Seattle hotel for Pier 91 departure

[Oh2B@C]

Can anyone recommend a nice, moderately priced hotel near pier 91 in Seattle. I will be staying the night before the cruise. Thanks.

[Gardyloo]

There really aren't any close by. Any downtown area hotel, or any near Seattle Center, will be about as convenient as you can get.

[martincath]

Homewood Suites is about as convenient as it gets - there's a local bus that stops just outside that will take you to the ship; this hotel also runs a shuttle for $5 per person during cruise season (NB: they don't mention it on their website, but when we stayed last September it was available - call to confirm if you're planning to use it). Also walking distance to Wine Outlet.

 

The Maxwell is still our preferred hotel in Seattle Center - they offer a free shuttle around the area, but it no longer stops at either cruise pier (though they do now offer rides to the zoo, which is nice). They'll sell you a package that includes a dropoff or pickup at any cruise pier - but frankly the upcharge on the package is more than just taking a cab (c. $10 each way, traffic could bump to $15).

[West Coast Gal]

The other 2 posters are posting good info.

Wondering when you are getting into town, whether you need a place to sleep or you will have time to do something in Seattle the day you get in?

 

other hotels to consider are. . . there is a Hyatt and an Hampton Inn [do believe that each have breakfast included]

 

Also you might want to consider using ABC Transportation, they have towncars and are cheaper than the taxis in town. We use them all the time when we go to the airport or take a cruise out of Seattle.

[Captain Carnival]

Convenient is one thing but safe/affordable is yet another; any other suggestions out there (I sail a year from now)?

Thanks!

[martincath]

Compared to a Federation starship any Seattle hotel is going to be expensive, what with the 'no currency' economy of the 23rd century... but they should all be a lot safer with minimal risk of Romulan invasion (although many Klingons are sighted during some of the SciFi/comic conventions).

:D

 

More sensibly, all of the hotels mentioned above in Seattle Center are decent. The cheapest one in the area is often the Mediterranean - definitely a step down in niceness of rooms from the Hampton, but good enough for a short stay (we're staying again this weekend for a night before a cruise, price was too good to say no to). The La Quinta on 8th is also good value - it's very new, very shiny for an LQ, and really close to our favourite restaurant.

 

Streets east and south of Center can get a little gritty, but we usually see more beggars downtown (if you're going to ask people for money, go where lots of people are...). I've never felt unsafe anywhere in Seattle, and we almost always stay in Center and walk everywhere. If you feel uncomfortable, take cabs - I can't ever recall paying more than $10 to get back to any of the Center hotels we've stayed in when I've been too lazy to walk back from downtown after dinner.

[cjankowski]

We did not stay downtown, but we felt for the price we got a nice hotel and was able to walk, ride rail car, rent car to see things.

 

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express. I would stay again if in Seattle.

[lake_wannabees]

We have the same question. We get in on Saturday afternoon before a Tuesday departure from Pier 91. We were debating on getting a SEATAC area hotel (free shuttle from airport) and using the train system to get around for sightseeting (not getting a rental car) and using the $12 transport guys from our hotel to pier and from pier to airport. Our other option was to pay to get to a downtown center hotel (cab or limo service) with ease of sightseeing and then another cab or limo service to the pier but using the $12 guys from pier to airport on return.

 

We have experience with the Washington DC, Boston and Paris metros as well as the smallish one we have here in St Louis but I'm not sure how easy the one in Seattle would be to get to where we want to see (especially because we haven't gotten that far in the decision phase). :)

 

Joyce (travelling with hubby Ron, DS Terri and BIL Mike)

[martincath]

If you're experienced transit users you won't have any trouble in terms of difficulty - but do factor in how long it takes to get downtown by transit from an airport hotel and vice versa - you've got time spent on LINK, a lengthy walk through the parking structure of Seatac to get between hotel shuttle pickup & LINK station, time spent waiting for the next hotel shuttle, drive time to the hotel...

 

On the one occasion we used an airport hotel and did some downtown wandering via LINK, we spent about an hour & fifteen minutes traveling each way. Personally I've never stayed at Seatac since then except for 'grab a hotel room immediately before/after a flight and not going downtown at all' visits - it just sucks too much time out of our day to be worth the $ saved.

 

If you strategically choose an airport hotel that's directly on a transit route you could cut the hotel shuttle delays out by just using transit - buses are fine if you're just toting a small bag or daypack - to connect you between LINK and your hotel and shave the total time between hotel and downtown to under an hour, maybe as low as 45mins if the connection times all work smoothly.

[Putterdude]

We have stayed at the Silver Cloud - Stadium which while not convenient to Pier 91 they do offer a free shuttle to and from the pier and other locations within in the downtown core. The hotel is modern, clean and the rooms large and quiet. The rack rate is just under $200 but as I recall we got the room thru Hotwire for about $125.