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 Post subject: Do you have a favorite airport?
PostPosted: November 6th, 2011, 10:07 pm 
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Yeah, here's a pretty random question for you. What's your favorite airport? Since I tend to fly quite a bit I've been to a lot of airports, (been to Europe and Hawaii for instance, and a ton of US ones as layovers) and some of them just leave a big impression. I don't even know if I have good reasons for the ones I like the most...except that every time you visit that airport, it's like "ha ha this is such an awesome place to be".

  • Chicago, Illinois (pretty cool passage under the runway)
  • Denver, Colorado (clean and spacious!)
  • London Heathrow, England (I just remember it as being neat I guess, once you got past security)

On the flipside my least favorite airport would definitely be San Diego, California, followed up several strides later by St. Louis, Missouri, I guess. With the exception of Denver, I've probably been to those two the most, so I don't know if that factors in at all, but they just don't have the same feel as any of the others I've been to.

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PostPosted: November 7th, 2011, 1:18 am 
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I'm gonna guess by Chicago you mean O'Hare? I prefer Midway myself - Smaller, less busy, but they also do a really good job of making it feel "Chicago". Usually has a good blues playlist on, you're hit right away with panoramas, Chicago food, even some Jake and Elwood statues. Love it.

Denver's airport is very nice as well. Heathrow is nice (Terminal 5, at least), but not incredibly distinct. Berlin Schoenefeld is nice - very well organized, easy to get around, etc... Tubingen I didn't like so much.

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PostPosted: November 7th, 2011, 1:33 am 
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Big fan of the airport in Billings, Montana. Not sure why, when you consider that they have the absolute worst employees in the history of baggage crews.

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PostPosted: November 7th, 2011, 2:02 am 
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I've been to very few airports, but out of them, the one in Las Vegas might have been the most memorable. That airport was MASSIVE.

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PostPosted: November 7th, 2011, 5:15 am 
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Wow you had my airport in your list already, living in London i have a choice of like 5 airports but i use London Heathrow where possible.

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PostPosted: November 8th, 2011, 1:16 am 
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I like Ohare as well. The trains that go from section to section are pretty sweet. I rode them a few times back and forth just for the hell of it.

Though my girlfriend and I took a trip there and it was marred by a freak flood, the scrapping of her car, and an extremely long, tedious bus ride home...Ohare was nice. And after the water receded they towed her car off the freeway for free. :?

On that note, does anyone have any memorable bus terminals? The one in Chicago was super ghetto, but the layover in Milwaukee was awesome. Such a nice terminal.

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Landerpurex wrote:
On that note, does anyone have any memorable bus terminals? The one in Chicago was super ghetto, but the layover in Milwaukee was awesome. Such a nice terminal.
I'm guessing Greyhound? Their terminal is sketchy as hell. Megabus picks up/drops off at Union Station, which is wayyy nicer.

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PostPosted: November 8th, 2011, 8:09 pm 
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Yeah, I meant O'Hare. ^_^;

What's STC, Monk?

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PostPosted: November 8th, 2011, 11:18 pm 
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Flying is crazy.

(but I actually rather enjoy Atlanta International)

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PostPosted: November 8th, 2011, 11:27 pm 
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Steely Mallon wrote:
Landerpurex wrote:
On that note, does anyone have any memorable bus terminals? The one in Chicago was super ghetto, but the layover in Milwaukee was awesome. Such a nice terminal.
I'm guessing Greyhound? Their terminal is sketchy as hell. Megabus picks up/drops off at Union Station, which is wayyy nicer.


Yeah the greyhound terminal in Chicago. Most other terminals support different bus companies. That's how the one in milwaukee was.

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What's STC, Monk?

Sea-Tac, in Washington between Seattle and Tacoma.

Certain carriers' flights require being crammed into a small subway system. That's why it's so terrible.


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PostPosted: November 9th, 2011, 6:34 pm 
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Haven't decided on one yet, but I liked my latest addition: Amsterdam International Airport (aka Schiphol) :) you can go on the rooftop to view the planes... the shops are arranged neatly. I also liked how they merged the airport and train station. All other airports in the Netherlands are much smaller and less interesting, Schiphol is usually used for international flights... Las Vegas Airport was pretty cool, if I remember correctly. I definitely remember that the airplanes passed above the highway, and they were easily viewable from there... I really didn't like Miami (back in 2004 I think)... took us hours to collect our luggage. My favorite would probably be Duesseldorf International Airport, always liked being there as a young kid...


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PostPosted: November 9th, 2011, 8:21 pm 
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Airports suck. Of all listed, Schipol is the best. Except when they mistook my bagged headphones for drugs in the airport scanner. They put it through like 3 times, opened it up, shook their heads and gave me my bag.

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 Post subject: Re: Do you have a favorite airport?
PostPosted: November 10th, 2011, 12:16 pm 
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Only airport I've ever been to is the local one, BNA. It's pretty large and not always crowded, but about as bland as any airport you see on TV. A few good high points for a view outside, but the view mostly shows the airport's inside and roads.

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PostPosted: November 10th, 2011, 4:54 pm 
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The Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, only because I spent 13+ hours there when my flight got repeatedly delayed. I literally camped in the bookstore and read through a full novel in that timespan.

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Hong Kong International! :D

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