Background: We are a family of 5, I have 3 daughters ages 12,14,19 years old. We've been on 1 short cruise to Mexico, 4 nights. Traveling with inlaws.
We arrived in Seattle at 10pm at night so had to book a room for the night. We stayed at the Airport Seattle Hilton & Conference, they had a shuttle to the hotel and then to the ship the following day. Hotel was clean, nothing fancy, only 1 restaurant in the hotel to eat at. We were picked up the next morning at around 9:30 and shuttled to the pier.
Embarkation: Smooth, we boarded early, about 11- 11:30 am. Alex the concierge was really nice and helpful.