CRUISE PORT GUIDE | NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA | MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN AND CAPE LIBERTY
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Jamie from Sharon at Sea Travel shares what you need to know about cruising from the New York / New Jersey Metropolitan area.
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I’m a New Yorker. The best thing about cruising from New York is no airfare 🛫.
Same goes for us in Seattle and our Alaska cruises. Easy!
AMEN!!!
But you have to go to (yech!) Brooklyn. Very, VERY unsafe!!
And no decent transportation.
Avoid Brooklyn unless you're proficient with guns.
Joizey is all goombahs, not fashionable.
Only Manhattan!!!
I feel ya I live in Baltimore ,and I'm 10 minutes from the port love it
@@Warren357 But New York City is terribly unsafe now. We do NOT go into New York, especially Brooklyn where Cunard moved its pier!
With scheduling our cruise, we found out that December is one of the most expensive times to stay in New York. $1600 for 2 nights after taxes and resort fees at the Hilton Midtown. There is nothing really under $400 a night before taxes and resort fees in midtown that we wanted to stay at. It sounds like it is much cheaper at other times though. But, this is a bucket list cruise for us and we booked everything as soon as it came available.
Great content on this, and thank you Sharon for all the help on booking!
sailing out of Manhattan past the Freedom Tower and the Statue of Liberty is a once in a lifetime experience that should be made. I enjoyed it immensely.
When cruising out of Bayonne with Celebrity- they circle the Statute of Liberty. Love seeing it!
That's great to know!!! Thanks!!!
Cruising out of NY is spectacular!! There’s nothing like cruising by the Statue of Liberty 🗽
For sailing out of the Brooklyn terminal using the NYC ferry is a great option. It drops you off right at the terminal and you avoid all the traffic getting in for the drop off. There is no good subway option to get to this terminal.
Cruising out of MCT in 2 weeks on NCL Joy. We always use Dial 7 car service, whether on a cruise or just vising the city. Clean cars, nice drivers and around $70 from any airport in the area. We use them going from the port to the airport after the cruise too. Very reliable option to a cab, uber or shuttle.
Drove to NYC from NJ and took a cruise from the west side. We spent a small fortune on tolls and parking. It took us a day each way to be able to use the pools. Now that we are living in Florida it is so much better to go out of Miami.
I’m 63. Lived in NY for 61 years before retiring to Florida. What an informative video for those who don’t know my city. Funny thing is I never knew of the pizza spot and I’ve never been inside St Patrick’s cathedral. 😳
I definitely wanna cruise out of NYC one of these days.
Thanks for this video! We will be sailing out of New York for the first time on the Carnival Venezia!
Royal and Celebrity cruisers , this tip is for you. Even though some sites say you will sail from NY, know that you’ll sail only from NJ port. To get to that port from New York City is a very long and expensive ride due to need to cross two expensive bridges and leave the city to go through Staten Island (aka traffic, and god forbid there’s marathon or accident on the bridge). . Therefore, if you are flying, I highly recommend flying only to Newark -EWR in NJ. The port City is called Bayonne, but the port itself is called Cape Liberty, and I’ve seen confusion everywhere because of this especially since some sites show this as NY port.
Being a New Yorker I am jealous 😊 of those who live in the south as we fly for most of our cruises. But I sailed from each of the 3 local ports, so I am sharing what I would recommend to family and friends
Thanks Sharon and Jamie I love all of your cruiseport videos.
Please keep them coming 🙏 😊
Living here in Brooklyn all my life, the convenience of the subway system cannot be overstated. Yes, it has gotten a bad rap recently (and deservedly so) and there are many precautions to take-no matter where you are going: don't look at other people, mind your own business, don't flash your cash or credit cards or jewelry, put your phone away or hold it close, offer your seat to a pregnant person, the disabled or elderly, and, the most important of all, pay attention to what's going on around you. Don't stand near the edge of the train platform waiting for the train to pull in. If you're not comfortable being on a particular subway car, wait until the train stops at the next station and switch cars! The NYC subway system covers all of Manhattan and the outer boroughs, which makes it the best mode of getting around and the least expensive. Let's not forget about the buses, too. Be careful and alert and you will thank me. Enjoy!!!
I agree that NYC has some of the best public transportation options in the country, and I use it all the time. Your advice is spot-on. That said, when cruising, using a subway/bus combo might be daunting for an out-of-towner who must navigate a complex system while managing a half dozen suitcases. My suggestion is to arrive in NYC a day or two before the cruise, take a taxi or car service from the airport to the hotel. Use the subway and buses while touring the area, and then take another taxi or car service to the cruise port on the day of the cruise. I only say that because cruising usually requires a bit of luggage that may be awkward on a city bus.
We stayed in NYC in 2017 before a cruise. We went to 911 memorial, then walked across the Brooklyn bridge to Dumbo. And then took the subway back to time's square with no troubles at all and it was early evening. Great time we had.
Being from Central Jersey, we love sailing from Cape Liberty and it takes our daughter only a bit over an hour to get us to embarkation. We have been out of Manhattan and Brooklyn as well and definitely agree that the sailaways are breath taking. Last year out of Bayonne on the Celebrity Summit to Bermuda, the ship did a sail by the Statue of Liberty and turn around near Ellis Island with a second look at Lady Liberty from the starboard side. The Manhattan skyline, Governors Island, and the Verrazzano Bridge with a NYFD fireboat spray were all a part of a jaw dropping sailaway! Super video Jamie! 👍☺
Cruising on the Carnival Venezia in November.
Live in PA and can take the bus from Allentown to all the NYC ports, as well as, the PABT and EWR airport.
Sailaways from NY is one of the best in the world, up there with Sydney and Rio. However our disembarkation at Manhattan terminal was chaotic and unorganised. 3000 people were just let off at the same time, no one could find their taxis etc and not much in way of cafes etc to wait and let crowds go down. On top of everything it was pouring with rain, just a disaster. After about 2 hours we found our connection to take us to Newark. Thanks for video.
Jamie, you didn’t mention the AirTrain option from JFK. $8.50 from airport to Long Island Rail Road terminal Jamaica Queens. Then a short 15 minute ride on LIRR ( Tickets cost $3-12 and the journey takes 19 min) to midtown Manhattan. Especially good if you are flying in the day before and staying near Manhattan port.
Great tip!!! Thanks for watching!!!
Great video, thanks!
We just got back from NYC and stayed a hotel that we really liked, the Empire Hotel. For the price, under $300/night, it wasn't bad, and it has a great bar on the roof. The location is just about perfect for getting around town by subway, within walking distance of Central Park, and it's not far from the Manhattan port.
And, no, I'm not a travel agent and I don't work for the hotel lol. Just thought I'd offer a suggestion. Finding a place to stay in NYC can be a daunting task and I'm pretty pleased that we finally found a place we like, and can afford.
Hey Jaime, from someone who lives in the area and also works at the terminals, your info is bang on! Will be sure to share your vid.
Baltimore is an easy and fun city to cruise out of.
I love the Vision of the Seas.
Good morning Jamie! Caught your video and loved it. I was on a repositioning sailing on the Norweigen Dawn from Tampa to Manhattan. The sail in was very early, and magical! 4am going under the bridge, and cruising past lady liberty? Ill never forget it. Flying out of JFK, the city was impressive. that city is HUGE! Didn't get to spend much time, looking to go back soon. Love the channel! My best to SAST and matt. Safe travels my friend!
As a New Yorker who’s never taken a cruise before, I really appreciated the well labeled, well described overhead maps of each of the 3 ship terminals. Now I know where they are are how I’ll get to them when I take my first cruise. Thank you!
Great Video.. I grew up there and lived there for 27 years .. and you captured it well!!!
One option you also might consider (particularly if you are within driving distance) is using the commuter rail systems (north or south) to park outside NY city. You would need to arrange transport from the train station to the cruise port, but it certainly would be cheaper than trying to park at the ports.
If you're fortunate enough to live near Amtrack....The Penn- NYC stations is just blocks away from Manhattan Terminal and Penn-Newark is just 30 minutes away from Bayonne NJ. We take the train to both ports ..and yes an overnight in Time Square can be amazing.
Last cruise out of Manhattan Cruise Terminal, we drove in from our hotel stay in NJ. I had to "guess" if I wanted the GW Bridge upper or lower deck. I chose correctly with "lower deck". I then was stuck in the left lane knowing I had to go South to the cruise port, I was lucky because the far left lane IS THE EXIT to go south to the cruise terminal. So take lower deck, get in left lane, and you'll be all set. I lucked out, but it would have been great to know ahead of time!
We took Amtrak from Mass to NY 2 x and cruised when Horizon went out of NY
Very easy.
Hi Jamie, I live in New York and have sailed with Royal Caribbean from Cape liberty. Easy parking and access to terminal.
Sailed out of New York two times. Both times going to Canada / New England. We were on Princess so we sailed out of the Brooklyn terminal. Both of those cruises were fantastic. So much so, we are going back to Canada / New England next year. However, we will be cruising out of Boston instead of New York. That will be a new and fun experience too. Let me know if you have any suggestions for sailing out of Boston. Thanks for the great information.
I live in New York love leaving out of ny or New Jersey
Great job on New York
love NYC, once in a lifetime embarkation port
I highly recommend a car service, “Carmel Car Service “. I’ve used them 5 times so far. 50.00 from LGA which compares very favorably to regular cabs. This car is always right there to pick you up and will deliver you to front door. I cannot get over the convenience.
Thanks ❤️
Sharon!
Amtrak is also a great option for getting to NYC and can be quite inexpensive if you book early. Up and down the East Coast there are also a number of specialty bus lines, but they take longer than the trains, usually, how ever, costing less.
Left out of Manhattan port on NCL to the Caribbean a few yrs ago. BEST embarkation day EVER...call cab (from home in Brooklyn) & walk onto ship. That's it!
Funniest thing to watch folks gather around the pools & wonder why they're freezing & not getting a tan the first 2 days. Ummm, bcuz we left from NEW YORK CITY...IN JANUARY!!😂
I’m from Philly and leaving from New Jersey is awesome. Just a 2 hour ride.
Thanks Jamie! We really enjoyed this video!
As an New Yorker you gave great info Tks
Great video!
LOVE IT JAMIE ! HOPE OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN SOON !
Nicely done! You hit every point. It’s certainly not a cheap place to stay - but worth it in every way - especially if you’re not a local.
Loved this video.
New Yorker here 🙋🏽♀️ use public transport to get to your cruise port-trust me-Uber/Lift, trains/buses are fastest, cheapest and most convenient
I agree. New York has some of the best public transportation in the country. That said, there are no subways that get you close enough to the cruise terminals to be helpful, so you'd need to transfer to a bus to finish the trip. While the transfer is free and the total fare is just under $3 per person, I wouldn't want to hassle with four suitcases on a NYC bus. For myself, I'd just take a taxi/car service and be done with it.
For cruisers leaving from Cape Liberty, if you are driving and staying over night...I suggest the Aloft hotel in Secaucus, NJ or any of the nearby hotels. It's affordable, offers free parking, and is minutes away from The American Dream!
Thank you for this video! You have to spend a few days in NYC. I'm dying to go back!
Thanks
Cruised from New York 3x from Baltimore. Drove the 1st time and took Flixbus the other 2 and then Lyft to the terminal
As of our last sailing Port Liberty guaranteed parking and was $30 per day. The garage was for disabled parking only, the ground lots, while not in great condition, held most of the cars.
Getting homesick seeing my subway, myLIRR stop, my airports, and my borough in your vlog. My parents cruised out of NY area but I never thought to ask them which terminal. I know a cousin would drop them to the terminal, but he's gone now. Who would drop me? There was no Uber then. A big apple drops at NYE.
don't let me get that wrong.
We stayed at the Ramada Jersey City. One block from the PATH station to go dirctly to Times Sq area
We're driving and staying at a hotel in NJ and taking a ferry to the cruise port. I wanted to take Amtrak day of, but it's our first cruise and he didn't want to be late.
Enjoy your first cruise....You will be hooked.
We are going on our first cruise next May on Symphony out of Bayonne. We live in Massachusetts so we figured it would be a good start for us because we can just drive and not have to worry about flying with kids.
I’m a New Yorker and love cruising out of NYC. I just wish there were more choices of destinations leaving from this area.
Agree
To answer your question Jamie, THE Big Apple nickname came from prizes one would win from horse races😊
Amtrak is such an overlooked and underestimated option, especially if cruising out of Manhattan. You can walk to the cruise terminal from the station as it's only about 2 miles away. But, if you can't walk or you have a bunch of luggage, you're right at Time Square and an Uber/Lyft or Taxi will be instant. And, Amtrak is going to cost you less than $100.
Hope you do a review on Celebrity Cruises. We did the Beyond out of Fort Lauderdale. Our very first. It was wonderful. Hope to see you do that
Amazing video!! Very informative 😊
Great video! Minor correction: it's Manhattan. I'm a NYker and a spelling geek. 😊
Go to Sardis and take in the Broadway experience from the bar on the restaurant s second floor bar .
We live about a 3 hour drive in NY state from Bayonne NJ. It was an easy drive for us small town folks with no big city traffic to contend with. Of course of embarkation and disembarkation days were Sundays. Parking was easy and $20/day at the time of our 2024 sailing. Thanks for the great info should we cruise out of another port.
I’m driving in to the port in August. Did you park at the port or off site ? I’m trying to decide what to do for parking
I prefer flying to Newark it is so easy to catch the train into Penn Station NYC.
Good job. TFS.
It’s called the Big Apple because NY used to be a major apple producer. The times mentioned for driving are with no traffic with rarely ever happens. Allow for double the time he mentioned unless you’re flying in at 6am on Sunday.
will the cruise terminal be listed on my cruise documents from NCL?
The cruise docs should be clear which terminal you cruise from, either Manhatten or Brooklyn. Brooklyn just has 1 terminal..Manhatten has pier 88 and pier 90 and they are right next to each other so if you are unsure, it's easy to see which pier your ship us next to.
We live in upstate New York and are lucky enough to live near Yankee Trails and use their cruise express bus to go down to the city. We prefer the New Jersey port.
We do the same, the itineraries are a bit limited, but save airfare to Florida.
Wish you had spoken more about Brooklyn cruise terminal.
What other info were you looking for.?
I’ve heard so many stories about rougher sailings and sea sickness from people that never experience that in the Caribbean. Makes me nervous
Well, the Atlantic can certainly have a bit more chop that Caribbean waters, but that's the fun part of cruising!!! Thanks for watching!!!
@@SharonatSeaTraveland New York sailings are generally in fall and not in summer, so rougher weather.
I have cousins that live in NY. I have never cruised from NY. I have been to NY several times over the years. I hate driving in NY. I think NY is one of the last ports I would cruise from if I had options. The traffic, the cost of parking and hotels. The attitudes of a lot of people there...ha ha ha! Anyway, Baltimore (limited choices of ships and itineraries but I live about 1 hour from the Port of Baltimore) Florida or NOLA or Texas would be my choices before the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps. If you can cruise from there you can cruise from anywhere, New York, Newwwwwww Yorkkkkkkk! 😎😎😎😎
How did NYC become "The Big Apple"? "The Big Apple" was popularized by a sportswriter for the New York Morning Telegraph, John J. Fitz Gerald, in the 1920s, according to the NYPL. In his column, he wrote that the NYC horse racing circuit was "the big apples" of competitive racing in the United States.
From what I have heard, Cape Liberty in Bayonne is the only US cruise port that is NOT accessible by public transportation.
The closest mass transit option is the NJ Transit Light Rail which has a station a mile away from the cruise terminal. From there one could walk (LOL!) or take a quick Uber or Lyft to the terminal.
Question: How far out does Princess generally let you know which NY port you will leave from. Our itinerary currently says “Brooklyn or Manhattan”. Thanks!
Princess usually sails from Brooklyn. I'm not aware of a certain time frame to establish an embarkation port. The ones I have booked all left from Brooklyn, maybe there is some question of another ship leaving from Brooklyn on the same day.
@@SharonatSeaTravel Thanks for your reply!
Hi. Local Brooklynite here. Princess+MSC cruises ALWAYS docks at the Brooklyn port/terminal. I just returned from a 14 day cruise last week and we docked in Brooklyn. It docks in Brooklyn and leaves from Brooklyn. Not aware of any time frame that exists.
Brooklyn probably has the best pizza.
If you are sailing out of Bayonne, flying to JFK or LGA is an absolute PITA - they are not convenient at all. Not to mention the cost of tolls/transport with crossing the state line.
Manhattan itself can be a pain. The traffic is absolutely ridiculous at times. It once took me 2 hours to get from MOMA to Chinatown driving the West Side HWY - which is where the port is. I'm from Queens and now live in NJ and avoid Manhattan whenever possible. I recommend flying into Newark and then take a PATH train or ferry to Manhattan.
For the Brooklyn terminal, JFK is best, but LGA will work too, although it is considered one of the worst airports of all.
Whatever you do, it is not feasible to rent a car. On top of the rental fees, there are parking and tolls everywhere.
Jamie - Good information. However, you misspelled "Manhattan" twice. 😞
You may be correct! Lol
I have to wonder why you would suggest, if you are local, driving and paying $45. A day when you could take a cab for much less.
Exactly Only a New Yorker with *very* deep pockets would drive a private automobile to the cruise terminal and pay $45/day to park it there.
We're an hour north of the city but consider ourselves local to the cruise terminal. There will be 7 of us and will be parking our minivan in the lot.
When there are only 2 of us sailing, we ask a kind relative to take us!
@@teresamotz That makes sense, and that's the kind of calculations New Yorkers make on a regular basis. For example, when deciding whether to fly from EWR, LGA, or JFK, part of the equation includes things like which airline ticket is cheaper, and how much will the ground transportation cost to each respective airport. It's often the case that it's more economical overall to fly with the more expensive airline ticket because you can save more than that cost difference on the ground transport. It sounds like you've done the same calculation with your cruise terminal parking--hiring two or three cars to transport 7 people is far more than a week's parking bill.
@@ajs11201 Hiring a driver with a van still costs a bit more from where we live, into the city. At least this way we can drive right out of the lot after disembarkation! I also have an irrational fear of the car service not showing up or being late! Don't want to miss our ship!🤪
@@teresamotz
Understood, but you've still done the math and weighed your alternatives. That was my point. Hope you have a wonderful trip!
I personally avoid leaving from NY .
Disembarking from New York...to La Guardia. Transport ideas?
When you get off the ship, you can cross the street to a line of people waiting for taxis. You could also walk a few blocks and try to get an Uber. (Just get away from the big crowds when you call the Uber) Also check cruise line shuttle prices depending how many are in your group.
Which is the smartest way to get to Brooklyn cruise terminal from Tuscany luxurban hotel?
How much ?
What is your definition of "smartest?" The quickest way (about 25 minutes without traffic) is probably to use a taxi or car service. The cheapest way (about $3 per person) is to use subway/buses.
Oh, and I'll add another idea. There is a ferry that runs from lower Manhattan directly to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. That might be a fun option. You can take a subway from your hotel directly to lower Manhattan to catch the ferry, so it might be reasonably easy--unless you've got an extraordinary amount of luggage. The views on the ferry will be spectacular and a nice addition to the next photos you'll get from the cruise ship as she leaves the harbor.
Quick reminder the NYC subway is not always clean and safe. I am a long-time New Yorker. Enjoy your NY experience.
Where's Manhatten located?
I wonder as well. I've only been to ManhattAn, which is in NYC.
The reason New York is called the Big Apple because...(more)
Note: UA no lonnger serves JFK
NEW YORK CITY!
We live in Massachusetts and always cruise from NYC & NJ.
This was in time I'm going out of cape Liberty in September
Have a wonderful time.
You listed the three airports, but left iut Amtrak. Amtrak and local rail serves Penn Station / Moynahan in midtown Manhattan convenient to public transport, and quite close to Manhattan Cruise Port.
I lived in bay ridge Brooklyn all my life and now I'm in Bethlehem Pennsylvania so I take transbridge bus line to n.y. and walk to ship
As a New Yorker Great info!
Just got off the Symphony of the Seas departing from Cape Liberty. If you are on the east coast, Amtrak is an easy ride to the Newark International Airport. Many hotels near the Mills at Jersey Gardens offer free airport shuttles. Lyft from those hotels is pretty reasonable and easy.
I am from NJ. If you are cruising from Cape Liberty, Bayonne NJ , Newark airport is your best option as it is 10 miles from the port and on the same side of the Hudson River as the port. No tunnel traffic to deal with. In terms of hotels I would recommend the Newark Airport Hotels for an overnight option. If you intend to tour Manhattan, you might consider the financial district of Jersey City. It has great views of Manhattan across the Hudson River and easy access to the Path Train or ferry to access NYC for just a few dollars and in just a few minutes. The train takes you directly to the World Trade Center site, or it has options to midtown Manhattan at 33rd Street. Uber to the port from this location. I have found the port to be well organized with views of the Statue of Liberty.