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@navybankerteacher good point. I’m considering flying into Newark and then out of La Guardia when we head home. All of this input is very helpful!

This is super helpful info, thank you! I’d been wondering a little about that.

Thank you so much for all of this! I will start looking in Secaucus and see what I can find!

Thank you! I have no problem putting in the effort to research which hotels would be able to accommodate, I just needed some help with narrowing down where to start! I will check out some of those hotels in the area.

@navybankerteacher we have Southwest credits of about $1200 or so, and Southwest doesn’t fly to Newark. Unfortunately, it’s just a savings that we can’t disregard, especially when we’d also have to pay for luggage on other airlines.

Hello! We are cruising out of Bayonne this fall (Oct 6th), and we are flying into LGA. I understand that EWR would be a much easier airport to fly into, but circumstances require us to fly into La Guardia. We haven’t booked flights yet, but we’ll fly in on October 5th, the day before we sail. I *think* we’ll arrive around 12:30pm. We will have our 4 kids, ages 3 through 10, with us. Because we have all the kids, I’m not going to stress about trying to “see the sights” by any means, even though we’ll have several hours available. I’m totally fine with just hanging around in a hotel room for the evening. What I need help with is primarily suggestions for hotels and transportation. Hotels: Would it be better to travel out to NJ and stay in a hotel there to make the morning we board easier? If so, what area should we look for and any specific hotel recommendations? If there are restaurants within walking distance (even just fast food, if needed), that’d be even easier. Or should we try to stay somewhere in NYC to try to enjoy it a little bit more since we have the time? Would that make the following morning too stressful/chaotic? Would it be unrealistic to try to do anything with 4 young kids? If we did this, I’d want to be within walking distance of anything we try to see/do. I worry that public transportation will be too overwhelming with all the kids. Transportation: Airport to hotel — I understand that crossing state lines can lead to a very costly drive, but I think trying to utilize public transportation with the kids and all our luggage would be foolish. I’ve seen some people recommend Dial 7 or similar. Would it be better to try to find a hotel that has a shuttle from the airport and stay right there (there seemed to be very few with shuttles, and those likely will not have quick access to restaurants, right?)? Hotel to pier: If we make our way to NJ the night before, is an Uber our best bet to get to Bayonne the next morning? What is we stay in NYC — still an Uber? I worry it’ll be hard to find an Uber to fit all of us and our suitcases. Is it likely we’d need two cars? Final question: Flying back home out of LGA, what’s the earliest flight you would book without stressing? Would 1:30ish be reasonable or is that still pushing it? Looking forward to this trip, but sailing out of Bayonne is stressing me out! Thanks in advance for any advice!

I emailed Crown & Anchor to set up my kids’ numbers. It was super easy!

I’m not OP but I’ll be in a similar situation in October… what’s the earliest time you’d recommend for a flight from LGA?

I’m booked to sail on Allure the end of March. As soon as they announced the Presidents Cruise to be on Allure next summer, I started worrying they might cancel some cruises in order to squeeze in at least a mini Amplification before the Presidents Cruise.