We took this cruise as a quick weekend getaway to, well, get away from the teenagers. We took the Amtrak Cascades train down to Seattle from Vancouver the evening before which I found to be a very enjoyable way to get down there. We left at 545 pm and arrived in Seattle right around 10 pm. We had a Doubletree hotel room booked through Priceline near the airport for a very good price so all in all it was going to be a fairly cheap trip.

We decided to be adventurous and we took the light rail out to the airport from the King St. station. The light rail station was just around the corner from the train station so it was quick and easy to get to. We then took the shuttle from the airport to the hotel with out any problems.

The next day we took the light rail back into the city then the transit bus out to Pier 91 for the cruise. It was certainly an interesting ride through the downtown core - a little too interesting - next time we'll take a cab. The walk from the bus stop to the pier was longer than I initially thought (as it's a long walk from the port entrance to the check-in) which wasn't helped by the luggage pull handle having just broken meaning the small but increasingly heavy suitcase had to be carried all the way. Read more