Most Manhattan and NYC cruise terminals feature on-site or nearby parking. Parking costs are reasonable at some top-notch hotel booking services such as Trinity Reservations. Thus, check with your departure port to make arrangements. If staying overnight before at nearby hotels like Fairfield Inn & Suites or Ramada Plaza Hotel Newark Intl Airport/EWR, the hotels may offer discounted and world-class Manhattan Park Sleep and Cruise packages, as well as shuttle services to and from the port, which will save cruise ship travelers both time and money.
Consider the time required to gather your belongings and reach the cruise terminal if you’re traveling into your port of departure. I recommend you verify these details carefully. Determine the travel time between the airport and the ship prior to booking your trips.
You may also have to examine the time zones against which you may travel. The majority of ships left the harbor by 5 p.m., so you must be on board by 4 p.m. at the earliest.
The majority of cruise lines provide fly/cruise or air/sea packages, which are essentially the same thing. They are generally "all-inclusive" arrangements for the cruise and flights. Generally, transfers from the airport to the ship are included in all-inclusive plans. Typically, airfare comes with constraints such as not allowing you to choose your airline or make adjustments or cancellations at no cost. You can also lose the opportunity to accumulate frequent-flier miles.
Flights are usually planned for same-day arrival and departure, so you'll board the ship the day of your vacation. On the day you disembark, you'll fly home in the afternoon. Note that all-inclusive packages include airport greetings, transportation, and luggage handling.
If you don't reserve an air/sea package, cruise lines offer airport-to-ship transfers. If not, cabs and shuttles offered with NYC Park Sleep and Cruise package will carry you to and from the ship and airport.
If your flight is delayed, the ship may wait for you if you have an all-inclusive package, but this is not assured. If you scheduled independent flights, the ship won't wait for you to arrive. So, always arrive a day ahead.
When you think of water parks, you’re probably imagining colourful tube slides, kiddie pools and the excited screams of children (and adults!)
splashing from behind water cannons or slides.
So if you choose to go on one of those year-round warm-weather cruises, having a water park on board will certainly be a welcome relief.
With each cruise line trying to one-up the other when it comes to water parks on their ships, the cruise traveller has so much more to rejoice.From the ships that sail today, here are the top 5 best cruise ship water parks:Carnival’s WaterWorks Aqua Park: With the most number of ships to have water parks, Carnival cruises will leave you asking for more.
We’re talking about spiralling water slides that are at least 300-feet long, twister slides, tipping buckets and mini-racers, among the total of roughly 40 water activities that you could partake in.
Disney’s Water Parks: Among the Disney fleet, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy ships boast of the popular ‘AquaDuck’ – a two-person raft that runs along a water roller coaster roughly 760-feet long.
