Visitors can see one or all four within a few hours and still have time to go back to the ship before it begins the cruise. The pier also is an easy walk to another cluster of attractions south of it at the Pike Place Market, Seattle Aquarium, Great Wheel and Seattle Art Museum.Īll four of these attractions are within several blocks of each other. The spout actions are coordinated with recorded music. International Fountain in the middle of the Seattle Center park is an outdoor water sculpture with more than 20 spouts. General admission tickets start at $25 depending on the day and include discounts for seniors and children. An example is a recent exhibit of Marvel super heroes. N., focuses on “ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture”. General admission tickets are $32 with discounts for seniors and children. It features a glass garden, the Glasshouse and the exhibits. IMAX films have separate admission fees.Ĭhihuly Garden and Glass, 305 Harrison Street, is a museum dedicated to the work of the famed glass artist Dale Chihuly. General admission starts at $25.95 with discounts for seniors and children. The center also has a planetarium, IMAX theater and laser dome. Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Avenue North, attracts more than 1 million people each year to its interactive science exhibits. Other attractions right by the Needle in Seattle Center include the Pacific Science Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Museum of Pop Culture and the International Fountain. One tip: Try to go during a weekday and not during the weekend or crowded lunch and dinner hours. It has a rotating glass floor and great views of the city and surrounding Pacific Northwest. The recent addition at the Space Needle of an open-air deck has revitalized tourism for this 520-foot-tall landmark. Anyone who visits the city will have little trouble spotting it in the distance. It stands in the middle of a 72-acre complex named Seattle Center. They are easy to find because they surround Seattle’s most famous attraction, the Space Needle, built during the 1962 World’s Fair. Walking Around Attractions Seattle Center They pack a lot of them in one area less than a mile from the Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal. Seattle makes it easy for cruise travelers to find many attractions and points of interest. People who have a morning and afternoon before their cruise ship leaves can take advantage of two clusters of attractions within walking distance of the cruise piers.Īnyone who spends an extra day in the city can venture out of it for plenty of hiking and other recreational activities in the surrounding forests and national parks. But they do offer many ways to make an Alaska cruise vacation more memorable. Some travelers may not think that Seattle or Vancouver are really part of an Alaska cruise. Like nearby Vancouver, which also is the start and finish of many Alaska cruises, Seattle is a beautiful Pacific coast city with many attractions on land and on water.Ĭruise passengers who begin or end their journey at the Seattle cruise port can spend at least a few days there to take advantage of everything the city offers. Others start from the Alaska coast and end their trip in Seattle. The Seattle cruise port in Washington state is the starting and ending point for many Alaska cruises.Īlaska cruise travelers often start their trip in Seattle and end it at Seward or Whittier on the Alaska coast. Seattle's Space Needle dominates the Seattle skyline.

Seattle cruise port map