On Saturday, March 29th, our flight was due to arrive at 11:30pm. It ended up being a couple hours late. Finally found the hotel shuttle, but the driver was sleeping. I startled him when I knocked on the window/door. We arrived to the hotel and stayed until checkout time before catching our ride to the cruise ship.
On Saturday, April 5th, we disembarked off the cruise ship at 7:00am and stayed at this hotel again. The front desk worker (female) greeted us with a warm smile. I explained that we were staying their overnight and had just gotten off the ship and knew that check-in wasn't until 3pm so we would just be sitting in the lobby. She happily gives us keys to a room. It was SO thoughtful & very appreciated! We made arrangements for the hotel shuttle at 3:30AM. I believe we had the same driver as the week before he wasn't very friendly, BUT was willing to take us to the terminal A at EWR airport since there were others flying Delta as well.
The hotel isn't in a great area of town. Nothing nearby that was walk-able. So, we ordered Papa John's.