

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ridgefield Park, NJ. They are the only hotel around that has a stay, park & cruise package. We found it to be a very reasonable price and it worked out well IMO.

 

In total we paid $280 for the hotel, breakfast, parking, and the car service to AND from port. It was originally $330 but I went to get the address 2 days before for directions and noticed the price drop. Called them right up and they changed the price in seconds for me.

 

I will say there isn't much around the hotel at all, and I wish we hadn't ventured out as we did for dinner and last min things, but it all worked out in the end.

 

For me it was the best Park & Cruise experience we had after having a horror show in Tampa once!

Thanks. This is helpful!

I live not too far from New York City and so we have done 6 ncl cruises from NYC.

The cheapest solution I have found is to park at a Newark Airport park and ride lot. I use one that costs $7 a day. Then take the park and ride shuttle bus to the Southwest terminal and go to the AirTrain. Take the AirTrain to the New Jersey Transit station and take a New Jersey Transit commuter train to Penn Station in NYC. From Penn Station get a taxi to the Cruise terminal.

Your cost breakdown would be:

Parking $7 a day

Train tickets $13 each way regular adult $9 each way senior

Cab ride $10-$15 each way depending on traffic.

So far I have not found anything cheaper. I posted this a while back and people seemed to think this was too complex. It is not. Everything is well marked. The AirTrain and NJT trains run on a regular schedule.