Aww! I love this. Vancouver is also our old stomping grounds before Nova Scotia. Makes me miss the place (maybe not the high prices though lol). Thank you for sharing.
@@CruisingCanucks we went on Holland America for our golden wedding to Alaska, we had 2 day hop pass it saved us a lot of walking .also we saved on transfer s From airport to hotel and from ship back to airport for our flight back to uk just came of ship straight into a taxi had a great time loved alaska and the ship
Wooohooo! Loved the new intro Jill and Jerry! Nice to see you are promoting yourselves, and ask for people to subscribe. This vlog brought back memories of our Landsea Tour from back in 2018. This was our first Alaska cruise out of Vancouver, and we did the same tour, pre embarkation. God, I held on for dear life going across that bridge! Yikes! I did find going back wasn't as bad. We highly enjoyed the tour and tour guide, as you did, yes pickup and drop off at our hotel which was seamless. Soooo we booked them for our pre Alaska cruise in 2020. Yes, you know where this is going. We had booked the Victoria BC tour, which included the ferry over and back, as well as the Whistler/Shannon Falls tour. So we had a good chunk of money tied up between the 2 tours. Their customer service was fantastic! I was in touch with a lady, right through til we finally were able to sail in 2022. We didn't lose our money, and once I knew our cruise schedule I was able to give them new dates for the tours, and they applied our credit. We would highly recommend the company and tour guides! Cheers from London, Ontario.
It is wonderful to hear that this Canadian company was wonderful to deal with at such a difficult time. We also found their customer service to be top notch!
@@CruisingCanucks We also liked that they were a smaller group tour, as opposed to the huge tour buses. Much easier for the tour guide to give a more personalized and intimate experience.
A tip that will save money: Lynn Valley, also in North Van, has a suspension bridge and trails and is FREE! The public transit bus stops outside the car park. Save your money skip Capilano - Lynn Valley isnt packed either! It has a cafe and toilet.
I would agree. When we have visitors from out of town, we take them to Lynn Valley. I've never gone to Capilano because of the cost. Another great place for a free visit is the Capilano Salmon Hatchery. In later summer and early fall you can observe salmon swimming/leaping upstream from viewing areas outside or through glass viewing areas lining the hatchery fish ladder.
@@BCYvonneEd thanks for the Capilano salmon hatchery suggestion. We’re from 🇬🇧 but our daughter lives in Burnaby and she recommended Lynn Valley instead of Capilano. It’s so beautiful there and the suspension bridge isn’t as long so for those of us with a fear of heights, it’s “easier” to walk across. There were poster warnings about recent bear and cougar sightings but luckily I didn’t encounter any! I was by myself but asking a family if I could walk along with them and all was fine. No bears or cougars! We are back in Vancouver in a couple of weeks and I’ll take my husband to Lynn Valley as well. If we have time we’ll visit the salmon hatchery
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Lived in that area 1985-1990 and always enjoyed Stanley Park! Those were the days when the aquarium was absolutely amazing! The suspension bridge was pretty much an unknown and usually never another sole around...wow...look at it now! Granville is another fantastic place to visit, especially when one takes the cute little Granville Ferries. I don't remember the lookout being there...but those mountains never get old. Quite the action packed day for sure!!
Kudos to Mrs. Canuck! I live here and have never made it across the Capilano Suspension Bridge. I’ve tried but fear of heights and vertigo had me crawling back up the steps! Funny enough, I can do the Lynn Valley Bridge
@@CruisingCanucks shorter! It’s quite high but takes a couple of minutes to walk across if you’re quick and just looking straight ahead!! Beautiful water rapids underneath if you dare look down!
We're visiting pre cruise in October. Thank you so much for posting this 🙏🏻 It's got everything we want to do apart from Capilano. I really want to do this but my wife....no way. Is there a coffee shop she could wait?
There is a couple of restaurants inside the park. Outside the park it is a built up commercial area. We don’t know for sure but there may be something right in that area.
Great highlights! Cruising out of Vancouver in October but we are flying in the early morning of the cruise...it only works to be able to do this because of the time difference between Ontario and BC. and no winter storms to worry about. 😉
We just did the Capilano Suspension Bridge a few days ago; last time we did it was many, many years ago when it was just the bridge and a couple of trails. It has definitely become a world class attraction. We spent over 4 hours there, so we saw the raptor demonstration and had lunch at the cliff restaurant, as well as the tree walk and cliff walk. Did you get your certificate that says "I survived the world-famous Capilano Suspension Bridge"?
We’ll be there next month for the HAL Panama Canal cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Planning to use the hop on hop off bus to see the sites. Thanks for the tour.
Congrats on the bridge and forest walks in the air. As a 75yo with vertigo issues not for me anymore. Well done to you both. Re : Food pricing in Market Place in Granville is no different to going to local golf club or similar type clubhouse. Converting metres to feet is quite simple. 113 metres * 3 = 339 then take first 2 digits ( in this case 33) therefore total is approx. 372 feet not 500 feet as you mentioned. To convert feet to metres quickly multiply by 3(372*3 = 113.6 or rounded up 114). Centigrade to Fahrenheit is multiply (25c + 15) * 2 = 80f In reverse 80f/2 = 40 -15 = 25c Kilometres to miles 100k * 6 = 60mph Mph to kilometres 70 / 6 = 166k approx. Keep for future use as in Oz have to use these formulae constantly when travelling the world. Cheers keith
Realise that as lived in USA with Imperial system and Metrics in Canada. Just pointing out that Mr. Back indicated tower was 144 metres and 500 ft. Sorry to be pedantic
In two weeks, we will be in Vancouver for an Alaskan cruise. What amount in US dollars is a good tip for Canadian hotel workers, taxi drivers, porters, waiters, etc…. Thanks 😊
Thank you for the response. Since we will be paying in US dollars, our normal US tipping will be ok? We do not want to cheat them out of money because of the exchange rate.
We had dinner at a friends place which we showed views of Vancouver in our video of. We stay at the River Rock Casino which is conveniently located on a subway stop.
