Originally Posted by
salut0
On this topic, I’m exploring a visit to Cleveland for April 8th.
Have mileage tickets into CLE arriving around 1130 and leaving out of CAK (Akron/Canton airport) at 1925.
What’s the best way, short of hiring a car, to get to somewhere interesting to view the eclipse which would be fun and educational for an 8 year old child, and then get back again to CAK airport for the flight back?
The center of activities is the Great Lakes Science Center which is one of the NASA broadcast locations of the eclipse:
https://greatscience.com/explore/eve...ipse-fest-2024
You can get downtown (Tower City) by rail from the airport on the RTA Red Line. The Waterfront Line goes from there to the GLSC but it's been shut down for reconstruction. It *might* be re-opened in time for the eclipse but I haven't heard. If not, the walk from Tower City to GLSC is a little less than a mile.
Your issue is going to be getting from downtown Cleveland to CAK. It can be done with a bus transfer in Akron but no one would call if "convenient". Worse, I wouldn't count on Uber or Lyft, either, as they will be absolutely slammed and so could buses getting out of Cleveland. Estimates are there could be 200,000 more people in downtown Cleveland than the average weekday.
If at all possible, try to arrange your departing flight from CLE which has rail service.