Solar eclipse April 8, would you pull kids out of school

[Anonymous]

PP here: I left off Buffalo, which was also $1k+.

[Anonymous]

We will invest the $1,000s and watch 87% coverage from here. No hassle. Still exciting. Can’t afford those prices for a 3 minute totality when we can get near 90% anyway. The D.C. area is fairly close to the band anyway.

[Anonymous]

I read the subject line and thought, "Why would you pull your kids out of school for an eclipse? Do you think the world is ending?" Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:We just tickets to be in an are of full totality. Our kids are late elementary so they should appreciate it. Our school admin ok'ed the absence too.

For those looking, here are ticket prices to various cities in/near it, based on leaving Saturday and coming back on a flight late enough on Monday to not miss the eclipse.

San Antonio: $1,000
Austin: $1,500
Cincinnati (drive to Dayton): $500
Indianapolis: $900
Cleveland: $900
Toronto: $500
Montreal: $550
Burlington: no late direct flights back on 4/8.

We went to the one in 2017 and our flight was over half eclipse chasers.

Cleveland and Toronto are driveable but I still wouldn’t do it. We saw the 2017 and it was cool for a few minutes but not worth the additional hassle. We were already visiting family in SC but still had to drive an extra hour out of the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read the subject line and thought, "Why would you pull your kids out of school for an eclipse? Do you think the world is ending?" Lol.

Thanks for your input.

[Anonymous]

Speaking of the eclipse, does anybody know where in DC you can buy eclipse glasses?

[Anonymous]

We are pulling our kids out and going to Buffalo. We also pulled them out for a trip to Australia this year. We value education but know education can happen outside of school too.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of the eclipse, does anybody know where in DC you can buy eclipse glasses?

Amazon has plenty. That's where we got them last time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaking of the eclipse, does anybody know where in DC you can buy eclipse glasses?

Amazon has plenty. That's where we got them last time.

But them now before they are sold out and/or $100/pair!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just tickets to be in an are of full totality. Our kids are late elementary so they should appreciate it. Our school admin ok'ed the absence too.

For those looking, here are ticket prices to various cities in/near it, based on leaving Saturday and coming back on a flight late enough on Monday to not miss the eclipse.

San Antonio: $1,000
Austin: $1,500
Cincinnati (drive to Dayton): $500
Indianapolis: $900
Cleveland: $900
Toronto: $500
Montreal: $550
Burlington: no late direct flights back on 4/8.

We went to the one in 2017 and our flight was over half eclipse chasers.

Another option is to fly to Detroit, then it's a 1-2 hour drive, depending on where you go, to totality.

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Anonymous wrote:
Another option is to fly to Detroit, then it's a 1-2 hour drive, depending on where you go, to totality.

Be careful of the timing of that 1-2 hour drive. I would expect large numbers of people from southeastern MI (Detroit and suburbs and Ann Arbor) driving into totality too.

I think this will hold true in many fly plus drive scenarios. The last thing you'll want is to fly somewhere then get stuck in traffic and not make it to the band of totality. Plan to fly in a day ahead and get where you're going or make the drive to totality very early in the day.

[Anonymous]

ABSOLUTELY!

[Anonymous]

We're pulling our middle-schoolers out to fly to Texas, so they'll miss 3 days of school (and meeting about a dozen family members there).

Like other posters have said, it's just not that big a deal unless you see totality. And that is amazing to experience.

This will be my kids' second eclipse (they were little in 2017 but they remember it)!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Another option is to fly to Detroit, then it's a 1-2 hour drive, depending on where you go, to totality.

Be careful of the timing of that 1-2 hour drive. I would expect large numbers of people from southeastern MI (Detroit and suburbs and Ann Arbor) driving into totality too.

I think this will hold true in many fly plus drive scenarios. The last thing you'll want is to fly somewhere then get stuck in traffic and not make it to the band of totality. Plan to fly in a day ahead and get where you're going or make the drive to totality very early in the day.

Yes, I would fly in the day before and leave super early in the morning. I live outside of Detroit so I'm aware of the possibilities. But regardless it can only take so long to get to Toledo.

[Anonymous]

Get yourself to Austin first, then:

https://news.delta.com/eclipse-viewing-30000-feet-delta-offer-path-totality-flight