The space needle gift shop is at ground level. It’s probably free, but there’s no view.
I have just googled a bit, and I retract my tangent about the fine Space Needle Restaurant.
SkyCity Restaurant closed in September 2017 as part of the Space Needle’s historic renovation project. There is currently no full-service revolving restaurant at the Space Needle.
So, the original advice fits the thread topic perfectly as “unreliable advice.”
When driving an RV or towing a travel trailer on mountain roads, you needn’t pull over when cars start stacking up in a big line behind you, even if they start flashing their high beams and honking their horns. What they don’t realize is by driving at very slow speeds they’ll be much more able to enjoy the majestic views.
Relatedly:
All those signs warning about sharp curves on mountain roads are just joking. Drive as fast as you want; all the roads in the country are of course designed for safe travel at 70 MPH minimum.
When visiting Hawaii…
Rent a convertible Mustang and no one will know you’re a tourist. And no one will laugh at you when it suddenly starts raining!
Wear socks with your sandals or even better rubber slippers. Oh, and refer to your rubber slippers as flip-flops or even better shower sandals!
As soon as you get here, buy a matching set of Aloha shirts and muumuus for you and your family.
Don’t worry about wearing sunscreen. It’s not like you’re any closer to the equator than anywhere in the continental U.S.
Brag how your lobster red sunburn is a great tan!
Pronounce the letter A in Hawaiian names with like the short A in mat or long A in mate, not like A in ah.
Ask where the local J-Town or K-Town is as there obviously must be one since we have a Chinatown.
Ask if any food you’re not familiar with is Hawaiian. It’s not as if we have a melting pot of food from multiple cultures with a very limited number of traditional Hawaiian foods.
Ask anyone with brown skin, “Are you Hawaiian?” Non-Hawaiian Polynesians love that!
Go Hank Hill on all Asians and continually ask, “Are you Japanese or Chinese??”, no matter what nationality they say they are.
How else do you suggest one might achieve their lifelong ambition to lead a parade?
You’ve gotta watch out for the drop bears though. I mean warning tourists about drop bears is like the essential piece of unreliable Aussie travel advise, right?
I have to admit I hit all of these on my last trip to Hawaii. I believe I also pronounced the name of the city “High-Low”.
It’s always a good idea to learn a few phrases in the local language or dialect, so when you come to Atlanta, be sure to pepper your speech with “Ah do declayah!”, “Bless yore heart!” and “Y’all come back now, y’heah?” at ever opportunity. (Should you feel unsure of the accent, Foghorn Leghorn and Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane are excellent models.) Use “y’all” at every opportunity, regardless if you’re speaking to one person or many. Greet your waiter or tour guide with “How y’all doing today!” and you’ll fool the locals into thinking you’re a native!
Should you visit lovely Stone Mountain, make sure to take the gentle, short stroll to the top. The path is even and smooth; your wedges, flip-flops, or 6" Jimmy Choo stilettos are perfectly sufficient to carry you to the summit.
You will of course admire the carving of those three patriots Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis, and perhaps notice that all the park’s roads are named for Confederate generals. This is because all Atlantans are extremely proud of our Confederate past. So feel free to wear your souvenir CSA cavalry hat and “Save yer Confederate money, boys; the South’s gonna rise again!” t-shirt into the shops and restaurants of Stone Mountain village, as well as downtown and Midtown Atlanta. We will notice and feel grateful that you honor our history so.
Don’t forget to stick a Confederate flag sticker on your giant SUV, which you should drive everywhere, especially in Atlanta’s city limits. Atlanta’s roads are wide, well-kept, and easy to navigate. Parking is abundant and free. Avoid MARTA - the trains are overcrowded with homeless people and drug dealers, and you will be robbed at least twice on the trip from the airport to Five Points.
Special note for Europeans - we sometimes get a little confused with our sports terminology. Please remind us that “football is played with the feet”, and that the sport we stupidly call football is actually “handegg”. Australians, be sure to mention that rugby and Australian Rules are played without pads. We don’t really care that much about our game, and are always happy for suggestions on how to make it better.
That was YOU! Loved the matching family Aloha shirts.
Many people hope to see some wildlife in Canada’s mountain national parks. And most often, they won’t be disappointed: bears, elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats are abundant and roam freely; and there is a lot of bird life, as well as smaller animals.
So one question you should ask the gate guard when you drive in is, “When do you put the animals away at night, and when do you release them in the morning?” Times vary throughout the year, as the sun rises and sets, and you’ll want to know the optimum viewing hours.
One thing you should keep in mind about New Hampshire is that our state motto is Live Free Or Die. You have the right to do whatever you want. If you feel like going hiking in the White Mountains in January, go ahead, those signs saying not to are suggestions. Our search and rescue folks get bored so they’ll be glad you livened up their day and they definitely won’t charge you for finding you when you get lost.
If you’re coming to Europe you may want to bring your own car. A good ol’ Caddy is much better than those rinky-dinky Euro things and that way you won’t need to run the hassle of getting a rental.
In Spain, make sure to ask why they insist in mispronouncing the name of the country adding that Eh sound in front. Also ask why do Spaniards lisp (this will be particularly popular in the SW and in the Canary Islands) and don’t bother to bring winter clothes no matter what time of year you’re coming. Madrid is a year-round beach party. If by some mistake you end up in Toledo, remind them of the correct pronunciation; explain to them that el Greco couldn’t paint worth shit and that Toledo steel is made in Ohio.
Remember I said to bring your car? The only thing better than driving around Italy’s autostradas is driving in Rome itself. Cazzo is a term of endearment; the locals will use it with you a lot (specially if you brought your own car), remember to use it with them.
If you are traveling to Kansas City, no one cares which state you are in. Particularly if you are a band, a shout-out to Kansas if you are playing in a Missouri venue will get you a loud cheer. And vice-versa, but the venues on the Kansas side are smaller so the cheers will be too (and people are a lot less likely to make the error in that direction).
I’m going to guess that, since everybody in Australia is descended from transported criminals, a great icebreaker is asking natives about the crimes of their forefathers.
Or asking them if emus have ever kicked their dunny door down (this goes down well in Double Bay, Sydney).
You laugh… I have relatives by marriage who went to Italy on their 10th anniversary, and came back complaining about the food. 
When you come to Texas, make sure to ask everyone where their oil wells are, and where they keep their horses, and make sure to wear a cowboy hat & boots, so as to blend in.
Also, make sure and plan a driving trip of the state to take 2 days and see Amarillo, Corpus, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas.
Next time you’re in all-embracing Glasgow…
Funny thing - you’d think a 135-year-old rivalry between two top-tier footy teams (Rangers and Celtic) with absolutely no roiling political nor religious underpinnings whatsoever would actually manifest itself in a truly admirable cosmopolitan sense of bonhomie, where the very concept of “competition”, itself, is so…watered down - nay, emasculated, to the point that it’s not uncommon to see Celtic supporters - who sometimes hold clandestine “Blue Romp” gatherings - having no problem, at all, if you entered one of their pubs wearing nothing but a Union Jack, and, conversely - there’s a flag with three colours on it, being green, white, and orange. If you were to drape just that over yourself while going into a Rangers pub, there could be a split second of possibly bemused silence, but then instantly right back into pubbing.
Strangest kumbaya thing.
Australia is very dangerous. Everything tries to kill you. Drive straight from the airport to a high quality hotel. Seal all doors and windows. Stand on your bed with some form of killing implement and keep guard 24/7. Any garage or corner store will sell you firearms and you should take advantage of this. Sleep in shifts.
You won’t survive but this strategy gives you some hope of living a little longer.
If the locals tell you about how everything in Australia tries to kill you listen carefully, and ideally take notes. Australians get offended by visitors who thinks this is a subject for levity.
This is the absolute drum.
Forget the drop bears and the crocs and the snakes and the spiders and the irukandji and the bloody blue ringed bloody octopus.
It’s bloody Paul Hogan and his grilled shrimps that should have been flung into chokey for enticing so many gullible ‘merkins to their doom. Apologies.
Ah, Australia. If an Australian asks you to help them find something they’ve mislaid, tell them you’ll be glad to root around in their drawers.