dandaman's Grad Trip 2005
5:30 a.m.- Arrive at school
This in itself was interesting... the power had gone out the previous night, and came back on around 2:30 a.m. The bad thing was, almost all of the alarms were reset. The good news was that only one person was late. (We called her from the bus, and we woke her up by calling her.)
6:15 a.m.- On Road (finally!)
Coach Canada buses are awesome. (Reminded me of the Disney Cruise Line buses, as a matter of fact...) We watched the Waterboy and... well, I forget... :hammer:
8:00 a.m. Had a hearty breakfast of Gummie Bears and chocolate...
10:30 a.m.- Arrived in Toronto, Ontario
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
For those of you who haven't experienced it, the next time you go to Orlando, they have the exact same thing...
This show was awesome in every sense of the word. I wonder how much lances they go through each show?
A genuine mace-and-shield fight is a "royal jubilee", IMO.
(P.S. Yellow Knight [our section] won!
1:00- Olympic Spirit
It has a very nice video in the theatre at the start, with the musical score created exclusively for it... by Mel Brooks, no less.
After, there are two floors to choose from: Winter Games, or Summer Games. The Summer Games section was fun for about 5 minutes... due to the fact that I ran too fast and hit my knee into the mats at the end of a 100 m simulator. Twice. The cool thing is, I was the fastest time for the day (10.9 sec. projected for 100 m!) Unfortunately, my knee is still bruised.
The Winter Games floor had a curling simulator (got really close to the dot... but a classmate knocked it off and got nearly right on :lol: ), and a speed skating simulator. (Imagine a roller rink with non-skid booties on.)
Didn't get to try out the bobsled simulator, but I don't think my knee would've been up to it anyways.
3:30- Playdium Mississauga
The fact of getting to Playdium was an adventure in itself. The first time I've experienced T.O. traffic on a weekday... not good.
The Playdium is essentially a huge arcade, with a few simulators. There was a roller coaster simulator, but it didn't look half of CyberSpace Mountain.
The other one (like a big "Spider-Man"-type ride in a theatre) was out of order...
The arcade games were pretty fun. It reminded me a lot like DisneyQuest on one floor. There were 8 Daytona 500's set up in a row (with cameras), and the same thing with Indy 500 (whereas the cars actually move in response to your driving. I spun out and nearly hit the guy operating the games. :lol: )
6:30- Depart for Home
Given our late arrival to the Playdium, we left for Belle River about a half-hour late. On the ride home, we watched "Are We There Yet?" and "Van Helsing". Seeing as how there were major storms outside, watching "Van Helsing" im them was... interesting. Some of the lightning flashes were planned, I swear...
11:00- Arrive in Belle River
Overall, it was a great grad trip. Watching TV on a bus, driving an Indy car for 2 hours, a jousting tournament, and running for your life...
There's nothing sweeter.
dandaman
5:30 a.m.- Arrive at school
This in itself was interesting... the power had gone out the previous night, and came back on around 2:30 a.m. The bad thing was, almost all of the alarms were reset. The good news was that only one person was late. (We called her from the bus, and we woke her up by calling her.)
6:15 a.m.- On Road (finally!)
Coach Canada buses are awesome. (Reminded me of the Disney Cruise Line buses, as a matter of fact...) We watched the Waterboy and... well, I forget... :hammer:
8:00 a.m. Had a hearty breakfast of Gummie Bears and chocolate...
10:30 a.m.- Arrived in Toronto, Ontario
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
For those of you who haven't experienced it, the next time you go to Orlando, they have the exact same thing...
This show was awesome in every sense of the word. I wonder how much lances they go through each show?
A genuine mace-and-shield fight is a "royal jubilee", IMO.(P.S. Yellow Knight [our section] won!
1:00- Olympic Spirit
It has a very nice video in the theatre at the start, with the musical score created exclusively for it... by Mel Brooks, no less.
After, there are two floors to choose from: Winter Games, or Summer Games. The Summer Games section was fun for about 5 minutes... due to the fact that I ran too fast and hit my knee into the mats at the end of a 100 m simulator. Twice. The cool thing is, I was the fastest time for the day (10.9 sec. projected for 100 m!) Unfortunately, my knee is still bruised.
The Winter Games floor had a curling simulator (got really close to the dot... but a classmate knocked it off and got nearly right on :lol: ), and a speed skating simulator. (Imagine a roller rink with non-skid booties on.
)Didn't get to try out the bobsled simulator, but I don't think my knee would've been up to it anyways.
3:30- Playdium Mississauga
The fact of getting to Playdium was an adventure in itself. The first time I've experienced T.O. traffic on a weekday... not good.
The Playdium is essentially a huge arcade, with a few simulators. There was a roller coaster simulator, but it didn't look half of CyberSpace Mountain.
The other one (like a big "Spider-Man"-type ride in a theatre) was out of order...
The arcade games were pretty fun. It reminded me a lot like DisneyQuest on one floor. There were 8 Daytona 500's set up in a row (with cameras), and the same thing with Indy 500 (whereas the cars actually move in response to your driving. I spun out and nearly hit the guy operating the games. :lol: )
6:30- Depart for Home
Given our late arrival to the Playdium, we left for Belle River about a half-hour late. On the ride home, we watched "Are We There Yet?" and "Van Helsing". Seeing as how there were major storms outside, watching "Van Helsing" im them was... interesting.
Some of the lightning flashes were planned, I swear...11:00- Arrive in Belle River
Overall, it was a great grad trip. Watching TV on a bus, driving an Indy car for 2 hours, a jousting tournament, and running for your life...
There's nothing sweeter.
dandaman
