meadowlander

Walgreen's Pharmacy at 1561 JFK Boulevard in Jersey City & their location at 1080 Broadway in Bayonne both offer the rapid naat test. The rapid antigen test is not available. CVS Pharmacy at 59 Washington Street in Hoboken offers the rapid antigen test. If you are without a car, the Hudson Bergen light rail travels between the 3 cities.

From the New Jersey Turnpike use exit 14 A. Note that there are exits numbered 14, 14 A, 14 B & 14 C. For Cape Liberty cruise terminal in Bayonne use exit 14 A. After paying the toll at exit 14 A, stay to the left, follow the sign for 440 'Chosin Few Way'. You will go up a ramp, stay to the right & exit onto 'Chosin Few Way' where it splits with 440. Once on Chosin Few Way, go to the end, turn left onto Goldsborough Drive. The terminal is about 2 miles away. The road is very bumpy & the paint on road distinguinshing the one lane in each direction is faint. As you approach the terminal, the road will expand to 2 entry lanes. Traffic personnel will stop cars just in front of the terminal to direct them to open spaces at the luggage drop zone. All vehicles must pass by the luggage zone whether they stop to drop luggage or bypass it to go to the parking garage or lots. It is best for you to exit at the luggage zone. Your luggage will be taken and you will have a short walk(to your left) to the terminal entrance. Because 3 ships are sailing from Bayonne, the parking garage and surface parking lots are being used. Some of these surface lots are, in my opinion, very far from the terminal. Reports have been that handicap are prioritized to park in the garage. I was allowed to park in the garage in May (without handicap plates), I had expected I would be told to park in the open lots. If you do not have handicap plates/placard, you may be assigned to park in the surface lots. Take the parking ticket with you on the ship. If you are in the garage, you pay for parking upon disembarking. You will pass through facial recognition in the terminal, then go right to exit the building. There are machines to pay for parking outside the terminal & employees will be there to assist. After paying, you will then wait in a line to use the one working elevator in the garage. Keep the payment stub/ticket to use to raise the gate exiting the garage (if I remember correctly). Some who have parked in the lots have reported they paid on arrival day not disembarkation day. Some have said they paid on disembarkation. Easiest route back to the NJTP will be via Chosin Few Way. There will not be a sign directing drivers to the NJTP. There should be a street sign. Turn right on Chosin Few Way (Costco should be visible from the intersection) and follow signs for NJTP. If you do not have EZ Pass and have to get a paper ticket, be aware there is one lane that has the ticket dispenser at the height of a tractor trailer window, not a car window. I suggest arriving at Cape Liberty by 10:45 am, thus the only slight wait you should have would be by the luggage zone. In years past, traffic formed from 11 am onward. I do think with the new boarding appointment times it has reduced the traffic leading to the terminal. I arrived at 12:35 in May without incurring traffic. Chosin Few Way is the best route upon exiting the NJTP though route 440 and Avenue E all lead to the cruise port, just not as easy as the Chosin Few Way route. If you miss the turn at Chosin Few Way on the way back, you could turn right on 440 (at the traffic light) and it will take you to the NJTP. At the terminal, there is only 1 entry point. There will be 2 roped lanes, 1 for suite & key members & parents with unvaccinated kids, the other for all other guests. When you get to the entry ask the employee which scheduled times are allowed in as too many wait on line earlier than their scheduled time. I had an early entry time in December, cruisers with mobility issues regardless of appointment time were allowed in as there were no more than 30 people waiting and all of us were allowed in within the first 10 minutes, otherwise appointment times are enforced at Cape Liberty. he best & easiest route would be via Chosin Few Way.

A very helpful video on You Tube shows disembarking the ferry at Red Hook with the short walk to the cruise ship. Enter 'traveling to brooklyn cruise terminal by ferry' in the YT search bar.

You can use a computer along with the app to provide the information required. If I remember correctly, an email was sent with the qr code. When our ship arrived in Canada, no one visting the port was asked for any information regarding Arrivecan. I have read many posts also stating nothing was asked for when visiting Canadian ports.

There is no public transportation to/from the terminal building. Public transportation is available within 3 miles of Cape Liberty via the Hudson Bergen light rail station at 34th Street in Bayonne. Ride service to and from the light rail station to the terminal is necessary. I would recommend the public transit option for those with backpack or carry on size luggage. Handling more or larger size luggage would make the public transit option challenging.

Would have been impossible to as Adventure of the Seas was not sailing from Bayonne in February. The ship repositioned from Galveston in May.

You would not take Amtrak into New York City Penn Station. It would be better and cheaper to use New Jersey Transit trains, which run more frequently. Do not get confused by Newark Penn Station & NY Penn Station, your destination is the latter with a short cab ride to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Assuming you are driving 80 east. Look at cities serviced by NJ Transit trains 'Morristown line' & 'Montclair - Boonton lines'. The cities of Morristown, Denville & Wayne, to start with. Much closer to NYC would be the area near the Meadowlands sports complex, Rutherford, East Rutherford & Secaucus with train & NJ Transit bus service to the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan, again a cab ride to the cruise terminal. Hilton Garden Inn & Hampton Inn in Ridgefield Park NJ pre covid offered cruise/park/sleep packages which included transport to the Manhattan terminal. There was a hotel in North Bergen NJ that also offered the package but I do not recall which.