点评:Booked our tour of the Boeing Factory through the Boeing Future of Flight and drove up 30 minutes from downtown Seattle. We arrived early and exchanged vouchers for tickets. And put all of our personal belongings (including phones, cameras, water bottles) into free lockers. Then we checked in with tour guide Joe, who is quite the historian; we chatted about William Boeing (born in our home town of Detroit) a couple times before and after the tour. Our tour experience began with an introduction by tour guide Kavya and three short videos before the group was split in two. We boarded our bus with Kavya pointing out sites as we rode a short distance to the tour site before entering Bay 5 (or 6?) to see how assembly of the new Dreamliner jets happen. Quite interesting to see that some 8 or more planes are in various stages of assembly; each one is labeled by customer name. We spent some 30 minutes inside the Bay looking and watching. Then the bus took us back to the Future of Flight building where we saw more displays and went up to the Sky Deck and were able to take photos. All in all, despite its brevity, it was interesting. And gives you pause as to how much goes into building a new jet airliner!
翻译:我们通过“波音未来飞行”项目预订了波音工厂参观 tour,从西雅图市中心驾车30分钟便抵达。我们提前到达后,用兑换券换取了门票,随后把所有个人物品——包括手机、相机和水瓶——都存入免费的储物柜中。随后我们与导游乔见了面,他可是个不折不扣的历史专家;在参观前后,我们还聊了好几次关于威廉·波音的话题——他正是我们家乡底特律人呢。我们的游览体验始于导游Kavya的介绍以及三段简短的视频,随后团队被分成两组。我们登上巴士,Kavya沿途为大家介绍各处景点。巴士行驶不远便抵达了游览地点,随后我们进入5号(或是6号?)装配区,观看新型Dreamliner喷气式飞机的组装过程。令人颇感兴趣的是,那里有8架甚至更多飞机正处于不同的组装阶段,每一架飞机上都标有客户的名称。我们在该区域停留了约30分钟,仔细观察和体验。随后,巴士载我们返回“未来飞行”展览馆。我们在那里参观了更多展品,还登上了空中观景台并拍了照片。总的来说,虽然参观时间不长,但还是挺有意思的。这也让人不禁思考:制造一架全新的喷气式客机究竟需要付出多少努力啊!