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As the tilte says I will be in Toronto in early October( or more namely Barrie ON. for a family wedding). My question is to all you Canadian Dakkaites what should I be on the look out for and what should I avoid? Will only have a limited amount of time due to a pretty full itinerary and only a week to do it all,which includes a stag(batchelor) party in Toronto, a visit to CanadaLand and of course Niagra Falls, oh and a wedding in between .Have already googled game stores near by:Sir Games-A-Lot in the Bayfield Mall looks very promising.Also can I get an idea of prices for games and accessories such as X-Wing,Zomibcide etc.

Thanks in advance

Daz

We visited there last December. We found this place had amazing food;
https://smokespoutinerie.com/

 dazblackhawk wrote:
As the tilte says I will be in Toronto in early October( or more namely Barrie ON. for a family wedding). My question is to all you Canadian Dakkaites what should I be on the look out for and what should I avoid? Will only have a limited amount of time due to a pretty full itinerary and only a week to do it all,which includes a stag(batchelor) party in Toronto, a visit to CanadaLand and of course Niagra Falls, oh and a wedding in between .Have already googled game stores near by:Sir Games-A-Lot in the Bayfield Mall looks very promising.Also can I get an idea of prices for games and accessories such as X-Wing,Zomibcide etc.

Thanks in advance

Daz

If you have time for some museum visiting, I highly recommend the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto. It has one of the world's foremost dinosaur collections, a reproduction of part of the temple wall from Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple (commemorating her trade mission to Punt), and until January 3rd a special exhibit on Pompeii including a number of casts of the victims of the eruption. (oh, and an HBO themed corner hidden in the back of the exhibit hall!)
It's pretty accessible as well, since the subway runs right alongside it, which is mandatory as there's no public parking nearby.

In Barrie itself, there's the nearby Base Borden military museum.

As for things to avoid... any time the Maple Leafs are playing, unless you enjoy really expensive live comedy!

I second the Royal Museum. I was in Toronto for Canada Day and it was great. Driving is really bad though in my opinion.

 BrotherGecko wrote:
I second the Royal Museum. I was in Toronto for Canada Day and it was great. Driving is really bad though in my opinion.

Well, we only have two seasons in Canada... Winter and Construction.

But seriously, if you do go and visit Toronto at all on your trip, save your sanity and just walk/take the subway/GO transit everywhere. The city is currently still a huge mess of asinine LRT upgrades/expansions and general road maintenance. (I know it's stupid, but we really do have lots of streetcars in a city that's frozen half the year!)

Two things in Toronto you must do.

1) CN Tower
2) Royal Ontario Museum.(seriously one of the better museums, and I live near DC.)

GG