Royal Caribbean, which offers offers seven-day cruises that depart Terminal 91 for Alaska every week, got a D in sewage treatment and an F in air pollution reduction. Slate estimates that your carbon footprint doubles each day you're on a cruise. You might as well idle your car for a week instead. more ›

Here come the hordes ascending from the sea. The first of 211 cruise ships that will visit Seattle this season will dock tomorrow at Pier 66. The Celebrity Mercury will be the first ship to usher in an estimated 800,000 visitors to Seattle this season. more ›