For those of you cruising out of Seattle during the period Apr-Sept, 2019

[Pierlesscruisers]

NOTE: There is already a message to this effect already posted on any of the 24 Roll Calls that were started on or before about 6 Dec 2018 for a Holland-America cruise out of Seattle during the May-Aug, 2019 time frame. At the suggestion of a gentleman on one of those crises, I've come over here to post a copy of the following message to save me the time and effort of starting a separate Roll Call for the 30+ H-A cruises that did not have Roll Calls started when I made the original posting. The information is the exact same as what I had posted on the other Roll Calls.

 

This message is just to let people who are planning on going on a cruise to Alaska or down the California coast out of Seattle this coming season, there has been a major change in the downtown Seattle traffic that may increase the travel time from SeaTac to Pier 91 and from Pier 91 back to SeaTac and thus increase your travel time between those locations. The viaduct that led along the downtown waterfront will no longer be present and will be replaced by a tunnel. The buses that provide a large percentage of the transportation between those two locations are currently planning to be using I-5 route.  Whether this changes or not, the time to travel between the pier and the airport may very likely increase. Where the travel time to/from the airport used to be about 45 minutes to an hour, this time may be another 30 to 45 minutes, or even more. This is especially true on weekends depending on activities in the downtown area such as Hempfest. While the increase in time travel will probably affect bus travel, it will probably also affect taxi travel, although not to the same extent as the buses.

I'm providing this information primarily for those of you who are planning on arriving on your day of embarkation or departing on your day of disembarkation although those of you who will be arriving earlier or leaving later might like to be aware of it also.

As of today, 9 Dec. 2018, the plan for the closing down the viaduct is in early January, 2019 and the completion is expected to be completed by the end of July, 2019.

Additionally, I will provide weather info for Alaska at each port on your cruise and for Seattle for the weekend of your departure as well as a list of current activities in the Seattle are as well as some links to other items of interest in the area a week prior to your departure so watch for that.

Tom

 

[CruiserBruce]

Thanks for posting this. My flight home had already been changed from 11:50 to 11:20, and I got United to switch us to the 1:15 flight. Feel much better...

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thank you for this information.

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Pierlesscruisers]

48 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

Thanks for posting this. My flight home had already been changed from 11:50 to 11:20, and I got United to switch us to the 1:15 flight. Feel much better...

 

47 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Thank you for this information.

 

16 minutes ago, KirkNC said:

Thanks for the heads up!

 

You're all quite welcome. Hope you all have safe trips to/from Seattle and a great cruise!

 

Tom