jayncrs

Your route in from Ohio is important. What I often suggest is that folks plan to stay about 45 minutes from the port in an area like Parsipanny, NJ or East Windsor/Cranbury NJ. The hotels in those areas are nice suburban hotels with access to restaurants, shopping, and services. After a long drive these are good areas to get off the road so you don't have to deal with the congested and confusing area around Newark Airport. Newark Airport hotels are just that - airport hotels - and are 10-11 miles from the port. None of them are wonderful and almost all charge an extra fee for parking. Many hotels offer free breakfast, but have no other real food service. They tend to be in isolated areas with no selection of restaurants and no other services. If you leave these areas about 9 am you should miss the brunt of the rush hour and arrive by 10 am at the port.

Thank you so much for all the information Carol! I really appreciate it!

Hey all my wife and I have been on a couple cruises out of Port Canaveral having flown and using shuttles to get to the port, but we will be going out of Cape Liberty on the July 14th RCCL Anthem of the Seas, and I am having a few issues figuring out everything since for this one we are driving to the port ourselves. I have been looking up parking for the area and the only ones I see are Premier Parking (horrible reviews, bad stories) which we will not be parking at, finding a hotel to park at and getting a shuttle (my wife has nixed that idea), and parking at the garage at the port for $20 a day. So for us it looks like the garage is our best bet but there is no way to reserve in advance so I guess my questions are:

how is parking there meaning are there lots of spaces or do we run the risk of not having anywhere to park?

is the garage easy to find for that matter is the port easy to find and navigate

how early do they allow you to begin parking on the day of your cruise

and last but not least any help or suggestions about making our lives easier when we arrive at the port would be greatly appeciated!

Sorry if this post is way to long or if these questions have already been asked this thread is just so long!

Thanks for all your help!

Chris:)