I've heard that its really good. I always have a craving for Ludicris's Chicken and Waffles so we ended up there. I'll be back in ATL couple months so maybe I'll branch out.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
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I've heard that its really good. I always have a craving for Ludicris's Chicken and Waffles so we ended up there. I'll be back in ATL couple months so maybe I'll branch out.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
DEN's food options at 5am this last trip through were the Jamba Juice and the Dunkins.
Jamba had 1 person in line and I got a tasty and healthy yogurt/granola thing.
Line at Dunkin's was a mile long and you all know those donuts weren't made in the airport overnight.
Demand drives a lot of these things.
With the vagaries of security lines I can imagine some people want to get to the airport way ahead of time just in case, figuring they can sit down and have a drink or a meal if it turns out security lines are short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
If you don't have time for Luda's chicken and waffles and find yourself in Concourse B, the fried chicken taco from the Original El Taco is dangerously good.Quote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
Not good for you, but very tasty.
That's me. I generally try to get there at least 90 minutes before the flight. If security is fast, I might grab some food. Especially if traveling for work where I can expense it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Uhhhh...what? Have you seen his posts in the Ukraine thread? Zero chance that comes from a sentient being.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Do bots sell gear?
There are certain threads I don't read, the Ukraine thread is one of them.
I absolutely don't fault you there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Right, however, would you want to chance it?Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Interesting. I think a good chunk of passenger traffic transfers to other flights at ATL. Meaning, Not nearly that much coming through security...maybe that's obvious?Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Took me longer to walk to gate than go through security at new KCI.
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While that is true of any airport, the number of people that go through security at ATL is staggering (they measure “busiest” by how many passengers pass through the airport in a day regardless of how they pass through).Quote:
Originally Posted by Adolf Allerbush
I’m constantly dumbfounded, but also very appreciative, of all the gomers waiting in the sea of humanity that is regular Security as I sail through Precheck/Clear.
I was waiting in the cell phone lot yesterday evening and was thinking about how complex that place is.
I’ll defer to Ted’s expertise, but I believe ATL is the only airport where they can launch/land 4 planes simultaneously, and they do that every 60 seconds or so all day.
Oh, hell no.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
There are a few airports with landing/takeoff capability for 4 planes, but ATL is rare for allowing triple parallel landings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ing_capabilityQuote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
The FAA allows a maximum of 32 operations per runway per hour.
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Originally Posted by zion zig zag
They totally killed the food at MDW a few years back. Got rid of all the chains and fast food and replaced almost everything with upscale "local" restaurants (or at least places that have the same name as a local restaurant).Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Who wants that? People on a short layover will just be confused. Local people won't want to overpay for a worse version of the same food they can get in their neighborhood, non-locals won't recognize anything besides the Dunkin (normally I'd say there's nothing wrong with that...but airport food is all about speed/efficiency and knowing what you are gonna get).
The worst part was they lost the Potbelly (which even IS local). Honestly, that was a killer airport food. Reliably good sandwiches (with giardiniera!), fast service, easy to eat on the plane if you are crunched for time, and not wildly overpriced.
They also lost McDonalds for which I have a soft spot for for early morning travel breakfasts.
I'll make one exception for that. If I am flying into O'hare and hungry, I'll place an online order for a sandwich from Tortas Frontera as we pull into the gate so it is ready for pickup by the time I am exiting the airport.Quote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
Those are legitimately good sandwiches (breakfast ones too!) and I'd rather go hungry on a flight and eat one of those on arrival than eat generic/bad food on the outbound side.
yeah, those tortas are good, it's the saving grace of flying through OHare.
Rick Bayless tortas are good no matter if they’re in an airport terminal or not.
ATL is an amazing place. I fly through there coming and going to work. Even on a busy day all I need is 15-20 minutes to make my connection from any concourse.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Flew in/out of Helsinki last week. Same back in Oct. Great airport all around. Security was a breeze and ran like a fine oiled machine.
There for the demo ski?
I fucking hate airports and air travel. Just too much hassle.
That said, Changi Airport in Singapore is my new Happy Place. It is by far the best airport I have ever been in and far far exceeds any airport in the US.
I can show up 45 minutes before a(n international) flight and still have time to grab a meal before boarding. Ticketing, even if checking a bag, has never taken more than 5 minutes. Passport control at most 3 minutes. Security is at the gate so it is just your plane and is combined with boarding. So fucking efficient.
Good meals starting at $7. Spacious. Butterfly Garden, waterfall, hanging gardens, clean bathrooms, comfy chairs, movie theatre, bed cubes for long layovers, amazing restuarants, massage parlors and great fast restuarants.
Did I mention no cluster fuck at drop off or pick up and super efficient public transportation and cab pick up.
Three minutes for entering through passport control and no customs bullshit (just don’t look shady).
I fear American airports. I just had to transfer from international to domestic in SFO and that took a full two hours. So inefficient. Staff is overwhelmed and prickly as fuck. No one in line or working were in the happy place. Only disenchantment.
I echo that SJC is way better. When we come back in July we are flying into SJC from Tokyo. Feeling pretty lucky there.
Not sure if directed at me, but no, just work. And sitting in saunas.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
I fucking hate airports and air travel. Just too much hassle.
That said, Changi Airport in Singapore is my new Happy Place. It is by far the best airport I have ever been in and far far exceeds any airport in the US.
I can show up 45 minutes before a(n international) flight and still have time to grab a meal before boarding. Ticketing, even if checking a bag, has never taken more than 5 minutes. Passport control at most 3 minutes. Security is at the gate so it is just your plane and is combined with boarding. So fucking efficient.
Good meals starting at $7. Spacious. Butterfly Garden, waterfall, hanging gardens, clean bathrooms, comfy chairs, movie theatre, bed cubes for long layovers, amazing restuarants, massage parlors and great fast restuarants.
Did I mention no cluster fuck at drop off or pick up and super efficient public transportation and cab pick up.
Three minutes for entering through passport control and no customs bullshit (just don’t look shady).
I fear American airports. I just had to transfer from international to domestic in SFO and that took a full two hours. So inefficient. Staff is overwhelmed and prickly as fuck. No one in line or working were in the happy place. Only disenchantment.
I echo that SJC is way better. When we come back in July we are flying into SJC from Tokyo. Feeling pretty lucky there.
It's amazing we take for granted airports and other things have to be a complete shit show until we find one that's actually efficient.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
I've got a flight out of Paine Field in Everett next week. I'll report back how it is. Everyone I've talked to says it's great.
This thread TLDR. ! vote for Korea Inchion.
Best bathrooms hands down. Small and private with the crazy bidet toilet seat air fan butt washer dryer video game console thingy next to you.
Cheap beer in the bar and amazing deep fried gyoza. Great place for a long layover. Napping areas with massive lounge chairs.
I will forever try and get a layover there when coming back to Canada from Vietnam.
agreed. toilet seat air fan butt wash dryers are key, and should be the worldwide default setting.
fact.
That's one of the worst things about the airport.
Using the urinal? You're standing in piss and breathing in the pee vapors of 20 other dongs. Half the people walk right out the door without even glancing at the half broken sinks.
Taking a dump? Hope you love feces drenched steam baths, with your butt hole occupying the same space that someone else's butthole was occupying not 20 seconds earlier. And the fart symphony is to die for. Seriously, what in the fuck are those people eating that makes their butt lips chatter like Miles Davis playing a broken tuba? It is my nightmare and I do everything possible not to shit in an airport.
Oh, the humanity.
Nothing worse than an airport bathroom at 9 am on a Friday when every stall is filled with some fat guy in a golf shirt doing battle with whatever whiskey and steak dinner he had the night before.
The best is departure lounges in SLC for Friday flights to VEgas. All the girls on their way to their weekend jobs is a sight to see
Southwest - Burbank to Vegas - 7pm Thursday’s. Commonly known as the “stripper shuttle”. I’ve been on that flight twice, it’s a spectacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
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I Can see how that one could be even more spectacular originating so close to porn valley
That's it, I'm going.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickwm21
Hot moms at SLC or strippers at BUR..
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BUR is Burbank not Burlington.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Where've you been TR? Stuck in Amsterdam?
Something is up at ATL this morning, my feed has been full of clusterfuckedness down there. That second pic is the regular security line being routed all the way back through baggage claim. That's not normal.
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We had something like that in Seattle when they had a bunch of TSA call in sick the same day. Only had 2 of 5 security lines open and the lines stretched to the parking lot. It took people 4hrs and many missed their flights because of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
No shit Sherlock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge