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By: The Time Has Come… « Vantwisitor

The Time Has Come… « Vantwisitor — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:37:11 +0000

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Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:17:39 +0000

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By: Martina

Martina — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:24:46 +0000

I’m really confused. From all that I’m reading on the VANOC site, it sounds like you can only get into Whistler if you have an event ticket?? We’re interested in milling around the town and taking in the atmosphere for a day, but not attending sporting events. Can anyone confirm?

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:10:31 +0000

Last I read, I could only get on the bus at BCIT for the Winter Olympic Park in Whistler. But it goes to Lonsdale anyway? Bah!

So we’ve got our Olympic Bus Network pass for the day of our event. Did I mention that it takes longer to get to the event we’re watching, than actually watching it? lol

By: fotoeins

fotoeins — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:10:20 +0000

@RB, thanks for the summary! I’m hoping to get back at some point in the next 12 months to see (and photograph) all the funky changes in me town o’ birth.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:36:01 +0000

Recently, I bought bus tickets from Lonsdale to Whistler Olympic Park (for ski jumping). The actual event tickets arrived last week with a book, and that book clearly indicates that Lonsdale does not serve Olympic Park and that you must depart from BCIT. Of course I can’t contact anyone to confirm whether the Offical book is accurate, or the bus ticket website?.

By: 1 Month until the Games begin. Are you ready? | Yaletown.ca

1 Month until the Games begin. Are you ready? | Yaletown.ca — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:17:08 +0000

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By: More on Transit adjustments | Vancouver Metblogs

More on Transit adjustments | Vancouver Metblogs — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:26:41 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:08:17 +0000

@ Darren – your review of the Olympic transit site is spot-on….we spent close to an hour trying to book our bus link to Cypress for a snowboard event. Lonsdale Key was (and still is) suggested on the site as a transit hub and would have been the best option for us as we would be coming from the Commercial Drive area. While listed as an option, it is no longer avaialble to book and the buses are first-come first reserved; and apparently we can only head in to Cypress from SFU now.

What would have been a 30-min commute will now take 1 and a half hours and worst of all – we can’t reserve a seat on a bus that will get us to the venue for the begining of the event! We could only book seats on a bus that departs SFU 1 hour after the event starts and thus will get us there almost 2 hours into an event that we paid to attend.

What happens to those ticket holders who wait another week to book, or worse still, buy their tix the week of the event, when they arrive here (through a reseller) and find that they can’t get to the venue at all?

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:20:54 +0000

Great post – thanks Rebbecca! This will be a big help as I organize commuting and telecommuting with my team at work.