We go into Atlantic all the time, it should work out fine for you. As for the
bus ride, I did it about a year ago and was very surprised at how nice it was.
Spent 5.00 for a round trip ticket to the Port Authority. Once downtown I took
the subway all over Manhatten. Was a great time and the whole day cost less
then 10.00 in transportation. The bus was clean and in fact it was nicer then
riding on an airline. Good luck and have fun!