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Originally Posted by blueash
Do you actually believe that Miami or Fort Lauderdale are safer cities than Seattle? If you are comfortable using those ports for your cruising needs, then Seattle should also make you comfortable. Don't believe the images you are seeing. The source of those images may have a bias in their presentation. Real data is available.
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I do believe that Miami and Ft Laud are safer than Seattle nowadays but even if that were not true, you can drive from here straight to either of those ports on the day of your cruise. If you sail out of Seattle you have to go at least a day earlier and spend the night in a hotel, go out to restaurants, etc. (If you fly in the same day and your flight is delayed or cancelled you could miss the cruise.) So if you sail out of a non-Florida port you will likely spend some amount of time in that port city. The safety (or perceived safety) of that port city is something that people take into consideration when planning a cruise.
An alternative for those who don't want to spend time in Seattle would be to fly into Anchorage and sail a one-way itinerary from Whittier to Vancouver. We did that on a Princess ship and it was great.
kathy