We hit the road to the airport on the 5th in order to catch our flight to the other coast for our cruise. Traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is an experience and they’ve made a bunch of improvements recently. The flight west went without a bump and 5 long hours later we landed in Seattle.
We hadn’t made any plans on how to get from Sea-Tac to our hotel by the Space Needle and the price for an Uber for the 5 of us was a little higher than we wanted, so after a good walk to the light rail station we hopped on the train for the ride in to the city. It turned out to be a pretty decent way to see the city and some of the sights that it has to offer. We did have to transfer to the Monorail in order to get to the space needle though, but it was much easier to do than we had thought.
Once we made it to the needle, we had a 5 minute walk to our hotel where we checked in and asked for some recommendations for a late night bite to eat. We ended up at 5 Point Cafe (which is open 24 hours a day and has a good menu and beer list). The girls didn’t really enjoy the atmosphere, but I thought it was great (and the portions were generous as well). Pretty wiped, we headed back to the hotel for the night.
Friday morning we had some time before we made our way to the port in order to catch our cruise, so we wandered around the Space Needle area and we caught a sight seeing tour on the Ducks of Seattle. This was a pretty neat way to see Seattle and the downtown area as well as the waterfront and some of the other areas of Seattle. Our tour guide was pretty good and knowledgeable about Seattle. We saw several famous sights such as Pike Place Market, the Gas Works park and the house from the movie “Sleepless in Seattle”. Perhaps the coolest part was when the Duck made its way from land to water.
After the Ducks, we had a bit of time to explore a bit more of the area around the needle and pick up some lunch before we made our way to the port for the start of our main adventure!