Easy to get to and load our car onto the ferry. Quick ride over to the other side and very smooth. read more

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- long wait,stay in right lane - Came here around 9:50 am on a Sunday and stayed in the ferry waiting line at the right lane. Got in the waiting-to-board area around 10:45 am and boarded the 11 am ferry. The decision to skip Langley is right since many shops weren't open at this time and the ferry wait will only get worse when time progresses. It costs $13.30 for our car with two passengers, but I'm not sure if the number of passengers matter here or not for the price. My guess is that they charge per car. The ferry ride from Clinton to Mukilteo only takes about 20 min, and there was a broadcast to make everyone return to their car at 11:14 am. There is a cafeteria on board but it's tiny. They do have warm options like pretzels with cheese dip or clam chowder. The bathrooms on board have like 15 toilets. Pro tip: the ferry on the hour (or 5 min after) fits 144 cars whereas the other one fits 90 cars. It might help with estimating whether you can make a certain ferry or not lol. read more

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Nothing much to do or see here, compared to other ferry terminals. On the upside, it's much more regular (every 30 mins), reliable, and easier to roll up on a whim and board without a reservation. Keep in mind, the ferry only takes 10 minutes to cross, so if you purchase anything alcoholic from the galley onboard, be prepared to chug it! read more

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Put trashcans in your restrooms it's not sanitary to carry around feminine products and diapers while searching for a trashcan. The ride is always great though. Reservations system is used here waitlist is 9-12 cars each crossing first come first board 1 hour wait between crossing otherwise read more

More than one Washington State Department of Transportation Ferry sails through the Clinton Ferry Terminal. So keep an eye out for the vessel's name while onboard to learn more about the ferry you are riding, its history, and the origins of its name. Seek this information on the Washington State Department of Transportation website if you are eager to learn more about the vessel of your sailing. The Clinton Ferry Terminal is a serene place to wait. Growing up when my sister and I went to stay with my grandparents on Whidbey Island overnight our parents would meet us at the Clinton ferry terminal to pick us up. Our grandparents would bring us here early and we would sit/adventure and wait with each other. Lots of quality family bonding time spent here. This is also a fun terminal to pass through in a vehicle. The holding lanes and unloading lanes have a good view of the water, which gives one something to watch while waiting/unloading. Employees and ferries have all been in good shape when I have come through here. They, yes both people and vessels, know what they are doing and work hard to make sure things are running smoothly for the patrons/riders. read more

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The seagull situation is a little extreme but on the other hand the pigeons are no where to be seen. Largely great, honestly the tea you hear from other cars is the best in on the island. I got to hear someone breaking up last week 100/10 would recommend if you wanna feel better about your life. read more

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Majority of the employees are just miserable to deal with. Okay...maybe they hear a lot of complaints and all from riders...but have they really taken into account why? How have businesses been affected because they can't run 2 sailings? Seems to me that running 2 ferries since the 4th of July of 2020 has been a challenge because we see the lines backed up ALL day long. They run 2 ferries during the day and switch to 1 during peak times. Does that make sense? Nope. The employees seem to be all happy and what not when its a familiar face they let jump in line in front of everyone else. Even the empty "carpool" van. Nevermind the fact that a big part of some businesses means transporting things between sister locations...which is HUGE challenge in itself...and even more so when it comes to these off schedules. Like I said...not ALL of the employees are frustrating to deal with. Everyone has their bad days. Just some more so than others. read more

The WA state ferry system truly is a wonder. I continue to be so impressed by the service it provides and the seamless way it runs its ship (no pun intended). My recent experience on this ferry was no different. I had to go from Mukilteo to Clinton, to attend an event on Bainbridge Island, and then return. In the past, the vast majority of my WA ferry experiences have focused on my taking the ferry from Seattle to Whidbey Island; in contrast, I've only been on the Mukilteo to Bainbridge Island ferry a few times over the past 25 years. But this recent trip reminded me how lovely it was, and how well-run and efficient this entire ferry system is. I encountered no discernible wait time when I drove up to the Clinton dock on Saturday a bit before 5pm. The ferry was super prompt and the ride, super smooth. (Unlike the Seattle-Whidbey ride, this particular route is very short - around 15 minutes, really, - so there's no real time to get out of one's car and walk around, enjoy the view on deck, grab a bite to eat. Don't get me wrong, some people did exit their cars to do just that, but soon after they did, the announcer came on to direct people back to their cars. This is one short ferry ride!). The ferry workers run a well-oiled machine here. Very efficient. I like how every detail has been thought out (my car was the last one in and I was directed to park on the ramp going up. The workers placed chock-blocks behind my rear tires to prevent my car from rolling backwards. They really think of everything). Last time I took this ferry, I walked on board and it only cost $5. This time, with only me and my compact car, it cost $22 and change for a round trip. Pricey, but unavoidable this time around. If you can do a walk-on, it's the best deal around read more

Clinton Ferry Terminal - Hazy view of the Sound from my car on the ferry. - Ferries Near Me - Clinton, Washington

Instead of riding back over Deception Pass we decided to chance the Clinton/Mukilteo since we were much closer and it was getting later in the day. The beauty about the ferry for motorcyclists is it only $4.45 per bike and rider and you get on first and get off first. You get to bypass the long waiting line into the toll booths as well. Trust me it's the only way to go. There isn't much to say about the actual ride other than the boat was clean and offered a galley/snack bar and had clean bathrooms. The passage was quick and painless and we were off the ferry right after the foot traffic. The bonus is it saved us almost 40 miles of travel by taking the water route home. read more

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Easy on and off- we discovered that in the evenings they go from running 2 ferries to just one and we had to wait almost an hour for our return. I have traveled through this terminal several times and my son travels through this anytime he needs to go into the city. The ferries are kept up, staff have loading and unloading down to a science. I did strongly advise my son to buy the pass to save a little on the cost. read more

I feel compelled to write in about an attendant working in your Clinton Ferry Terminal booth (at 605pm on Saturday 28SEP24) this female red hair, approximately 50-70 years of age (no seeable name tape). This attendant was hostile and unprofessional towards myself as a rider. I attempted to complete my round trip on the Clinton Ferry and was denied my spot and sent to the back of the Ferry line to wait another 40 min for a ride due to stranger (with no relation to the my ferry trip) lying about line placement. While pulling up to the booth this stranger passenger ran in between my vehicle and the booth and was entertained by the female attendant in question. After the strangers remarks I was sent to be turned around when asked why the attendant said I violated the ferry line (which I did not) not even hearing my rebuttal to these dishonest allegations as an equal stranger in this attendants eyes the attendant called me a liar (with no proof), and maintained a disrespectful tone with unclear instructions or reasoning. After complying with the attendants instruction and at return to the terminal for now a second time the attendant was once again hostile and rude for no reason. I am a fellow public servant and understand the tolls of interacting with all characters of life. However the implicit bias and lack of respect when my concerns were not listened to or even respected are definitely not in line with your industry and or general interpersonal skills needed to support proper public service business standard. I would behoove you to address my concerns before her actions become detrimental to other passengers experience and project negative interacts that are detrimental to your businesses continued success. Working for the federal transportation service is a privilege not a right, Karen! read more

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Ferry ride was 20 minutes long. Ferry was on time. The cost for a sedan and driver was $9.90. Besides the state trooper walking around without a mask, the ferry employees all had masks on. The current requirement is to stay in your vehicle unless you have to get out and must wear a mask. read more

Often it's hard to catch this ferry back on tie weekend. Before covid: it was way too busy and over an hour plus wait! Now with covid: it's a 2 hours wait on the weekends. Reduce boats! Every hour. And it's just a lot harder to enjoy!!! But luckily, we just came last Wednesday! Weekday! And 15 minutes wait was plenty to catch us a ferry back! Instead of driving around from coupeville to oak harbor to Seattle aka 3 hours drive ! They do well with social distancing. Just stay in your car. You can get outside of your car for a breeze and a view. But crossing is just so fast! read more

We love riding the ferries. It's just about the best way to get across the sound in this area. I think the good thing about the Clinton Ferry is that a new terminal area is just about to be opened. The lines are very long so hopefully at some time maybe they will be able to take reservations on this very popular line. Again, love the ferry system. Ferries are clean and the food they serve is good. read more

Why aren't the alerts going out on time? Why are so many Monday morning rush hour ferries cancelled? Why do the bathrooms smell like record breaking gross material? Look at the quality of the employees and the pride they take in their work. Those attributes are low enough within a large enough percentage of employees their that these conditions exist. read more

The best time to get in line to Clinton Terminal is very early in the mornings, late evenings and off peak hours. Stay away on the holidays if you like having a 4 ferry wait. read more

I'm impressed by this ferry. It transports cars and people from Whidbey Island to the mainland just north of Seattle in 12 minutes or so. The terminal is clean and well organized. Once on the ferry, you can grab one of many seats in the seating area. Once there, you'll see a snack area for purchase and vending machines. It's a GREAT experience! read more

I love WSF! In particular, I've always been fond of the team that supports the Clinton side. We have only had two marginal experiences over the last 4 years that we have lived here and those could easily have been just the personality type of the crew member and how they were trained to off-load the vessel (both times we were loaded on the main deck in the *middle right* side but were held back from exiting the vessel until **everyone else** was waved past us to exit first -- even the cars and trucks BEHIND us. I'm gonna have to ask someone why that happens sometimes.) As someone who walked on the vessel twice a day for 4 years that I worked in downtown Seattle, I had ample opportunity to miss my ferry due to problems with the Sounder arriving on time. But the crew were *always* SO AWESOME and would wait 1 or 2 extra minutes for us stragglers who have short legs and/or health barriers to running the 1/3-mile from the Mukilteo train platform up to the bridge down to the other side and then all the way onto the ferry. I do have a couple of small gripes. * The first pet peeve is the cost of food. But what's new about that, right? Any kind of tourist attraction that has a captive audience will charge more for food. But $5 for a cup of coffee? Yeowch! * The last pet peeve is that not all ferry terminals are created equal. The Clinton/Mukilteo ferry terminals must board foot traffic first before cars go. The fleet could stay on time FAR, FAR BETTER than it does today if they'd simply spent a tiny bit more money to create a pedestrian bridge where "walkers" and vehicles could've loaded simultaneously. (Here's looking at you, Olympia!) But all-in-all, I think WSF does a very good job. read more

Restrooms, big information center, it's clean. Ferries run petty frequently during the day, pleasant employees, beautiful view. Once you're on the boat... The ferry ride is pretty quick, you can see Mt. Rainier on a clear day. They even have an elevator for people with disabilities...so I was super excited that I could get out and go upstairs and out on the deck. I think it costs WAY TOO MUCH to ride the ferry...which is why I never go to Whidbey Island for fun...only for work. It was $40 total today for us to cross a ferry....that's RIDICULOUS. Can't beat a beautiful day and a ferry boat ride though! read more

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Usually don't have to wait very long for the ferry, it's a quick ride, only 20 minutes. Very enjoyable except when the time comes that we have to disembark. read more

The Clinton ferry is a relaxing 20 or so minute cruise from Mukilteo to Whidbey Island. It can actually be a nice way to avoid I-5 traffic going north for not too much more time and money. Be sure to make time to enjoy deception pass bridge and there are tons of beaches and parks. It's about $10 one way for a car and passenger. The dock it's self is a little lacking in amenities, though there is food and a bathroom. Wait for the Mukilteo side if you can. There is enough time to get out of the car and enjoy the view of the islands from the observation deck or get some food from the galley. Evenings and weekends can see a lot of volume causing delays. The boats leave every half an hour from each side so long lines means an additional 30 minutes for each full boat you miss. The Clinton side doesn't have much except a dairy queen close to the dock. Be sure to check the traffic cameras online to see how backed up it is. https://www.whidbeytel.com/ferrycams read more

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Yeah, on the weekday try to get to the Ferry before Boeing employees are getting off work or you will have a couple ferry wait. Nothing against Boeing employees just the life of a commuter. read more

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Older blonde lady working the ticket line was super rude to me, unnecessarily. Her scanner couldn't read my ticket on my phone, and she annoyingly told me "you know, it's better to just buy your ticket here".... Um, your own F*CKING website is advising ferry riders to buy tickets online in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis to reduce the exchange of money at the ticket booths. I told her this, and she said "well they're not the ones here in the booths having to deal with this". WOW, so you're complaining about your organization's inefficiencies to a customer?! She also complained to me that HER problem scanning my ticket was causing a back-up in the line. I was literally there no longer than 2 minutes total before she was able to figure it out. CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE, LADY. Rude, rude, rude. read more

Comes every half hour. Not too busy but just make sure you aren't in a time crunch- it is still a ferry! It's always so fun to ride. It's about $21 for a small car round trip. Half that if you are going one way! Make sure to check out Ivarrs ice cream on the mulkilteo side :) read more

OMG......fantastic! I have great anxiety about being over the water, it comes and goes. Sometimes I get vertigo just standing on a dock - very frustrating for a girl who wants to have more adventures. So, here's the deal.....it was amazing. No big deal. No rocking, no swaying. You can stay in your car or you can get out and go upstairs. It is super clean and wide and has comfy padded benches AND seats...there is a snack bar and bathrooms and dining-type booths. I loved it. Can't wait for the trip back and wished I had done this before. read more

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We pulled up right when one ferry was leaving. So we were put into the line up for the ferry in 30 min. We had time to use the restroom and check out the waiting area at the ferry dock. Lots of tourist brochures to peruse. They get you on quick and the kids liked the view from the car. Once we started, our family headed up stairs to check out the views. Not very crowded. Has snack vending food and restrooms. We walked out back to watch a girl feeding the birds. This is a short trip...15 min maybe. But they do announce when you get close to get back to your cars....and off we were. Again, quick unloading. My kids loved going this way off Whidbey...will be back! read more

I love taking the Ferry to and from work! This ferry crew is awesome. Fast loads, unloads, clean bathrooms, and wonderful cafeteria. It's only a 15 minute (max) ride, but you won't be bored! read more

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Check the schedule before you come it can back up. This one was only $8 or so to cross with a car and two people. The ferry ride is so relaxing, this trip is very short, about 15 minutes or so. Make sure to get out of your car and enjoy the views and air. read more

Very rude, for no reason. Obviously, if you need to get to Whidbey and back, you don't have much of a choice, so a bad review won't make much of a difference. I guess because they have a monopoly on this service, and it's paid for with taxes, they don't feel they need to be civil or polite. read more

I spent three weeks on Whidbey Island and the ferry system performed exactly as expected. Easier and faster than swimming, what's not to love? WSDOT got me and my car across the water with little fuss each and every time. I even got to ride on Washington state's newest ferry, the MV Tokitae, on its first day in service. And no, my car didn't scrape on the ramp. It's a short, scenic sailing with tourists out on deck soaking up the view and commuters staying in their cars. Waits at Mukilteo and Clinton to board can be long, so look online at the ferry cams to estimate your wait before you leave, plan accordingly and be flexible about possible delays. read more

I've got no complaints when it comes to the Clinton/Mukilteo ferry. Sure, there's not much on the ferry once you're up top, but it's only a twelve minute crossing ... They've got bathrooms, vending machines, a small kitchen area with food for sale. More than enough to entertain someone in that time frame. The staff is great, too. I've never had a problem with them. Once my car wouldn't start when it came time to load up the ferry. Thankfully they were prepared to help with a jumper box and even made sure to save us a spot on the boat since we had been first in line. It was very considerate of them considering the busy summer Saturday it happened on. read more

I love being able to walk up from the beach house during any time of the year and wait no more than 15 minutes to board as a pedestrian on to a vessel. If travelling by car I always allow 45 minutes for the off chance there is a line up the hill and down the main road. Often backups can be two to three hours long and you really have no options than stay in your car. Summers are the worst for car traffic and wait times, that's why you should always allow for waiting time room driving. The fare for the trip from Clinton to Mukilteo is free, yes they actually don't charge you to take the ferry back across the sound to the mainland. This is the only terminal that doesn't allow for ticketing of the pedestrians be it in a car or walking aboard. There's an inside waiting lounge and restroom for use prior to boarding. I like the flow the ferry crew have when loading a vessel for any of their sailings. They are efficient and quick to pack as many cars onto the 144/177 capacity vessel to depart on the hour and the half hour. They let pedestrians load last as to not have car hazards being in the way, there is no overhead boarding and you board onto the car deck and have to take the stairs up to the passenger cabin onboard. This terminal has two docks and typically both vessels sleep here each night as the first ferry out weekends is 5:30a from Clinton to Mukilteo and the first sailing out from Clinton to Mukilteo on the weekday is 4:30a. Beware of summer tourists being clueless, not following proper beach or ferry etiquette. Summer sailing schedule is great for late nights on the mainland or on the island. Definitely something to check out when traversing the Washington State Ferry system! read more

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Large ferries, hence the lines move much faster. Was there on a weekday, still had a lot of public. But the ferry was almost every 30 mins. And the ferries are much larger, so didn't have to wait long. The toll charge was around $8.7 /Sedan, $4.9/adults,2.45/ senior passengers, $0/child under 90lbs. Was worth the money, as the ferry ride only took 20mins, and it had a deck and the view was good. read more

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These guys rock!! Come rain, sleet, wind and dark of night, they are here for us! I always say thank you and keep trying to get a smile, but these guys take their jobs very seriously, as well they should! I have yet to see them lose or damage a car. Thanks guys!! And by guys, I mean the ladies too!! read more

3.5 stars. Not as many amenities as the Mulkelteo side, but nonetheless, not a terrible place to wait for a ferry. My only gripe is that the vending machine near the restrooms once stole my change. read more

Larger Ferries!! I've been away for a few years, so I'm not sure when this happened. But the ferries are much larger, so the lines should be less frequent and smaller :) read more

Short ferry ride with super friendly staff. We came when it was crazy busy for cars but were able to just walk right on with our stroller. The elevator is in the middle! read more

I love taking the ferry. The Clinton Ferry Terminal is great. I personally think it's faster and saves on gas when you want to head to Lynnwood. They get you off and load you on very quickly, and they're always on time. The view is great. It's always fun. read more

I hate when they change up the regulars and the new people are clueless and don't listen

I'd make this 10 stars if I could! OK, this really has to be said. Shout out to Washington State Ferry workers, specifically those at the Mukilteo-Clinton run. I wish I had all their names because they were so totally awesome! However, this was a level of service that Every Single Employee I met exhibited, so I have to assume that this was just SOP. I live on Whidbey island and was returning home after meeting a friend for lunch on the mainland. I did a "walk-on" ferry trip with my mobility scooter as I can't walk far. Well, on the return trip the scooter stopped working. Mukilteo side dock crew helped me move the scooter, get it charged, and ultimately moved onto a ferry, meanwhile watching over me and making sure I was comfortable (one guy even went and got me a water). Ferry crew helped me get the scooter moved to the forward end, and found a wheelchair to move me also (remember the walking issues). They even had the Chief Engineer come down to the deck and try to get the scooter working again. At Clinton they moved my scooter (and me) off the ferry, handing me over to Clinton dock crew with an explanation. Then Clinton side dock crew watched over me from there while a couple bus workers got me to the passenger pick-up zone. From there my housemate got me home. Throughout this process literally *all* the crew I met were kind, gentle, attentive, and helped me while still getting their normal jobs done in a quick and efficient manner. I can't say enough to express how awesome these people are! WSDOT, it is employees like this that make you a wonderful part of Washington State. I hope you compensate them well! read more