Where in Seattle?

On 5 Mar 2005 15:01:00 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:

For all you Washingtonians, where is the best "suites-type" of hotel to
stay? I won't have a lot of free time, but I'd like to stay somewhere
near the Museum of Flight so I can sneak over there when the family
stuff becomes too stifling.

Jay,

I live in Seattle. Not many hotels around the Museum of Flight or
BFI. Best bet is to stay downtown and take a cab to the MoF. The 'W'
is a nice hotel. The Four Seasons and the Edgewater are too. The
closer you can get to the waterfront, the better. Use mapquest to
place the hotels.

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?
We may miss each other depending the timing as I'll be in NOLA some
time in May.

Demonick
Snohomish, WA, Harvey Field, S43
http://www.primetab.com/flying

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

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"

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

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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*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.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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*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.

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"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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...
--

Neither can I. The airport was probably doomed anyway; it was too close to
the freeway and was in the way of the new interchange.

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"