Have you ? - San Diego to Vancouver, next day Seattle roundtrip Alaska - how did you get to Seattle from Vancouver

[Meander Ingwa]

OK then you have the options for effectively getting to Seattle from Vancouver to pick up the second leg of your journey. Train or Quick Coach .  Me personally I would go train because I love a train ride.  Sit on the right hand side. 

 

There is a hotel right across the street from Pier 66 that many cruiser use.  You can Uber/ Lyft/ taxi from King Street Station.

 

upon return there is the local light rail ; LInk Light Rail by Sound Transit,  that runs from several downtown stations including next to King Street Station ( international district)  to the airport.  The fee is nominal, a couple dollars

[CruiserBruce]

41 minutes ago, Meander Ingwa said:

OK then you have the options for effectively getting to Seattle from Vancouver to pick up the second leg of your journey. Train or Quick Coach .  Me personally I would go train because I love a train ride.  Sit on the right hand side. 

 

There is a hotel right across the street from Pier 66 that many cruiser use.  You can Uber/ Lyft/ taxi from King Street Station.

 

upon return there is the local light rail ; LInk Light Rail by Sound Transit,  that runs from several downtown stations including next to King Street Station ( international district)  to the airport.  The fee is nominal, a couple dollars

The OP is sailing on HAL, which uses Pier 91. 

[GTJ]

On 7/3/2023 at 1:05 PM, roxievegas said:

We don't want to fly round trip, so we are looking going from San Diego to Vancouver May 2023.  ships arrives in Vancouver May 3 and then the same ship leaves out of Seattle May 4th.  There is no ride along going from Vancouver to Seattle for the one day. - (maritime laws?)

Yes, this is a legal issue. This involves a repositioning of the Holland America Line vessel Eurodam from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle. It departs Fort Lauderdale on April 13, 2024, and arrives in Seattle on May 4, 2024. On the way, while in San Diego on April 27, 2024, it picks up some more passengers, including yourself. When traveling from one U.S. port to a different U.S. port, the regulations implementing the Passenger Vessel Services Act requires that the passengers aboard a foreign flag transit through a "distant" foreign port, so that the foreign flag vessel does not provide purely domestic travel. The passengers starting out in Fort Lauderdale will be transiting a "distant" foreign port--Cartagena, Colombia--so those passengers can travel from one U.S. port to a different U.S. port (i.e., from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle). But for those passengers boarding the vessel in San Diego there are no "distant" foreign ports to transit. All those San Diego passengers have to get booted off the vessel before it gets to Seattle. So even though many of your fellow Holland America Line passengers will be staying aboard while in Vancouver, and traveling with the vessel on its last leg to Seattle, the cruise line will compel you to disembark in Vancouver . . . because you boarded in San Diego. If you had planned to board the same vessel in Fort Lauderdale, then you would be allowed to continue onward to Seattle (and then further onward to Alaska).

 

As for the issue at hand, traveling overland from Vancouver to Seattle, there are many options and there should be no problems. Best to to travel internationally the day before, and stay overnight in Seattle, than to stay overnight in Vancouver and hope everything goes without incident the next day. Additionally, you will have more control and lower costs by using your own transfer than to rely upon Holland America Line making the arrangements for you.

 

You'll arrive in Vancouver in the morning--nominally at 7:00 a.m.--and you will have all day to get to Seattle and stay overnight. There are several bus departures, the easiest of which is Quick Coach Lines. The company has a bus that departs Canada Place at 9:10 a.m., and arrives in downtown Seattle at 1:30 p.m. It has additional departures throughout the day, and there are other buses operated by Greyhound Lines, MTR Western (FlixBus), and Cantrail Coach Lines. There's also an evening train operated by Amtrak, though its schedule is not great (it does not depart Vancouver until 5:45 p.m., and arrive in Seattle at 10:10 p.m., thereby ensuring a late hotel check-in), so unless you really riding trains, and are willing to compromise on the schedule to do so, it is not a great choice.

 

[DaveOKC]

We did this Seattle to Vancouver run a couple of years ago.  Took the train (it was early departure) and stayed in Vancouver downtown area for the night.  Train ride was nice and great scenery.  It was not the most efficient way to do this IMO due to the very early departure in Seattle and not trusting the train to get us to Vancouver in time for a same day cruise departure, but since we had the time it was a nice experience.

[disneyochem]

We’ve gone from Vancouver to Seattle a number of times and used different transportation methods (train, bus, cruise line transfer, rental car).  Our preference is the taking the train—buying business class seats means you go through customs first at the train station in Vancouver.

 

We just got off a cruise in Vancouver last month (Majestic Princess).  Left our luggage at Canada Place, took the free shuttle to/from Capilano Park, and then Ubered to the train station to catch the 5:45 pm train to Seattle.  Arrived in Seattle around 9:45 pm.  We decided to just bite the bullet and stay at the Embassy Suites Pioneer Square.  Even though it was pricey ($460), I’m glad we were so close to the train station (next door).  

 

The next morning, we took a taxi to the pier to get on our Holland American cruise (the Westerdam).  A week later, we took a taxi from the pier back to the train station to catch the Coast Starlight home.

[roxievegas]

just an update for our trip and a thank you for all that responded.

 

We have booked a 17 night cruise on Princess out of Seattle round trip for May 2025

We really wanted to try Holland America for longer cruise, but the cost was way more, so we booked the Princess.

 

We will fly to Seattle the day before.

 

again, thank you for all of your respones.