Seattle in November?

[avrame]

Oh yeah, museum wise, I've visited the Pinball Museum, which was loads of fun if you are into pinball: Seattle Pinball Museum

And the Living Computer Mesuem is interesting if you are into the evolution of IT, I found it fascinating, my wife, not so much

[fastbilly1]

The citypass is perfect, thanks Avrame. Yeah no kids, just my wife and I. No desire to ride the Ducks, I got to drive one about a decade ago, all good on that front. I would not consider us foodies, but we do enjoy good food, we probably wont bar hop (thats not really us). And while I would love the Pinball Museum, I think Ill get vetoed on that, we have a pretty intense local Pinball scene here with alittle of everything. Living Computers though is up both of our alleys - my wife plays on the Apple ][ more than I do currently.

Stark, Underground tour sounds awesome as do EMP and the Aviation museums. The savings outside the city are close to $100 a night. I was under the belief that the transit in Seattle was decent, is this not the case? Can I not hit most major landmarks with a ORCA pass and some light rail tickets? Well and ofcourse walking. Rain does not deter us, at all.

[avrame]

Metro is passable, but keep in mind some free routes do tend to get crowded, and occasionally have a homeless person trying to catch a nap. Assuming you have a decent phone with internet, You can make due with metro using MetroTripPlanner, see where the buses are in real time with OneBusAway, or worst case, Uber if you are hit with a time constraint.

If you stay in Bellevue, there is a main bus depot their that links downtown, my wife took that daily, and I believe it comes every 10-15 minutes: Bellevue Transit Center A hotel within walking distance would be fine if you want to go the transit route.

[Stark]

The savings outside the city are close to $100 a night. I was under the belief that the transit in Seattle was decent, is this not the case? Can I not hit most major landmarks with a ORCA pass and some light rail tickets? Well and ofcourse walking. Rain does not deter us, at all.

Well for $100 a night diff I think anything would be doable! Using those websites avrame listed should help you get around, my experiences have been based around finding the bus I want, going to the place I want, in a timely manner. I live 35 miles away from the city, so I'm sure my gripes are probably more because of that.

[MrPopo]

The savings outside the city are close to $100 a night. I was under the belief that the transit in Seattle was decent, is this not the case? Can I not hit most major landmarks with a ORCA pass and some light rail tickets? Well and ofcourse walking. Rain does not deter us, at all.

Well for $100 a night diff I think anything would be doable! Using those websites avrame listed should help you get around, my experiences have been based around finding the bus I want, going to the place I want, in a timely manner. I live 35 miles away from the city, so I'm sure my gripes are probably more because of that.

I read that as 35 minutes away from the city and was going to say "yeah, at 10pm".

The downtown Bellevue to downtown Seattle routes are pretty good as I understand it. Seattle proper is not very large so you can either walk or use the transit tunnel to get everywhere you'd want to go. The tunnel has very regular busses and light rail so its pretty convenient.

And I'll second the Museum of Flight. There's a lot of really cool aircraft there including an A-12 (immediate predecessor to the SR-71) and an entire wing of WW1 and WW2 fighter aircraft.

[J T]

As others mentioned, the City Pass is a good deal if you want to see a few museums and other attractions while in town.

I will also recommend that you go to Snoqualmie Falls. It's beautiful and also where Twin Peaks was filmed. There is another lovely trail through multiple waterfalls that is near there too.

If you want to feel like you are living in a Half Life style world, take a trip to Gasworks park on the north side of Lake Union. It is a public park with a lot of grassy area, trees, picnic, tables, and a giant rusted industrial gasworks. It's odd, but cool. Alternatively, there are kayak rentals and you could paddle by the Gasworks park. Agua Verde is a great mexican restaurant and kayak rental place where you can get good food and head out on the water.

I mostly like to hike in nature and avoid the city, personally, so if you want further recommendations in that vein, I can give them to you. Obviously, Mt. Ranier and the Olympic national park are both notable destinations. The whale watching tours up north are also a big draw.

Other ideas:
A dinner cruise through the Puget Sound
A visit to the Tillicum Indian Village
Sea-plane ride over Seattle
The underground tour (actually below Seattle)
Kubota Garden (a giant japanese garden)

[MrPopo]

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it out!