Loyal to Royal

Our next cruise is 8 nights (9 days) putting us at either $160 or $180 depending on how they charge. Just hate spending that on parking instead of an extra excursion or my inevitable casino losses ? I'm one of the most impatient people - which is why we were leaning towards paying the $160-$180 to park at the port - rather than having to wait on a shuttle. Knowing we may end up stuck waiting around even having parked at the port makes the decision that much harder

We are cruising out of Cape Liberty next November. Looking at adding a day to the front of the trip to do some NYC things. I've found some websites that are dedicated to "Park, Snooze, and Cruise" or other verbiage where they list different hotels that provide you with a round trip shuttle and parking during your cruise. When I look up the room rates on the actual hotel websites they typically have their own rate option specifically for this. Most of them aren't that much better of a deal than just paying a normal hotel rate and paying the port parking. Does anyone have experience with Cape Liberty parking/hotels/shuttle options? If so I'd like to hear about your experience. Part of me wants to just park at the port so we don't have to wait for a shuttle after we return to go back to a hotel not necessarily in the direction of our route home. The other part of me thinks paying $160 to just park somewhere is outrageous.