<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tazi:
Thanks for mentioning the parade traffic. I hadn't thought about that. I do plan on driving up. Will the traffic be that bad in the area of the Omni and what time would you suggest arriving to avoid it?</font>
In addition to the traffic, parking in Manhattan is a pain and expensive. Here's another option:
http://www.nywaterway.com/portimperial_w38.html
Park at Port Imperial near the NJ end of the Lincoln Tunnel and take the Commuter Ferry to 38th street. From there a number of free buses will take you to the vicinity of your hotel (but I have no idea how the parade would affect this...). Parking at Port Imperial/Weehauken is either $6 or $7/day. Note that a "day" is defined as beginning and ending at 3AM, so if you park overnight you'll pay for two days.
We did this on our last trip, and this was much less trouble.