This is the itinerary I used
for my March 2011 trip to Toronto and area. Abbreviations as per the original itinerary
for historical reasons. See the links
for the trip reports posted to see how the itinerary compared to the actual
day. I do not recommend trying to use
the timings listed as these were 2011 timings plus I underestimated walking
times. NOW in brackets is present day
notes. L=Leave A=Arrive BB=Blockbuster
Wednesday Mar 2
Pack pjs
Cancel Flickr uploads if
needed
Turn off computer
L c5:32/5:51 Downtown Victoria
72/70
A 6:35 or 6:37 Swartz Bay
L 7:00 Swartz Bay
Ferry
A 8:35 Tsawwassen Ferry
Terminal
L 9:00 Tsawwassen Ferry
Terminal 620/8:35 PCL
A 9:37 Bridgeport Stn
L 9:47 Bridgeport Stn Southbound
A 9:54 YVR Southbound / 9:25 Main Terminal?
L 11:30 YVR Main
Termiinal WS650
A 6:56 Pearson Airport
Terminal 3
Get 5 tokens
L 7:26 Pearson Airport
Terminal 3 192
A 7:50 Kipling Station
L 7:56 Kipling Station E
Bloor-Danforth Subway
A 8:12 Ossington Station
Try to fit in dinner somewhere
Thursday Mar 3
Explore Toronto on foot; start with Bloor St
Leave by 9; focus on maps 115,
120; 119, 114 time permitting
Today or Monday: Yonge, Casa
Loma (exterior only), Police Museum, Denison
Square, Legislature, Toronto
Islands, CN Tower, CBC Museum
[NOW: Obviously I didn’t
expect to get all of the above done in one day. It was my first time in Toronto and was
brainstorming places to walk to]
Friday Mar 4
Go Daypass needed
Pack passport and $US
L 6:21 Bloor St W @ Davenport Rd
300S
A 6:31 Bloor St E @ East Side Stop Yonge St
L 6:36 Bloor Station
Southbound – Yonge-University-Spadina Subway
A 6:43 Union Station N towards
Downsview
Get Go Daypass
L 6:53 Union Station 6:53 Go 12
train
A 7:45 Burlington Go Station
L 7:56 Burlington Go Station
Go 12 bus
A 9:11 Niagara
Via Station
Skywheel?, Neutral Zone, Rogers?, BB?; check out
the tacky shops
11:30 Attempt to visit Niagara Falls NY
Book Corner, House?, S&B?
L 12:30/1:40 Niagara
Falls VIA Go 12 bus
A 12:50/2:00 St Catherines Go
Station
BB, That’s, Mitchell, Chapters
(716);
L 2:00/3:22 St Catherines Go
Station
A 2:25/3:47 Grimsby P&R time permitting
Talkies, Milk, Privateer, BB,
Campaign (716); Headley, Atomix (726)
L 3:47/5:19 Grimsby P&R
A 4:02/5:34 Stoney
Creek P&R Barton & Nash
Coles, maybe stores on
Queenston, maybe Battlefield Sq, Gulliver Sq, Queenston Mall
L 4:23/5:55 Stoney Creek
P&R Barton & Nash 2
Too many dt places to list;
focus King St
to start; also Copps
A 5:02/6:34 Hamilton Go Centre Platform
L 5:30/7:00 Hamilton Go Centre 16
A 6:40/8:00 Union Station
L 6:48/8:08 Union Station N
Yonge-University-Spadina subway
A 6:55/8:16 Bloor Station
L 7:00/8:23 Yonge Station W
Bloor-Danforth
A 7:07/8:29 Ossington Station
[NOW: Canada’s Blockbuster is now
defunct. If the Rogers above still exists, it’s no longer a
video rental place. Mitchell Family Books and Talkies Home Video afre now
gone.]
Saturday Mar 5
Daypasses needed TTC and Go
Get TTC Daypass
Ossington Station
L 7:56 Ossington Station
Bloor-Danforth
A 8:03 Yonge Station
L 8:09 Bloor Station
Yonge-University-Spadina
A 8:23 Finch Station
L 8:36 Finch Station 77
A 8:46 Centre and Oakbank
Oakbank Pond Park
L 9:17 Yonge/Centre 601
A 9:23 Richmond Hill Centre Platform 4
Indigo
L 9:45 Yonge St & Garden
Ave 99
A 9:54 Yonge St & Abitibi
Ave
Wizard, X-O, Pars, Bookland,
Bookshoppe, BB
L 10:24 Finch Station
Yonge-University Spadina
A 10:28 Sheppard-Yonge Station
(Or 97)
Coles, Series X
L 10:42 Sheppard-Yonge
A 11:06 Union Station
Get Go Daypass
L 11:13 Union
Stn or 9:23 Danforth Stn Go 9 train
A 11:49 Pickering Stn (Map 266)
Chapters, Blockbuster (266),
Video 99 (274), Movies & Liquidators (266)
L 12:49 Pickering Stn Go 9 (or
walk via Bayly) (Map 274)
A 12:54 Ajax Stn (Map 267)
Déjà Vu, Readers Discount,
Blockbuster, Gnu, Star. Blockbuster, Rogers?,
Electronic, Beat, Chapters
L 1:54 Ajax Stn Go 9
A 2:01 Whitby Stn (Map 268)
CB Addiction, Hollywood, Blockbuster, Greenlight, Mitchell,
Rigers, Blockbuster
L 3:01 Whitby Stn Go 9 (or
walk via King)
A 3:08 Oshawa (still Map 268)
Chapters (268), Déjà vu,
Blockbuster, Mike’s, Self, Star, Worlds Collide, Skyfox, Sunshine (Map 269)
Time permitting: Half Price,
Blockbuster, Gnu, Coles, Rogers, Video King (Map 261)
L Oshawa Go Station 4:41
A Scarborough
Station 5:22 (Map 116)
Walk Kennedy Station 5:50 then
L Kennedy Station ??
A Scarborough
TC Coles, New Deal (111) BB (110) or Ellesmere (110)
Chapters, Deja
L 7:05 Ellesmere Station Scarborough Route
A 7:11 Kennedy Station
L 7:17 Kennedy Station
Bloor-Danforth
A 7:46 Ossington Station
[NOW: Wizard of Centrepoint, X-O
City, Bookland Presse, Book Shoppe, Series X, Ajax’s Gnu Books, Ajax’s The Beat
Goes On, Video King are now gone (Gnu Books and The Beat Goes On are still
around in other locations). Again, Canada’s
Blockbuster is now defunct, and if the Rogers
above still exists, it’s no longer a video rental place.]
Sunday Mar 6
Go Daypass needed
8/9 Keele Subway Station (Jan
& Dave); breakfast
High Park
Explore Maps 119/114 time
permitting
If time issue, subway Keele to
Spadina, Spadina to Union
Get Go Daypass
L 11:43 Union
Go 1 (OR 11:49 Exhibitioon/11:57 Mimico)
A 12:22 Oakville Go
Blockbuster, Treasure, All,
Village, Bookers, Second, Solomon, Good
L 1:28 Oakville Go 1
A 1:43 Port Credit Go Station
Rail
L 1:48 Port Credit Go Station
19
A 2:18 City Centre Dr at Square One Drive
Coles, Starstruck, Planet
Hobby, Chapters
L 3:30 Square One Go 21
Rathburn & Duke of York
A Union
Station 4:10
Explore whatever’s open for a few
hours, e.g. Denison Square
[NOW: Canada’s
Blockbuster is again now defunct. Treasure Island Books, All is Well Book Shop,
Village Bookshoppe, Bookers Book Shop, Second Editions, Solomon Book, Good
Books, Starstruck Entertainment are now gone.]
Monday Mar 7
Pack Rachel’s info
Explore Toronto on foot
Leave by 9; focus on maps 115,
120; 119, 114 time permitting
10:30 Rachel, L’Espresso 321
Bloor St W
Yonge, Casa Loma (exterior only), Police Museum, Denison
Square, Legislature, Toronto Islands, CN Tower, CBC Museum if not previously
Tuesday Mar 8
Final morning Toronto exploration then
L 10:44 Ossington
Bloor-Danforth
A 10:58 Islington
Excalibur Comics, Rogers, BB
L 11:39 Kipling Station 192
A 11:57 Toronto Airport
Time permitting walk Brampton and back
L 1:30 Toronto Airport Terminal 3 WS681
A Vancouver Main Terminal 3:30
L 3:48/403 YVR-Airport Station
Eastbound Canada
Line
A Lansdowne Centre 4:26
Best Buy, Future Shop
Walk/Skytrain Richmond Centre
Food Court
L 5:38 Brighouse Station
A 3:55/5:45 Bridgeport Station
L 4:00/6:00 Bridgeport Station 620
A 4:40/6:40 Tsawwassen Ferry
Terminal
L 5:00/7:00 Tsawwassen Ferry
Terminal ferry
A 6:35/8:35 Swartz Bay
L 7:00/9:00 Swartz Bay
70 72
A downtown c 7:54/10:03
[NOW: Again, Rogers
is no longer a video rental place; Canada’s Blockbuster is now
defunct.]
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