Visiting the Seattle Space Needle - check my blog to find out everything you need to know about going to the Space Needle, including prices and things to see: traveldimes.net/the-seattle-space-needle-a-complete-guide/
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I am just tickled at seeing the love you're giving my hometown. People who make videos don't tend to travel here, and no one ever talks about us unless it's related to grunge music, Starbucks or...*heavy sigh* rain.
What else are visitors going to do in Seattle? Go to another Starbucks? It's a major Pacific coastal city and that's why people outside of this country are aware of its existence. Should visit Lincoln, Nebraska or Tuscaloosa, AL for a football game in the fall. Or basically any other college or Rust Belt town east of the Mississippi.
Oh darn. Even with the sun poking thru, it doesn't look like "the mountain is out". With less cloud cover, Mt Rainier is imposing to the SE. "Is the mountain out?" is a common Seattle question.
When I was a kid in the late 60's the Space Needle had a restaurant at the top where you were. The whole restaurant was on a moving floor that moved around in a circle so you could watch the entire 360 degree skyline from the comfort of your table. The Motion was so slow it didn't bother me one bit and the Cheese Burger and Fries were awesome. 😁
The restaurant was on the 2nd level and behind Shaun when he was on that level. It was open and he referred to it. They just didn't record when inside the restaurant, if they went in to it at all.
There's still a restaurant! I'm not sure what it is now, but 15 years ago it was a really nice seafood place. I loved reading the little notes people put on the window sill as it rotated around during dinner.
@@loganinkosovo I do kind of think they coppied the Space Needle with both the Skylon and CN Towers. To be fair you get a way better view of the falls from Canada.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home city! I was born and raised in Seattle and live in the suburbs. If you head north and go through the San Juan Islands, it has some of the most beautiful vistas. Take care!
I love seattle, I used to go over there all the time on the foot ferry from Bremerton, as my first submarine was based at Bangor Naval Submarine Base on the west side of Puget Sound. 🙂
Yay Shaun! Was hoping you'd do a vlog from Seattle. Why? Cuz this fan's dad helped build the Space Needle!!!! He was a structural iron worker and was not only on the project, but was the Signalman. That's the guy who, using a very antiquated mic & head set, "talked" every piece into place by communicating with the crane operator! So proud of you for going up and enjoying the view. FYI, just because I'm an ironworker's daughter doesn't meant I have no fear of heights...I do!
I live on the east side of Washington state and have been to Seattle several times but I've only been i the Space Needle once. My parents took me there on July 4th 1998 (I was 2 months away from being 18). It's too bad we weren't able to stay until the fireworks but it was gonna cost an arm and a leg to stay for that. It was still an amazing experience. I'd like to go again some day.
I’m so proud of you for conquering your fear of heights and going up on the space needle. I used to live right outside of Seattle when my husband was stationed at Fort Lewis. So glad you got to make this trip and I’m loving all your videos!!!❤️
@@shaunvlog Your problem seems like mine (no problem with airplanes at all, and no problem with distance views, i.e. block or blocks away without being close to windows, it's just being near an area you are sure could break or give way (old old old bridges or other manmade structures made pre-age of pile drivers, and other methods of east of construction.) I can't find that among phobias - only fear of heights or fear related to traumas (drop from scaffolding,) break (hips usually in older folk, although my 62 year old nurse cousin did break her thigh long bone - hardest to heal and longest recovery- through a freakish accident at work. She lives in San Francisco so thank goodness she didn't develop a fear of walking.
Yay Shaun and Rekka! My autistic son has been fascinated with the Space Needle since he was a kid. He is now in his 40's. I hope to get him out there someday, though we did go to the top of the Tower of the Americas, in San Antonio, TX.
Your video reminded me of going up the Space Needle when we visited Seattle about 10 years ago, the thing I recall the most about the experience was seeing a double rainbow from the observation deck.
Brave man, Shaun! Being scared and doing it anyway is the definition. Of course, John had to jump up and down on the glass to make sure it was solidly fixed. 😂
Hi Shaun. I went up the Space Needle on my visit to Seattle. Yeah, the rotating floor was cool. Great experience. It was kind of rainy on the day I went up so the views were ok but not as good as what you saw. Took the monorail back to the city. From Seattle we headed East to Lake Chelan. Beautiful place. Steamy hot here in Chicagoland yesterday and today.
The restaurant at the top is pretty cool. My husband went there while on a business trip. If I remember right, he told me that it takes an hour for the whole thing to make one rotation. You can sit and eat and have a 360° view of the city! You seemed quite frightened. Glad you were able todace your fear and handle it up there, even on the glass floors!
That's pretty brave! I'd be waiting at the bottom hoping for no earthquakes in the wanda fucha fracture zone 😂 I get sick in elevators 🤣 What an amazing view though! My daughter sent me pictures of her trip there on their way to Alaska 3 years ago. Beautiful country!
I was 16 years old when the Space Needle and Seattle Center was built. It was 2 blocks from my uncles tailor shop so I got a front seat look at the building of the fairground. In fact I played around on many of the foundations for the buildings you saw there. I watched the building of the Space Needle. Each leg was set in a concrete block 40 feet square that is buried deep the ground. The area with the moving floor was originally a very expensive restaurant that made one full revolution and hour. I remember watching the local news as the turntable was about to raised up the structure. The reporter showed how well balanced it was by starting it turning by just pushing it with his hand. This is powered by a 1 horsepower electric motor. The State of Washington issued special $1.00 coins that were good all over the state for the run of the fair. I still have one. The coin shows the Space Needle as well as the other Fairground buildings. I still live in the area but it must be 5 years since I've been in Seattle.
*Here in Chicago, we have the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) which has an all-glass floor area too high up on the 103rd floor.* It's the highest observatory of any building in North America. It even gets you up a bit higher than the One World Trade Center Observatory. And it's comfortably *more than* twice as high as the Seattle Space Needle observatory. I walked out onto the glass floor a few times over the last couple of years. Also, Chicago has the world's largest Starbucks speaking of Starbucks. And technically the largest Mcdonald's which is tied with the Orlando location at 19,000 sq, ft. (But Chicago still takes the title since we have the corporate headquarters of Mcdonald's which has a Mcdonald's restaurant inside of it. The World Headquarters of Mcdonald's is 420,000 sq, ft. and is built on the former Harpo Studios site. (Opera Winfrey Show) 😎
I'm so glad you got to see our beautiful space needle, you have to check out some of the space needles firework shows, you can check them out on TH-cam, the firework shows are awesome
We used to take class trips to NYC. I can't believe we took them to the World Trade Center. The kids screamed all the way up, and on the return, screamed all the way down. It's certainly weird being at eye level with helicopters. It was unforgettable. You two are making lots of memories. Your buddy is a hoot!
The space needle looks amazing so iconic! I walked over the gap on the edge and felt fine! But that looks a whole different level of frightening! Hope your having a blast man
I feel your pain. I’m acrophobic as well. However, I do confront my fears. I’ve been to the top of the Space Needle, Stratosphere in Las Vegas, stood on the roof of the World Trade Center back in the early 80s, and rode aerial tramways in Palm Springs California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I still freak out a bit each time.
I agree with you, Shaun! The last time I went up into The Tower of the Americas I got vertigo so bad that I almost got ill. I haven't been up since then. I used to go up there all the time during Hemisfair '68 and for many years afterwards.
A tall building with observation decks that you’d be very comfortable with is the Empire State Building because the walls are chest height. You’d have no fear of tipping forward and falling over.
I have a friend who’s father helped build the Space Needle. One of the little known facts is the tremendous amount of concrete that was poured into the ground as a base for the needle. I can’t remember the exact amount but it was massive.
Its the counter-weight that keeps The Needle secure from being blown over by high winds or (knock wood) being toppled over in our seismically active region. And of course you are absolutely correct-- the amount of concrete is MASSIVE. ;-D
The base is 30' deep and 120' wide. To fill the massive hole, 467 vehicles poured 5,600 tons of concrete and 250 tons of reinforced steel into its foundation - at the time the largest ever concrete pour attempted on the West Coast. A set of steel tripod legs was then erected, which support the famous flying-saucer-style top-house.
@@bobthebikerny Thank you for the information! I knew the pour was massive and those numbers prove it! I was a young lad of 4 years old when my family visited the Worlds Fair. I’ve been back to the Seattle Center numerous times since then. The Needle still is on of my favorite touristy things to do in Seattle.
If you go to St. Louis, you have to go up to the top of the Gateway Arch. 630 feet high. You ride in egg-shaped cars to the top, where you can look out windows at city or across the Mississippi River. My dad helped build it by welding huge stainless steel plates together. He was not fond of heights but it paid well.
I took my teens to the Space Needle last year and they had a blast up there. Of note, none of us are afraid of heights. The floor inside is better since they put the glass in. There used to be a restaurant in the rotating floor. It was expensive and terrible.
I'm from western Washington so I've been to the Space Needle a few times, I think the first was on a school field trip, not a fan of high buildings either but it was a nice view, when I could force myself to look. Glad they went back the the orange color on the top, for a long time it was just plain white and it would just sort of blend into the often overcast skies.
They built the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada about 10 years later and it also become a popular tourist attraction and an iconic feature of city. It has solid concrete buttresses though.
You don't look down, you look across. 😀 I've been up there several times, afraid of heights and I was fine by not looking down. The cruise ships typically go up to Alaska. My sisters did that while you were there.
Ohhhh! The Space Needle! Fabulous! I remember being 3 or 4 years old and going up the elevator with my Dad and very pregnant Mom. In those days it was an entirely clear bubble and I felt like I was flying! (I actually love heights.) John's a pip! Fun traveling companion? Thanks for the lovely views and fun commentary! 💕💕
The Bubbleator was located inside the Center House (now the Armory) at Seattle Center. Before that it was in the Coliseum (now Climate Pledge Arena). It never went up the Space Needle.
Hi there .Next visit, come to Long Island. There’s a lot of history here Sagamore Hill ( the home of our 26th President. Vanderbilt Mansion and Planetarium etc, along with great beaches ,night spots, and outstanding restaurants . So much more. I haven’t kept up with your visit, just recently lost my brother but I’ll catch up now.. Enjoy 🇺🇸
Did I hear you say that you were headed West to Texas? That's the long way around but, you will eventually get here. 😉 I hope that your visit here was great and not marred by some of the crazy shenanigans that some of our fellow citizens have been up to lately. Thanks for dropping by. Come back and see us again soon! 🤗
I was stationed at Ft. Lewis from 1969-1972 and had occasion to visit Seattle on several occasions. As I recall, originally the rotating floor was a revolving restaurant ... no glass in the floor.
For a person that is phobic of heights you did magnificent. The last time I went up there was in 1975 and Seattle had a minor quake. The friends that I was with, had to nearly pry my hands off of the wall which I had a death grip on. 😂 . Looking forward to your next episode. Aloha.
Oooooo! You are Brave! I hate heights. I've done the skyscraper observation deck...thing. But, a see through moving FLOOR??? Uh-uh!! I'd love to watch the Sunset and then see the City Lights shine bright, though!
Glad you could make it to Seattle. I share your fear of heights and have been to the needle. It's a gorgeous view but nope not a fan of the elevator. If you find your way back out here - check out Whidbey Island or scope out the coast - Aberdeen, Ocean Shores, West Port ^^. So many fun places to be a tourist.
Don't mind the screaming girls around town randomly. They're called "Wooo! Girls" and they're a class of native wildlife along the lines of the wild Rainer Beer Bottle or Ivar's Keep Clam. It was probably just someone's wedding/graduation/baby shower/first time. They're loud but usually harmless.
Shaun you are a brave man! It takes a lot of guts first of all to confess your fears publicly, and then even go as far to push through them and do what you did. Great video. I hope when you got to San Antonio that you went up in the Tower of the Americas, which is a similar needle like building. I've been to both, and I actually liked the one in San Antonio better. Probably because it had a rotating restaurant that I went to for dinner and when it got dark outside it was beautiful, and then the distance there was a lightning storm which was amazing. Looking forward to following you and all your videos.
We took an Alaskan cruse from Seattle, spent several days sight seeing . I wanted to go up the needle but after the cruise ship we couldnt afford it! It was a great time, everything from the fish market too where UPS started.
Shaun, too bad that you didn't get to go into the gateway Arch. When you were in Chicago, you could have taken Amtrak to St Louis and visited the Arch (the gateway to the West).
It's a shame you don't have time to see Arizona. It's the opposite of Scotland with rock mountains in reds, yellows, and shades of brown. The Grand Canyon is cool, maybe you'll fly over it?
I have acrophobia too, yet not when I'm flying. I don't know if you could handle the Grand Canyon, Shaun. I certainly can't. It's sad, because I'd love to enjoy it as so many others do, but my phobia gets in the way and I panic. It sucks!
Bully for you Shaun! So glad you took the ride to the top and saw the sights! I'm from America and have never been to Seattle, WA, much less the Space Needle, but now can't wait to visit it! Following your trip means the world to Ed and I, we've now got the Covid and are literally stuck inside, so you and Teka traveling is giving us a great vacation experience despite being stuck at home. You can believe I'm sharing this!! SO cool that you went to the lower level with the glass bottom floor! I have the same type of fear, it was good to see you try it and makes me believe I will too. Ed and I plan on going up into the Arch of St. Louis soon, but now do plan to go see the Space Needle :-) Thank you for this experience!
If makes you feel better my mom was same way & we lived there twice! I finally gother her up there b4 she passed key DO NOT look out not down! Second flr used to be a restaurant! So you can image eating w/ that view!
When I was there, someone had littered a bunch of pamphlets, so I broke the rules and made a couple of paper airplanes and a fairly bird to throw over the side. One of the planes flew several blocks. I loved it.
Went up in the Space Needle when I was 12-14. Don't like heights either. Remember the rotating but it was just like being in the Top of the Rock in Chicago - not sure it exists anymore. I think we rode the Monorail too. All of these things were just a year or so old at the time.
Rockefeller Center is in New York City actually. That observatory gets you up to 850 ft. (known as Top of the Rock) above New York City. (Space Needle gets you up to 520 ft. in comparison) The John Hancock Center and Sears Tower (Willis Tower) are in Chicago. The Hancock Center gets you up to 1,029 ft above Chicago. (94th floor) 95th and 96th are a bit higher than that even. And the Sears Tower which has the highest observatory of any building in the U.S, get's you up to 1,353 ft. (103rd floor) 😉
@@waycoolscootaloo Top of the Rock was also a restaurant in Chicago at the top of the Prudential Building. It was that building to which I referred. I don't think I've ever been to Rockefeller Center, although I've been to NYC a couple of times.
@@jmcg6189 You're absolutely right. I wanted to edit my comment after I posted my reply to you. But I couldn't find it. TH-cam got buggy and I couldn't find it as a result. I remembered about 5 minutes after I posted, that the One Prudential Plaza building here in Chicago had a public observation floor on the 41st. (Top floor) The Prudential was also the tallest building in the US outside of New York when it was completed in 1955. The building also had the world's fastest elevators. Even faster then even some modern new buildings today. (Prudential is 1,400ft per minute.) Sears Tower is 1,600ft per minute in comparison And the Empire State is 1,200 ft per minute. So by today's standards they are still some of the fastest elevators. The Prudential got you up to about 550 ft. above the ground. (A touch higher than the Space Needle at 520 ft.) Prudential Plaza is 601 ft. Tall to the roof and 912 ft. to the top of it's WGN antenna.
Good job sir you did good you would have really regretted it if you haven't gone up there on that space Needle in Seattle you can mark that down in your book God bless take care
Shaun, at some point in the future if you have a stop over/stay in NYC again you need to either go to the observation deck of the Empire State Building or go to the top of the Freedom Tower (where the Twin Towers once stood). Now THOSE are high buildings--hahaha. The Space Needle is "meh."
I hope you visited the Seattle Underground, which is a remnant of old Seattle, before the great fire. They just built the new part of town right over the old part.
That was fun. I'm as scared of heights as you are, and I don't think you would get me to the top of that thing. I've been in Seattle a couple of times, and I've never thought of going up. :)
Glad to see you battled your fear in order to get a good look through the Space Needle! Good job! Have you noticed that words used having to do with space have words from fiber arts? Needle Shuttle Rocket Just a fun observation.
The Needle was pretty cool for us to see, glad you had a chance to visit as well. It is a great place to get photos, I heard the Columbia Center building is also a great place for views of the city as it towers over most everything. I hope you had a chance to visit the Museum of Pop Culture?
Visiting the Seattle Space Needle - check my blog to find out everything you need to know about going to the Space Needle, including prices and things to see: traveldimes.net/the-seattle-space-needle-a-complete-guide/
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I am just tickled at seeing the love you're giving my hometown. People who make videos don't tend to travel here, and no one ever talks about us unless it's related to grunge music, Starbucks or...*heavy sigh* rain.
What else are visitors going to do in Seattle? Go to another Starbucks? It's a major Pacific coastal city and that's why people outside of this country are aware of its existence. Should visit Lincoln, Nebraska or Tuscaloosa, AL for a football game in the fall. Or basically any other college or Rust Belt town east of the Mississippi.
It could be worse you could be Portland and the whole world knows you simply for constant riots, violence and arson from Antifa, so I sympathize.
Oh darn. Even with the sun poking thru, it doesn't look like "the mountain is out". With less cloud cover, Mt Rainier is imposing to the SE. "Is the mountain out?" is a common Seattle question.
When I was a kid in the late 60's the Space Needle had a restaurant at the top where you were. The whole restaurant was on a moving floor that moved around in a circle so you could watch the entire 360 degree skyline from the comfort of your table. The Motion was so slow it didn't bother me one bit and the Cheese Burger and Fries were awesome. 😁
The restaurant was on the 2nd level and behind Shaun when he was on that level. It was open and he referred to it. They just didn't record when inside the restaurant, if they went in to it at all.
There's still a restaurant! I'm not sure what it is now, but 15 years ago it was a really nice seafood place. I loved reading the little notes people put on the window sill as it rotated around during dinner.
The Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls still has a revolving dining room.
@@robertsitch1415 Yes, but your viewing options are New York or Canada. Eww! I'll stick with the Pacific Ocean and Mt. Rainier . 😁
@@loganinkosovo I do kind of think they coppied the Space Needle with both the Skylon and CN Towers. To be fair you get a way better view of the falls from Canada.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home city! I was born and raised in Seattle and live in the suburbs. If you head north and go through the San Juan Islands, it has some of the most beautiful vistas. Take care!
Even better North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park and Rainier National Park.
I love seattle, I used to go over there all the time on the foot ferry from Bremerton, as my first submarine was based at Bangor Naval Submarine Base on the west side of Puget Sound. 🙂
Yay Shaun! Was hoping you'd do a vlog from Seattle. Why? Cuz this fan's dad helped build the Space Needle!!!! He was a structural iron worker and was not only on the project, but was the Signalman. That's the guy who, using a very antiquated mic & head set, "talked" every piece into place by communicating with the crane operator! So proud of you for going up and enjoying the view. FYI, just because I'm an ironworker's daughter doesn't meant I have no fear of heights...I do!
The monorail you saw in a previous video was also built for the 1962 Fair
I live on the east side of Washington state and have been to Seattle several times but I've only been i the Space Needle once. My parents took me there on July 4th 1998 (I was 2 months away from being 18). It's too bad we weren't able to stay until the fireworks but it was gonna cost an arm and a leg to stay for that. It was still an amazing experience. I'd like to go again some day.
I’m so proud of you for conquering your fear of heights and going up on the space needle. I used to live right outside of Seattle when my husband was stationed at Fort Lewis. So glad you got to make this trip and I’m loving all your videos!!!❤️
Thanks so much Gina 😊
@@shaunvlog Your problem seems like mine (no problem with airplanes at all, and no problem with distance views, i.e. block or blocks away without being close to windows, it's just being near an area you are sure could break or give way (old old old bridges or other manmade structures made pre-age of pile drivers, and other methods of east of construction.) I can't find that among phobias - only fear of heights or fear related to traumas (drop from scaffolding,) break (hips usually in older folk, although my 62 year old nurse cousin did break her thigh long bone - hardest to heal and longest recovery- through a freakish accident at work. She lives in San Francisco so thank goodness she didn't develop a fear of walking.
Yay Shaun and Rekka!
My autistic son has been fascinated with the Space Needle since he was a kid. He is now in his 40's. I hope to get him out there someday, though we did go to the top of the Tower of the Americas, in San Antonio, TX.
Your video reminded me of going up the Space Needle when we visited Seattle about 10 years ago, the thing I recall the most about the experience was seeing a double rainbow from the observation deck.
Thanks for visiting Seattle. There is a lot more to do around here. If you ever find your way back check out some of the hiking in the area.
Brave man, Shaun! Being scared and doing it anyway is the definition. Of course, John had to jump up and down on the glass to make sure it was solidly fixed. 😂
Going up the Space Needle is GREAT!!
Glad you survived your fear of heights!!! Glad there wasn't an earthquake while you were up there.
Congratulations on facing your fears Shaun! You are a better man than I could be.....I could not go up in the elevator
Hi Shaun. I went up the Space Needle on my visit to Seattle. Yeah, the rotating floor was cool. Great experience. It was kind of rainy on the day I went up so the views were ok but not as good as what you saw. Took the monorail back to the city. From Seattle we headed East to Lake Chelan. Beautiful place. Steamy hot here in Chicagoland yesterday and today.
The restaurant at the top is pretty cool. My husband went there while on a business trip. If I remember right, he told me that it takes an hour for the whole thing to make one rotation. You can sit and eat and have a 360° view of the city! You seemed quite frightened. Glad you were able todace your fear and handle it up there, even on the glass floors!
i am a little scared of heights too but I have to see the Needle. going this may. thanks for showing us your journey!
That's pretty brave! I'd be waiting at the bottom hoping for no earthquakes in the wanda fucha fracture zone 😂 I get sick in elevators 🤣 What an amazing view though! My daughter sent me pictures of her trip there on their way to Alaska 3 years ago. Beautiful country!
I was 16 years old when the Space Needle and Seattle Center was built. It was 2 blocks from my uncles tailor shop so I got a front seat look at the building of the fairground. In fact I played around on many of the foundations for the buildings you saw there. I watched the building of the Space Needle. Each leg was set in a concrete block 40 feet square that is buried deep the ground. The area with the moving floor was originally a very expensive restaurant that made one full revolution and hour. I remember watching the local news as the turntable was about to raised up the structure. The reporter showed how well balanced it was by starting it turning by just pushing it with his hand. This is powered by a 1 horsepower electric motor. The State of Washington issued special $1.00 coins that were good all over the state for the run of the fair. I still have one. The coin shows the Space Needle as well as the other Fairground buildings. I still live in the area but it must be 5 years since I've been in Seattle.
*Here in Chicago, we have the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) which has an all-glass floor area too high up on the 103rd floor.* It's the highest observatory of any building in North America. It even gets you up a bit higher than the One World Trade Center Observatory. And it's comfortably *more than* twice as high as the Seattle Space Needle observatory. I walked out onto the glass floor a few times over the last couple of years.
Also, Chicago has the world's largest Starbucks speaking of Starbucks. And technically the largest Mcdonald's which is tied with the Orlando location at 19,000 sq, ft. (But Chicago still takes the title since we have the corporate headquarters of Mcdonald's which has a Mcdonald's restaurant inside of it. The World Headquarters of Mcdonald's is 420,000 sq, ft. and is built on the former Harpo Studios site. (Opera Winfrey Show) 😎
1:41 that's Climate Pledge Arena where the Seattle Kraken ice hockey team play
I'm so glad you got to see our beautiful space needle, you have to check out some of the space needles firework shows, you can check them out on TH-cam, the firework shows are awesome
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We used to take class trips to NYC. I can't believe we took them to the World Trade Center. The kids screamed all the way up, and on the return, screamed all the way down. It's certainly weird being at eye level with helicopters. It was unforgettable. You two are making lots of memories. Your buddy is a hoot!
The space needle looks amazing so iconic! I walked over the gap on the edge and felt fine! But that looks a whole different level of frightening! Hope your having a blast man
cheers buddy
I feel your pain. I’m acrophobic as well. However, I do confront my fears. I’ve been to the top of the Space Needle, Stratosphere in Las Vegas, stood on the roof of the World Trade Center back in the early 80s, and rode aerial tramways in Palm Springs California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I still freak out a bit each time.
I agree with you, Shaun! The last time I went up into The Tower of the Americas I got vertigo so bad that I almost got ill. I haven't been up since then. I used to go up there all the time during Hemisfair '68 and for many years afterwards.
A tall building with observation decks that you’d be very comfortable with is the Empire State Building because the walls are chest height. You’d have no fear of tipping forward and falling over.
Great job mastering your fear and walking on that glass floor. I too don't like heights, but that view was worth the racing heart rate.
I have a friend who’s father helped build the Space Needle. One of the little known facts is the tremendous amount of concrete that was poured into the ground as a base for the needle. I can’t remember the exact amount but it was massive.
Its the counter-weight that keeps The Needle secure from being blown over by high winds or (knock wood) being toppled over in our seismically active region. And of course you are absolutely correct-- the amount of concrete is MASSIVE. ;-D
The base is 30' deep and 120' wide. To fill the massive hole, 467 vehicles poured 5,600 tons of concrete and 250 tons of reinforced steel into its foundation - at the time the largest ever concrete pour attempted on the West Coast. A set of steel tripod legs was then erected, which support the famous flying-saucer-style top-house.
@@bobthebikerny Thank you for the information! I knew the pour was massive and those numbers prove it! I was a young lad of 4 years old when my family visited the Worlds Fair. I’ve been back to the Seattle Center numerous times since then. The Needle still is on of my favorite touristy things to do in Seattle.
Such beautiful shots of my city. Glad you got to enjoy it.
Facing your fears - I'm proud of you!
Just shared this phenomenal post to Facebook!!! Grateful!🥰
If you go to St. Louis, you have to go up to the top of the Gateway Arch. 630 feet high. You ride in egg-shaped cars to the top, where you can look out windows at city or across the Mississippi River. My dad helped build it by welding huge stainless steel plates together. He was not fond of heights but it paid well.
Ooooooooooh!!! My stomach 🤢. I don’t like heights either. Good on you for standing on that moving glass 😬😬😬. I would not have been so brave 😵.
I took my teens to the Space Needle last year and they had a blast up there. Of note, none of us are afraid of heights. The floor inside is better since they put the glass in. There used to be a restaurant in the rotating floor. It was expensive and terrible.
I'm from western Washington so I've been to the Space Needle a few times, I think the first was on a school field trip, not a fan of high buildings either but it was a nice view, when I could force myself to look. Glad they went back the the orange color on the top, for a long time it was just plain white and it would just sort of blend into the often overcast skies.
They built the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada about 10 years later and it also become a popular tourist attraction and an iconic feature of city. It has solid concrete buttresses though.
You don't look down, you look across. 😀 I've been up there several times, afraid of heights and I was fine by not looking down. The cruise ships typically go up to Alaska. My sisters did that while you were there.
Such a great video! Your friend John has a wicked sense of humor, though. Can't wait for the next vlog!
You overcame your fear. That was excellent. Stay well and be safe.
Bravo to you Shaun for facing your fears! Great footage👍 Love Teka and love your friend John😉
Ohhhh! The Space Needle! Fabulous! I remember being 3 or 4 years old and going up the elevator with my Dad and very pregnant Mom. In those days it was an entirely clear bubble and I felt like I was flying! (I actually love heights.) John's a pip! Fun traveling companion? Thanks for the lovely views and fun commentary! 💕💕
The Bubbleator was located inside the Center House (now the Armory) at Seattle Center. Before that it was in the Coliseum (now Climate Pledge Arena). It never went up the Space Needle.
Hi there .Next visit, come to Long Island. There’s a lot of history here Sagamore Hill ( the home of our 26th President. Vanderbilt Mansion and Planetarium etc, along with great beaches ,night spots, and outstanding restaurants . So much more.
I haven’t kept up with your visit, just recently lost my brother but I’ll catch up now.. Enjoy 🇺🇸
Very sorry to hear that, much love to you and your family
Did I hear you say that you were headed West to Texas? That's the long way around but, you will eventually get here. 😉
I hope that your visit here was great and not marred by some of the crazy shenanigans that some of our fellow citizens have been up to lately. Thanks for dropping by. Come back and see us again soon! 🤗
I was stationed at Ft. Lewis from 1969-1972 and had occasion to visit Seattle on several occasions. As I recall, originally the rotating floor was a revolving restaurant ... no glass in the floor.
Yeah, it was completely renovated a few years back.
Good on you Shaun! I don't like heights either. You handled the rotation of the Space Needle ! And a see- through floor. Great video. 👍
For a person that is phobic of heights you did magnificent. The last time I went up there was in 1975 and Seattle had a minor quake. The friends that I was with, had to nearly pry my hands off of the wall which I had a death grip on. 😂 . Looking forward to your next episode. Aloha.
Oooooo! You are Brave!
I hate heights. I've done the skyscraper observation deck...thing. But, a see through moving FLOOR??? Uh-uh!! I'd love to watch the Sunset and then see the City Lights shine bright, though!
Glad you liked Seattle. It has some amazing spots you missed but you caught the highlights lol Glad you had fun. Be safe❤️
Nope. I'm also Acrophobic and I wouldn't stand on that glass floor- I'd pass out! I'd go up in the Needle but not that. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
That was great! You faced your fears and did it🐝❤️🤗
I wouldn't go anywhere near that glass! Thanks for the video.
Glad you could make it to Seattle. I share your fear of heights and have been to the needle. It's a gorgeous view but nope not a fan of the elevator. If you find your way back out here - check out Whidbey Island or scope out the coast - Aberdeen, Ocean Shores, West Port ^^. So many fun places to be a tourist.
Don't mind the screaming girls around town randomly. They're called "Wooo! Girls" and they're a class of native wildlife along the lines of the wild Rainer Beer Bottle or Ivar's Keep Clam. It was probably just someone's wedding/graduation/baby shower/first time. They're loud but usually harmless.
I saw a wild Rainier once when I was a kid!
My family went to the World's Fair when I was a little girl. I have great memories from it even though I was only 6 at the time!
@SRice Same here, though I was only 4! I still have my Heinz pickle pin from the Fair. :)
What a great video. I’ll be watching the rest of your videos. I came across you by watching the video you did with Lawrence Lost in the Pond.
Thanks Tim - great to have you on board
Seattle is really awesome. Thank you for visiting.
Don't forget to get out of the city and visit some of the national parks
Shaun you are a brave man! It takes a lot of guts first of all to confess your fears publicly, and then even go as far to push through them and do what you did. Great video. I hope when you got to San Antonio that you went up in the Tower of the Americas, which is a similar needle like building. I've been to both, and I actually liked the one in San Antonio better. Probably because it had a rotating restaurant that I went to for dinner and when it got dark outside it was beautiful, and then the distance there was a lightning storm which was amazing. Looking forward to following you and all your videos.
We took an Alaskan cruse from Seattle, spent several days sight seeing . I wanted to go up the needle but after the cruise ship we couldnt afford it! It was a great time, everything from the fish market too where UPS started.
Nice to see you back in the USA,
Look at it this way, even I couldn't walk out onto that glass floor... just cause I know I'm safe, but I'm still like like "OH HELL NO".
Same 😅
I'm really scared of heights, no desire to go there! You're brave!
Cant wait to see more vlogs Shaun!
Shaun! Can't wait to give this a watch! Just saw you on Lost in the Pond too. That was great! 🤘
Cheers Seth 😊
Cheers!
Small tidbit, see if you can go into the Pink door and Kells which I believe you already went to but the Pink door across the alley is great!
Well, Shaun, now there's the CN tower in Toronto and Top of the Hub restaurant in Boston (food's good, not stellar, just go for dessert)
Shaun, too bad that you didn't get to go into the gateway Arch. When you were in Chicago, you could have taken Amtrak to St Louis and visited the Arch (the gateway to the West).
It's a shame you don't have time to see Arizona. It's the opposite of Scotland with rock mountains in reds, yellows, and shades of brown. The Grand Canyon is cool, maybe you'll fly over it?
I have acrophobia too, yet not when I'm flying. I don't know if you could handle the Grand Canyon, Shaun. I certainly can't. It's sad, because I'd love to enjoy it as so many others do, but my phobia gets in the way and I panic. It sucks!
Bless you for going up for me no way saw you on lost in the pond enjoy you and Lawrence brown
Bully for you Shaun! So glad you took the ride to the top and saw the sights! I'm from America and have never been to Seattle, WA, much less the Space Needle, but now can't wait to visit it! Following your trip means the world to Ed and I, we've now got the Covid and are literally stuck inside, so you and Teka traveling is giving us a great vacation experience despite being stuck at home. You can believe I'm sharing this!! SO cool that you went to the lower level with the glass bottom floor! I have the same type of fear, it was good to see you try it and makes me believe I will too. Ed and I plan on going up into the Arch of St. Louis soon, but now do plan to go see the Space Needle :-) Thank you for this experience!
Checkout the sky deck at Willis Tower Chicago IL.
Great Video Shaun. I feel the same way about heights. Sorry I missed ya in TX
Good for you, that you did it anyway.
Been watching you a long time now Shaun, I finally subscribed today to your channel, love your videos.
Great stuff Rob, thank you 👍
Hope you did the glass overhang at the Sears tower aka Willis tower in Chicago
The Pacific Northwest is just about my favourite corner of the world !:-)
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If makes you feel better my mom was same way & we lived there twice! I finally gother her up there b4 she passed key DO NOT look out not down! Second flr used to be a restaurant! So you can image eating w/ that view!
When I was there, someone had littered a bunch of pamphlets, so I broke the rules and made a couple of paper airplanes and a fairly bird to throw over the side. One of the planes flew several blocks. I loved it.
You're a braver man than I!! I don't deal with heights very well at all!
Thanks for taking us along to the space needle.
Went up in the Space Needle when I was 12-14. Don't like heights either. Remember the rotating but it was just like being in the Top of the Rock in Chicago - not sure it exists anymore. I think we rode the Monorail too. All of these things were just a year or so old at the time.
Rockefeller Center is in New York City actually. That observatory gets you up to 850 ft. (known as Top of the Rock) above New York City. (Space Needle gets you up to 520 ft. in comparison)
The John Hancock Center and Sears Tower (Willis Tower) are in Chicago. The Hancock Center gets you up to 1,029 ft above Chicago. (94th floor) 95th and 96th are a bit higher than that even. And the Sears Tower which has the highest observatory of any building in the U.S, get's you up to 1,353 ft. (103rd floor) 😉
@@waycoolscootaloo Top of the Rock was also a restaurant in Chicago at the top of the Prudential Building. It was that building to which I referred. I don't think I've ever been to Rockefeller Center, although I've been to NYC a couple of times.
@@jmcg6189 You're absolutely right. I wanted to edit my comment after I posted my reply to you. But I couldn't find it. TH-cam got buggy and I couldn't find it as a result.
I remembered about 5 minutes after I posted, that the One Prudential Plaza building here in Chicago had a public observation floor on the 41st. (Top floor)
The Prudential was also the tallest building in the US outside of New York when it was completed in 1955. The building also had the world's fastest elevators. Even faster then even some modern new buildings today. (Prudential is 1,400ft per minute.) Sears Tower is 1,600ft per minute in comparison And the Empire State is 1,200 ft per minute.
So by today's standards they are still some of the fastest elevators. The Prudential got you up to about 550 ft. above the ground. (A touch higher than the Space Needle at 520 ft.)
Prudential Plaza is 601 ft. Tall to the roof and 912 ft. to the top of it's WGN antenna.
Good job sir you did good you would have really regretted it if you haven't gone up there on that space Needle in Seattle you can mark that down in your book God bless take care
We have one in Gatlinburg Tennessee
Shaun, at some point in the future if you have a stop over/stay in NYC again you need to either go to the observation deck of the Empire State Building or go to the top of the Freedom Tower (where the Twin Towers once stood). Now THOSE are high buildings--hahaha. The Space Needle is "meh."
I hope you visited the Seattle Underground, which is a remnant of old Seattle, before the great fire. They just built the new part of town right over the old part.
That was fun. I'm as scared of heights as you are, and I don't think you would get me to the top of that thing. I've been in Seattle a couple of times, and I've never thought of going up. :)
Awesome vlog Shaun. It looks like you truly are having a great time! Keep the vlogs coming but most importantly, keep having fun!
If in Seattle, you have to go down to Pike Street Market, it is amazing. Down on the water front.
I did - check my previous video 😊
Glad to see you battled your fear in order to get a good look through the Space Needle! Good job!
Have you noticed that words used having to do with space have words from fiber arts?
Needle
Shuttle
Rocket
Just a fun observation.
I also have a fear of heights and I’m becoming dizzy and afraid just watching this video and seeing the point of view downward through the glass.
Very brave! I am also afraid of heights! Thanks for the video. ❤️ from Houston.
Shaun, I hate heights also. God Bless.
The Needle was pretty cool for us to see, glad you had a chance to visit as well. It is a great place to get photos, I heard the Columbia Center building is also a great place for views of the city as it towers over most everything. I hope you had a chance to visit the Museum of Pop Culture?
Did you visit CHAZ?