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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Seattle, the bucket-list move is Space Needle & Chihuly Garden of Glass: Seattle's Twin Icons. Chihuly Garden and Glass runs it. Below: 3 bucket-list things to do on a Seattle port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Space Needle & Chihuly Garden of Glass: Seattle's Twin Icons
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Space Needle & Chihuly Garden of Glass: Seattle's Twin Icons

Ascend Seattle's most iconic tower for 360° views of Puget Sound, the Cascades, and Mount Rainier, then lose yourself in Chihuly's otherworldly blown-glass sculptures in the garden and glasshouse next door. A true Seattle bucket-list double.

Book it Seattle: Space Needle & Chihuly Garden and Glass Ticket $78 per person
Run by Chihuly Garden and Glass · 4.70 from 25,000 reviews
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Argosy Cruises: Seattle's Original Guided Harbor Cruise
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Argosy Cruises: Seattle's Original Guided Harbor Cruise

Glide through Elliott Bay aboard Argosy Cruises' narrated harbor tour — the definitive way to see Seattle's skyline, Mount Rainier, and the working waterfront from the water. A Pacific Northwest rite of passage since 1949.

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Pike Place Market: Private Culinary & Culture Immersion
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Pike Place Market: Private Culinary & Culture Immersion

Descend into Seattle's beloved Pike Place Market with a private local guide who unlocks its hidden lower levels, artisan vendors, and legendary food stalls — including the original Starbucks and the flying-fish theater of Pike Place Fish Co.

Book it Seattle: Pike Place Market Chef-Guided Food Tour $75 per person
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Snoqualmie Falls & Wine Country: Half-Day Alpine Escape
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Snoqualmie Falls & Wine Country: Half-Day Alpine Escape

Journey 30 miles east to the thundering 268-foot Snoqualmie Falls — taller than Niagara — then wind through the Cascade foothills to world-class Woodinville wineries for private tastings of acclaimed Pacific Northwest vintages.

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Seattle Underground Tour: Pioneer Square's Secret City
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Seattle Underground Tour: Pioneer Square's Secret City

Descend beneath Seattle's streets into the original Victorian-era city, buried after the catastrophic 1889 Great Fire and rebuilt above itself. Bill Speidel's Underground Tour is irreverent, expert, and unlike anything else in America.

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Seattle Half-Day Wildlife & Whale Watching Cruise
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Seattle Half-Day Wildlife & Whale Watching Cruise

Sail the glittering waters of Puget Sound in search of orcas, humpback whales, Steller sea lions, harbor seals, and bald eagles — with a certified naturalist aboard to decode every sighting. The Pacific Northwest's most thrilling wildlife spectacle.

Book it Seattle: Wildlife and Whale Watching Cruise $150 per person
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Now plan the rest of it

You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to — each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.

Cruises from Seattle

Norwegian · Norwegian Encore 7 nights · Apr 25, 2027 · 51 dates from $1,009 pp See the whole trip → Norwegian · Norwegian Bliss 7 nights · May 1, 2027 · 46 dates from $909 pp See the whole trip → MSC Cruises · MSC Poesia 7 nights · Apr 26, 2027 · 43 dates from $619 pp See the whole trip → Royal Caribbean · Voyager of the Seas 7 nights · May 7, 2027 · 43 dates from $613 pp See the whole trip → Princess · Star Princess 7 nights · May 9, 2027 · 41 dates from $749 pp See the whole trip → Princess · Royal Princess 7 nights · May 1, 2027 · 39 dates from $899 pp See the whole trip →
All 594 sailings from Seattle →

Cruises that call at Seattle

Holland America · Noordam 43 nights · Mar 14, 2027 · from Auckland, New Zealand from $6,069 pp See the whole trip → Holland America · Noordam 29 nights · Mar 28, 2027 · from Sydney, Australia from $3,499 pp See the whole trip → Carnival · Carnival Spirit 16 nights · Mar 29, 2027 · from Mobile, Alabama from $901 pp See the whole trip →
All 986 sailings that call here →

Or come by land

Tacoma's Wild Side: Puget Sound, Quarries & a Volcano 11 mi from Seattle · fly SEA Pacific Northwest Adventure Base See the whole plan → Salt Air and Oyster Shells: A San Juan Islands Sailing Guide 11 mi from Seattle · fly SEA Island Hopping Pacific Northwest See the whole plan →

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