How stranded travelers spent a day at DIA

Denver International Airport shut down for the first time in about a decade Wednesday. Some people slept there. Others stayed for all day, went home and returned Thursday morning to try again.

This is how everyone killed the time:

 

Room with a view. #denverblizzard #denverairport

A photo posted by @theclawandthesea on

Mar 23, 2016 at 8:55pm PDT

 

Bored college tennis players passing some time in the Denver Airport! #denverairport #blizzard #trapped #coupleofsnowflakes @mvgiaco @syna_ka @oceane_gpe @ita_tennis

A video posted by Hawaii Pacific Univ. Tennis (@hputennis) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 2:26pm PDT

 

#stranded at #denverairport and they shut down all ways out of the city. I can't believe I'm part of the #denverblizzard

A video posted by Jessy Wall (@jessikita.camille) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 6:53pm PDT

 

#snorkeling #denverairport #blizzard #stranded

A video posted by @andreamcgrath on

Mar 23, 2016 at 8:35pm PDT

 

Killing time #westinhotel #denverairport #escalator #escalatortimelapse

A video posted by Gavaganmechanic (@gavthemechanic) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 12:12pm PDT

 

Ode to suitcases. Looks like it will be a slumber party at the airport tonight. @denairport #travel #adventure #live #life #denver #denverairport

A photo posted by @hautehills on

Mar 23, 2016 at 6:13pm PDT

 

#springbreak2016 #denverairport Is that real?

A photo posted by Andrea Tam (@andreatam71) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 1:47pm PDT

 

When in #denverairport on an extended layover, what else to do besides #yoga #stretching and some #planks ?! #boredpassenger #dontjudge #thisishowitravel #healthylife #almostthere #durangocolorado

A photo posted by Erica Clark (@erworld035) on

Mar 22, 2016 at 12:50pm PDT

 

Creative sleeping solution at #denverairport over snowstorm night! #springbreak2016 #denver cares about you

A photo posted by Andrea Tam (@andreatam71) on

Mar 24, 2016 at 3:54am PDT

The Humor out at @DENAirport is in full swing this afternoon! #snowday #DIA #Denverairport #Cantdrive #snowedin pic.twitter.com/23XjsLyKMf

— Luke Wyckoff (@LukeWyckoff) March 23, 2016

25 hours in the Denver airport and counting. #justwanttogethome

— PortraitofaNightmare (@PoaNspeaks) March 24, 2016

Welcome to Denver Airport tonight folks!!! #DEN #denverblizzard sleep tight!!! pic.twitter.com/V86b4bFrki

— Sean Black (@extremesb) March 24, 2016

 

Just before the update to "airport closed; Pena Blvd closed"-AKA: trapped like rats #ratherbeskiing #anyplacebuthere

A photo posted by Lis Wilson (@lisannedwilson) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 2:00pm PDT

 

TSA is a breeze #allflightscancelled #silverlining

A photo posted by Ben Rice (@bhwrice) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 1:49pm PDT

 

Travel ban in Denver.

A photo posted by Ben Rice (@bhwrice) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 1:44pm PDT

 

SLUMBER PARTY ft. disaster blankets #blizzard

A photo posted by @claric.e on

Mar 23, 2016 at 8:27pm PDT

 

Because the #strugglewasreal Lord, please get me out this airport today! S/O @canvasfash have a safe trip home

A video posted by Honey Douglas (@yellowbone_honey) on

Mar 24, 2016 at 6:06am PDT

 

Fallout from yesterday's storm. Off to Sacramento! #DIA #denver #winterstorm #whiteout

A photo posted by Nick Roosen (@nickroosen) on

Mar 24, 2016 at 5:28am PDT

 

At least I got to sleep in my own bed.

A photo posted by @dirknovartis on

Mar 24, 2016 at 4:37am PDT

 

Family #airport #slumberparty #blizzard2016 #springbreak #airportshutdown #denverblizzard

A photo posted by Crystal Vincent (@appetiteforasana) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 8:40pm PDT

 

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A photo posted by Seok Kyu, Han (@belieftheory) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 7:28pm PDT

 

#vara2 #homeless ?????

A photo posted by Nahuel Zampayo (@nahuelzampayo) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

 

Got Luggage? #bestvacationever

A photo posted by THE MRS MCCARLEY (@the_mrs_mccarley) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 5:25pm PDT

 

round three | finding calm (is it me or the alcohol?) and camaraderie with my fellow stranded passengers/cocktail drinkers

A photo posted by @coffeekathryn on

Mar 23, 2016 at 5:52pm PDT

 

#slumberfilter

A photo posted by Carissa Samaniego (@carissasamaniego) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 3:44pm PDT

 

Having a 'flight' while waiting for a flight.... Sigh#stranded#denver#oregon#pinotnoir#willamettevalley#argyle#vanduzerestate#bergstrom#shootmenow

A photo posted by pettts (@rubydoobyloo) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 2:49pm PDT

 

I love every 30 minutes hearing that Denver international is closed. Really... There is a plane in this picture. #whereswaldo #denver #springblizzards

A photo posted by lesliemstarkyoung (@lesliemstarkyoung) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 1:59pm PDT

 

We don't let a blizzard stop us from having fun Still going to Vegas after the airport opens back up though #blizzard #Colorado

A photo posted by Sammy Shaw (@sammykristine) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 12:28pm PDT

 

People are bustling about as if they have things to do. We are all stranded here. I'm at my people watching prime.

A video posted by Keri Welch (@keriberryboo721) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 12:41pm PDT

 

Here's to flights that never were and friends that forever are. Sorry Laur, we tried! Happy birthday anyways! @lauren_celeste_ @nick_0_less #curseofwednesdaystrikesagain #birthdayssuckanyways #selene

A photo posted by Courtney (@cannmarshall) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 11:50am PDT

 

Stranded on a runway in a blizzard with a cabin full of exhaust with a failed engine being evacuated from the plane to sit in the terminal for a couple more hours and we're missing a day of vacation and four hours behind schedule and should already be in Cabo, not Denver, and might be spending the night here on an uncomfortable cot that the airport gives us with a dying phone and no Wifi at all. What else can go wrong? #NOOOOOOOOOO #ugh #nevergoingtogetthere #southwestfun #GETMEOUTOFHERE!!!

A photo posted by Carter! YouTuber!? (@cartercvlogs) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 11:10am PDT

 

Denver international airport during a blizzard. Notice that the snow on the road is underneath an overhang. Blowing in.

A video posted by Rich Blessing (@richblessinghomes) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 11:13am PDT

 

A photo posted by Morgan Gray (@moca_gray17) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 11:47am PDT

 

Wind sculpture at DIA. The airport is snowed in and we are waiting for the snow gods to let Gio's parents land! March 23, 2016 #milehighcity #publicart #DIA #springtimeintherockies

A video posted by J. Le Grand Toninelo (@jletoni) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 11:46am PDT

 

Only 11 more hrs to go in the Denver Airport! @mvgiaco #fearthefin #sharkscicles #trappedindenver @ita_tennis

A video posted by Hawaii Pacific Univ. Tennis (@hputennis) on

Mar 23, 2016 at 10:10am PDT