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peyjax · 02-11-2013, 10:26 AM

Traveling to Victoria for a wedding and would love recommendations on any must see or do things. We are traveling from east coast so it is a big trip. We are a young family so kayaking and horse back riding things would not really work.

I am not sure if this is the right place to put this but I figures many people from the BC area are on the Disneyland section more frequently.TIA

Shegardens · 02-11-2013, 11:01 AM

Are you sticking to Victoria? I would say the Undersea Gardens for sure, the parliament building is always neat to see. If you go to Oak Bay Marina you can buy frozen fish pieces and hand feed the seals off the dock.

peyjax · 02-11-2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shegardens

Are you sticking to Victoria? I would say the Undersea Gardens for sure, the parliament building is always neat to see. If you go to Oak Bay Marina you can buy frozen fish pieces and hand feed the seals off the dock.

No I don't think I want to. I really know nothing about BC except it looks beautiful in the pictures.

Victoria looks pretty but I can not imagine it would have enough to keep us busy with things to entertain kids. Feeding the seals is the kind of thing I was thinking of.

We would rent a car and drive to places to visit. All the ferrys and size of the place has me overwhelmed a bit. What are good things that we should see that we could drive to. A 6-7 hour drive would be about my limit I think. Just to give you an idea we went to Cali last year and drove to Yosemite from Disneyland and it was not bad at all. The kids 3,6,9 were good. We love nature and do not live near mountains so we enjoy that type of scenery and want to expose the kids stuff to things they are not used to.

Shegardens · 02-11-2013, 11:13 AM

What month are you going in? I would drive to Nanaimo/Parksville area. Go to Coombs beautiful little town. There is a super cool suspension bridge to hike to in ladysmith, let me know if you want the name of that too. We go to the island every summer so I can help you from that vantage point.

BELLEDOZER · 02-11-2013, 04:58 PM

I'm going to respectfully request that the moderators transfer this thread to the Canadian DIS board. You'll get a ton more answers there about Victoria, than here. There's so much to see in Victoria, and I hope you have a great trip!!

Rubygoose · 02-13-2013, 04:14 PM

Lots of fun things to do with kids in Victoria. What time of year are you coming? Undersea Gardens isn't great, I wouldn't recommend it. The Royal BC Museum and Imax is a must do. Beacon Hill park is a fantastic place to take the kids. They have a petting zoo, playground, waterpark. In Sidney (near the ferries, airport) there's the Shaw Ocean Discovery centre. There are a lot of great swimming pools/recreation centres too. Goldstream park is an oldgrowth forest with a nature house and you can walk to the top of Mt. Fynlayson. Butchart Gardens, although expensive, is a fun place to take the kids.

02-11-2013, 10:26 AM	#1
peyjax DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 747	British Columbia recommendations. Traveling to Victoria for a wedding and would love recommendations on any must see or do things. We are traveling from east coast so it is a big trip. We are a young family so kayaking and horse back riding things would not really work. I am not sure if this is the right place to put this but I figures many people from the BC area are on the Disneyland section more frequently.TIA __________________ Pop Century, All Star Sports, All Star Music, Port Orleans Riverside, Port Orleans French Quarter, Carribean Beach, Contemporary, Beach Club, JW Marriott Grand Californian, Disneyland Hotel Disney Wonder Disney Magic

02-11-2013, 11:01 AM	#2
Shegardens Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Okanagan Valley BC Posts: 124	Are you sticking to Victoria? I would say the Undersea Gardens for sure, the parliament building is always neat to see. If you go to Oak Bay Marina you can buy frozen fish pieces and hand feed the seals off the dock. __________________ Disneyland 10/1986 , 01/1995 , 02/2009 WDW 08/1997 engaged 2 boys 8 and 11

02-11-2013, 11:13 AM	#4
Shegardens Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Okanagan Valley BC Posts: 124	What month are you going in? I would drive to Nanaimo/Parksville area. Go to Coombs beautiful little town. There is a super cool suspension bridge to hike to in ladysmith, let me know if you want the name of that too. We go to the island every summer so I can help you from that vantage point. __________________ Disneyland 10/1986 , 01/1995 , 02/2009 WDW 08/1997 engaged 2 boys 8 and 11

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02-11-2013, 04:58 PM	#5
BELLEDOZER Evil MOM reporting for duty!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,168	I'm going to respectfully request that the moderators transfer this thread to the Canadian DIS board. You'll get a ton more answers there about Victoria, than here. There's so much to see in Victoria, and I hope you have a great trip!!

02-13-2013, 04:14 PM	#6
Rubygoose Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 417	Lots of fun things to do with kids in Victoria. What time of year are you coming? Undersea Gardens isn't great, I wouldn't recommend it. The Royal BC Museum and Imax is a must do. Beacon Hill park is a fantastic place to take the kids. They have a petting zoo, playground, waterpark. In Sidney (near the ferries, airport) there's the Shaw Ocean Discovery centre. There are a lot of great swimming pools/recreation centres too. Goldstream park is an oldgrowth forest with a nature house and you can walk to the top of Mt. Fynlayson. Butchart Gardens, although expensive, is a fun place to take the kids.