donsuz

Agree. Discussed here frequently. When is your flight?

Guess I missed similar questions.

We will depart Seattle at 1:45 pm.

WE, wife and myself, are gearing up for our Celebrity Solstice Alaska cruise on July 6. I am looking forward to obtaining some info about getting to the Seattle airport from the Celebrity cruise port after our cruise.

Is there a nice, easy, and relatively reasonable way go.

Thanks

Don

Thank you for your great suggestions.

We will look into your suggested hotels.

Don

Thanks for the information.

We, wife and me, will be going on the Celebrity Solstice ( Same ship we took in Australia, Jan. 2017) on an Alaska cruiseearly July.

We want to spend 2 nights in Seattle before the cruise.Have been doing some looking and have found a couple of possibilities:

Four Points By Sheraton, Downtown Seattle. I like this one because there is a QFC supermarket reportedly close to the hotel. Good for buying food and purchasing 2 bottles of wine to bring aboard.

Holiday Inn express, Seattle city center(free breakfast)

Holiday Inn Seattle downtown.

Any thoughts on these or others?

We are looking for a hotel, reasonably priced, close to a store, a way to get from the hotel to the cruise dock and a way to get to the airport at the end of the cruise.

Would appreciate any information.

Don

We walked straight out of the terminal, crossed the street and a small bus came up. Cost us $7.00 per person

Just as Sammy1 said, I'm not an authority (and I did NOT stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night ;p) so...

 

Per a suggestion from another thread about the norovirus (on another ship) I did buy some wipes from Amazon for our upcoming cruise. These are made for industrial use (so a different formula than those available in a local grocery) https://www.amazon.com/Saalfeld-30825-Disinfectant-Norovirus-Rotavirus/dp/B01M24FNAI/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1511803989&sr=1-1&keywords=norovirus They are also approved by the FDA for use in hospitals to fight the norovirus (as indicated per this link:https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-06/documents/list_g_norovirus.pdf)

 

Here's a link to CDC page that offers information about Norovirus outbreaks on ships which is also available in many other norovirus threads: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/gilist.htm#2017 Reflection has not been listed yet but I have no idea how often this info is updated. The site indicates that ships are required to report if more than 2% of total passengers get sick I believe (unless I'm reading that wrong...)

 

Hand sanitizers seem to offer a limited abet important defense against noro but keep in mind that they should be at least 70% alcohol according to most. I've also read that the hand-sani used on cruise ships is a different and more effective than the stuff we, mere mortals, can buy over the counter. Not sure if this is true or not but out of an abundance of caution it may be wise to use the ship stuff on occasion (if you're not allergic) in addition to the stuff we'll all probably bring along? Also per another thread I bought this brand of hand sanitizer because it was reported that it's more effective. Unfortunately I can't seem to find the original thread which was the basis of this info so take this with a grain of salt. (No - I don't work for Clorox) This brand does have slightly higher alcohol content than Purell but honestly - there may be very little difference so apologies in advance if this is a bit of BS - BUT this item does state, "tested and kills norovirus" so there's that?! https://www.amazon.com/Clorox-Bleach-Free-Sanitizer-Moisturizers-Alcohol-Based/dp/B00DDZNSDK/ref=lp_9125405011_1_1_a_it?srs=9125405011&ie=UTF8&qid=1511806131&sr=8-1

 

Hope everyone stays safe, washes their hands often and has a great time!

Hi, you mentioned at the beginning of your thread that you did not stay at a Holiday Inn express. We did, for three nights before our cruise. Stayed at the cruise port and convention express.

Was there something medical going on there???

Has anyone heard any news of the Celebrity Reflection response to the Nov. 26, 2017 mayday?

Has the sunken ship been identified or how many were aboard?

We were impressed by the Reflections response to the mayday.

Thanks all for your input.

We will opt for the taxi.

Don./

What constitutes best? Cheapest? Easiest? Quickest? Most reliable? Most comfortable?

Probably the quickest and cheapest.

We will be returning from our Celebrity reflection cruise to Port Everglades at 7 am on November 27.

We are looking for the best way to get from the port to Fort Lauderdale airport. Our flight leaves FLL

Any help will be appreciated.