Hotel with park and cruise for Manhatten Cruise Terminal

[Buckeye10640]

We are cruising in August and are driving instead of flying this time. Looking for recommendations for a one night stay pre-cruise (clean, safe) with free or low cost 7 day parking and transportation to/from Manhatten cruise terminal. At the moment we have reservations at Hampton Inn Ridgefield Park NJ but I am reading very mixed reviews. Any recommendations for hotels, or personal experience with this hotel?  TIA

[mjkacmom]

There are none in nyc, that one is one I’ve heard of here, there aren’t many, there is a chance that is it. 

[njhorseman]

1 hour ago, Buckeye10640 said:

We are cruising in August and are driving instead of flying this time. Looking for recommendations for a one night stay pre-cruise (clean, safe) with free or low cost 7 day parking and transportation to/from Manhatten cruise terminal. At the moment we have reservations at Hampton Inn Ridgefield Park NJ but I am reading very mixed reviews. Any recommendations for hotels, or personal experience with this hotel?  TIA

Check trinityreservations.com. Sometimes they'll have a couple of hotels with packages for the Manhattan cruise terminal. The hotels will also be in NJ, usually near EWR. You won't find anything in NYC itself.

[1025cruise]

I would just park at the port that way you can get hit the road when you get back. Yes, it expensive, but since the only hotels that would offer a park and cruise for Manhattan are in NJ, I also include the commute time in my cost analysis. Especially if going direct means you wouldn't go into NJ in the first place. For me, going to NJ would be out of my way.

[njhorseman]

38 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

I would just park at the port that way you can get hit the road when you get back. Yes, it expensive, but since the only hotels that would offer a park and cruise for Manhattan are in NJ, I also include the commute time in my cost analysis. Especially if going direct means you wouldn't go into NJ in the first place. For me, going to NJ would be out of my way.

Since the OP's handle starts with "Buckeye" perhaps they're from Ohio, which means that they would be passing through NJ and therefore not going out of their way.

[meadowlander]

6 hours ago, Buckeye10640 said:

We are cruising in August and are driving instead of flying this time. Looking for recommendations for a one night stay pre-cruise (clean, safe) with free or low cost 7 day parking and transportation to/from Manhatten cruise terminal.

There is another hotel in Ridgefield Park that has the MCT package. Think it is the Hilton.

 

The Fairfield Inn in North Bergen also has a MCT package.

[lx200gps]

FWIW, we drove down and parked in Weehawken, NJ, almost directly across the Hudson from the MCT. We stayed at a Residence inn located at the Weehawken ferry terminal. Hotel and 8 days parking were about half of what a comparable package would have cost across the river in Manhattan. Morning of the cruise, we jumped on the 8 minute long ferry ride and walked the 15 minutes north  to the MCT.

[Buckeye10640]

7 hours ago, njhorseman said:

Since the OP's handle starts with "Buckeye" perhaps they're from Ohio, which means that they would be passing through NJ and therefore not going out of their way.

Yes, coming from Ohio so NJ is not necessarily out of our way. And we need a hotel anyway, too long of a drive for same day. 

[njhorseman]

3 hours ago, Buckeye10640 said:

Yes, coming from Ohio so NJ is not necessarily out of our way. And we need a hotel anyway, too long of a drive for same day. 

 

 

 Don't overlook the suggestion made by @lx200gps. It's a good alternative to the traditional type of park and cruise package.

[mjkacmom]

10 hours ago, njhorseman said:

 

 

 Don't overlook the suggestion made by @lx200gps. It's a good alternative to the traditional type of park and cruise package.

I am local, but this would be my choice as well.

[emilysmimi]

On 6/8/2024 at 5:38 PM, lx200gps said:

FWIW, we drove down and parked in Weehawken, NJ, almost directly across the Hudson from the MCT. We stayed at a Residence inn located at the Weehawken ferry terminal. Hotel and 8 days parking were about half of what a comparable package would have cost across the river in Manhattan. Morning of the cruise, we jumped on the 8 minute long ferry ride and walked the 15 minutes north  to the MCT.

Thank you for this great idea!  A couple of questions, please.  Did you park at the hotel or at the ferry parking?  Also, what ferry ticket did you  buy?  We will be boarding the NCL Breakaway on October 27th.  We’ve never done this before and know nothing about the ferry system.

Edited August 12 by emilysmimi

[njhorseman]

1 hour ago, emilysmimi said:

what ferry ticket did you  buy?

A one way adult ferry ticket is $10.

[lx200gps]

10 hours ago, emilysmimi said:

Thank you for this great idea!  A couple of questions, please.  Did you park at the hotel or at the ferry parking?  Also, what ferry ticket did you  buy?  We will be boarding the NCL Breakaway on October 27th.  We’ve never done this before and know nothing about the ferry system.

We stayed at the Residence Inn, which is in a very large building that also houses the Envue Hotel and one of the two ferry parking garages literally across the street from the Port Imperial Terminal. There's another ferry parking garage a block north which IIRC was $2/day cheaper, but we parked at the garage in the same building as the hotel.  Super easy, we parked on the same level in the garage as the hotel entrance so we didn't have far to go to check-in. Google Street View will give you a good idea of what it all looks like and convenient it all is.

 

Re the ferry, there are ticket machines in the ferry terminal across the street from the hotel/garage which will dispense the correct ticket. Remember, you're going to the Midtown/39th St terminal on the Manhattan side of the Hudson and from there it's about a 15 minute walk north to Pier 88 and the ship.  I vaguely recollect we got to the ferry terminal around 9AM (it was a weekend) and it was largely deserted, there were no humans selling the tickets, it was all done by the ticket machines. The ferry itself was also almost empty that early in the morning, I doubt there were more than a dozen of us. The ferry system there is very supportive of folks lugging suitcases, everything is on one level, with shallow ramps and no stairs. MUCH easier than getting on and off a cruise ship with your suitcases ;o) The fare is now $10/pp one way.

[emilysmimi]

Thank you so much for all this wonderful information!  We used to do the Park and Cruise through Hampton Inn in Ridgefield NJ but that place has become a dump.  This will be so much easier!