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OK, Jay...I've been hanging back figuring some of the Seattlites would
chime in. I live in Spokane and have stayed in a variety of Seattle Hotels. Here's my $0.2: I haven't found a niche-suites hotel like yours. Not that there isn't one, but I just haven't found one. Embassy Suites, of course, in Bellevue is an option. There aren't any decent hotels near the Museum of Flight, however, Domenick is right, it's fairly close to downtown-about 2-3 miles. My favorite Hotel is the Edgewater, built right on a pier on Alaskan Way. They've always touted that you cna fish out you window. Heck, the Beatles stayed there! Also, the Inn at the (Pike Place) Market has a great view. The usual downtown high rise lodging on 6th Avenue: Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Hilton (wierd with a lobby on the 10th floor). Or the Westin on 5th near Westlake, (two big, tall, and round towers. Cool views). Older Elegant (but pricey): The Mayflower Park Hotel which is attached to the Westlake Mall. Older, clean, and somewhat reasonable prices (for the big city): The Roosevelt (good food in Von's Restaurant just off the lobby), and the Vance. There a a number of good hotels near the airport (20 minutes from downtown in non-rush hour traffic): Red Lion is the biggest. Your best bet is to rent a car, (I know, it's tacky in a big city but the public transit won't get you quickly to the museum and the airport shuttles just drop you at the big hotels). Rush hour freeway traffic sucks, just be patient. ---- Al Gilson 1964 Skyhawk KSFF Spokane, WA |
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"Big John" wrote in message
... [...] Good meuseum to visit (lots of heavy Iron) is about 20 miles +/- north of Seattle. Ask some of the locals for location. Good luck with that Jay. I'm not aware of any museum "20 miles +/- north of Seattle". The (Boeing Field) Museum of Flight's restoration center is at Paine Field (Snohomish County Airport) in Everett, and while there are a few "heavy Iron" planes up there, I wouldn't call the numbers "lots". http://www.museumofflight.org/visit/ (scroll to the bottom for info about the restoration center) A little further north from that is Paul Allen's Flying Heritage collection at Arlington Airport. Tours by appointment only, and very expensive relative to the number of planes there (though I did enjoy my visit there...just not everyone's cup of tea). http://www.flyingheritage.com/ Doesn't sound like to me you'd wind up heading that far north of Seattle anyway, but I've got no idea what the person posting as "Big John" is referring to, and I doubt any of the other locals would either. There aren't any actual museums per se in that general vicinity (even if there are several good places to visit planes ) Pete |
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Drop me an email a few days before your arrival. I work near
downtown. Maybe we can hook up. Are you a cigar smoker, per chance? The last thing I put in my mouth that was on fire was in 1986. Since then, I stick to liquids. ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I haven't found a niche-suites hotel like yours. Not that there isn't
one, but I just haven't found one. Embassy Suites, of course, in Bellevue is an option. Yeah, that's the one I'm leaning towards, although they don't seem to participate in any flight/hotel deals that I've been able to find. (Of course, neither do we...) My favorite Hotel is the Edgewater, built right on a pier on Alaskan Way. They've always touted that you cna fish out you window. Heck, the Beatles stayed there! Also, the Inn at the (Pike Place) Market has a great view. Hey, if it's good enough for John & Paul, I'm there. :-) Actually, all I care about is having three beds. One can be a fold-out or a roll-away, but I do NOT want to sleep in the same bed as my son, which is what will happen if we're stuck in a standard McHotel. (And Mary then ends up sleeping with my daughter.) That boy of mine kicks like a mule all night long, and no one gets any sleep. So, it's a suites-type hotel, or nothing. *sigh* Embassy Suites has about as much character and ambience as a sticky door knob, but at least I know we'll get some space. Thanks for the input! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay -
I just stayed at the Homewood Suites in Downtown Seattle. A very nice property and a great staff. A few block drive gets you onto the Alaskan viaduct, an older but very interesting "over - under" limited access road that will take you almost straight down to East Marginal where the Museum is. It provided tremendous views of the harbor. As you approach Boeing Field, stop the car and let someone else drive. The rubbernecking opportunities come too fast to have to be concerned with defensive driving. About 1/2 mile from the museum, I caught a quick glimpse of a B-47 Stratojet. It was the quickest of glances, but it looks as if it just rolled out of production. The Museum is very good (to me one of the better ones). Impressions: Air Force One was not as "swanky" as I would expected, functional yes, and with room to spread out, but not nearly as nice as the interiors of some exec 727's The Concorde cabin looked and felt a lot like a Regional Jet cabin, the only difference being in leg room. Otherwise the cabin and the seats looked narrow. Enjoy Blue Skies |
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I have stayed in the Marriott Courtyard in Tukwila for business and
found it was easy to get to the museum and there is a mall acroos the street to give the family something to occupy themselves while you are having fun. There is a good place nearby called Claim Jumpers that isn't too bad either. Just go hungry. http://www.claimjumper.com/ The Motherlode chocolate cake is huge and you almost need a ladder to climb up to the top to eat it. Tom |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ups.com... Okay, so we're stuck flying the executive mailing tube to Seattle in May, to attend my nephew's wedding. I just don't have time to fly Atlas all the way, and I can't risk being held up by weather. Well Jay it looks like you got some good ideas as to were to stay! My friends in Bellevue couldn't offer up any better ideas than what you got from the group...sorry! Hope the wedding and all goes well. I wish all the best to your nephew and his new wife! Gary |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:1GQWd.100666$tl3.74238@attbi_s02... *sigh* Embassy Suites has about as much character and ambience as a sticky door knob, but at least I know we'll get some space. Breakfast there is pretty good, though. |
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:1GQWd.100666$tl3.74238@attbi_s02... *sigh* Embassy Suites has about as much character and ambience as a sticky door knob, but at least I know we'll get some space. Breakfast there is pretty good, though. Besides, it is built on the former site of the old Bellevue Municipal Airport. |
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Besides, it is built on the former site of the old Bellevue Municipal
Airport. I can't decide whether that's a plus or not... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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