The Vancouver 2010 Olympics are well underway now and the excitement throughout the city has been amazing.
With the amount of people that are constantly in the downtown core and all the free venues, pavilions and concerts, line ups have become the new Olympic event. Some line ups can last a short 10 minutes, while others can last as long as an hour plus.
This week I waited in line with Russ at the LiveCity Downtown venue for about 15 minutes to into the venue. Once in LiveCity, we lined up 3o minutes to enter the Canada Pavilion. Once finally inside, there was another line up to have your photo taken with the Olympic torch. WOW. I of course didn’t line up for this, but was fascinated by the people that were.
The restaurants themselves have line ups as well and you can wait anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour at peak times to be seated.
All in all, the people waiting in line have been greatly patient. No arguments have happen, everyone seems to be in great spirits!
So go for the gold and wait in line!
One night when I was down on the Concord lands, I finally told myself to just stand in the lines. I’d been missing out on other events and pavilions I wanted to see because I was dismayed by all the lines everywhere, but I came to the realization that these Olympics would just be a big ‘why didn’t i…..’ memory if I didn’t give in and have some line-time.
…Which, as it turns out, can still be fun, ’cause it gives you a chance to stop, and meet/talk to people from in town, out of town, out of country, or out of continent. And I think that’s pretty neat for a city that’s always on the go.
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Yeah you just have to get out and enjoy it. I think that is why people are calm when waiting in these lines. They know this is a once in a lifetime event here and are just taking it all in.
I havent stood in line for anything, but then again I haven’t gone into any thing.. oh wait I did go into LiveCity Yaletown yesterday, but wasn’t my thing. Didn’t have to wait in line though.
Today we’re just going to walk around. Monday/Tuesday Robyn and I are going to hit up a couple of places REALLY EARLY so we don’t have to wait as long.
I like how they put up signs for the queue for the Cauldron to tell you an approximate wait time. Cool.