Post New England Cruise tour of Manhatten

[overlake7]

We will be on the Enchanted in  October and don't have a flight till 4:30 from Newark in the afternoon.We are considering a 4 hour city tour but the time of the excursion is stated as 6:30a.m. Has anyone taken a similar tour and is that the real time it leaves from the ship?  Also does anyone know if there is anywhere to sit at Newark before we check in our bags as I understand we cannot check in till 4 hours before our flight?

[skynight]

14 hours ago, overlake7 said:

We will be on the Enchanted in  October and don't have a flight till 4:30 from Newark in the afternoon.We are considering a 4 hour city tour but the time of the excursion is stated as 6:30a.m. Has anyone taken a similar tour and is that the real time it leaves from the ship?  Also does anyone know if there is anywhere to sit at Newark before we check in our bags as I understand we cannot check in till 4 hours before our flight?

There are some chairs in the check in area, but it isn't a very comfortable area to wait for a long time. All the vendors are inside the security area, and I believe there are no restrooms in the check in area. There may be rest rooms downstairs in the luggage area, not certain. There are 3 terminals there each a little different. Search for the terminal map where your flight will depart. I would consider the Princess tour which I guess gets you to the airport around noon. You could also investigate a private tour. 

[eclue]

A few years ago, we took the Princess bus tour to Newark airport. It was really nice.We had time to walk around the 9/11 monument area, Rockefeller Plaza stop , drove thru scenic areas. Having previously lived in Manhatten at one time, it was  a nice refresher. I would do it again.