Things for a family to do in downtown Seattle?

[Vancouver man]

Hi everyone

  I am bringing my young family down to Seattle in a few weeks for the weekend - just to get away from the rain in Vancouver BC (kidding). I am interested to know of any cool things to do with young'uns (4 years old). I read that the children's museum is great, but cannot seem to find a whole lot else (not a huge fan of Pike Place or the Space Needle).

  Any advice?

  Thanks!  

[Resident]

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[Lise]

I've heard that the Seattle Zoo is a great place to take your kids. It's a bit small though but the animals are "better" kept than the GVZ.

[A href="http://www.zoo.org/"]http://www.zoo.org/[/A]

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[kingy]

the very first starbucks!

[Russ]

The old seattle. do the tour of the remains of the origional seattle beneath the streets, I did it years ago and want to do it again soon.

[Vancouver man]

Thanks all.

[Canadian]

If you have kids, they may enjoy the Space Needle.

I never thought of Seattle to bring a family, but why not eh?

Does your family like sports? Seahawks are always a popular favorite. Tix may be a bit of a bugger to get mind you.

[P.C.]

This looks pretty cool...Holiday Train Display

[A href="http://upcoming.org/event/120104/"]http://upcoming.org/event/120104/[/A]

  Winter Worldfest Weekend

  [A href="http://upcoming.org/event/120106/"]http://upcoming.org/event/120106/[/A]

    Kids Activities in Seattle....The Children's Museum looks like it's got some cool stuff going on.  There is also a link to print out coupons to these events etc on this site.

  [A href="http://www.seattleattractions.com/kidsactivities.html"]http://www.seattleattractions.com/kidsactivities.html[/A]