First time to NY - Hotel and Transp. - Carnival Victory - Sept.

[zelly2]

Planning to take the Carnival Victory cruise mid Sept. and trying to plan our trip. Need help with reasonable and clean hotel for 2-3 nites before cruise. Also, most reasonable transp. choices for us from airport to hotel and then to port on cruising day. Any other tips will be greatly appreciated as to plays to see, places to eat, and must see while we are for first time to NY.

Thanks so much for your wonderful help.;)

[cruiser429]

Which airport are you flying into? JFK, LGA or EWR. All three service the NYC area--prices to NYC will depend on which one you're at.

[zelly2]

Most likely LGA -- but not definite. Thanks for your help.

[Dodsworth]

If you fly into Newark you can take the monorail to the train station and get a NJ Transit train into Penn Station for about $15. That, I think is the easiest bet.

[cruiser429]

From LGA the taxi fare is not price-fixed but is probably the cheapest way to get into Manhattan (aka "the city".)

Taxi from hotel to the port is also your best bet.

Check out this thread for hotels

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=764461

 

None of the hotels in Manhattan are cheap.

Have a great time!

[zelly2]

Thanks for great advice. Thanks "cruiser429" for providing link to another post about hotel question.

Thanks so much.

[ovcruises]

I called Super Shuttle yesterday, and becuase there are 5 of us coming it's like $16.PP each way.

That is if you are flying into LGA.

www.supershuttle.com

 

cheers,

Mel

[smeyer418]

I called Super Shuttle yesterday, and becuase there are 5 of us coming it's like $16.PP each way.

That is if you are flying into LGA.

www.supershuttle.com

 

cheers,

Mel

a cab from LGA to midtown should run 25-30 per cab. a cab can accommodate 2-3 easily so two cabs would be $50-60 and super shuttle $80....and getting a cab at the airport is no problem at all.

[duffle]

We live in NYC and from LGA this is what we do:

MTA buses stop in front of the terminals. Take the M60 which will take you on 125th street in Harlem. Here you have connection to the 4, 5, 6 trains on Lexington Av for East Side service; 2 and 3 trains on Lenox Av for West Side and Midtown Times Square) service; A, C, B, D trains on St Nicholas Av for West Side service; or the 1 train on Broadway.

 

If there is a MetroCard vending machine or a magazine shop selling MetroCards at the airport then this trip will cost you just $2 pp since the transfer into the subway is included. (Once in the subway system you can transfer all you want.)

If you cannot purchase a MetroCard at the airport then you would need $2 pp in coins only to drop into the farebox on the bus. You would then have to pay another $2 pp at the subway entrance.

[cruiser429]

We live in NYC and from LGA this is what we do:

MTA buses stop in front of the terminals. Take the M60 which will take you on 125th street in Harlem. Here you have connection to the 4, 5, 6 trains on Lexington Av for East Side service; 2 and 3 trains on Lenox Av for West Side and Midtown Times Square) service; A, C, B, D trains on St Nicholas Av for West Side service; or the 1 train on Broadway.

 

If there is a MetroCard vending machine or a magazine shop selling MetroCards at the airport then this trip will cost you just $2 pp since the transfer into the subway is included. (Once in the subway system you can transfer all you want.)

If you cannot purchase a MetroCard at the airport then you would need $2 pp in coins only to drop into the farebox on the bus. You would then have to pay another $2 pp at the subway entrance.

 

And do all this with the luggage for a cruise?????:confused:

[willysgrandma]

There are a ton of hotel suggestions here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=579200&highlight=york+timer

 

You will likely not find anything in NYC for less than $250 a night, so I hope that is what you mean by a reasonable hotel.

[madelinerose]

And, for first-timers? :confused: I'm with you....no way. ;)

 

 

And do all this with the luggage for a cruise?????:confused: