Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas arrived at Pier 91 in Seattle Friday, picking up passengers for a seven-day round trip to Alaska.
The ship will be homeported in Seattle for the summer season and is the largest to dock on the West Coast at 1,138-feet long.
The Port of Seattle expects 1.2 million paying cruise passengers this year, up 8 percent from last year’s record.
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