Pre-Cruise Hotels · Seattle

The Night Before, Ranked

Twenty hotels for a cruise from Seattle, from Pier 66 or Pier 91, scored on what gets you to the ship, not on reviews. Pick yours, and let the trip start the night before.

20hotels ranked
54hotels checked
4run their own priced shuttle to the ship
$27a day at Pier 91’s lot, per the port

Plan the night before

Three taps and we’ll show your best three hotels.

Your sail date
Getting to the port
Your Match

Your three best hotels, live

Change any answer and the picks change with it. They’re built from the same published facts as the ranking below. Nobody pays to be here.

Step 1Getting to the port
Step 2Who’s coming
Step 3The night should feel

Matching weighs your answers against each hotel’s published shuttle, parking, breakfast, pool, beach, kitchen and pet policies.

Your Plan

Your night before, worked out

Five answers, and the page builds the whole thing: the hotel, the ride in, the ride to the ship, what happens to the car, what time to leave, and how you get home. Every figure is one the hotel, the port or the company publishes. Where nobody publishes a number, you’ll see that instead of a guess.

Sail date
Getting here
People
Cruise nights
Leaving a car while you sail?
Flight home, the day you’re back (optional)

Who’s coming and the mood come from Your Match; the plan uses the same answers.

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The Podium

The top three

A package, a shuttle and another shuttle. Hotel Ändra’s Cruise Package covers a ride to either pier and the car while you sail — price on request, not printed (checked Oct 2, 2026). Hyatt House and the Mayflower Park sell rides to both piers at $12 and $15 a person.

The Top 20

The twenty, in order

Filter by what matters for your night. Save the ones you like, or tick up to three to compare side by side — the order is ours, the shortlist is yours.

All 20 hotels

No. 1 · 4th Avenue, Belltown

Hotel Ändra

A Belltown hotel with Lola downstairs and a Cruise Package that adds a shuttle to either pier and parking while you sail.

Pier shuttle in its packageCruise parking in its packageBreakfast not stated
62/ 100Night-Before
No. 3 · Olive Way, Westlake

Mayflower Park Hotel

A $15 hotel shuttle to either pier, and a straight answer on parking: leave the car at the terminal.

Hotel shuttle, $15 one wayNo parking while you cruiseNo free breakfast
53/ 100Night-Before
No. 4 · Alaskan Way, across from Pier 66

Seattle Marriott Waterfront

Across the road from Pier 66, with a pool. For Norwegian and Oceania it's a walk.

Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmedNo free breakfast
51/ 100Night-Before
No. 5 · 3rd Avenue, Belltown

Belltown Inn

A $10 shuttle to either pier from Belltown, free bikes and a rooftop deck. Plain rooms, low fuss.

Own shuttle, $10 a personCruise parking unconfirmedNo free breakfast
50/ 100Night-Before
No. 6 · Pier 67, Alaskan Way

The Edgewater Hotel

Over the water on Pier 67, 0.2 miles from Pier 66. AAA Four Diamond, and the splurge you can walk to the ship from.

Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmedNo free breakfast
48/ 100Night-Before
No. 8 · Lenora Street, Belltown

Warwick Seattle

An indoor pool in Belltown, and an easy stroll to Pier 66 by the hotel's account.

Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmedNo free breakfast
46/ 100Night-Before
No. 9 · Queen Anne Avenue North, Lower Queen Anne

Mediterranean Inn

A $10 shuttle to either pier from Lower Queen Anne, with a roof deck and free bikes.

Own shuttle, $10 a personCruise parking unconfirmedNo free breakfast
45/ 100Night-Before
No. 10 · Howell Street, downtown

Hyatt Regency Seattle

A big downtown Hyatt with a shuttle to the cruise terminals, price on request, and Daniel's Broiler downstairs.

Shuttle, price on requestCruise parking unconfirmedBreakfast not stated
43/ 100Night-Before
No. 11 · South 192nd Street, SeaTac

Quality Inn SeaTac Airport-Seattle

Cruise packages from 3 days to 30, free breakfast and a free airport shuttle; 7 days is $214.

Seattle Express pickup, $30Cruise package: 7 days $214Free breakfastFree airport shuttle
40/ 100Night-Before
No. 12 · International Boulevard, SeaTac

Comfort Inn & Suites Sea-Tac Airport

Park & Fly from 3 days to 30, free breakfast and a free airport ride; 7 days showed $249 for an Oct 3 check-in.

Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $249Free breakfastFree airport shuttle
40/ 100Night-Before
No. 13 · International Boulevard, SeaTac

Sleep Inn Sea Tac Airport

Park & Fly from 3 days to 30, $250 for 7 on an Oct 2 check-in, with free breakfast and free parking while you stay.

Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $250Free breakfastFree airport shuttle
40/ 100Night-Before
No. 14 · International Boulevard, SeaTac

Coast Gateway Hotel

Free breakfast, free parking while you stay and long-term parking packages, by the airport.

Seattle Express pickup, $30Long-term parking packages: askFree breakfastFree airport shuttle
37/ 100Night-Before
No. 15 · International Boulevard, across from SEA

Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport

Park and fly for 3 or 7 days, $254 or $329, across from SEA, with RBG Bar & Grill.

Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $329No free breakfast
33/ 100Night-Before
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Getting There

From the airport to the hotel, then on to the ship

Pick how you’re arriving. The board counts what each hotel publishes, the table lights up that column, and the companies below run from the airport to the port — their prices, not the hotels’.

Norwegian puts SEA 14 miles from Pier 66 and Holland America about 17.5 from Pier 91, and the port puts the ride at 30 to 40 minutes to either. Six of the twenty run a free airport shuttle, all by the airport in SeaTac — and Seattle Express picks up at SEA and at most of them for the piers. In the city, six offer a ride to the ship, four of them at a published price, and it’s light rail, a cab or a rideshare in from the airport.

Seattle-Tacoma International · 1–16 miles from these hotels, by their own counts

9publish a ride from the airport
2arrange it ahead, price by phone
9no shuttle, or not stated

Seattle Express

SEA
$30 a person, each way

A shared shuttle from SEA (baggage claim level, inside door 4) and 35 SeaTac and Tukwila hotels to Pier 66 and Pier 91, leaving at 9, 10, 11 and noon (20-minute pickup windows) and taking about 45 minutes. It also runs from both piers back to the airport. One suitcase and one personal item; extra bags $15. Its 2026 season runs April 19 to October 11.

206-793-8430Pickups 9 AM to 12:20 PMWebsite →

Carnival’s airport transfer

SEA
$37.99 a person, each way

From SEA to the pier if your flight lands by noon; shuttles run hourly from 10:30 AM to 1 PM from baggage claim 12. The ride back needs a flight at noon or later. Buy it up to two days before you sail.

To the pier 10:30 AM to 1 PMWebsite →

Link light rail

SEA
$3 a person

From SeaTac/Airport station to downtown in 38 minutes, every 8 to 10 minutes most of the day. It doesn't reach either pier: the port says there's no direct transit to Pier 66 and none at all to Pier 91.

Taxi from SEA

SEA
About $55 to $65 to Pier 91, per Holland America

Virgin Voyages puts it at $45 to $60. Taxis wait on the third floor of the airport garage, and the port puts the ride at 30 to 40 minutes to either pier.

Uber or Lyft

SEA
About $55 to $65 to Pier 91, per Holland America

The same range Holland America gives for a taxi. Pickup is on the third floor of the airport garage, rows G to J, per the port. Both terminals have a rideshare area.

Transfers, via Viator

SEA
Shared rides from $27, private from $42

Viator's Seattle port-transfer list has 43 options, from shared one-way rides at $27 to a private SEA-to-Pier-91 car from $42 and group vans from $113.

HotelTo the shipWhile you sailFrom SEA
Pier shuttle in its packageCruise parking in its packageAsk the hotel
Own shuttle, $12 a personCruise parking unconfirmedNot stated
Hotel shuttle, $15 one wayNo parking while you cruiseNot stated
Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmedNo shuttlethe hotel says so
Own shuttle, $10 a personCruise parking unconfirmed$68 for 1–3Hotel-arranged car
Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmedAsk the hotel
Port ride arranged by the desk1 night + 7 days parkingFreehotel shuttle
Walk to Pier 66Cruise parking unconfirmed$3 a personLink light rail
Own shuttle, $10 a personCruise parking unconfirmed$68 for 1–3Inn-booked car
Shuttle, price on requestCruise parking unconfirmedNot stated
Seattle Express pickup, $30Cruise package: 7 days $214Freehotel shuttle
Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $249Freehotel shuttle
Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $250Freehotel shuttle
Seattle Express pickup, $30Long-term parking packages: askFreehotel shuttle
Seattle Express pickup, $30Park & Fly: 7 days $329Not stated
No shuttle statedCruise parking unconfirmedNo shuttlethe hotel says so
No shuttle statedCruise parking unconfirmedNo shuttlethe hotel says so
No shuttle statedCruise parking unconfirmedNo shuttlethe hotel says so
No shuttle statedCruise parking unconfirmedNot stated
Cruise shuttles named on its pageNo parking while you cruiseFreehotel shuttle
  • Published, with a price or a named company
  • Package only, or ask
  • Not offered
  • Not stated
Splurge
Want it nicer?

The splurge list, told straight

These twenty are ranked for an easy sail morning, not for the room. Seattle’s nicest hotels mostly skip the cruise details, but the Edgewater, AAA Four Diamond and 0.2 miles from Pier 66 by its own count, makes our top twenty anyway. The Four Seasons is the city’s one Forbes Four-Star, and there’s no Five Diamond anywhere in Washington.

See the splurge list
At a Glance

How far each pick sits from the piers

Seattle has two cruise terminals a couple of miles apart — Pier 66, the Bell Street terminal on the downtown waterfront, and Pier 91, Smith Cove in Interbay. The bands measure from the downtown waterfront, so if you sail from Pier 91, Lower Queen Anne is about as handy as downtown; by our road estimates, Homewood Suites and the Mediterranean Inn are the closest of the twenty to Pier 91, at about 2.2 and 2.3 miles.

Two of the twenty are on Alaskan Way by Pier 66, five are in Belltown and downtown, six in Lower Queen Anne and South Lake Union, and seven in SeaTac by the airport. None of the hotels we found is by Pier 91.

Elliott Bay Belltown Downtown Bell Street Cruise Terminal Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 19 18 17 16 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 km · 0.6 mi N
By Pier 66Belltown & downtownFurther outCruise terminalReal geography: neighbourhood boundaries from the City of Seattle and NOAA’s GSHHG shoreline. Pins from the hotel’s or a map listing’s pin, OpenStreetMap, the US Census Bureau’s address geocoder, Wikipedia and GeoNames; address-geocoded pins can sit up to a block off. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Tap a pin for the hotel’s card.

Numbers are the ranking. Each pin sits where the hotel is — the bands group them by distance, the way we score it.

  • 1 By Pier 66on Alaskan Way
  • 2 Belltown & downtownup the hill from the waterfront
  • 3 Queen Anne & Seattle CenterLower Queen Anne and South Lake Union
  • 4 SeaTacby the airport, 30 to 40 minutes out
How We Score

The Night-Before Score, out of 100

Five things decide how easy the night before is — and each one is scored only from what the hotel publishes on its own site or its brand’s, not from what a blog says it does.

If a hotel doesn't say it, it scores zero there — not a guess, zero. Cruise blogs, tourism-board lists, parking resellers and expired offers don't count, and when a hotel’s own pages contradict each other, we score the claim as unconfirmed and tell you. Each page lists exactly what we couldn't confirm.

30pts

Distance to the ship

By band, from the downtown waterfront: on Alaskan Way by Pier 66 30; Belltown, Pike Place and downtown 25; Lower Queen Anne, Seattle Center and South Lake Union 20; SeaTac 10.

25pts

Getting to the ship

Hotel-run shuttle, free or with a published price, 25. A ride only inside a package or offer 20. The hotel’s own ride with no published fare 15. The hotel says you can walk: across the street, a few blocks, or half a mile or less, 15. A ride the hotel arranges through someone else, or a shuttle company it names, 10. Seattle Express’s own pickup list doesn’t count.

20pts

Parking while you sail

Published rate to leave the car 20, including a package with a published price. Offered, price unpublished 14.

10pts

Free breakfast

Sail mornings start early. A free breakfast on site scores 10, including one inside a mandatory nightly fee.

15pts

The evening before

On the beach 6, pool 3, food or a bar on site 3, a kitchen in the room 3. None of the twenty is on a beach.

Ties are broken in order: the lower published parking rate (a package counts at its 7-day daily equivalent), any stated way to the ship, free breakfast, parking on site, the closer stated mileage, the lower guest parking price, then the alphabet.

On 40, the Quality Inn’s 7-day package ($214) comes ahead of the Comfort Inn’s ($249) and the Sleep Inn’s ($250) — Choice’s prices on Oct 2, 2026, each for the check-in date its page showed, so that order can flip with your dates. Five hotels tie on 33: the Radisson prints a parking price, Hyatt Place and Homewood Suites print a distance, and the Hampton’s $40 parking beats the Staybridge’s $45. The Fairfield takes the last place on 30, ahead of the Holiday Inn Express next door on the alphabet.

Hotel Ändra moved to No. 1 on Oct 2, 2026, when its Cruise Package page loaded for us and listed parking while you sail; on Sept 26 it hadn’t, and it sat fifth.

What's left out is deliberate. Room rates change daily, so they aren't scored. Neither are guest-review scores — they measure a stay in general, not a sail morning.

The ranking tells you which hotel makes the morning easiest — not which one is cheapest on your date. Price your own night before you book the winner.

Parking Math

A hotel package, or the terminal lot?

Set your cruise length. Three airport hotels print a price for each package length, and here they are next to the two terminal lots — packages that include your room night, so the comparison flatters them, and a ride to the pier you still have to add.

Cruise nights
People riding
#11 Quality Inn SeaTac—
#12 Comfort Inn SeaTac—
#13 Sleep Inn SeaTac—
#15 Radisson SeaTac—
Pier 91’s lot, from $27 a day, with its terminal shuttle—
Pier 66 Bell Street garage, $33 a day—

The hotel packages are Choice’s prices on Oct 2, 2026, each for the check-in date its page showed, for the night plus parking of the length shown; each row takes the shortest package that covers your hotel night and every cruise night. They aren’t eligible for “Lowest”, because the room is inside the price, and the ride to the pier is extra. The terminal rows count the day you park and the day you leave. Seattle CruisePark, off site, lists $199 for a 7-night cruise with a shuttle to both piers.

For both terminal lots, the off-site lots and their own rates, see Seattle cruise parking, compared.

Just Missed

Ten that just missed

We checked 54 hotels. These came closest to the top twenty, with their scores and the reason each fell short. The Four Seasons, Inn at the Market, Thompson Seattle, the Fairmont Olympic and Hotel 1000 are on the splurge list instead.

HotelScoreWhy it missed
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Seattle-Sea-Tac Airport30Free breakfast, a free 24-hour airport shuttle, and cruise transport set up at check-in. Tied on 30 with the Fairfield next door, and behind it on the alphabet.
MarQueen Hotel30A cruise shuttle through a local partner in Lower Queen Anne, price not stated, and a $25 nightly amenity fee. No breakfast stated.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Seattle Downtown - Lake Union30Free breakfast and $35 parking by Seattle Center. A third-party blog lists a shuttle; IHG doesn't.
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center30Hilton's Park, Stay & Go, an outdoor pool and Spencer's for steaks, across from SEA. No free breakfast.
DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport30Park, Stay & Go, an outdoor pool and a free airport shuttle. No free breakfast.
Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Sea-Tac Area30A park-and-fly offer page, though its overview says long-term parking isn't available. An indoor pool in Tukwila.
Four Seasons Hotel Seattle31Forbes Four-Star with an infinity pool over Elliott Bay, but nothing for cruisers. It's on the splurge list.
Cedarbrook Lodge27Park & Fly with the first night of parking free and a free 24/7 airport shuttle, but no price for a cruise's worth.
Seattle Airport Marriott27Long-term parking offered without a rate, and a free airport shuttle every 15 minutes. No free breakfast.
Kimpton Palladian Hotel28Pets free of any size, and the hotel puts Pier 66 a mile away and Pier 91 3.2 miles. No shuttle or breakfast stated.

Not ranked: Kimpton Alexis. Now The Alexis Royal Sonesta Hotel Seattle, same address on First Avenue.; Holiday Inn Seattle Downtown. IHG now lists 211 Dexter Avenue North as a Holiday Inn Express & Suites.; Crowne Plaza Seattle Airport. Now the Skybridge Seattle Airport Hotel, converting to an AC Hotel by Marriott, per its management company.; Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport. Now Spark by Hilton Seattle Airport, at the same address.; Pan Pacific Seattle. Now 1 Hotel Seattle in South Lake Union, per the builder’s news page; AAA lists it Four Diamond.; Inn at Queen Anne. Its site is up, but a listing marks it closed; we left it out until that clears.

Flying In

Landing the day before?

Six of the twenty run a free airport shuttle, all in SeaTac, and Seattle Express picks up at most of them for the piers, $30 a person (checked Oct 2, 2026). None of the city hotels runs one; the Belltown Inn and the Mediterranean Inn book a car at $68 for up to three.

From the airport, Link light rail runs downtown in 38 minutes for $3 (checked Oct 2, 2026) — downtown, not the docks, since neither pier has transit, per the port. Holland America puts a cab to Pier 91 at $55 to $65. The Getting There table shows what every hotel publishes, and the planner turns your answers into a morning.

Things to do
Got time before you sail?

Tours, tickets and things to do are on Booking.com. Book the day before, not sail day.

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Bringing a car downtown? Hotel valet we found runs about $52 to $66 a night, and Seattle’s 72-hour rule rules out leaving it on the street for a cruise. The night before, by car or not · Seattle rental cars
FAQ

Pre-cruise hotel FAQ

Which hotel tops your list for the night before a Seattle cruise?

On our scoring it's Hotel Ändra, by a point. Its Cruise Package, read Oct 2, 2026, covers a one-way shuttle to Pier 91 or Pier 66 at 10 AM, noon or 2 PM and parking at the hotel while you sail — the price isn't published, so ask for it. Hyatt House, with its own $12 shuttle to both piers and free breakfast, is a point behind, and the Mayflower Park, with a $15 shuttle, is third. Top on paper, not top for everyone — the matcher above weighs your own answers.

Which terminal does my Seattle cruise leave from?

Norwegian and Oceania sail from the Bell Street Cruise Terminal at Pier 66 on the downtown waterfront. Carnival, Celebrity, Cunard, Holland America, Princess and Royal Caribbean use Smith Cove at Pier 91 in Interbay, per the port, and the 2026 schedule adds MSC Poesia and Virgin Voyages' Brilliant Lady at Pier 91. Your cruise documents name yours — the line's, not the hotel's, word is the one to go by.

Which Seattle hotels run a shuttle to the cruise terminals?

Four publish a price: Hyatt House ($12 a person, hourly from 9 AM to 1 PM, both piers), the Mayflower Park ($15, one way, both terminals), and the Belltown Inn and the Mediterranean Inn ($10 each), all checked Oct 2, 2026. Hyatt Regency Seattle offers one without a published price, and Hotel Ändra's Cruise Package includes a one-way ride to either pier at 10 AM, noon or 2 PM. By the airport, Seattle Express, a third-party shuttle, picks up at SEA and at most SeaTac hotels for $30 a person; we name it on each page but don't score it.

Which Seattle hotels can I walk to the cruise terminal from?

Only Pier 66, and three of our twenty say so: the Seattle Marriott Waterfront, across Alaskan Way; the Edgewater, 0.2 miles away on Pier 67; and the Warwick, which calls the waterfront an easy stroll — about 0.8 miles by road on our estimate, a stroll without luggage, not with it. Pier 91 is out in Interbay, and the port says there's no transit to it.

Can I leave my car at the hotel while I'm on the cruise?

Four airport hotels print a price, each for the night with the parking in it: the Quality Inn ($214 for 7 days), the Comfort Inn ($249), the Sleep Inn ($250) and the Radisson ($329), read Oct 2, 2026 for check-in dates Choice chose — your date will differ. Hotel Ändra's Cruise Package includes parking while you sail, and the Country Inn and Coast Gateway sell parking packages, all three without a price. The Mayflower Park tells you to park at the terminal.

Which Seattle cruise hotels have a free airport shuttle?

Six of our twenty run a free shuttle from SEA: Country Inn SeaTac, Quality Inn SeaTac, Comfort Inn SeaTac, Sleep Inn SeaTac, Coast Gateway and Fairfield SeaTac. All are in SeaTac, and none runs its own shuttle to the piers — Seattle Express, a third-party shuttle, picks up at most of them for $30 a person, a fare you pay it, not the hotel. None of the city hotels runs an airport shuttle; the Belltown Inn and the Mediterranean Inn book a car at $68 for up to three.

Is it cheaper to park at a hotel or at the terminal?

The port lists Pier 91's lot from $27 a day, $216 for a 7-night cruise counting the day you park and the day you leave, and USP Parking's own site sold 7 days from $187 to $329 by tier; Pier 66's garage is $33 a day (checked Oct 2, 2026). The Quality Inn's packages include the room night: $214 for 7 days of parking, $259 for 10. From SeaTac you still need a ride to the pier, 30 to 40 minutes by the port's count. Run your own numbers in the calculator above.

Which cruise lines sail from Seattle?

The port lists eight major lines. From Pier 66: Norwegian and Oceania. From Pier 91: Carnival, Celebrity, Cunard, Holland America, Princess and Royal Caribbean, plus MSC and Virgin Voyages on the 2026 schedule. The 2026 season runs from April 17 to October 11, per the port's schedule — the last sailings, Norwegian Encore and Noordam, are on Oct 11.

Why don't you show room prices?

Hotel rates move every day and spike on busy sailing days — any number we printed would be wrong by the time you read it. We rank on what doesn't change daily — shuttles, parking policies, breakfast — and leave the live rate to the booking site for your exact date. Price it for your own night before you assume the No. 1 is the cheap one.

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