More news about the new Terminal 91 cruise facility located below the Magnolia Bridge. The world’s largest cruise line, Carnival Cruises, will begin calling on Seattle’s new Smith Cove Cruise Terminal next year.
The 2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit will dock at Smith Cove beginning on May 11, 2010. The Spirit is the first major cruise ship to call on Seattle regularly during midweek. The ship will leave on Tuesdays for a 7-day Alaska voyage through the end of August.
Carnival joins Norwegian Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises as a Port of Seattle customer. These cruise lines have called on Seattle on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, leaving the port’s expensive terminals unused during the middle of the week.
Cruise lines generally like to begin and end cruises on the weekends because it allows vacationers to maximize their time away while minimizing their days off work.
The Smith Cove Terminal opens on April 12 at Pier 91. It replaces a temporary cruise terminal near Safeco Field that served cruise passengers for several years before the port converted it back to cargo use.
The Smith Cove Terminal can accommodate two large cruise ships simultaneously. The Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal near Pike Place Market downtown can berth an additional large cruise liner.
3 responses so far ↓
1 TrishaOsborne // Nov 23, 2009 at 10:37 am
Nice article you have here, and the cruise looks wonderful and the cruise plans are wonderful too although I dont see any prices for that cruise because I would like to know how much would a cruise like this cost and how many people can afford a cruise like this.
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2 johnkelsh // Jan 7, 2010 at 1:56 pm
“leaving the port’s expensive terminals unused during the middle of the week.”
Like leaving our expensive baseball and football fields unused, our expensive convention center unused, our expensive rapid transit system under utilized, etc. etc. What is your point?
3 kabesh babaes // Aug 31, 2010 at 12:02 pm
yoyo those cruise ships are ruining the world cuz they burn fuel at such large quantities. Also cruise passengers are quite low quality
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