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Fun team events in the Redmond/Seattle area?

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This is a question for any locals that read my blog. I know a lot of teams do fun/morale events locally but there's really no repository where someone can go to find out about them. I've come across a couple things (there's a ropes course at Red Hook....who knew?), but was wondering what some of the fun team events were that you have done. We've got team members coming in from out of state so we want to make sure we show them a good time.

Any ideas?

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  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    Our team at Microsoft did the Mystery and Scavenger Hunt. It looks kinda cheesy at first but it was a lot of fun and you end up seeing a lot of downtown Seattle in the process (although you're in a bit of a hurry). http://www.see-seattle.com/articles-SeeTheCityOnAScavengerHunt.htm http://www.see-seattle.com/scavenger.htm

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    That actually looks fun!

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    I still miss http://www.forrest-pruzan.com/location/locbased.html. I worked there 10 years ago and it was a great place for team-building. That said, I now have a soft spot for http://www.whirlyball.net/

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    Ariel, you links got wonky, so I fixed them. Those games look amazing. I've never seen anything like that. We have done Whirlyball before (I've done it twice now) and it is fun. You can definitely tell who are the Type-As (ym, all of us?). I want to spend some more time on that first site though. There might be something interesting there! Thanks for the ideas!

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    June 12, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2007
    The hike to the top of Rattlesnake Ledge (just past North Bend) is fun, and the views from the top are amazing.  It's 2 miles each way and only requires moderate fitness (my kids have been doing it since they were 5).  For those who don't want to climb, the lake is pretty and there is an amazing conference center (the Cedar River Watershed education center) that would be a great spot for your meetings.

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2007
    Josh- hiking sounds interesting. My first morale event at MS was hiking and I thought I was going to pass out, but it sounds like the hike yoiu suggest is more moderate :)

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2007
    I need suggestions too!!  I have a small group of 3 people. Any other ideas?  I looked into that ropes course at Red Hook - but couldn't find it. Help! Thanks!! julie.kemp@chpw.org

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2007
    Julie - we ended up doing a wine tasting at SeaStar in Bellevue. The gentleman who did the tasting is a Vassar professor who knows anincredible amount about wine and was really engaging. If anyone else is intersted, I could probably put you in touch with him.

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2007
    Our staff had a blast doing The Electric Boat Company scavenger hunt on Lake Union. We had four boats of six and it was very competitive. From their website: Scavenger Hunts:  A scavenger hunt event is available for groups with multi-boat parties.  Here, the boats compete with one another to find various locations and points of interest on the lake and take pictures with Polaroid cameras provided by The Electric Boat Company.  The first team to come back to the dock with all of their pictures wins.  Length of Time: 3 hrs.  Cost in addition to boat rental: $19.95 per person with a 8 person minimum.

  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2008
    We did a cooking class at Starry Nights in Kirkland and it was the best morale event ever (had full attendance!) and everyone cooked together and ate together.  A few folks hated cooking, but still got to stand around drinking wine.  Good times.

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    April 29, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    April 15, 2011
    Nice event ideas here, so I'll add one more for future visitors' benefit. Mini golf at Willows Run in Redmond can be a fun outing as well (www.willowsrun.com/.../layout9.asp).

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2014
    This is an old thread that I just stumbled across after our team just did a bicycle team building event on the Commons. We used www.seattle-team-building.com) and the two facilitators were awesome.  It was really, really cool when the kids came at the end to pick up the bikes, it definitely put that finishing touch on.  We had looked at some of the other activities but we have mixed fitness levels in our group so the ropes course etc were out of the question. jimjoh