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Bayonne cruise guides
The schedule tells you when to sail. These guides cover the rest: getting to Cape Liberty Cruise Port, parking, the trip from the airports and from Manhattan, hotels the night before, the documents to bring and where each route goes. Each one lists its sources and the date we last checked them.
Cape Liberty Cruise Port: where it is and how sailing day works
Cape Liberty Cruise Port is at 4 Port Terminal Boulevard, Bayonne, NJ 07002, about seven miles south of Manhattan on the New Jersey side. Royal Caribbean describes a single terminal with the parking garage beside it, and you board in the arrival slot you pick at online check-in. All 114 sailings on our schedule leave from here.
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Cape Liberty cruise parking: the garage, the daily rate and drop-off
Cape Liberty Cruise Port has its own parking garage next to the terminal, with an open lot beside it for vehicles taller than 7 feet 4 inches. On 4 November 2026 Royal Caribbean's port page gave $35 a day and Celebrity's $30, taxes included, with cash and major credit cards accepted and no reservation needed. Being dropped off at the terminal is the alternative.
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Newark airport to Cape Liberty: taxis, ride apps and distances from EWR, JFK and LaGuardia
Newark Liberty International (EWR) is the closest airport to Cape Liberty Cruise Port, about 10 miles by road, and the one Royal Caribbean names as closest. LaGuardia is about 20 miles away and JFK about 29, both on the far side of Manhattan. From all three a taxi or ride app can take you straight to the terminal, and Royal Caribbean says many guests fly in the day before.
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New York City to Cape Liberty: driving, PATH and light rail, and taxis to Bayonne
Cape Liberty Cruise Port is in Bayonne, New Jersey, not in New York City, about 11 to 14 miles by road from Lower Manhattan and Midtown. Drivers take the Holland or Lincoln Tunnel, which charge no Port Authority toll heading into New Jersey. Without a car, PATH and the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail reach Bayonne, and a taxi covers the last 2.7 miles, because the port does not admit people on foot.
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Hotels near Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, NJ
The Hudson Plaza Motel on Route 440 in Bayonne is the closest hotel we checked, 15 minutes from Cape Liberty Cruise Port by car. Embassy Suites by Hilton Newark Airport is the only one whose own site offers a ride to the port, for a fee it doesn't publish, and none of the 21 sells a park and cruise package.
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First cruise from Bayonne, NJ: questions and answers
97 of the 114 sailings on our schedule are Royal Caribbean's, and its round trips leave Cape Liberty at 3pm and dock back at 6am or 7am. Royal Caribbean's gratuities were $18.50 per guest per day outside suites and Celebrity's $19.50 in its standard cabins, by their pages on 4 November 2026. Drinks beyond the basics, Wi-Fi and specialty dining cost extra on both lines.
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Do you need a passport to cruise from Bayonne, NJ?
On a Royal Caribbean or Celebrity round trip from Cape Liberty, a U.S. citizen can board with an original U.S. birth certificate and a government-issued photo ID, though both lines strongly recommend a passport. The 7 one-way sailings, including those ending in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, are not closed-loop cruises, so plan on a passport book valid at least 6 months after the cruise ends.
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Bermuda cruises from Bayonne, NJ: 5 nights on Royal Caribbean or a week on Celebrity
This schedule has 29 Bermuda cruises from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, all round trips to the Royal Naval Dockyard, from 2 May 2027 to 11 June 2028. Independence of the Seas sails 5-night trips from May to October 2027 with one night in Bermuda, and Celebrity Silhouette in 2027 and Celebrity Summit in 2028 sail 7-night trips with two. Fares started at $657 per person on 4 November 2026.
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Caribbean and Bahamas cruises from Bayonne, NJ: Perfect Day weeks and longer island trips
This schedule has 59 Bahamas cruises and 13 Caribbean cruises from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, all on Royal Caribbean. The Bahamas trips are mostly 7-night round trips to Perfect Day at CocoCay and Nassau, on Odyssey of the Seas in the winter and Oasis of the Seas in summer 2027, and the Caribbean trips run 8 to 12 nights, with 2 ending in Florida. On 4 November 2026 Bahamas fares started at $786 and Caribbean fares at $709 per person.
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Canada and New England cruises from Bayonne, NJ: Halifax in 4 nights or the fall coast in 9
This schedule has 9 Canada and New England cruises from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, from 1 June 2027 to 14 October 2027. Independence of the Seas sails 4-night round trips to Halifax in summer 2027 and 9-night fall round trips by Boston, Portland, Saint John, Halifax and Sydney, and Silversea's Silver Shadow sails one way to Montreal in September 2027. Fares started at $504 per person on 4 November 2026.
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Cruises from Bayonne, NJ in 2026, 2027 and 2028, month by month
Cruise ships leave Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey, in every season. Odyssey of the Seas sails from November to April, Oasis of the Seas and Independence of the Seas from May to October, Celebrity Silhouette in May and June 2027 and Celebrity Summit from April to June 2028. The schedule we track lists 8 departures left in 2026, 85 in 2027 and 21 in 2028.
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Short cruises from Bayonne, NJ: 3-day, 4-night and 5-night cruises
When we checked on 4 November 2026, no 2 or 3-night cruise left Cape Liberty in Bayonne, the port every sailing on this site uses. The shortest are 4-night round trips to Halifax and 5-night round trips to Bermuda, all on Independence of the Seas between 27 May 2027 and 23 October 2027. The schedule lists 4 of the Halifax trips, at $504 to $705 per person on 4 November 2026, and 15 of the Bermuda trips, at $657 to $978.
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Cheap and last-minute cruises from Bayonne, NJ
On 4 November 2026 the lowest starting fare from Cape Liberty in Bayonne was $504 per person, two sharing, with taxes and fees included, and the lowest per night was $79. When we wrote this, the cheapest sailings were Independence of the Seas' short summer trips in 2027. A ship leaves Bayonne in every month, so a last-minute cruise is possible all year, but a booking made inside the line's final payment window is paid in full.
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Royal Caribbean and Celebrity cruises from Bayonne, NJ: which lines sail from Cape Liberty
On the schedule we track, 97 of the 114 sailings from Cape Liberty in Bayonne are Royal Caribbean, on Odyssey of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas and Independence of the Seas. Celebrity has 16, on Celebrity Silhouette in 2027 and Celebrity Summit in 2028, and Silversea has 1, on Silver Shadow. No Norwegian, MSC, Carnival, Princess or Disney sailing from Bayonne is on the schedule.
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