We will be cruising RT Seattle for the first time on Princess this September. Our departure flight is on Alaska Airlines at 12:35 pm. We are flying first class and are TSA pre. We plan on doing self disembark at the earliest time allowed and grabbing a taxi or shuttle van to the airport. How far is the walk to catch them and can you pay with credit card or should we have cash? I’m nervous about check in times at SeaTac after all I’ve read. We will be traveling on a Saturday.
We just got off of the Ovation on Friday. There was also a Celebrity ship at the pier as well. After the nightmare of getting onto the ship on May 11th in Vancouver we were hoping for a better experience in Seattle. Unfortunately, neither port wins awards for their handling of embarkation/debarkation.
If you get off the ship early you will have no problem getting a taxi and getting to the airport quickly. I would give some serious thought to using the cruise line's pre-arranged shutt