Kirkland Group Transportation: Marina Park, Kirkland Performance Center & I-405

Quotes we have sent across Washington start around $420–$445 an hour, which puts a typical four-hour night at $1,775–$2,025. Your price depends on the date, the city, how many hours you need, the bus and your group size.

At least 30 days, and up to a year out. The Al Locke Pavilion at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive, holds a maximum of 100 people, books through the city’s online reservation site, and is unavailable on the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, the day after, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The lawn and beach cannot be rented, and every organized part of a private event has to stay under the pavilion itself.

Plan as though there is not. Marina Park is a 3.6-acre waterfront park with a paid lot for about 75 vehicles, a boat launch and a beach, open sunrise to 10 p.m. The streets around Lake Street and Lakeshore Plaza are narrow and busy. Ask the parks office at 425-587-3300 where a coach may briefly load, and have the driver stage somewhere else between movements.

Yes. The City of Kirkland has announced a dock renovation and shoreline improvement project at Marina Park expected to begin after July 5, 2027 and continue into spring 2028, with in-water work limited to a July 16 to March 15 window. The city expects the restrooms, boat launch, parking lot and east-side lawns to stay open, but construction areas will be fenced. Ask the parks office about the pavilion for any 2027 or 2028 date.

Ask the company to write it down. From Kirkland you can cross Lake Washington on the tolled SR 520 bridge or take I-405 south to I-5, and the choice changes both the toll and the clock. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, charter buses use the Northeast Charter Bus Lot at the north end of the parking garage and groups call 206-787-5906 after collecting bags, so leave room in the schedule for that wait.

61% of every request we get is for a Saturday, and another 20% for a Friday. That is why Saturday availability is the first thing to ask about. That's what other Kirkland planners asked for — your own headcount is what decides it. Count everyone who is actually getting on, then add room for luggage, coolers, instruments or formalwear. Ask each company for the legal seated capacity of the exact vehicle they're offering. Most Kirkland requests are for weddings, bachelor parties, and bachelorette parties, and those nights want different amounts of floor space for the same headcount. A bus rated for twenty seats is not twenty comfortable seats in formalwear.

Not necessarily. The images here are representative renderings of a vehicle class, not photos of a bus parked in Kirkland. The company covering your route names the assigned vehicle in writing when you book. Before you pay, make sure that writing gives the specific vehicle, its legal seated capacity, the features you're counting on, and what happens if it's unavailable on the day — including whether a replacement could be a different size or class.

Ask in your first message, before you have a quote. Accessible vehicles are a small slice of any local fleet and they need more lead time. Tell them how many passengers use a wheelchair or mobility device, the type and weight, whether anyone can transfer to a seat, and whether you need a lift or a ramp. Ask in writing how the device is secured, what the usable door and interior height are, and how much notice they need. Then check the accessible entrance and loading spot with each venue — Marina Park and the Al Locke Pavilion, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive and Kirkland Performance Center, downtown set their own access rules, and the right bus is no help at a door it can't reach.