Checkout the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91 in Seattle and what the embarkation process was like there for a cruise ship headed to Alaska. We were boarding a smaller ship (the Holland America Amsterdam) and that was likely the reason why there was no porter to take your luggage at the transportation drop off area.

Once we drop off the luggage, we go through security, then up an escalator when it was about 45 minute wait (we arrived at around 11 AM) before boarding the ship. Once on the ship, there were some very nice views of downtown Seattle and the surrounding areas.

This was from our Alaska cruise aboard the HAL Amsterdam in June 2017.

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