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I'm not the most experinced at this as I live on Long Island and have only taken one cruise...but it was out of Manhattan. I commute by train everyday into the city. I would avoid driving into Manhattan unless it was absolutely necessary. It's just too congested and way too expensive to park.

I recall when I was on my Carnival cruise that one of my tablemates was from Baltimore. She took Amtrak into Manhattan. Since she was taking a cruise, her Amtrak ticket was discounted deeply. Amtrak however is NOT the most reliable train.

I agree with the above poster who suggested your leaving the car at your Uncle's in Danbury and taking Metro North into Grand Central. I don't, however, know where the Metro North stations are located up there but if you Google their website I'm sure their schedules will come up.

Grand Central is a magnificent beautiful building...it's located on 42nd Street on the East Side. Take a cab (well you'd have to take two) over to the piers on the West side. It should take no more than 30 minutes (it will probably take less...but traffic during the week can be very very slow moving) to get to the piers from Grand Central.

I had some friends who just came back from a trip on the Dawn. They loved it...didn't partake of the "extra pay" restaurants and had no complaints whatsoever. They raved over the casino folks - wonderful hosts (and no, they weren't winners either!).

Ciao,
WAWWitwouldbe

<blockquote data-quote="whatawonderfulworld" data-source="post: 1026327">I'm not the most experinced at this as I live on Long Island and have only taken one cruise...but it was out of Manhattan.&nbsp; I commute by train everyday into the city.&nbsp; I would avoid driving into Manhattan unless it was absolutely necessary.&nbsp; It's just too congested and way too expensive to park.&nbsp; I recall when I was on my Carnival cruise that one of my tablemates was from Baltimore.&nbsp; She took Amtrak into Manhattan.&nbsp; Since she was taking a cruise, her Amtrak ticket was discounted deeply.&nbsp; Amtrak however is NOT the most reliable train. I agree with the above poster who suggested your leaving the car at your Uncle's in Danbury and taking Metro North into Grand Central.&nbsp; I don't, however, know where the Metro North stations are located up there but if you Google their website I'm sure their schedules will come up.&nbsp; Grand Central is a magnificent beautiful building...it's located on 42nd Street on the East Side.&nbsp; Take a cab (well you'd have to take two) over to the piers on the West side.&nbsp; It should take no more than 30 minutes (it will probably take less...but traffic during the week can be very very slow moving) to get to the piers from Grand Central.&nbsp; I had some friends who just came back from a trip on the Dawn.&nbsp; They loved it...didn't partake of the &quot;extra pay&quot; restaurants and had no complaints whatsoever.&nbsp; They raved over the casino folks - wonderful hosts (and no, they weren't winners either!).&nbsp; Ciao,WAWWitwouldbe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whatawonderfulworld, post: 1026327"] I'm not the most experinced at this as I live on Long Island and have only taken one cruise...but it was out of Manhattan. I commute by train everyday into the city. I would avoid driving into Manhattan unless it was absolutely necessary. It's just too congested and way too expensive to park. I recall when I was on my Carnival cruise that one of my tablemates was from Baltimore. She took Amtrak into Manhattan. Since she was taking a cruise, her Amtrak ticket was discounted deeply. Amtrak however is NOT the most reliable train. I agree with the above poster who suggested your leaving the car at your Uncle's in Danbury and taking Metro North into Grand Central. I don't, however, know where the Metro North stations are located up there but if you Google their website I'm sure their schedules will come up. Grand Central is a magnificent beautiful building...it's located on 42nd Street on the East Side. Take a cab (well you'd have to take two) over to the piers on the West side. It should take no more than 30 minutes (it will probably take less...but traffic during the week can be very very slow moving) to get to the piers from Grand Central. I had some friends who just came back from a trip on the Dawn. They loved it...didn't partake of the "extra pay" restaurants and had no complaints whatsoever. They raved over the casino folks - wonderful hosts (and no, they weren't winners either!). Ciao, WAWWitwouldbe [/QUOTE]