My wife and I went on the Anthem of the Seas again and wanted to do a write up to possibly help others with this port and cruise itinerary.

We left a day early and drove down from Ontario Canada to a small area just outside of Newark called Parsippany. We stayed here because it was located in a nicer area then the cruise terminal is located in and is much more reasonable to stay here. There was several nice restaurants near our hotel as well. Our trip last year we stayed much closer to the terminal and found that the area was not very nice or safe in comparison.

The departure day out of port Liberty was as easy as it gets. We took the scenic route though on the way there and saw some of the rougher areas near the port(we got lost lol). We did manage to get back on track though and were at the port right around 10:30. I got the car parked in the port parking area($25.00per day paid when you leave after your trip) We had a arrival time at 10:30 and to us this is the perfect time to get to the pier as they are just starting to load the ship around 11:00am. We were on the ship shortly after that and in official vacation mode. Read more