Chicago Attractions

In the navy . . .

Advantages: Architectural River Cruise. Stained Glass Window Museum. Funhouse Maze . . .
Disadvantages: Costs can mount up.

Navy Pier wasn't one of our planned sightseeing excursions during our stay in Chicago. We had however planned an architectural river cruise that was to depart from Navy Pier - booked for 4 p.m. It was a hot sunny afternoon and by 1 p.m. we were already tired and footsore from exploring the city so decided to head for the pier early and grab a cup of coffee and a bite to eat. It was a good choice. Navy Pier is a 3,000 foot long pier on the Chicago ...
...a name?~~ What a Navy Pier on a lake with no sea or ocean in sight? During World War ll, the US Navy began using the pier in 1942 (originally built to accommodate freight vessels and excursion steamers in 1916) for training purposes. The Navy moved out in 1946. The pier kept the name through its many uses from 1946 - 1977 until it finally settled to being one of Chicago's landmark areas. ~~Getting There~~ By Foot: Navy Pier is located on Chicago's ...

MAFARRIMOND 22.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Navy Pier, Chicago

CVG - Dont Fly with me!

Advantages: Airport!
Disadvantages: Airport!

...airport shuttle bus, going to Cincinnati, and the city of Covington (across the river from Cincinnati, in Kentucky) $14 USD one way, and $24 USD round trip, available 24 hours a day these buses can be booked via desks, again available in baggage claim areas. Rental car agencies are also in abundance ,that’s right, they dance round buns, on a regular basis. You can find at least nine within grasping distance clawing for your custom. Most have a ...
...as this isn’t really about Cincinnati, it’s about the Airport that serves Cincinnati I will trot on and stay on subject. CVG – What’s in it for me? Everything you would expect from an airport, check in terminals, loudspeaker announcements, toilets that could accommodate all the kings men. Internally though, once dropping your bags off and checking in, you are transported into what always reminded me of a USA style shopping mall. An information ...

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Review of Cincinnati, USA (CVG)

Thumbs up for Windy City!

Advantages: plenty of food choices/shops, connect to lots of places
Disadvantages: delays in the winter

...I find myself connecting through Chicago O'Hare (ORD) at least once a year, and it has become my preferred airport to connect in. The airport is located in Rosemont, IL, 18 miles from the city of Chicago. By car it is approximately a half-hour drive, and there are also bus and rail links which run to Chicago and neighbouring counties. If you are going to Chicago to stay rather than connect you might want to use Midway Airport as it's closer to the ...
...clear immigration. In my experience Chicago is by far the fastest I have experienced in this respect, usually getting through to baggage claim in as little as 15-30 minutes. I have never waited longer than 45 minutes at this airport even if more than one international flight has landed at the same time. After clearing immigration, you must pick up your bags which are generally there before you and go through customs. You then drop your bags off ...

bamamo 25.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago O´Hare, USA (CHI)

chicago airport

Advantages: Gets me from A to b efficiently
Disadvantages: It's an airport!

Chicago airport. On a recent visit to san Diego, we had to have a stop in Chicago airport for a couple of hours...most of my travelling seems to be spent in airports! It was the busiest airport in the United States until Atlanta became the busiest and it was apparently voted best airport in North America in 2000...that's 8 years ago so i don't know which airport has been winning since then. The airport is 20 miles from downtown Chicago but since ...
...the airport so I can't comment on the transport links. **The Terminals** Of course when stuck in an airport these are the places you see most often. There are 4 terminals and strangely enough these are Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5 which is the International Terminal...whatever happened to number 4? All of the terminals are as expected, well served with restaurants , bars and business services... important when you have a 3 hour wait, and ...

danielalong 23.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago Airport

Six Flags Baby

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...heard of it, even though Six Flags theme parks are located in most US states, i.e. 21 theme parks. History of Six Flags Six Flags Inc, is said to be the largest chain of amusement parks in the world, it currently has 21 prime locations all over North America as well as many more in Spain, France and Germany, of which I have also been to the Germany one. The company started out in 1961, by opening its first theme park in Texas, over which was originally ...
...Universal Studios and Disney Land. Six Flags theme parks hosted 28.6 million guests in 2006, making it the second most popular theme park after Disney Land, and has an annual net income of over $300 ,million, employing over 2500 full time staff and 33,000 part time staff. History of Six Flags Great America: Six Flags Great America, Located in Gurnee, Illinois, first opened in 1976 first under the name of Marriott's Great America, however Six Flags ...

jaygami1986 28.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Chicago