were flying out tomorrow morning to seattle. i was wondering if anybody who has been knows anything fun to do around the airport area. like good shopping malls,food places,etc? ive looked it up but dont find much around the area. 

How long is your layover? Hard to tell ya about things to do if we don't know how much time you have.... 

oh girl we get there on the 9th(seattle time) and will be staying til the 12th. so 3 nights. 

If you are staying at a hotel around the airport, they have free shuttles that will take you to the malls and crap. 

oh ok! well i'm from Seattle so, places to go. The EMP is a must see...well it's better for those who are really into music, but it's still fun either way. Go over to the space needle afterwords take the elevator to the top and have an amazing dinner with an amazing view with your family. You can take the monerail there and to the emp and to down town Seattle. You should also go to Pikes Place Market, huge market filled with everything and anything you can think of. they have amazing fresh fruits and you can see them throw the fish of the day if you catch it at the right time. 

If you wanna kill about an hour of time hop on the ferry take it over to bainbridge and then hop on it back to seattle. it's about 5 bucks a person, but they only charge 1 way. there's nothing really exciting in bainbridge but i live for the ferry ride. I cant wait to go home and visit family cuz i get to ride that ferry. 

Which Hotel are you staying at? 

ramada tukwila(sp?). 

I am going to be spending the night in seattle next week! I will be there for like 14 hours...I am trying to decide if I want to get a hotel or just sleep in the USO. Is there shuttles from the airport to the hotels? 

The Space Needle is awesome. We went there the day before we flew out to here (we were only there for a day and a half). It's really expensive though! But worth it. We took the city bus from our hotel to the area around there...walked by the fisherman's wharf thing but didn't walk down there since I'm scared of fish...got lost a bit...eventually found the Space Needle lol 

pikes market and the aquarium. i SUPPOSE... the needle. if you have time. 

I am going to be spending the night in seattle next week! I will be there for like 14 hours...I am trying to decide if I want to get a hotel or just sleep in the USO. Is there shuttles from the airport to the hotels? ....0.0 are you on the patriot out of here the 16th? 

yeah I am! 

yeah I am! GET OFF MY PLANE! ... i'm taking space-a with any glimmer of luck that day. 

I am going to be spending the night in seattle next week! I will be there for like 14 hours...I am trying to decide if I want to get a hotel or just sleep in the USO. Is there shuttles from the airport to the hotels? Yep...most every hotel has a shuttle. We took one, and go figure, there were a bunch of marines at our hotel leaving for basic...lol 

i know there is a babies r us like 3 miles away. i thought northgate mall was close but its 17 miles away:(. im so freaking anxious to just get there! 

Is there shuttles from the airport to the hotels? Yeah. When we walked out of the airport there were a ton of hotel shuttles. We just jumped in the Red Roof Inn one since it's usually cheap there. It wasn't expensive and they give military discounts. And their shuttle runs every 30 min or hour. We caught it around 3am the morning we had to leave to come here. They also had a little breakfast area. 

i didnt even look at red roof inn. i prob should have shopped for deals. we got the ramada for like 185 for 3 nites. i thought that was a deal so we got it. 

That doesn't sound bad Kim. I think ours was around $50-60/night so it was about the same. It was right across the street from the airport though. 

I am not going to make reservations just show up and get a room... so cheap is good :) I will probably do whatevers cheapest! GET OFF MY PLANE! I am PCSing :) and I am 8 months pregnant and thats the last week I can flY!! I am so excited to see my family :) 

aw... but that means you get to get on the plane first. ... i hope its not very crowded. i need a vacation from this place. 

sorry :( I need a vacation too! haha 2 1/2 years is to long!! 

Kim call us. I was stationed there for a long time and Mrs. Llama grew up there. 

2 1/2 years is to long FU! i've been here 2 years, no breaks... 2 more to go. 

We had a lot of fun walking around downtown Seattle and going to the Space Needle. There is an aquarium there-we didn't go b/c we were only there for 1 day. We went to an awesome store that makes cheese by the Pike Place Market. That was nice. (Both times I was there it was cold, so it'll probably be a lot more fun when it's warmer!) 

I am going to be spending the night in seattle next week! I will be there for like 14 hours...I am trying to decide if I want to get a hotel or just sleep in the USO. Is there shuttles from the airport to the hotels? Yes Shuttles go everywhere from the airport 

hmm the Tukwilla Romada is pretty close to the Tukwilla Mall, you could always head over there. It's a pretty big mall, and there are lots of little shopping outlets near by too. 

There is an aquarium quite honestly the aquarium isn't worth it, it's kinda small and pretty spendy. I love the aquarium myself, but it's nothing compared to the one here on base. 

it's nothing compared to the one here on base. Where is this aquarium on base? 

You're probably sick of airplanes, but one of the coolest things IMO, that's is near by the hotel is the Boeing museum of flight.