NGKUR: Kansas City

[rablissful]

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[walkek85]

My H travels there for work all the time. He said you want to stay by The Plaza, which is just south of downtown. Its where the art center/out door shopping/river are. Google "Plaza Kansas City Hotels" your options will come up. Overland Park is nice, but you will end up in the Plaza area for the shopping and eating. You don't want to stay out by the Stadium, it is sketchy and not much to do besides the stadium. Must Eats: Oklahoma Joes (recently renamed to KC Joes), go to the original gas station location. Best ribs. There may be a line, but it goes fast. It won't disappoint. Arthur Bryants is the other top place to go for ribs. It's in between the Stadium and downtown. Have fun!


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[rablissful]

Aug 26, 2015 15:28:08 GMT -5 ****** said:

Aug 26, 2015 14:57:14 GMT -5 rablissful said:

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I hope so! She's a travel agent so I figured she'd be the most helpful.

[ohinvrtedworld]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ I think knows some Kansas City stuff? LMK if this is skin suit status. I just have a good memory

[raelynn71109]

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[twocents6708]

I would suggest that you stay near the Plaza or even downtown area if you want good selections for food and other entertainment. Overland Park is a perfectly safe area as well. You are welcome to PM me if you want more specifics.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

In meeting. Will comment after. In meantime, wanderingheart.

[twocents6708]

Aug 26, 2015 15:55:25 GMT -5 @iliketurtles said:

Lurker -
I live in Overland Park, and it's a very nice area. I agree with pretty much everything raelynn71109, said.

But, you should look into this hotel. It's walking distance from the stadiums and it's nice. It's also got a CoCo Key in it, if water parks are your thing. adamsmarkkc.com/

Generally I would say that hotel is safe but there was an attempted shooting there a few months ago if I remember correctly.

[nerdykitten]

When we actually stay the night in KC we usually stay in Overland Park, but we have stayed in the downtown area as well. Most of our trips up there tend to be focused in the power and light district since that is where the Midland and the KC convention center are located. Though I do love going to The Plaza to browse the shops.

[wanderingheart]

Thanks for the tag Broccoli!

I grew up in KC, and I lurve it there!! Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, and Lenexa are all safe, nice areas. They're suburbs of KC, so they are a bit of a drive (like 30 minutes) from downtown KCMO where the stadiums are. I'd definitely recommend staying in any of these areas.

The Plaza is one of KC's most famous shopping areas/must see places. It's in downtown. There's also the Legends which is on the Kansas side. There's also Crown Center and Westport in downtown. We also have IKEA and Nebraska Furniture Mart. There's the Power and Light district, which is where concerts are held. There us a really cool Opera house that's newish. I'd definitely recommend the Plaza. It has great restaurants, art and music, shopping, etc. That's where I take everyone when they visit me in KC.

Also recommend eating at Joe's. It's famous and the best BBQ in KC. Long wait, but so worth it. The original is really busy, but there's more locations. Olathe has one if you choose to stay there. Jack Stack's is also good, I think Broccoli is partial to them but I love Joe's more. Ah, and drink Boulevard. Definitely.

What else....there are more expensive hotels on the Plaza, like the Intercontinental which is where Presidents stay when they come through. They're pricey because the Plaza is the rich part of town, but super nice.

If you have any questions you can PM me. I love KC!!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

As far as hotels go, I would splurge and stay downtown. You've got the Power and Light district to have fun at after the game. My favorite is the dueling piano bar, but there are some more reserved places, too. It's a cool drinking atmosphere. Westport is also a really fun area for bars.

If you want the best baked beans known to mankind, try them at Jack Stack. Also, no matter where you go for BBQ, get some muhfuckin' beef burnt ends. This is a KC must. Wanderingheart and I obvi don't see eye to eye on #1, but I digress...

WW1 museum is really cool to see, especially the flowers in the foyer. Damn.

Nelson-Atkins is a lovely art museum.

Pick up a coffee at Roasterie. And go on a free Boulevard tour.

If you like amusement parks, Worlds of Fun has some good stuff! Man, I haven't been there in a long time. Who knows, I might be Ma'am Barf-a-lot now if I tried to ride a roller coaster.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Also...

GO ROYALS!!


Sorry, they deserve all broccoli love. LOL.

[Rama]

Aug 26, 2015 16:52:04 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

As far as hotels go, I would splurge and stay downtown. You've got the Power and Light district to have fun at after the game. My favorite is the dueling piano bar, but there are some more reserved places, too. It's a cool drinking atmosphere. Westport is also a really fun area for bars.

If you want the best baked beans known to mankind, try them at Jack Stack. Also, no matter where you go for BBQ, get some muhfuckin' beef burnt ends. This is a KC must. Wanderingheart and I obvi don't see eye to eye on #1, but I digress... ;)

WW1 museum is really cool to see, especially the flowers in the foyer. Damn.

Nelson-Atkins is a lovely art museum.

Pick up a coffee at Roasterie. And go on a free Boulevard tour.

If you like amusement parks, Worlds of Fun has some good stuff! Man, I haven't been there in a long time. Who knows, I might be Ma'am Barf-a-lot now if I tried to ride a roller coaster.

I miss Worlds/Oceans of Fun so much.  Much better than our local amusement parks.

Also, secret Royals fan over here, shhH!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 26, 2015 17:02:43 GMT -5 Rama said:

Aug 26, 2015 16:52:04 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

As far as hotels go, I would splurge and stay downtown. You've got the Power and Light district to have fun at after the game. My favorite is the dueling piano bar, but there are some more reserved places, too. It's a cool drinking atmosphere. Westport is also a really fun area for bars.

If you want the best baked beans known to mankind, try them at Jack Stack. Also, no matter where you go for BBQ, get some muhfuckin' beef burnt ends. This is a KC must. Wanderingheart and I obvi don't see eye to eye on #1, but I digress...

WW1 museum is really cool to see, especially the flowers in the foyer. Damn.

Nelson-Atkins is a lovely art museum.

Pick up a coffee at Roasterie. And go on a free Boulevard tour.

If you like amusement parks, Worlds of Fun has some good stuff! Man, I haven't been there in a long time. Who knows, I might be Ma'am Barf-a-lot now if I tried to ride a roller coaster.

I miss Worlds/Oceans of Fun so much.  Much better than our local amusement parks.

Also, secret Royals fan over here, shhH!

ILYRAMA!

Note: while I still chose this gif because it's cute, girl looks like she's got some imaginary dicks in her hands.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

RIP

[Rama]

Aug 26, 2015 17:09:50 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Aug 26, 2015 17:02:43 GMT -5 Rama said:

I miss Worlds/Oceans of Fun so much.  Much better than our local amusement parks.

Also, secret Royals fan over here, shhH!

ILYRAMA!

Note: while I still chose this gif because it's cute, girl looks like she's got some imaginary dicks in her hands.

Don't you talk about Sakura like that!!

[Rama]

Aug 26, 2015 17:10:34 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

RIP

How did I miss this post?  I'm distressed now. :(  What other rides have they replaced?

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 26, 2015 18:37:15 GMT -5 Rama said:

Aug 26, 2015 17:10:34 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

RIP

How did I miss this post?  I'm distressed now.   What other rides have they replaced?

Orient Express is all I can think of.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Zambezi Zinger was my first roller coaster! #alwaysinmyheart

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 26, 2015 19:40:19 GMT -5 ****** said:

Aug 26, 2015 17:10:34 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

RIP

where is this? I could use a good roller coaster fix!!

It's...it's...gone.


You must have missed the "RIP" part.

It actually resides in Colombia now. I am blaming Andrea.

[kariann12]

1. The zoo is fucking amazing. Especially the penguin exhibit. Go. You won't be disappointed.

2. Jack Stack was overrated. The best BBQ we had in KC was at RJs Bob-Be-Que. It's a little hole in the wall place, but their food was amazing and so were their bloodies.

[badwolf]

Ditto to what everyone else said. I would add the Crown Center area hotels to the list of possibilities to stay at. They're closer to Union Station and the WWI Museum (which are must sees) and a little removed from the insanity that is the Power and Light District (though if you like bars the P&L is a good place to go). The P&L has an piano bar which I heard is a lot of fun and an Irish Pub which doesn't have bad food.

If you can squeeze it in there is a bar run by a master mixologist that used to be a speak easy. The Kansas suburbs that have been mentioned already are all good. I would not personally stay down by the stadium or in downtown Kansas City, KS. As long as you stay in the Plaza/Crown Center/P&L area of downtown Kansas City, MO it's not bad but I wouldn't venture out much farther than that.

And if you make it to the WWI museum, take a trip downstairs to the research center. You'll get a little known view of the poppy field which is up close and personal.

ETA: OMG I can't believe I forgot about the money museum.  There's a Federal Reserve building behind the WWI museum.  You can take a tour and get a small bag of shredded money.  The tour is interesting.

[Rama]

Hey, Kansans/Missourians: Science City isn't still at Union Station, is it? (Or maybe it was somewhere else, it's been awhile. Mostly, is Science City still a thing?)

[badwolf]

Aug 27, 2015 9:28:42 GMT -5 Rama said:

Hey, Kansans/Missourians: Science City isn't still at Union Station, is it? (Or maybe it was somewhere else, it's been awhile. Mostly, is Science City still a thing?)

Science City is still at Union Station.  It's popular with the kids.  And maybe parents?  I don't know at this point because I haven't been for a couple of years but last time I went they had some neat stuff.  A large piano keyboard on the floor, a dinosaur digging area and some hands on stuff.  They have educational programs regularly.  I'm always seeing a sign for some program that's scheduled when I walk inside Union Station.

[Rama]

Aug 27, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 badwolf said:

Aug 27, 2015 9:28:42 GMT -5 Rama said:

Hey, Kansans/Missourians: Science City isn't still at Union Station, is it? (Or maybe it was somewhere else, it's been awhile. Mostly, is Science City still a thing?)

Science City is still at Union Station.  It's popular with the kids.  And maybe parents?  I don't know at this point because I haven't been for a couple of years but last time I went they had some neat stuff.  A large piano keyboard on the floor, a dinosaur digging area and some hands on stuff.  They have educational programs regularly.  I'm always seeing a sign for some program that's scheduled when I walk inside Union Station.

I miss Science City so much.  I'd heard that it closed, I'm so glad that's not the case!  I have so many good memories there and I'd like to hold out hope that I can bring my family there someday.

[badwolf]

Aug 27, 2015 10:03:33 GMT -5 Rama said:

Aug 27, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 badwolf said:

Science City is still at Union Station.  It's popular with the kids.  And maybe parents?  I don't know at this point because I haven't been for a couple of years but last time I went they had some neat stuff.  A large piano keyboard on the floor, a dinosaur digging area and some hands on stuff.  They have educational programs regularly.  I'm always seeing a sign for some program that's scheduled when I walk inside Union Station.

I miss Science City so much.  I'd heard that it closed, I'm so glad that's not the case!  I have so many good memories there and I'd like to hold out hope that I can bring my family there someday.

They're trying really hard to keep it going.  A lot of schools will do field trips there because it's a good way to cover a lot of concepts and let the kids have fun.