Scoop Airport/Hotel/Travel Thread

[MuggsyB]

I know. The 2 Sisu movies are basically about him.

I did not know about the Sisu Films!!!

Thank you very much!!!


I'm surprised I wasn't given a call to audition. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I did not know about the Sisu Films!!!

Thank you very much!!!


I'm surprised I wasn't given a call to audition. 

Enjoy!  Nonstop action.

[MuggsyB]

Enjoy!  Nonstop action.

There will be a HAYHA FEATURE FILM coming out of Finland in 2027.  This has been 100% confirmed.  hayhamovie.com

[pbiflyer]

Watched the first one. Only slightly less believable than Marvel movies, professional wrestling, or a player being fouled in the World Cup.

[Dish]

I've never loved it, but didn't realize how bad SEA-TAC has become. Good god almighty is it bad now.

[Hards Alumni]

I've never loved it, but didn't realize how bad SEA-TAC has become. Good god almighty is it bad now.

Was there earlier this month and the bus to get to the car rental center was ridiculous.  30 minute wait for a 7 minute bus ride.

[Dish]

Was there earlier this month and the bus to get to the car rental center was ridiculous.  30 minute wait for a 7 minute bus ride.

Yup, same here. This morning the wait was 40 minutes, absolutely ridiculous.

[MU82]

Welcome, Dish! Sorry about the airport, though.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Malta was great.  It is remarkable that they had 2 million visitors on 2018 and 5 million in 2025 and 2026 should top 2025.  It was noted to us several times that Malta is the most densely populated country in Europe and traffic on the tiny island is always backed up.  The airport terminal is undersized for the amount of air traffic coming through.  It looks like there is an ongoing expansion.  Most importantly, the people could not have been friendlier or more helpful on the island.  This was everywhere we went.

My wife and I would go again.  Sunsets, sunrises and moon rises are incredible.  We made only one reservation for a restaurant on the rooftop with views of the dome of the tallest building/church in Valleta otherwise we were not getting into this restaurant. 

Our few things of note.
* You need the Bolt app for taxis. 
* A 1/2 day boat tour of the Blue Lagoon, Crystal Lagoon and Cominio island is a must, but pay attention to the starting point.  We accidently pre-booked a start point that was a 50 minute Bolt ride from our hotel.  We could have booked the same tour with a far closer starting point.  Bolt cost us 68 Euro to get there and another 32 Euro to get back.  An expensive mistake.  The public bus which is significantly cheaper and air conditioned would have been 1h 40m ride.
* When you go in the water bring your own towel and bring water shoes or sandals because Malta is rocky and the rocks are smooth and coated with moss that makes it slippery and bare feet is asking for an injury.  The shore is very rocky too.
* Malta has 359 churches and each church has a Saint's festival that are held somewhere between April through October.  It's a sight to see.  They break out the pedestals and statues out of storage and hang banners every 30 feet on the streets that are part of the parade route where they carry the patron saint.  Valleta was setting up for Saint Dominic.  We only got to see the start of the 3 day celebration.  We saw fireworks (multiple times a day and multiple days and always with each festival) and heard an orchestra.  From our hotel rooftop we watched fireworks from another festival going on across the harbor.

It was great having a direct Delta flight home from Malta to JFK and no Paris or Amsterdam layover.

[dgies9156]

Was there earlier this month and the bus to get to the car rental center was ridiculous.  30 minute wait for a 7 minute bus ride.

I remember when rental cars were in the garage across from the terminal. Seattle has about the worst rental car situation in the USA.

That said, I was just there and have spent a lot of time at SEA in my career and never thought it was that bad, other then the rental cars.

Try MCO's non- pre-check security lines or ORDs regular immigration/customs line if you want bad. Or anything Dulles, for that matter!

[MuggsyB]

Malta was great.  It is remarkable that they had 2 million visitors on 2018 and 5 million in 2025 and 2026 should top 2025.  It was noted to us several times that Malta is the most densely populated country in Europe and traffic on the tiny island is always backed up.  The airport terminal is undersized for the amount of air traffic coming through.  It looks like there is an ongoing expansion.  Most importantly, the people could not have been friendlier or more helpful on the island.  This was everywhere we went.

My wife and I would go again.  Sunsets, sunrises and moon rises are incredible.  We made only one reservation for a restaurant on the rooftop with views of the dome of the tallest building/church in Valleta otherwise we were not getting into this restaurant. 

Our few things of note.
* You need the Bolt app for taxis. 
* A 1/2 day boat tour of the Blue Lagoon, Crystal Lagoon and Cominio island is a must, but pay attention to the starting point.  We accidently pre-booked a start point that was a 50 minute Bolt ride from our hotel.  We could have booked the same tour with a far closer starting point.  Bolt cost us 68 Euro to get there and another 32 Euro to get back.  An expensive mistake.  The public bus which is significantly cheaper and air conditioned would have been 1h 40m ride.
* When you go in the water bring your own towel and bring water shoes or sandals because Malta is rocky and the rocks are smooth and coated with moss that makes it slippery and bare feet is asking for an injury.  The shore is very rocky too.
* Malta has 359 churches and each church has a Saint's festival that are held somewhere between April through October.  It's a sight to see.  They break out the pedestals and statues out of storage and hang banners every 30 feet on the streets that are part of the parade route where they carry the patron saint.  Valleta was setting up for Saint Dominic.  We only got to see the start of the 3 day celebration.  We saw fireworks (multiple times a day and multiple days and always with each festival) and heard an orchestra.  From our hotel rooftop we watched fireworks from another festival going on across the harbor.

It was great having a direct Delta flight home from Malta to JFK and no Paris or Amsterdam layover.

Ty so much for all of this valuable info.  I can't wait to get there in Oct. 

[pbiflyer]

I remember when rental cars were in the garage across from the terminal. Seattle has about the worst rental car situation in the USA.

That said, I was just there and have spent a lot of time at SEA in my career and never thought it was that bad, other then the rental cars.

Try MCO's non- pre-check security lines or ORDs regular immigration/customs line if you want bad. Or anything Dulles, for that matter!

New Orleans new airport says "hold my Sazerac"

[MU82]

Wore one of my Marquette hats onto my flight at Sea-Tac today. The woman behind us in line said she went to MU, too. And as we stepped onto the plane, the flight attendant said, "Hey, my daughter goes to Marquette!"

[JWags85]

Malta was great.  It is remarkable that they had 2 million visitors on 2018 and 5 million in 2025 and 2026 should top 2025.  It was noted to us several times that Malta is the most densely populated country in Europe and traffic on the tiny island is always backed up.  The airport terminal is undersized for the amount of air traffic coming through.  It looks like there is an ongoing expansion.  Most importantly, the people could not have been friendlier or more helpful on the island.  This was everywhere we went.

My wife and I would go again.  Sunsets, sunrises and moon rises are incredible.  We made only one reservation for a restaurant on the rooftop with views of the dome of the tallest building/church in Valleta otherwise we were not getting into this restaurant. 

Our few things of note.
* You need the Bolt app for taxis. 
* A 1/2 day boat tour of the Blue Lagoon, Crystal Lagoon and Cominio island is a must, but pay attention to the starting point.  We accidently pre-booked a start point that was a 50 minute Bolt ride from our hotel.  We could have booked the same tour with a far closer starting point.  Bolt cost us 68 Euro to get there and another 32 Euro to get back.  An expensive mistake.  The public bus which is significantly cheaper and air conditioned would have been 1h 40m ride.
* When you go in the water bring your own towel and bring water shoes or sandals because Malta is rocky and the rocks are smooth and coated with moss that makes it slippery and bare feet is asking for an injury.  The shore is very rocky too.
* Malta has 359 churches and each church has a Saint's festival that are held somewhere between April through October.  It's a sight to see.  They break out the pedestals and statues out of storage and hang banners every 30 feet on the streets that are part of the parade route where they carry the patron saint.  Valleta was setting up for Saint Dominic.  We only got to see the start of the 3 day celebration.  We saw fireworks (multiple times a day and multiple days and always with each festival) and heard an orchestra.  From our hotel rooftop we watched fireworks from another festival going on across the harbor.

It was great having a direct Delta flight home from Malta to JFK and no Paris or Amsterdam layover.

Awesome, glad to hear you had a great time, as I knew you would.  I forgot about Bolt vs Uber/Lyft.  It obviously has been 6-7 years since I was in Malta, but I remember that was the first European country that had a clear non-Uber necessity (not counting places like Belgium that for a long while were completely no ride share allowed).

The water/rocky duality is also worth noting.  The Mediterranean is magically clear in many places including Malta and many Greek islands, but the trade off is that its often due to the sea floor being really rocky and almost entirely devoid of the sand you're used to in the Gulf or Atlantic in the US.  No silt and cloudy water, but way less cushion too.  I never wore aqua shoes cause I always thought they were kind of dorky and unnecessary...but when I went to Corfu with my family, we all got them cause at a couple of the beaches, if the rocks wouldn't get you, the countless little black sea urchins would.

Also, had no idea that Delta had a seasonal direct to Malta, that's amazing.  For all its faults, United has a great network with a bunch of random flights to "smaller" Summer destinations.  Kudos to Delta for a fun one of their own to Malta.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Awesome, glad to hear you had a great time, as I knew you would.  I forgot about Bolt vs Uber/Lyft.  It obviously has been 6-7 years since I was in Malta, but I remember that was the first European country that had a clear non-Uber necessity (not counting places like Belgium that for a long while were completely no ride share allowed).

The water/rocky duality is also worth noting.  The Mediterranean is magically clear in many places including Malta and many Greek islands, but the trade off is that its often due to the sea floor being really rocky and almost entirely devoid of the sand you're used to in the Gulf or Atlantic in the US.  No silt and cloudy water, but way less cushion too.  I never wore aqua shoes cause I always thought they were kind of dorky and unnecessary...but when I went to Corfu with my family, we all got them cause at a couple of the beaches, if the rocks wouldn't get you, the countless little black sea urchins would.

Also, had no idea that Delta had a seasonal direct to Malta, that's amazing.  For all its faults, United has a great network with a bunch of random flights to "smaller" Summer destinations.  Kudos to Delta for a fun one of their own to Malta.

Wags - like in the autumn 2025 Delta was asking Medallion Members to vote where they would like to see a direct flight too.  I forget the choices but they ended up adding seasonal flights to Malta from JFK and to Sardinia (unsure from where) from the vote.