Tinknock50 Posted March 20, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Is Pike Place Market generally crowded on Sunday between noon and one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglecw Posted March 20, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yes, very busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 20, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I kind of figured it would be, but I was thinking of using those elevators to get my handicapped friend down to the shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gardyloo Posted March 20, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2017 The rule of thumb with the market during the cruise season is that the best time to visit is as early in the day that you can, ideally for an early breakfast. Try to be gone by 10:30 or 11 at the latest; after which it becomes gridlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 20, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted March 20, 2017 The rule of thumb with the market during the cruise season is that the best time to visit is as early in the day that you can, ideally for an early breakfast. Try to be gone by 10:30 or 11 at the latest; after which it becomes gridlocked. We would just be passing through there at noon, so we will avoid it. We will probably just go down Bell because it appears the most gradual hill than most streets, slightly better than Lenora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequim88 Posted March 20, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It might have changed since we were last there but if I recall correctly there was a spot where to use the elevators there was a fairly steep ramp from main (street) level of the market down to a lower level where the elevator was. Sort of sticks in memory due to holding my wife's chair back while going down it. Not long but sort of steep. If just passing through then crowds won't be problem - just a slow down. If I might ask - is using the elevators to get down to water level related to getting to Oosterdam? Or will you have already dropped off luggage at the pier then gone back to downtown and the market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 20, 2017 Author #7 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It might have changed since we were last there but if I recall correctly there was a spot where to use the elevators there was a fairly steep ramp from main (street) level of the market down to a lower level where the elevator was. Sort of sticks in memory due to holding my wife's chair back while going down it. Not long but sort of steep. If just passing through then crowds won't be problem - just a slow down. If I might ask - is using the elevators to get down to water level related to getting to Oosterdam? Or will you have already dropped off luggage at the pier then gone back to downtown and the market? I think that was Pine you went down. On our last visit, we discovered that one block over on Pike it was very gradual and not a problem. I think we will just avoid the crowds and head for Ball. We would be backtracking to get to Pike from our Hotel (on Virginia and Fourth Avenue) anyway. This would be when we would be heading for our cruise. It is about 3 miles and should take us an hour to get to Pier 91. I have walked to the that pier before and enjoyed it. We have a patient lift on which all our luggage fits. I was only asking about steepness because it does take effort only when holding back from rolling too fast downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 22, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I think that was Pine you went down. On our last visit, we discovered that one block over on Pike it was very gradual and not a problem. I think we will just avoid the crowds and head for Ball. We would be backtracking to get to Pike from our Hotel (on Virginia and Fourth Avenue) anyway. This would be when we would be heading for our cruise. It is about 3 miles and should take us an hour to get to Pier 91. I have walked to the that pier before and enjoyed it. We have a patient lift on which all our luggage fits. I was only asking about steepness because it does take effort only when holding back from rolling too fast downhill. Changed my mind again. I think we will brave the crowds in Pike Place and take Pike all the way down from Fourth Ave and use the elevators because it has the most gradual decline of streets in that area and anything North from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herfnerd Posted March 22, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 22, 2017 The rule of thumb with the market during the cruise season is that the best time to visit is as early in the day that you can, ideally for an early breakfast. Try to be gone by 10:30 or 11 at the latest; after which it becomes gridlocked. Is this true after Labor Day? We disembark on 9/9 but spending a few days in Seattle post-cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequim88 Posted March 22, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 22, 2017 A little less busy BUT... that part of September is still in the Seattle "nice" weeks with typically dry/sunny weather so people are still out enjoying it. Still cruise season too. That's a Saturday so at least no direct competition with Seahawks game day fans that day but if they happen to open at home on the 10th there could be extra people in town for the weekend and Sunday could be real busy. 2017 schedule is not out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 22, 2017 Author #11 Share Posted March 22, 2017 The rule of thumb with the market during the cruise season is that the best time to visit is as early in the day that you can, ideally for an early breakfast. Try to be gone by 10:30 or 11 at the latest; after which it becomes gridlocked. If we enter through that door in line with Pike Street (by the piggy bank), will my friend be able to access the elevator down to Western? I know there is another elevator mid market, but the former one avoids a longer trek through the crowds and bumpy bricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gardyloo Posted March 22, 2017 #12 Share Posted March 22, 2017 If we enter through that door in line with Pike Street (by the piggy bank), will my friend be able to access the elevator down to Western? I know there is another elevator mid market, but the former one avoids a longer trek through the crowds and bumpy bricks. I'm going a bit on memory here, but you want the skybridge over to the parking garage, which hits the main market arcade around the beginning of the low stalls, north of Lowell's a little distance, so you'll have to brave the crowds inside the market or bump along the bricks. Once over the bridge the elevator in the garage goes all the way down to the Alaskan Way street level, although you have to walk a little distance from the garage entrance out to the streets below the Viaduct. From Western Avenue - https://goo.gl/maps/RY4j6MKhr5J2 From the waterfront level - https://goo.gl/maps/Fx4nbsCmQGU2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 23, 2017 Author #13 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm going a bit on memory here, but you want the skybridge over to the parking garage, which hits the main market arcade around the beginning of the low stalls, north of Lowell's a little distance, so you'll have to brave the crowds inside the market or bump along the bricks. Once over the bridge the elevator in the garage goes all the way down to the Alaskan Way street level, although you have to walk a little distance from the garage entrance out to the streets below the Viaduct. From Western Avenue - https://goo.gl/maps/RY4j6MKhr5J2 From the waterfront level - https://goo.gl/maps/Fx4nbsCmQGU2 Yes, that is exactly what I did last time. Here is a link that shows the Western entrance to the one that goes down to the waterfront. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6088467,-122.3416042,3a,75y,208.62h,79.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_e_hjYlszlhMwrL2PqaZsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en I thought I saw an elevator opening on Western that is below the section of the Market by the piggy bank. That would be a good crowd avoiding choice if that is possible. The search goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 23, 2017 Author #14 Share Posted March 23, 2017 There seems to be an elevator through a hall way at the bottom of this ramp to the Market theater. Does anyone know if this elevator goes down to Western Avenue? https://www.google.com/maps/@47.608719,-122.3401939,3a,75y,256.59h,88.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sO0IXPFLMQ9bNTVRab2cYdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 23, 2017 Author #15 Share Posted March 23, 2017 There seems to be an elevator through a hall way at the bottom of this ramp to the Market theater. Does anyone know if this elevator goes down to Western Avenue? https://www.google.com/maps/@47.608719,-122.3401939,3a,75y,256.59h,88.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sO0IXPFLMQ9bNTVRab2cYdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en This could be the elevator on Western from the Market theater? https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6084284,-122.3413228,3a,30y,50.08h,92.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMkA0DeOSw49TFVB-2j_9wQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?rapsrc=lu_reveal&hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gardyloo Posted March 23, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 23, 2017 This could be the elevator on Western from the Market theater? https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6084284,-122.3413228,3a,30y,50.08h,92.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMkA0DeOSw49TFVB-2j_9wQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?rapsrc=lu_reveal&hl=en I think so, but do you want to get to Western or to the waterfront? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 23, 2017 Author #17 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) I think so, but do you want to get to Western or to the waterfront? The waterfront ultimately , but I want the shortest, least crowded way, to get to Western first. Once we are on Western I will go the same way I did other times, which was easy from there. I just hope there isn't a long wait to get the elevator. Edited March 23, 2017 by Tinknock50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeko1 Posted March 26, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 26, 2017 anyplace accessible from a cruise will be packed when a cruise is in port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 26, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted March 26, 2017 anyplace accessible from a cruise will be packed when a cruise is in port True.....but from past experience, I have never met a mob harder to get through than at the Market. Just have to accept the Sunday mob, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacurl Posted March 26, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 26, 2017 We will be there on a Sunday. is it Better to go early(9ish) or say late afternoon, 3? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeko1 Posted March 26, 2017 #21 Share Posted March 26, 2017 We will be there on a Sunday. is it Better to go early(9ish) or say late afternoon, 3? Thanks The earlier the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeko1 Posted March 27, 2017 #22 Share Posted March 27, 2017 The Market opens at 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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