Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Newark Airport

[ringopoppy]

Does anyone have suggestions for the best transport option to get to Newark Airport after disembarking at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal? Need a shuttle or taxi as husband not able to manage public transport with luggage. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Date is October 15th 2016.

[138east]

Does anyone have suggestions for the best transport option to get to Newark Airport after disembarking at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal? Need a shuttle or taxi as husband not able to manage public transport with luggage. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Date is October 15th 2016.

 

Book a car service like Dial7 or Carmellimo. There are online coupons. They should quote you a base fare plus tolls. Figure 18-20% of the base fare for a tip. Tolls will be a up to a $15 NY-NJ tunnel toll plus $4 in NJ Turnpike tolls plus a possible $6-8 tunnel toll from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

 

Do not take a NYC taxi. The NYC taxi regulations no longer apply and they can basically charge you whatever they want.

[njhorseman]

A trip to EWR is the one instance where the taxi fare from NY City to NJ is regulated. The fare is the normal metered amount plus a $17.50 surcharge plus round trip tolls. A tip of 15 to 20% would be customary.

 

That having been said, my inclination would be to book a car service because you'll be quoted a flat rate (plus tolls and tip) and not have to worry about the meter rolling up the fare if you're stuck in traffic.

[138east]

Good to know. I thought the regulation applied only Manhattan to EWR.

[ringopoppy]

Thank you! Didn't know about the taxis (being from Sydney, AUS) - car service looks like the best option.

[2cruiseagain]

Any idea what the final cost is? Also, I have an 11am flight on a Saturday in October. Hoping if we have priority disembarkation, we can make it.

[138east]

Any idea what the final cost is? Also, I have an 11am flight on a Saturday in October. Hoping if we have priority disembarkation, we can make it.

 

Get a quote from Dial7 or Carmellimo. You need a base rate plus estimated tolls. Add 18-20% tip to the base rate and you have your estimate. Tolls should be in the $20-25 range using the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (Hugh Carey Tunnel) and the Holland Tunnel. NJ Turnpike would add a few more dollars.

 

You need to get yourselves off the ship early and have transportation waiting. Arrival sat EWR should be targeted for between 9 and 9:30.

[mking8288]

Any idea what the final cost is? Also, I have an 11am flight on a Saturday in October. Hoping if we have priority disembarkation, we can make it.

 

Priority disembarkation is great IF your ship is on time and/or early (?? time) and you can exit immigration/custom quickly, etc. More on this below.

 

Sure, from Carmel's online site (free, mobile app bookings do not get the extra coupon discount - FYI) - about $75 base fare for a deluxe/luxury 4 door sedan, $68 if a standard sedan is available or $78 for a minivan). If you are in a hurry to catch that 11 AM or even 12 or 12:30 PM departure out of EWR, you'll likely take the fastest route with extra tolls as needed.

 

Between base fare & tolls, plan on at least $100 for this one-way trip, travel time of 45 to 60 minutes, depending on weather & road/bridge/tunnel conditions on a typical, normal lighter traffic morning on the weekend (add 15 to 30 extra minutes, just in case) - otherwise - if using Carmel. Dial7 fares are typically higher by $5 to $10 when I last priced them out, YMMV.

 

I would pre-book a car service but call them upon confirmation, and ask/let them know you would call for a more precise pickup time & arrange the location on the day of disembarkation - so that they can pre-arrange for car/driver nearby - unlike Manhattan cruise terminal or airports, where they tend to have more "available" cars & drivers on standby most of the time - from their fleet of 600 to 700 vehicles. If you wait to book on short notice, you could be subject to a much longer wait time and/or told nothing available for 60+ minutes ... not good if you have a tight ground connection to the airport to catch up.

 

VZ Bridge toll is one-way collected outbound coming from Brooklyn ($16 cash, $11.08 using EZ-Pass) vs. the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ($15 cash toll at all times, $12.50 EZ-Pass peak time) into Manhattan, up the West Side Hwy to Canal St. to Holland Tunnel (toll, east-bound into NYC only; but you might still be charged for car/driver's "empty" return with no pax/fares) & $4 for the Turnpike toll.

 

The toll portion alone can varied widely, anywhere from $24 to $28, to $35 or even higher if the driver/car service is collecting the full round-trip fares on cash basis, not using the EZ-Pass rates in the calculations. Yellow taxis are required to give the EZP discount but collecting round-trip plus the surcharges - so it's a no-win situation for riders. Not a fan or user of Uber or Lyft so I don't know what & how they charge their shared-riders on tolls. More on this - http://nypost.com/2015/06/01/suit-calls-out-car-service-pocketing-e-zpass-discounts/

 

TSA staffing and security screening on weekends at EWR can be rather slow sometimes, and it doesn't always help even if you have Pre-Check ... that is, if those dedicated lanes are open & staffed. For domestic flights, it's best to plan to arrive at least 90 minutes to 2 hours before scheduled departure, even if doing just carry-on luggage (okay, seasoned flyers can do "t" minus 60 minutes) - so, ideally, you need/should be at EWR's terminal/check-in no later than 9:30 AM or 9 AM if you are cautious, 10 AM if you are elite flyer & not worried about missing the departure & can get rebooked or fly home on a later flight)

 

As long as you are in the car service with all your luggage & leaving the BCT area by 8 to 8:30 AM - you are "relatively" safe in making your flight ... anything happened somewhere on your routing and all bets are off.

 

Personally, I would book a later flight - relax & take it easy getting off the ship and to the airport ... something like a 1 PM or 2 PM departure. Yeah, I know, fares vary widely & typically higher for the afternoon and fewer choices on Saturday.

[easyboy]

A trip to EWR is the one instance where the taxi fare from NY City to NJ is regulated. The fare is the normal metered amount plus a $17.50 surcharge plus round trip tolls. A tip of 15 to 20% would be customary.

 

That having been said, my inclination would be to book a car service because you'll be quoted a flat rate (plus tolls and tip) and not have to worry about the meter rolling up the fare if you're stuck in traffic.

Nice tip!

[david,Mississauga]

Although we have used a car service several times to get from EWR to Brooklyn, in October we will be going from the pier to EWR for the first time.

 

Cunard offers a transfer service for US$40 pp (or Canadian$48 - a good deal!) so we are taking this for the first time. I believe most cruise lines offer transfers to the three New York area airports. It is only for convenience that we have booked the transfer, not to save a small amount over a car service.

[easyboy]

Although we have used a car service several times to get from EWR to Brooklyn, in October we will be going from the pier to EWR for the first time.

 

Cunard offers a transfer service for US$40 pp (or Canadian$48 - a good deal!) so we are taking this for the first time. I believe most cruise lines offer transfers to the three New York area airports. It is only for convenience that we have booked the transfer, not to save a small amount over a car service.

We also find cruise transfers more convenient. Princess is charging US$29 pp from Brooklyn to EWR for Oct.

[njhorseman]

We also find cruise transfers more convenient. Princess is charging US$29 pp from Brooklyn to EWR for Oct.

 

I don't think any cruise line is going to offer transfers from Brooklyn to EWR for a flight that departs at 11 am, which is the flight time one of the recent posters has. I suspect the earliest flight they will offer transfers for will be at about 1 pm.