Bellingham Cruise Terminal Reviews

Location next to Marine Park helped give us the combination indoor/outdoor spot we dreamed of without the fear of not having a rain plan. Our wedding genuinely highlighted some of the most beautiful pieces of Bellingham. Owned by the city and therefore reasonably priced—do get a coordinator to help organize though as it is complete DIY!

Getting married at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal was AMAZING! Not only was the value fantastic, it was so beautiful and made for beautiful pictures! You can't beat the view! We were able to use the space to rehearse the night before for no extra charge. I highly recommend this venue!

We had our ceremony and reception at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. It was beautiful and worked perfectly for our wedding (size approx 120). We rented the upper floor and had appetizers, drinks, and a receiving line out there while the dome room was transformed into our reception area. The Port contact, Jerry, was incredibly helpful and let us look at the space additional times, working with our decorator, and answering requests for info at no additional cost. We made sure to leave plenty of time to take things down to ensure we received our full damage deposit back (we had heard this was a sticky point for other events). All in all it was a beautiful and very budget friendly venue that I would highly recommend.

In our honest opinion there is no better Pacific Northwest venue than the Bellingham Cruise Terminal! On top of that the value for the money is quite literally unbeatable ANYWHERE. The crew and coordinator were great to work with, our wedding was truly one of the most beautiful I've ever seen set up (yes, biased :) and we heard raving reviews from our guests all nice about the location. Highly, highly, highly recommend to anyone wanting to get married there. You won't regret it!

The Cruise Terminal was a lovely place for our Nov 5th wedding! Jerry and his staff were very helpful, and were accommodating in letting us come tour the venue prior to the wedding after hours! The place is gorgeous! My only complaint was that there was water literally dripping on some of our guess due to there being leaks in the roof. I wish I would have known so we could have placed the tables differently. Other than that, the location and the staff was phenomenal!

The view was beautiful! The Alaska ferry was there (which I was super worried about), but it only added to the view. Barely noticed the passengers. We had plenty of table and chairs. Although there is no designated changing area; I would suggest bringing partitions to help block undesirable backdrops (i.e. The men changed in the kitchen).

Jerry (the building manager) was awesome he answered all our questions (both regarding venue and their suggested vendors), as well as gave us multiple tours. He was very responsive via email. The accounting staff was also super helpful. They were very flexible in our wanting a payment plan.

The low scores were because of the service we received the day of the wedding. Jerry was on vacation so there was a backup. We were unaware there was to be different person. He was rude and impatient; showed up late during tear down and then proceeded to lock out my family early while they waited for a taxi after finishing the clean up.