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Things to do before Expo Hall opens from 5am-10am
asleepypanda
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I plan to be Downtown most days (if not all) to grab breakfast and avoid the traffic. I'll probably be in line on Friday during that time but the other days likely not.
Other than places to eat, Pike Place Market and the Mall any suggestions on things to do within walking distance near Pike and the Convention Center?
EDIT: I live not TOO far from Seattle (Lynnwood Area) so I will be driving in.
Other than places to eat, Pike Place Market and the Mall any suggestions on things to do within walking distance near Pike and the Convention Center?
EDIT: I live not TOO far from Seattle (Lynnwood Area) so I will be driving in.
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Seriously though, there's not much to do that early in the day other than sleep and eat. Maybe take a nice walk?
The hotel lobbies nearby also usually have gaming groups going at all hours.
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Stuff like this would be awesome! I just don't know any that plan to do it. I'll just watch the forums and twitter to see.
You could take a stroll down to the harbour though, might be something going on there early morning.
One if your up that early probably going to be too tired to do much if any of the stuff in the evening. Very few places if any tourist places or malls will be open before 9am. So your plan will probably end up with you in some cafe for like 3 hours wondering why you came in so early. Lobby gaming does happen but like 5am not so much hell lobby gaming before the con is not something i really have ever seen aside from quick games of zombie dice while waiting for the most hungover person to finally get up. Do what you want to but honestly 5am is far too early to show up try 7am or 8 probably better times to show up.
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Pike is definitely on my plan for the morning! I've only been to Pikes in the afternoon so it would be fun to check out.
Sadly I'm driving in (Live about 20min away) so no hotel. Coffee and breakfast is pretty certain.
Things pickup around 7:30am-8am on weekends so I want to get in to avoid most of that before 6am. I hate driving in Seattle so I'd rather be early and bored than on time and angry.
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I'm doing that Thursday for some Pre-PAX stuff! Since we don't have a hotel we are taking our car on PAX days so we don't have to worry about catching the last bus (last buss back to Lynnwood is around 11 I think?) and have a place to stash our stuff. Thanks for the suggestion though!
Please be careful where you park. I would suggest the manned/attended garages and not the surface lots. This way there are controlled access to vehicles and less likely of random break-ins (mind you it's not guaranteed). If you end up in the lots, please make sure it's in the trunk and NOTHING of value visible. Most lots don't have cameras for surveillance and they are all "park at your own risk".
Oh yes, for sure!
Thanks for mentioning this. I think I'll drive over to the MLT freeway station and take Sound Transit vs. Metro. It seems more straightforward and maybe we'll have a better experience than we've had on Metro.
I'm in Texas, so last year when I went for the first time, waking up at 8am naturally was really weird but awesome at the same time!
i live less than 12 minutes away in seattle and still have to drive because of when i leave. we have no proper buses to get us home (besides the one that leaves every hour and gets me about 5 minutes from my house and are less reliable at night) so instead of waisting an hour and a half getting home it is way easier to just drive. just bear that in mind if you take the bus since the parties go pretty late into the night
I know a few people who probably would take that suggestion. o_o
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I have kids so we leave around 5 or whenever the little one gets whiny. :P
As far as things to do in early hours- maybe a walk along Alaskan way waterfront? Or just queue and socialize with fellow geeks.
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I brought my kids a few times and my wife was nice enough to pick them up at the whiny time
But i agree being here early is much better than being in traffic, expecially with bumbershoot starting on Saturday.
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