What's inside the Space Needle?

No April fool's jokes here - just another new video! Stay tuned for another animation later this month.😎

As a blender user I think this guy deserves more appreciation

Ah, the theme park method: the only exit is through the gift shop.

I'm from Seattle and have been to the Space Needle several times. My wife and I were able to eat at the restaurant shortly before the renovation. FYI, the Skyline level was also a renovation, it wasn't part of the original construction.

Person: I gonna put my belongings here 5 mins later Person: where are my belongings? 25 mins later Person: there they are

I can confirm: Leaning a on the glass wall at the top is fricking terrifying

Before retiring in 2009, I commuted to work in Seattle from the North suburbs for 25 years. I saw the Space Needle 5 days a week and never got tired of seeing it. Going to the top, which I did several times, is not necessary to appreciate the fact that it's one of the most beautiful, distinctive and futuristic looking structures ever built.

I remember going to the revolving restaurant at the top around 1983. Stationed at Ft. Lewis a buddy and I drive to Seattle from Tacoma. Going to see Robert Plant at the colosseum under the needle. Surprise Phil Collins on drums. Great memories.

Fun Fact: The Donauturm in Vienna also has a rotational floor

I think the april fool prank is.. He actually uploaded(jk lol your video is awesome)

Why is he talking like I can afford to go to Seattle.

I did have a chance to dine there when they had the revolving restaurant at the top. The food was super expensive, and not particularly great. However, the experience was well worth it. One of my favorite things was kids putting cards/papers on the stationary ridge - as the restaurant revolved, people would take the card when it got to their table and write down where they traveled from to get there and maybe a short comment, then replace it on the sill. By the time it got back to the original kid/person, there would be a bunch of signatures and messages from much of the restaurant - representing travelers from around the world. A great tradition and fine souvenir of the experience. Iconic structure

Man, if my family visited this when I was a kid, I probably would have cried very loudly, for I had a horrible fear of heights when I was a kid. (Couldn't stand those net bridges at McDonalds PlayPlace) Nowadays, I might be able to do it, but I would not be able to look at the glass floor. I might pass out.

Having been to Seattle two years ago, and going to the Space Needle while they were renovating. This is great for travelers wanting to go because I can confirm that it is accurate.

Great video!! I had always wondered about that rotating restaurant. Hopefully they open another one up there eventually!

I remember my family visiting there in 1980. A little different at the time, we enjoyed dinner at the top of the needle, I remember being fascinated by the fact that the whole restaurant was slowly spinning, as I looked down I could see the bright lights of a Kiss concert in some stadium at the time. Star Trek the motion picture had just been released and they had mannequins decked out in star trek gear I thought was cool as an 11 yr old....great memories....

Two things. I had the pleasure of having dinner when the Space Needle had a restaurant, very good food and a great view plus it rotated. Second do a side by side comparison of the Seattle Space Needle and San Antonio’s Tower of the Americas. You might be surprised. I’ve been to both.

We need a video on how Jared Owen makes these animations

I dined in that restaurant in the Spring of 1968 as a kid. Remarkably, my parents got to have a family lunch there without prior reservations. The vivid memory of the rotating restaurant was the view of the plentiful brick buildings in Seattle. My dad said the view was similar of what existed in East Coast (US) cities of that era. The other memory was at the ground floor of the Space Needle, with the gigantic sized bolts and nuts seen as foundation anchors for the tower. My older brother questioned about the size of the wrench it took to tighten the nuts to the bolts.

In my role as a video security engineer, I got to go into the core of the Space needle, and even up on the roof. It was truly amazing. Interestingly, the motor that turns the rotating floor is something like 1 horsepower. Very small electric motor, geared very low!