CRUISE FROM SEATTLE - 2009

This is the cruise industry's 11th summer season in Seattle. The Port of Seattle is currently expecting 211 premium ship embarkations, carrying close to 413,000 passengers, including repositionings. (Based on one-way counts)

Celebrity, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean will be homeporting a total of eleven ships in Seattle, offering 7-day roundtrip cruises to Alaska every weekend during the peak season, 14-day roundtrip cruises to Alaska departing on Thursdays beginning May 14, and 1-4 day Pacific Northwest cruises at the beginning and end of the Seattle season. Repositioning cruises provide some additional itinerary options.

In addition to the large cruise lines, Seattle also benefits from small-ship cruises to the San Juan Islands, British Columbia, Northwest rivers, and early and late season Seattle/Alaska and reverse itineraries. The niche lines include American Safari Cruises, Cruise West, and Fantasy Cruises.

We encourage you to consider the many options available for pre and post-cruise stays. Whether traveling alone, or with friends, family, co-workers, or others, and whether cruising from Seattle, Vancouver B.C., Alaska or Portland, you will love the many experiences Seattle and Washington State have to offer. There is something for everyone: biking, golfing, hiking, kayaking, sailing, exploring museums and art galleries, sightseeing by seaplane or van, cooking classes, dining at gourmet restaurants or enjoying small pubs and bistros, casual wine-tasting or more formal wine-maker luncheon or dinner events, exploring beautiful gardens, watching glass-blowing artists in action or learning the skill personally, relaxing at a spa, learning about Native American culture from locals, attending a major sports activity, taking a whale-watching - wildlife excursion, experiencing some of our favorite attractions including icons like the Space Needle and the 102 year old Pike Place Market, enjoying a concert, stage show, opera, symphony, ballet, or local jazz, or simply shopping for that special "something." If time permits, you may enjoy spending a day or more exploring Mt. Rainier, Mount St. Helens, the Olympic Peninsula, the San Juan Islands, the small towns and islands along the I-5 corridor in the northern part of the State, Washington's Cascade Loop, wine country and agricultural areas, aviation-related stops, manufacturing plants, and so much more.

Contact our Seattle Visitor Center for information to meet your needs. Have a question? Just ask.

CRUISE TERMINALS

Two terminals will be used for premium ship departures in 2009. Click here for an overview map showing both locations in relation to downtown Seattle, I-5 and I-90.

In 2009, Celebrity and NCL will be using the Bell Street Cruise Terminal at Pier 66 on the central waterfront.

Holland America, Princess and Royal Caribbean will be using the NEW Smith Cove Cruise Terminal at Pier 91.

The small ships do not depart from the above terminals. Check with your specific niche line for directions.

PRE & POST CRUISE PACKAGES

We highly recommend that you plan on arriving in Seattle a day or two, or even more, before a cruise departs. There is so much to see and do throughout the Pacific Northwest. In addition, you'll be able to relax, knowing that you have arrived safely, do not have to rush, and still have time to enjoy their surroundings before boarding their ships at leisure.

Click here for special pre- and post-cruise packages.

PREMIUM SHIP CRUISING FROM SEATTLE - 2009

For a daily "big ship" departure schedule, visit the Port of Seattle website.There you will also find information on Port of Seattle cruise terminal specifications, general passenger information, parking and transportation, terminal concierge services, security and port maps.

CRUISE OVERVIEW

NOTE: Company names in Green Type with a live website link denote Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau member businesses.

Celebrity Cruises
www.celebrity.com

Infinity | Pier 66, Friday
7-night roundtrip "Alaska Hubbard Glacier" cruises departing 5/22 to 9/18. Prior to beginning its Seattle departures, the Infinity will sail an 11-night "Ultimate Alaska" cruise on 5/11 (San Francisco, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, Hubbard Glacier, Sitka, Victoria & Vancouver). At the end of the season, a 16-night "Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise" departs Seattle on 9/25 (Seattle, San Diego, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama Canal, Columbia, Ft. Lauderdale).

Mercury | Pier 66 (beginning 9/21)
This ship's early repositioning, 13-night "Ultimate Alaska Cruise" departs Los Angeles on 5/11. (L.A., Astoria, Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, Hubbard Glacier, Sitka, Vancouver) The primary season will be 7-night Alaska cruises, roundtrip Vancouver, B.C. beginning 5/24) There will be an 8-night Alaska cruise departing Vancouver on 9/13 and ending in Seattle on 9/21. Beginning 9/21, the ship will offer cruises out of Seattle, including 4-night "Pacific Northwest Cruises" (Seattle, Nanaimo, Victoria, Seattle) on 9/21, 9/28, and 10/5. 3-night "Pacific Northwest Cruises" (Seattle, Victoria, Nanaimo, Seattle) will depart on 9/25, 10/2, and 10/9. The ship departs Vancouver B.C. on 10/12 on an 11-night, repositioning "Wine Cruise." (Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Seattle, Astoria, San Francisco, Monterey, Catalina Island, San Diego.)

Holland America

Zaandam - Pier 91, Friday | Alaska departures are 5/8 through 9/25
Amsterdam - Pier 91, Saturday | Alaska departures are 5/9 through 9/19
Westerdam - Pier 91, Sunday | Alaska departures are 5/10 through 9/20

All three ships are offering 7-day roundtrip "Alaskan Explorer" cruises from Seattle, beginning the weekend of May 8-10 through mid to late September. (Seattle, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, Seattle) In addition, the following cruises are available:

The Zaandam's Spring repositioning cruise is a 16-day "Circle Hawaii, (San Diego, Hilo, Honolulu, Kona, Nawiliwili, Lahaina, Vancouver) departing 4/21 and arriving 5/7. The ship then offers a 1-day "Spring Pacific Coast" (Vancouver, Seattle) departing 5/7. In the Fall, there is a 2-day "Pacific Northwest Coastal" (Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver) departing Seattle on 10/2. The repositioning cruises include a 4-day "Pacific Coast" (Vancouver, Victoria, San Diego) departing or the full 19-day "Circle Hawaii" (Vancouver, Victoria, San Diego, Hawaii, San Diego) with the ship departing Vancouver on 10/4.

The Amsterdam's Spring repositioning is a 22-day "Americas Discovery Cruise," beginning in Santiago, Chile. (Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, San Diego, CA, Victoria, Seattle), arriving here on April 24. This is followed by a 3-day "Pacific Northwest" (Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle) departing Seattle on 4/24. In the Fall, the ship leaves Seattle on 9/26 for a 67-day "Grand Pacific, Australia & New Zealand Voyage" (Seattle, Vancouver, L.A. Marquesas, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa, Hawaii, Los Angeles). A shorter 36-day version is available ending in Sydney, Australia. Departures from Vancouver B.C. are 66-day or 35 day.

The Westerdam will arrive in Seattle via a 21-day "Winter/Spring Panama Canal" cruise, (Ft. Lauderdale, Bahamas, Aruba, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, San Diego, Catalina Island, Vancouver, Seattle), departing Ft. Lauderdale on 4/19. Shorter repositioning cruises include a 4-day "Spring Pacific Coast" departing on 5/5 (San Diego, Catalina Island, Vancouver), and a 1-day "Spring Pacific Coast" departing Vancouver on 5/9. (Vancouver, Seattle) The ship will reposition on a 21-day "Fall Panama Canal" cruise (Seattle, San Diego, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Ft. Lauderdale), departing Seattle on 9/27.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Star | Pier 66, Saturday
This ship is sailing a 7-day reposition departing Los Angeles on 4/25: (L.A, Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver), followed by a 7-day "Glacier Bay" sailing on 5/2: (Vancouver, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Prince Rupert, Seattle)

7-day "Sawyer Glacier," roundtrip Seattle departures are 5/9 through 9/12. (Seattle, Inside Passage, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sawyer Glacier, Skagway, Prince Rupert, Seattle)

Repositioning begins with a 1-day "One Nighter Seattle to Vancouver" cruise on 9/19. The ship then departs on a 6-day "British Columbia & U.S. West Coast Vancouver to Los Angeles" trip on 9/20. (Vancouver, Victoria, Astoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles)

Norwegian Pearl | Pier 66, Sunday
This ship is sailing a 5-day "Pacific Coastal Los Angeles to Vancouver" departing Los Angeles on 5/3 (L.A., San Francisco, Astoria, Vancouver), followed by a 2-day "Weekend Getaway Vancouver to Seattle" departing Vancouver on 5/8.

7-day "Glacier Bay," roundtrip Seattle departures are 5/10 through 9/13. (Seattle, Inside Passage, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, Victoria, Seattle)

Repositioning begins with a 1-day "One Nighter Seattle to Vancouver" cruise on 9/20. The ship then departs on a 5-day "Pacific Coastal Vancouver to Los Angeles" cruise on 9/21. (Vancouver, Astoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles)

Princess Cruises

Golden Princess | Pier 91, Saturday
Star Princess | Pier 91, Sunday
Pacific Princess | Pier 91, Thursday

The Golden Princess will sail a 4-day "Alaska Sampler" (Vancouver, Ketchikan, Seattle) on 5/5. Then will sail 7-day "Inside Passage – Roundtrip Seattle" cruises (Seattle, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Ketchikan, Victoria, Seattle) 5/9 through 9/12. In the Fall, the ship sails a 1-day "Coastal – Seattle to Vancouver" on 9/19, followed by a 7-day "Coastal – Vancouver to Los Angeles (Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, San Francisco, Catalina Island, San Diego, Los Angeles) departing 9/20.

The Star Princess sails a 2-day "Coastal – San Francisco to Vancouver" departing on 5/7, followed by a 1-day "Coastal – Vancouver to Seattle" on 5/9. The main season offers 7-day "Inside Passage – Roundtrip Seattle" cruises (Seattle, Ketchikan, Tracy Arm Fjord, Juneau, Skagway, Victoria, Seattle) 5/10 through 9/13. Repositioning cruises will include a 1-day "Coastal – Seattle to Vancouver" on 9/20, followed by a 2-day "Coastal – Vancouver to San Francisco" departing on 9/21.

The Pacific Princess repositions to Seattle with a 20-day "Grand Panama Canal" cruise, departing Ft. Lauderdale on 4/24. (Ft. Lauderdale, Colombia, Panama, Cost Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, San Francisco, Seattle). New this year is this ship's 14-day "Alaska Connoisseur – Roundtrip Seattle." (Seattle, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Valdez, Seward, Kodiak, Icy Strait Point, Juneau, Victoria, Seattle) departing every other Thursday from 5/14 through 9/3. Fall repositionings will include a 1-day "Coastal – Seattle to Vancouver" departing on 9/17, followed by a 10-day "Hawaiian Islands – Vancouver to Honolulu" departing on 9/18.

In addition to the cruises homeporting in Seattle, and departing from here, Princess is introducing 11- and 12-night Alaska Cruise-Tours from Seattle, including airfare between Seattle and Anchorage, a seven-night "Voyage of the Glaciers" cruise, plus "Direct-to-the-Wilderness" rail transportation and stays at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, motorcoach transfers between Vancouver and Seattle, and an overnight stay in Seattle.

Royal Caribbean
www.royalcaribbean.com

Rhapsody of the Seas | Pier 91, Friday
This ship's Spring repositioning to the Pacific Northwest will be via a 10-night "Hawaii Cruise" departing Honolulu on 4/28. (Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo, Kailua Kona, Vancouver B.C.) The first 7-night "Alaska Sawyer Glacier Cruise" will depart Vancouver on 5/8. (Vancouver, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Ketchikan, Seattle) The sailings from 5/15 through 9/4 will be roundtrip Seattle, 7-night "Alaska Sawyer Glacier." (Seattle, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Victoria, Seattle) The final 7-night Alaska departure on 9/11 will begin in Seattle and end in Vancouver. (Seattle, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Victoria, Vancouver) The Fall repositioning will be a 12-night "Hawaii Cruise, (Vancouver, Lahaina, Hilo, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Kailua Kona, Honolulu) departing Vancouver on 9/18.

SMALL SHIP CRUISING FROM SEATTLE - 2009

Company names in Green Type with a live website link denote Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau member businesses.

American Safari Cruises
www.amsafari.com

"Intimate, active, deluxe cruises" are the specialty of this company on four upscale, luxurious yachts holding 12-36 guests, the Safari Spirit, Safari Escape, Safari Quest, and Safari Spirit. The price of each cruise is inclusive. Destinations include Alaska, the Pacific Northwest (Washington & British Columbia), the Rivers of the West (Columbia & Snake), and Mexico.

Cruises in 2009 include: A 14-night "Famed Inside Passage, Alaska," Seattle to Juneau 4/29 and 5/2, and the reverse 9/2, 9/5 and 9/12: 7-night "Discoverers' Glacier Bay," Juneau to Sitka & reverse; 7-night "Voyagers' Glacier Country," Juneau roundtrip: 7-night "Naturalists' Whale Country," Juneau to Petersburg or reverse; 8-night "Adventurers' Fjord and Bears," Juneau to Prince Rupert or reverse; 7-night "Northwest Passage," (Washington and British Columbia), Friday Harbor roundtrip; 7-night "Rivers of the West," Lewiston to Astoria and reverse in September, October and early November. In addition, private 6-day / 5-night cruise/tour charters through Washington's wine country are also available for a maximum of 12 guests. See website for details.

Cruise West

Life is casual onboard Cruise West’s small ships, each having an individual personality, and holding 78-138 guests. The company’s signature small-ship cruising allows up-close encounters not offered by "traditional" larger cruise lines. Cruise West guests are not merely visitors; they are active participants. With nature as the floorshow, intimate cultural experiences both on-board and off invigorate and stimulate.

Cruises being offered include the 7-night "Pacific Northwest Coastal Escape" on the Spirit of Endeavour, 4/26, 5/3, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4. (Seattle, Nanaimo and Vancouver, B.C., scenic cruising in Straits of Georgia, San Juan Islands, Port Townsend, Seattle); the 10-night "Gold Rush Inside Passage" or 14-night "Gold Rush Inside Passage Cruise & Denali Land Tour" on the Spirit of Columbia, Spirit of Discovery, Spirit of Endeavor, and Spirit of Yorktown in early May with reverse trips in late August and early September. Additional Alaska offerings during the summer cruise season include "Glacier Bay Highlights," "Glaciers of Prince William Sound," "Alaska’s Inside Passage" "North Face Lodge/Denali Land Tour and Alaska’s Inside Passage Cruise," "Alaska’s Whales & Wilderness," and "Kantishna Roadhouse/Denali Land Tour and Alaska’s Whales & Wilderness Cruise." In addition, the Spirit of Oceanus will be sailing 12 to 24-night cruises from Vancouver to the Arctic Circle, remote Russia and beyond.

April through October, roundtrip cruises from Portland, Oregon include the 7-night "River Voyage of Discovery" on the Spirit of ’98 (April, mid-September and October); the 7-night "Taste of the Pacific Northwest" winery and culinary cruise on the Spirit of Discovery (September & October); and the new "Northwest Passage – Summer Celebration" on the Spirit of ’98 (mid-May through mid-September).

Fantasy Cruises

This Seattle company offers casual, personalized, all-inclusive cruises on its MV Island Spirit which features 17 cabins with room for 32 passengers. NEW for 2009 are 9-day Alaska cruises running between Sitka and Wrangell, with stops in Petersburg and Juneau, featuring evenings in quiet bays, kayaking, glaciers, whales and wildlife. Departures from Sitka are May 25 and July 31. Departures from Wrangell are June 2 and July 24. The ship repositions to Oregon in the Fall and will have an 8-day cruise departing Astoria, Oregon on October 21. Group reservations are available for a 6-day "Christmas Tour and Cruise" which includes Spokane, Leavenworth, La Conner, and the Christmas ship parade in Seattle. Group reservations are also available for a 5-day "Spring Cruise/Tour" in 2010 (La Conner, Friday Harbor, Roche Harbor, La Conner), and an 8-day "Washington Wonders" Tour (Spokane, Wenatchee, Leavenworth, La Conner, San Juan Islands, Seattle) in 2010. Contact the company for details.

Note: All cruise schedules are subject to change at any time. Please check with travel agent, your operator or cruise line representative for the most up-to-date information when making your travel arrangements.