Factory Visit to Boeing?

Travel Info
1. We are doing a Free and Easy this December to Seattle with our family. Do we have to make reservations for factory vist to Boeing ?
2. If so, How to go about doing it ?
3. What time does the factory starts and end ?
4. How long does it take to go from SEA(Tacoma) to Boeing by car ?

Travel Tips

see www.boeing.com

Tours
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour
The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tours are conducted to showcase The Boeing Company and the Everett product line, the 747, 767, 777 and 787. As part of the tour, visitors will tour the largest building in the world by volume (472,000,000 cubic feet). On the Boeing flight line, visitors will see airplanes in various stages of flight test and manufacture for airline customers around the world. Visitors come from every walk of life and from every region of the globe, all with a common interest -- to see the number one aerospace leader in the world: The Boeing Company.

Contact Us
For more information about the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour, e-mail us.

Hours
The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour is open 7 days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years' Day.

Tickets
For reservations, call 360-756-0086 or toll free, 1-800-464-1476, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time). You can also make reservations online.

Non-reserved tickets are sold on site for same day use, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until all tickets for the day are gone. Visitors may pick up tickets for any tour during the day.

Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and tend to go rapidly June-September. Children must be 4 feet (122 cm) tall to go on the tour.

Museum of Flight
The independent, non-profit Museum of Flight is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, attracting more than 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum's collection includes more than 150 historically significant air- and spacecraft, as well as the Red Barn庐 --the original manufacturing facility of The Boeing Co. The Museum's aviation and space library and archives are the largest on the West Coast.
Directions

The Future of Flight & Boeing Tour are located at 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo, WA 98275, approximately 30 miles north of Seattle via Interstate-5.

From Interstate-5 North or South, take Exit 189 to State Highway 526 West. Drive for about four miles, past the huge Boeing assembly building on your right. At the four-way stoplight where 526 intersects with 84th St. SW and Paine Field Blvd., turn left into the entry drive for the Future of Flight & Boeing Tour. It is well-signed.

Click here for a detailed map.

Some public transportation is available from Seattle, Everett and other communities. Contact: King County Metro Transit at (206) 553-3000; http://transit.metrokc.gov
Everett Transit at (425) 257-8803; www.everetttransit.org
Community Transit at (425) 353-RIDE or (800) 562-1375; www.commtrans.org
Sound Transit (train) at (206) 398-5000 or (888) 889-6368; www.soundtransit.org

Contact the Future of Flight & Boeing Tour:
E-mail: info@futureofflight.org
Phone: 425-438-8100
Toll-free: 888-467-4777
Fax: 425-265-9808

Phone 1-800-464-1476 - Boeing Tour information and reservations.

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Hours

The Future of Flight & Boeing Tour opens daily at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 5:30 p.m. year-round, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. We will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, New Year's Eve; the last Boeing Tour will be at noon. We will be closed January 1st for New Year's Day.

Boeing Tours are offered on the hour beginning at 9:00 a.m. with the last tour time at 3:00 p.m. Additional tour times may be added during high season. Actual tour times available can be found when making reservations online or by calling the reservation center at 1-800-464-1476.

This schedule is subject to change.

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Admission and Tickets

Admission Rates
General Admission $15.00
Senior Citizen (65+) $14.00
Active Military (with ID) $14.00
Children (15 and under)
Must be 4' or taller to take the Boeing Tour
No exceptions to this policy

$8.00

Gallery Only (no Boeing Tour) $9.00
Gallery Only (6-15 years)
No ticket is required for children under age 6
$4.00
Boeing Employee (with current ID) $7.50
Advance Ticket Convenience Charge * $2.50

*Applies only to advance tickets for guaranteed tour times. Tickets purchased at the Future of Flight Aviation Center are not subject to a convenience charge. All rates and times are subject to change without notice.

Purchase Tickets in Advance or Onsite

Call Center Advance Ticketing
Advance tickets for guaranteed tour times can also be purchased by calling the Future of Flight Reservation Center at 1-800-464-1476 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada) or 360-756-0086 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

There is a $2.50 per ticket convenience charge for tickets purchased in advance online or via the call center.

Future of Flight Aviation Center Same-Day Ticketing
A limited quantity of same-day, non-reserved tickets are sold on-site through ticketing kiosks, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day. Tickets tend to sell out rapidly June through September. To avoid being disappointed, it is best to reserve your ticket and tour time in advance. No advance ticket convenience charge is applied to onsite purchases.

Online Advance Ticketing
To guarantee tour times on your day of arrival, purchase your advance tickets online or through our call center.

PURCHASE ONLINE NOW!

Group Tour Operators
Group Tour Operators need to call the Future of Flight Reservation Center at 1-800-464-1476 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada) or 360-756-0086 between 9 a.m. or 5 p.m. Pacific Time to establish an account and receive special discounted pricing.

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Boeing Tour Information

The Boeing Everett factory tours are conducted to showcase The Boeing Company and the Everett product line, the 747, 767, 777 and soon 787. As part of the tour, visitors walk through part of the largest building in the world by volume (472,000,000 cubic feet). On the Boeing flight line, visitors see airplanes in various stages of assembly, manufacture and flight test for airline customers around the world.

All tours are conducted in English and last a little over one hour.
The Boeing Company does not permit still photos or video cameras on the tour.
Children must be at least 4 feet (122 cm) tall to go on the tour. Visitors may not carry babies on the tour. There is no child-care facility at the Future of Flight & Boeing Tour, and there are no exceptions to these safety regulations.
There are no personal items allowed on the tour. These items include: purses, backpacks, cameras, binoculars, cell phones, etc. Lockers are available on-site, for a small fee, at the Future of Flight.
The tour may require a one-third-mile walk, 21 steep stairs and an elevator ride.
The Boeing Tour can be done by wheelchair and physically challenged visitors with advance notice. Please advise us when making reservations.
There are restroom facilities and a caf茅 at the Future of Flight, but restrooms are not available during the tour.
No food or drink are allowed on the Boeing Tour
Local School Tours (within the State of Washington)
Reservations for the 2005-2006 school year are currently being taken.

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Special Needs Access

Accessibility
The Future of Flight is an ADA-compliant facility. A limited number of wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors needing assistance can check with the Snohomish County visitor information desk in the lobby. A piece of identification must be left at the visitor information desk for a wheelchair loan. Elevators serve all floors. All restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Strollers are allowed in the Future of Flight Aviation Gallery and all public areas; however, strollers are not allowed on the Boeing Tour.

Service Animals
Service animals are allowed in all public areas of the Future of Flight & Boeing Tour.

Interpreters
Sign-language is available for all Boeing tours upon request with at least two weeks' notice.

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Visitor Tips

To make your visit as enjoyable as possible, here are some helpful tips:

Buy your tickets in advance. Phone toll-free 1-800-464-1476. Tickets can be reserved online or at the call center up to one hour before your arrival.
Visit during off-peak times and hours. Arrive as soon as the Future of Flight opens to avoid crowds. Late afternoons can also be a less crowded time to visit. Come on a weekday, as weekends are always the busiest. And June through September are guaranteed to be the busiest months for an attraction like ours.
Tell us in advance if someone with special needs is visiting. With advance notice, we can make arrangements to accommodate special needs such as wheelchair assistance and a sign-language interpreter.
Consider staying at the adjacent Hilton Garden Inn. If you want to spend lots of time at the Future of Flight and visit other nearby attractions, the new 102-room Hilton Garden Inn next door offers a convenient "base" 鈥?and its rates are much less than a big-city hotel!

Others
Yes you need reservation for the Boeing tour.
Plan about an hour drive depending time of day.
I do not no what the start time is in Dec. But you can go on line to Boeing and find all the information.

I can assure you that the tour is very worth while. Have done with tour groups a number of time over the years. (am a tour escort)
Here's the link to Boeing's tour pages that can answer your questions:

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/abo...

http://www.futureofflight.org/visitus/pl...

Ticket are first-come, first-serve. Traveling north from Tacoma on I-5 to Everett (Mukilteo) is about an hr drive, from Seattle its around 30 minutes.

As a Boeing employee the best time is a weekday to do the tour, Note: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group is on a winter break from Dec 22 'til the end of the year, the tours still will be going on, but the buildings will feel like a ghost town. (empty)

***Don't get suckered and paying $50+ a ticket for a tourguide outfit with a charter bus service that is not affliated with the Boeing Company. Not worth the high price that they charge. Purchase the $15 ticket/s directly from the Future of Flight, and do the commute from Tacoma. On the way back, the Museum of Flight, in Seattle, is a good stop to see planes from around the world. Enjoy your stay