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Adding that they also checked us in for our flight and our boarding passes were delivered to our room along with the luggage tags. Also forgot to mention that after taking the monorail to Westlake Center, we went downstairs to the light rail station and took the "1 Line" to Angle Lake (which is the stop after Sea-Tac) to the airport. It was $3 each, free for kids 18 and under. Felt safe and was very convenient.

Just following up on this. I enrolled in the Port Valet program before the trip. Flew Delta. Didn't need an account unless I thought this would be a recurring thing in Seattle, so just enrolled as a guest. Enter your flight and cruise info and they take care of everything, for free (it's a smart idea for the city -- gets us out there spending money). The day before, information and our bag tags were delivered to our room. We just put our luggage outside of our room the night before and they were at baggage claim when we arrived at our home airport. You can also check on the status of your bags. Also want to recommend this city tour from Tours Northwest: https://www.toursnorthwest.com/tours/seattle-city-tour/ or https://www.viator.com/tours/Seattle/Premier-3-Hour-Seattle-City-Tour/d704-5396P10 Sad to say I was disappointed with Seattle. Before the cruise we stayed downtown at the Westin and while I'm sure the city was once beautiful, it felt (holding back on the colorful adjective I really want to use...) sketchy and unsafe, unfortunately, especially after dark. The tour was great because we got to see highlights of Seattle with a fun and informative guide (Bryan). Otherwise we would've just wandered around aimlessly downtown. After disembarking went to Pike Place market. Not much to do on a Sunday morning at 8:30... things are just opening and if you're not hungry there isn't much reason to go -- except to say you did -- and snap some photos. Also went to the museum of pop culture, which I can recommend if you're a music fan of a certain age : ) From the pier/pike place area, I would suggest walking to 5th and Pine to Westlake Center Station at 400 Pine Street and take the monorail right to Seattle Center (where the museum, the Space Needle, and the glass museum are). We took a bus there and the monorail back; the bus was much less convenient. Buy your monorail tickets with your phone and skip the kiosk line.

Gotchya, thanks.

And I see Delta is on the list of airlines that participate.

Wow, you guys are awesome. Thanks for the great info and ideas. This was the key I was looking for from BirdTravels: All ashore is 9:00-9:30. Once the last passengers are off, the shuttles stop. That was a tough internet search. I think the PortValet is the way to go (was going to do that anyway). Really smart of Seattle to do this. Since the flights were booked by NCL I would think the airline (Delta) would qualify. So I'll cancel the transfer and do my own thing. Thanks again, and thanks for the links bluesea777.

Hi all! First post. I've been searching for a few days now and can't find an answer to this question. We'll be on the Encore in late June out of Seattle. Our flights were booked through NCL and include transfer. The ship disembarks around 8 am and our flight is at 9:45 pm -- which is fine with me since I want to see a little bit of Seattle. My question is, is NCL expecting us to take a shuttle early in the day with everyone else and sit at the airport all day? If that's the case, I need to cancel and make my own arrangements. Thanks!