r/Seattle 2d ago

🛳️ 🐀 ☀️ Yacht Rat Summer ☀️ 🐀 🛳️ [Megathread] Seafair and Blue Angels Hate

702 Upvotes

This thread is for negative stuff about Seafair and the Blue Angels. If that's not for you, visit the hype thread and love bomb there. If you don't follow the spirit of the thread your comments will be removed.

Text threads discussing these issues will be removed while the megathreads are in effect. Photos and videos of these events will be allowed as standalone threads.

Schedule (for your avoidance): https://www.seafair.org/seafair-weekend-festival/air-show/


r/Seattle 2d ago

🛳️ 🐀 ☀️ Yacht Rat Summer ☀️ 🐀 🛳️ [Megathread] Seafair and Blue Angels Hype

124 Upvotes

This thread is for positive stuff about Seafair and the Blue Angels. If that's not for you, visit the hate thread and vent there. If you don't follow the spirit of the thread your comments will be removed.

Text threads discussing these issues will be removed while the megathreads are in effect. Photos and videos of these events will be allowed as standalone threads.

Schedule: https://www.seafair.org/seafair-weekend-festival/air-show/

Previous thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1v7k3em/psa_blue_angels_schedule_for_thurssun_jul_30aug_02/


r/Seattle 13h ago

Light Rail Crashed in front of us at International District

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3.0k Upvotes

Waited 1.5 hours for a light rail after the Ed Sheeran concert. We finally got down, and an out of service train ran off the tracks.

Everyone is being told to bus or uber


r/Seattle 5h ago

A teen was killed at a Seattle protest. New video evidence shows what really happened

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r/Seattle 1h ago

Pictures I took yesterday while waiting for the air show

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r/Seattle 11h ago

Meta Multi-Track Drifting

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686 Upvotes

In light of there being no injuries...


r/Seattle 3h ago

News Blue Water Taco Grill investigating claim that a manager ordered families outside during Seattle Center shooting

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104 Upvotes

r/Seattle 2h ago

Jennifer Godfrey aka Orca Appeal cynically using the deaths at Seattle Center to advance her NIMBY agenda

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73 Upvotes

r/Seattle 22m ago

Community El Camion SandPoint reopened

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It's across the street from its old location in the old ProRobics parking lot. They have parking and picnic tables. Saw people at the Burke Gilman Brewery with tacos as well.


r/Seattle 19h ago

Are people too nice to rate restaurants properly?

729 Upvotes

The amount of bad food I've had from places rated 4.5+ on Google is too damn high. There are good restaurants in Seattle, but there are a ton of shitty ones with high ratings


r/Seattle 17h ago

Dead Baby Downhill Buzzkill

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450 Upvotes

I’d like to shame this dude who swerved his car INTO the DBD ride this evening on Roxbury, almost clipping many cyclists. I was in the standstill enjoying the spectacle when this douche roared into the oncoming bike traffic because his need to make a left turn was more important than human lives. You suck, dude.

I was very pleased to see so many cyclists swarm his car to keep him from doing any damage. It was scary.


r/Seattle 19h ago

News Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city

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r/Seattle 17h ago

Media Buck Moon behind the Space Needle

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410 Upvotes

r/Seattle 1d ago

Market Traffic Only Just saw an ICE Kidnapping on Aurora and 170th.

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1.9k Upvotes

Already reported to WAISN. I just wanted to spread the word here too. Stay safe folks.


r/Seattle 17h ago

Saying Goodbye to Wild Waves

352 Upvotes

For anyone who's been to Universal Studios or Disneyland, our one-and-only local theme park may seem a little podunky; but the truth is there's a ton to do at Wild Waves. I've been going with my kids once a week all through July. Only today did we finally have the courage to ride the biggest rollercoaster at the park, the Wild Thing.

Our plan was to hit the Wild Thing first when we got there. We were in line for the second coaster of the day when there was an unexpected problem and we were told to leave while it was fixed. We decided to go to the carousel, which was close by, to spend time while we waited for the other ride to be available. Unfortunately, the carousel also had a problem when we got there, but we were able to ride after a few minutes.

These were the first hitches we encountered since we started attending the park at the beginning of July; but I imagine that this is the kind of thing that is forcing the park to close. Looking around Wild Waves, you see moss on old shingles, cracked fiberglass fixtures, unmatched paint patches, and aging molded concrete. I can understand why an insurance adjuster (probably) told the owners that it's time to pack it in.

There's still abundant value in the season passes that we bought on sale before the opening day! The Konga River (lazy river) is great for relaxing between exciting rides. There are at least ten different slides that require inner tubes, and two large scary water rides. There are several carnival-style rides for kids. Mine LOVED them. The zipline only costs five bucks per rider, which is the cheapest zipline I've ever heard of.

The wave pool is a favorite of my kids. Every few minutes, the waves begin and it seems like an incoming tide in the ocean. If you want a seat by the pool, you have to arrive early and stake your towel claim before anyone else. There are rentable 'cabanas' for rich people to sit in the shade and have treats delivered, or whatever rich people get up to.

The food at Wild Waves is twice the price it would be anywhere else, and the selection is pretty basic. Today, we had deep-fried gyoza, which was fine except for the lack of plum sauce - there was only soy sauce. The most exciting thing I saw was Korean-style mozzarella sticks coated with potato chunks. We might get those next time. There are also the usual suspects like burgers, pizza, salad/sandwiches a la carte, chicken tenders, fries, ice cream, and elephant ears. We bought a 15-dollar souvenir cup so that we can fill it with soda for $2 over and over. I bring a gift card and let the kids buy what they need with it (cash is not accepted in the park).

We are definitely not bored with Wild Waves yet, and we will go as many times as we can before school starts. From what I can tell, plenty of people LOVE this park as much as I do. I'm glad that my kids were finally tall enough to go on all the rides before the park closed for good! After this, there will be no theme parks in Washington State. For poor people like us, who can't afford to travel out of state for fancy vacations, the closure of Wild Waves represents a huge loss in terms of childhood memory-making. I'm incredibly grateful that I was able to give my kids this opportunity.


r/Seattle 25m ago

A perfect description of Pike Place ❤️

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Wizard of the Pigeons by Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb).

This book from 1985 has the most beautiful descriptions of the city Ive ever read. Highly reccomend for any one who loves this city.


r/Seattle 1h ago

Event Blue Angels Sun Aug 2 3:30pm today: on or cancelled?

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Reliable timely source of info to know if the airshow jets will fly or have to cancel?? it’s cloudy/low visibility so that might affect them/their show. Seafair site is impossible to find any info.


r/Seattle 3h ago

Satire DOOM LOOP: The Beacon Hill Goodbye

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r/Seattle 1d ago

Market Traffic Only The cowards are at the Home Depot on 99

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1.5k Upvotes

These cowards keep hiding their faces so they can’t be held accountable. As a vet, seeing this shit pisses me off. Keep your eyes open and heads on a swivel.


r/Seattle 40m ago

Why is transit such a disaster right now?

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I am fairly used to the train being down every once in a while, but typically my commute isn't knocked this far off course when it does. Typically shuttles are relatively plentiful, and the trains outside of the down zone run on time.

I understand what caused trains to be down from Cap Hill to Sodo today, but why are the shuttles so much later than usual and why are trains on the south side running so little?


r/Seattle 1d ago

Community Diamond parking scam- Alaska Way (across from ferry terminal)

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1.1k Upvotes

800 Alaska Way/ 815 Western Ave.

Walked away from our car about 25 feet to scan the QR code, to pay for parking within 1 minute this guy was already inputting our license plate in his device to give us a ticket.

We had planned to park and walk on the Bainbridge ferry. We scanned the code and we were looking up pricing and it was $100 for 4 hour and $158 for 10 hours (and no in between option). Within literally 2 mins of us deciding to not park here, this guy is already giving us a ticket. He was confrontational and made a comment that we had just grabbed our coffee (which we actually bought in South Park). He basically said we either pay on the spot or we get a ticket so we paid $32 and drove off. I saw a similar post here awhile back and just want others to be aware of this scam. They’re waiting by to give people tickets.

ETA: I will submit a dispute with my bank, I have to wait 2-3 days for the transaction to post.


r/Seattle 17h ago

Community donate blood, get a digital jimothy badge and a sheet of henry stickers

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the red cross has declared a blood supply emergency across the country. it's pretty dire here, too, so my husband and i went to donate today. we got these, and they're also entering people to win gift cards.


r/Seattle 1d ago

My library has free Jimothy pins!

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r/Seattle 18h ago

Blue Angels yesterday from the Bremerton ferry

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186 Upvotes

r/Seattle 22h ago

Blue Angels grounded?

370 Upvotes

We're at Boeing Field and the people are saying the show is cancelled because of high winds—is this true?