Sunday, October 30, 2005

Halloween at Stanley Park - Part 1

Several times in the past I had been down to Stanley Park to see the miniature train decorated for the Christmas Season. But this year I decided to check out their similar event for Halloween. Arriving just before 6pm my mom & I were a little surprised to discover that the first availability was at 9pm!
Yes, it's VERY popular. But we bought tickets and then took the city bus (#19) back to Denman & Georgia (very convenient bus service by the way!). We then walked along Denman to find a restaurant that appealed to us and ended up choosing the Ukrainian Village. On the way back we explored Coal Harbour where we saw several police cars, 2 ambulances, and one fire truck; I'm still not sure what happened there.Arriving back around 7:30pm we discovered that our tickets ($8.50 for adults, $5.00 for seniors & kids) also let us into the Farmyard. The animals weren't decorated in Halloween costumes but many of the human patrons were, especially the wee ones. As you see from the photos, the decoration was quite extensive. Some of it was a tad ghoulish but most of it had an element of humour to it.

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