Seattle Tours and Ticketed Attractions
Most Seattle tours are easiest to choose once you know how much time you have. This page groups them by length, from an hour on the waterfront to a day that takes you north of the city. Money figures are US dollars before sales tax. Where a price moves with the date or is not published by the operator, the page says so instead of guessing.
About an hour
Argosy Harbor Cruise. The cruise lasts one hour, leaves from Pier 55 and returns to the same dock, and it operates daily. The sunset and happy hour sailings from Pier 54 have finished for 2026 and return in May 2027. Fares are not printed on the pages that were checked, so read them on the Argosy cruise comparison . Water wind is cold, so bring a jacket in summer too.
Seattle Aquarium. One ticket covers Pier 59, Pier 60 and the Ocean Pavilion, and the doors are open daily from 9:30 a.m. with last entry at 5 p.m. One habitat, Puget Sound Fish, shuts for renovation on 19 October 2026. The current adult price is not on the official pages, so check before you queue.
Seventy-five minutes to two hours
Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour starts at 614 First Ave in Pioneer Square and takes 75 minutes through passages from the years after the 1889 Great Fire. A tour leaves every hour between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., with extra half hour departures in summer sold at the box office, and it is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Expect stairs, uneven ground and patchy lighting. Advance tickets can be bought until two hours before a tour, and the what to expect page is the place to read current terms. A second operator, Beneath the Streets at 102 Cherry St, runs a roughly one hour tour and is mainly sold through booking sites.
Argosy Locks Cruise. This is two hours and travels one way, between the waterfront and the Lake Union marina. You will need your own transport back.
MoPOP at 325 5th Ave N opens daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pricing depends on the date, and Washington residents get 15 percent off with ID.
Half a day
Museum of Flight, at 9404 East Marginal Way S, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults pay $29, seniors 65 and over $25 and ages 5 to 17 $21. Ages 4 and under are free, and the first Thursday of the month is free from 5 to 9 p.m. It is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
A full day north of the city
Boeing Future of Flight is at 8415 Paine Field Blvd in Mukilteo and opens daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., apart from 26 November, 24 and 25 December, 31 December and 1 January. The gallery and Sky Deck cost $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and military, and $7 for ages 6 to 15. The factory tour includes that entry and is about $42 to $46 for adults. The height minimum is 48 inches (122 cm). The ticket desk does not take cash, food and water are not allowed on the tour, and photography is banned during it. Tours sell out. Be there 30 minutes early, because a late arrival forfeits the booking. Details are on the Future of Flight visit page .
Is a pass worth it?
The Seattle CityPASS is $139 for adults 13 and over and $119 for ages 5 to 12. It always includes the Space Needle and the Seattle Aquarium, and you choose three more from Chihuly Garden and Glass, an Argosy Harbor Cruise, MoPOP, Woodland Park Zoo and Pacific Science Center. It lasts 9 days from first use, and every one of the seven needs a reservation. Add up the tickets you actually want before you buy. The CityPASS Seattle page lists the current rules.
Read more: sightseeing in Seattle covers viewpoints and free stops, and the 2 day itinerary shows how some of these tours fit together. To compare tickets, try Seattle tour listings .