Headed to Seattle on a Cruise? Top Five Family Activities!

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Top 5 Most Unique Things To Do In Seattle!

Whether you are visiting Seattle as part of a family cruise, nation-wide road trip, a cruise on the Victoria Clipper, or an out-of-state business trip, we have rounded up the top 5 most unique things to do in Seattle. Most tour guides will tell you to visit the Seattle Space Needle, the Seattle Aquarium, and the Woodland Park Zoo. Without a doubt, these are truly AWESOME places to visit, and you should add them to your must visit list. But, you might be looking for something new to do in Seattle. Something off the beaten path.

Emerald City Trapeze in Seattle1. Emerald City Trapeze Arts: If you are coming to Seattle with a mission for fun, Emerald City Trapeze is the number one spot. Whether you loved seeing a Cirque du Soleil performance and want to see what it feels like to fly through the air or simply want to escape the city and join the circus, you will have the time of your life. People from around the world travel to take Flying Trapeze lessons on our fully indoor rig. It’s warm in the winter and cool in the summer! Emerald City Trapeze Arts offers beginner classes for Flying Trapeze, Aerial Arts, and more. Located just south of downtown Seattle, ECTA is housed in the former Canal Boiler Works building in SODO. Rustic charm shines through in its wood-beam construction and funky décor, but the real magic is up in the air.

Where do I learn how to Fly?

Archie McPhee Seattle2. Archie McPhee: As you step through the doors of Archie McPhee’s, you will enter into a world of cooky-crazy-gizmos and widgets beyond your imagination. If unicorns and dinosaurs could be found in today’s retail-outlets, this is where they would live. With shelves stocked full of the strangest gag gifts, science experiments, cake decorations, toys, and ridiculous novelty items, Archie McPhee’s captivates both kids and adults…for hours. Seriously. Plan ahead. You won’t want to leave if you are one of those people who gets a good laugh from finger feet, kitten ornaments, and emergency beard guards.

Where is this place of quirky delights? 

Pinball_3web3. Seattle Pinball Museum: Sick of all the modern video games? Walk into yesteryear at Seattle’s very own Pinball Museum. Unlike other Museums where you aren’t allowed to touch the historic items, the Pinball Museum is filled to the brim with fully functioning, playable machines! This mecca of analog mayhem brings enthusiasts from around the city to play these historic games and guzzle down a glass of nostalgia. Must be at least 7 years old to play!

Where do I find the most Pinball Machines in Seattle? 

Beecher's_Handmade_Cheese,_Pike_Place,_Seattle_(2014)4. Beecher’s Handmade Cheese: Do you love macaroni and cheese? You haven’t tried real mac n’ cheese until you step into this shrine of cheese deliciousness. Their gooey cheese will melt your knees and make you crave more, even when you are stuffed. If you aren’t into the mac n’ cheese, they have loads of delicious hard and soft cheeses. Press your nose up to the glass of their in house cheese making facility. Watch as they form the curd and process the cheese. Isn’t everyday that you get to see the whole process and then nibble on the product. Of course, the Pike Place Market is just across the street, so take your quarry and meander through the various artists booths and past the fish throwers.

Take me to the Cheese Shrine of Seattle! 

Seattle_-_Curiosity_Shop_035. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop: Skip the history museum and visit the Ye Old Curiosity Shop instead. The collection of both historically (creepy) items and amazing novelty gifts started back 5 generations. This packed to the gills shop is no frills, but they certainly bring the strange from far and wide. The seemingly dusty shop is the perfect backdrop for what you might find in any bizarre movie or World Record Book Gaze at double headed creatures in glass domes, see piles of shark teeth, and ask a fortune telling gypsy about your future.

Where do I find the treasure?