In Seattle, WA for a week.. What cool places should I visit?

[demenion]

I'll be in Seattle for a week... Need recommendations on cool places to visit or restraunts

Thanks

 

[potato28]

Visit Valve.

 

[RossMAN]

Phew I'm glad that you specified Seattle, WA because we could have confused it with Seattle, PA

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Phew I'm glad that you specified Seattle, WA because we could have confused it with Seattle, PA

Hey - don't diss Seattle, PA - it's the home of the worlds largest Amish technology museum.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Pike Place Market is cool, if you get to see them throw some fish around... The Library is neat... There's always the Sci-Fi Museum......

 

[Shaotai]

Seattle Center, EMP, Sonic's game before they are gone...
Space needle, Snoqualmie falls, day trip to Leavenworth, lots to do around here...

 

[ObiDon]

if you like those science museums where you get to play with stuff... pacific science center!

 

[Ricemarine]

Uhh...

Pike Place Market...
Green Lake...
Qwest Field? Seahawks!!!
Seattle Center is kinda boring except for the Pacific Science Center & Space Needle.

Umm, Beth's Cafe was known for their huge omelette...

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Uhh...

Pike Place Market...
Green Lake...
Qwest Field? Seahawks!!!
Seattle Center is kinda boring except for the Pacific Science Center & Space Needle.

Umm, Beth's Cafe was known for their huge omelette...

Oh the twelve egg omelet. Eat that thing and you have a heart attack right there on the spot.

 

[demenion]

thanks for the suggestions so far

 

[John P]

Museum of Flight is pretty cool for geeks, tons of WWI, WWII planes plus older and newer stuff. Flight simulator, a space area with a couple of cool video games (lunar lander thing). Get to walk through a Concorde and the Old Air Force 1 (President Kennedy). Make sure you walk all around, some stuff is kind of hidden.

Grab some fish and chips at Sunfish on Alki, check to see if they're open - they shut down for part of the winter.

 

[Boo Boo]

well use craigslist if you need a piece.

13 coins fried ice cream if you need the runs

anthonys homeport if you have to much money

 

[EvilYoda]

Aside from all the specific attractions, I would suggest setting aside one day and one night to just walk/drive around...it's a beautiful city and the surrounding areas are all really nice too. Drive up to Queen Anne, gorgeous old houses ($$$) and there's a little park that overlooks the city and the bay. Great for photos and there's a pay-telescope.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Here's my opinion:

Qwest Field and Safeco Field - who cares, they're football/baseball stadiums.

Pike's Place - a bunch of crappy shops with some people throwing overpriced fish.

Museum of Flight - huge rip off. Not even in the same category as other museums that are free (like the USAF museum in Dayton). I'm an aerospace engineer and pretty passionate about airplanes, and the Museum of Flight sucks (and the old Air Force One they have is not the one Kennedy's body was on).

Green Lake - it's just a small, overcrowded lake.

Space needle - actually not too bad. It'll give you a nice view of the area, but in the winter it'll be overcast and you probably won't see much.

I've never been to the EMP, but I do want to check out the sci-fi museum.

Library - I thought it was interesting, but would only take a couple hours of your time at most.

The best part of Seattle is what's around it - the Cascades mountains, Olympic mountains, Olympic coast, and Puget Sound. Unfortunately winter is a really bad time to see the mountains (unless you want to get killed in an avalanche). You can still look around the Sound. A trip to the coast still might work if you have time (I believe it's the least developed coast in the continental US, but I could be wrong). A drive through Whidbey island would be interesting.

I would just drive around all the different parts of the city and its suburbs. It might also be fun to hop on a ferry to somewhere.

Just my opinion though

 

[ultimatebob]

If you're there for a whole week, you should really take a road trip out to Mt St Helen's and Olympic National Park as well.... Maybe Mt Rainier, too.

I was bummed with the Sci Fi museum, though... they don't let you sit in Captain Kirk's chair! They let me sit in it when it was on loan at the Smithsonian, though

 

[bluewall21]

Rainier and EMP are quite swell.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Gas Works at night provides a pretty nice view of the city.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
If you're there for a whole week, you should really take a road trip out to Mt St Helen's and Olympic National Park as well.... Maybe Mt Rainier, too.

I was bummed with the Sci Fi museum, though... they don't let you sit in Captain Kirk's chair! They let me sit in it when it was on loan at the Smithsonian, though

Yeah, Rainier and Olympic NP are awesome, but the mountainous areas aren't very easy to visit in the winter...

 

[Auric]

Seattle Cinerama

 

[Boo Boo]

better yet take me to the canlis

 

[Nik]

You can go meet upsciLLion :heart:

 

[mooglemania85]

Originally posted by: Boo Boo
better yet take me to the canlis

Are you a sure thing? Even though the OP is going for a week I'm sure he wants to make the most of his time.

 

[John P]

Museum of Flight - huge rip off. Not even in the same category as other museums that are free (like the USAF museum in Dayton). I'm an aerospace engineer and pretty passionate about airplanes, and the Museum of Flight sucks (and the old Air Force One they have is not the one Kennedy's body was on).

He's asking for things to do in Seattle, not Dayton. I'm an aerospace engineer also but I can't say I've been to any other museums of this type. I thought the amount and varierty of airplanes was pretty good as well as the information provided on the placards and multimedia. There's everything from a replica of the Wright Brothers flyer up to an SR-71 with seperate big rooms for WWI and WWII planes and another for space stuff. Don't know how this could be a rip off, gotta have money to run the place.

 

[Sphexi]

Take the clipper up to Victoria and I'll buy you a beer.