This is our 10th cruise, 6th on Norwegian. This was just a quick, cheap weekend away. We drove down  because we had to get to the Port of Seattle before 8am as the buses (arranged through travel agent) were leaving between 7 and 8am.  We made it in plenty of time. We parked the car across the street where we could just pick it up after the cruise. Need a better option-parking in Seattle adds up quick!

The bus was older and the springs were shot. Forget waterboarding, the government could use that bus as torture device. All you would have to do is just drive around until they talk. After four hours in the bus I would have given up my own grandmother. We finally arrived at Canada place.

We then hit the 'mother of all lines' going through port security. We got there at 10:30a  along with the train and four other buses, taxis, cars etc. Security/Customs  did not open their doors till noon, except for Holland America people; they were being sneaked into a side entrance.  I don't know what was going on there, but it sure looked unfair.  Four hour bus ride, two and a half hours in line. The line at port security was so bad it caused the ship to be a hour and a half late in departing. Once we got to the Norwegian staff it went real smooth.  The captain came on the loudspeaker to apologize for the delay. You could hear in his voice that heads were already rolling behind the scene! Read more