Halloween is here again!  Everyone from kids to adults gets excited during Halloween Night.  There are so many fun places that you could visit before Halloween Night.  For the kids and adults, there is the Stanley Park Ghost Train that they can visit.  The ghost train starts October 07-31, 2011.  Step right up and witness death-defying acts of human daredevilry on the Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train.  The Circus of Disaster is a must-do Halloween event for young families with the right mix of fear and fun.

There is also Fright Nights that anyone could visit.  Don’t miss the scariest Halloween Event in Vancouver that is being held at PNE (Pacific National Exhibition).  Fright Night will be taking all over PNe on October 14-31, 2011.  Fright Nights at Playland is a Halloween experience for the lovers of freaks, horror and terror.  Disturbing haunted houses, freaky twilight rides, escapes axe murderers and a handful of monsters fill all the Playland making for a deathly night out.

There are also Night Clubs that provide Halloween parties for the adults.  With so many places to go and people dress up and get in the Halloween spirit, the most popular nightclubs welcome eveyone in costume to party.  Some nightclubs, even have prizes for the best costume.  Spooky lighting and fog machines fill the dance floors as people dress in their costume.  Here are a couple of Nightclubs that are having a Halloween party.  Joseph Richard Club Halloween Party is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Gossip NightClub Halloween Party is scheduled on Friday, October 28, 2011.  Fortune Sound Club Halloween Party is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Science World Halloween Party is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Pacific Coliseum Halloween Party is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Republic Club Halloween Night is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Mirage Bar & Lounge Halloween Party is scheduled on Saturday, October 29, 2011.

If you need any Limo Service to go to any of the events, Vancouver Limo can provide you with this service.  For more information, please call 604-874-4880 or their toll-free number is 1-866-874-1311.  You could also check out their website.  www.malroblimousine.com

Every year from the middle of October until the Halloween weekend, Playland is home to the Fright Nights Halloween event. During this time, haunted houses are brought in and setup in Playland and employed monsters are roaming the park scaring people. All of the parks amusement rides are in operation with the exception of the children’s attractions.

The 2011 Playland season has been every exciting with the launch of the brand new extreme swing ride ATMOSFEAR! Imaging being 200ft in the air, swinging 360°at 70km/hr while in the pitch black fall sky!

Haunted Clown House – Car-n-Evil

A 3D Experience

Symptoms Include: Feeling of panic, Feeling of terror, Feeling of dread, Rapid heartbeat, Shortness of breath, Trembling intense fear, Anxiety, Overwhelming desire to flee, Extreme measures taken to avoid clowns… If you’re able.

Haunted Mansion

There is a new family in town. This Haunted Mansion, mastered by the deviously brilliant Dr. Luther Van Horn, has been transformed from a once lovely Manor into a house of horror. Experience the sounds of terror that travel through all crevasses of this oversized Mansion. Encounter the destructive descendants of the Van Horn family who stalk the halls of the large Manor waiting … for you.

PICTURES

So what are you waitig for? book a ride with us to have an awesome experience and unforgettable Halloween.

Vancouver Classic Limousine

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 Looking for a fun, way as means of transportation while in

Vancouver? A limousine offers an inexpensive way to travel through

Vancouver, whether on a tour, a night out with friends, or

travelling from YVR to Port Vancouver’s premier cruise ship

facility, Canada Place, you’ll be sure to have a memorable time.

Vancouver Limousine offers many different ways to travel in style

such as a 14 Passenger Van, a 10 Passenger super stretch

limousine, or even a 16 Passenger SUV equipped with a fog machine

and disco lights.

 Travelling from Vancouver International Airport to Port

Vancouver’s cruise ship terminal may seem like a lot of work, but

with Vancouver Limousine, you are picked up directly from YVR with

your luggage, whether it be a Domestic or International flight,

and transported safe and stress-free to your destination.

 Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is located in

Richmond on  Sea Island. YVR is the second busiest airport in

Canada, with flights non-stop daily to Asia, Europe, Oceania, the

United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other airports in

Canada. YVR also displays one of the most extensive collections of

Pacific Northwest Coast Native art in the world.

 The Domestic Terminal is for flights to and from Canada.

Here is where you obtain your luggage and you will meet your

chauffer who will be waiting with a sign. Outside are were

limousine drop offs take place.

 The International Terminal boasts many pieces of

Aboriginal themed art, making it one of the worlds most attractive

Airport Terminals. After you leave customs, you will enter the

public waiting area to meet your driver who will be standing near

Haida Statues holding a sign.

 Arriving at Canada Place, Vancouver’s Cruise ship

facility, you will see why it is the regions main cruise ship

terminal. It is located in the heart of downtown, within walking

distance to many of Vancouver’s major hotels, and sights. It is

also approximately 45 minutes away form YVR. Most of Vancouver’s

famouse Alaskan cruises depart here. Vancouver’s second cruise

ship terminal is located at Ballantyn Pier, about 10 minutes from

downtown, and about 50 minutes from YVR.

Call Vancouver Limousine at 604-874-4880 to arrange for transportation between Vancouver International Airport and Vancouver’s Cruise Terminal.

Stanley Park is recognized around the globe as one of the great parks of the world! Vancouver’s first park and one of the city’s main tourist attractions, Stanley Park is an evergreen oasis of 400 hectares close to the downtown core. Its natural west coast atmosphere offering a back drop of majestic cedar, hemlock and fir trees embraces visitors and transports them to an environment rich in tranquility. The park abounds in wildlife and its features appeal to the naturalist, the plant lover or one who would do nothing more than relax in beautiful surroundings. There is always something happening in the park.

ARTS

Painters Circle

In Painters’ Circle, landscape artists offer the public a chance to visit an outdoor gallery with many different styles on display. The painters demonstrate their techniques to strollers and are happy to chat with park visitors. All works displayed are for sale and are the original work of the artists on-site. Closer to the Vancouver Aquarium, portrait artists draw pictures and caricatures of park visitors while they sit. Black and white or full colour, the portraits take only minutes and are prized souvenirs for many.

Theatre Under The Stars

Known by its more familiar and shorter moniker, TUTS, this theatre company, in one guise or another, has called Malkin Bowl home since 1934. That was the year former Vancouver Mayor W.H. Malkin dedicated the band shell to the memory of his late wife Marion. It should be noted that the Bowl sits on the former site of one of the park’s first entertainment gazebos. Through its long history the Bowl has seen additions, fires and reconstructions while spotlighting some of Canada’s best home-grown thespians.

GARDENS

Almost from the park’s inception, early pioneers were thinking of beautification on a scale that included as many varieties of plants, trees and shrubs as were available on the market. It is important to remember that the latter part of the 19th Century brought a tremendous interest in exotic plant species that were being brought into wider cultivation by the exploring, great plant hunters. This too was a booming time for conservatories and glass houses where tender plant treasures from around the world, such as orchids and palms, were finding their way into the Victorian home. Early Vancouverites also wanted to prove that the Pacific Northwest could support the finer side of horticulture.

Stanley Park was the heart of horticultural operations where nursery plants were grown in a series of greenhouses for bedding-out throughout the flourishing park system. In 1929 the Park Board secured a larger nursery site at Sunset Park and moved its major growing operation to that location. However, a number of glasshouses remained, near to where the rose arbors are now, as floral display facilities for the visiting public. These buildings were removed in the early 1960s.

Rose and Perennial Beds

The Stanley Park Rose Garden was first established by the Kiwanis Club in 1920 “to demonstrate the possibilities of rose culture in Vancouver”. The number of roses have increased during the ensuing years with over 3500 plants now on display. A stylish westcoast-inspired arbor sports a charming combination of early blooming old-fashioned rose varieties sharing space with numerous clematis plants giving this structure more than one season of blowsy bloom.

Large floral display beds slope down toward the causeway and up to the Stanley Park Pavilion area with mass plantings of perennials and annuals in summer, and bulbs in springtime. This is the park’s epicentre of bloom between June and October and in late March and April.

Community Garden

The newest horticultural addition to Vancouver’s premier greenspace is the Stanley Park Community Garden, constructed in the summer of 2003 and located near the tennis courts at the foot of Alberni Street. This garden includes 30 individual flower plots cared for by West End residents along with a demonstration garden of plants native to British Columbia. The native plant garden will provide people with practical information and real life examples of the beauty and utility of returning their own backyards to native habitats.

This cooperative project is a Park Partners Project created primarily through the efforts of volunteers and managed jointly by the West End Residents’ Association and the Stanley Park Ecology Society .

The Shakespeare Garden

Nestled between the Rose Garden and the forest in Stanley Park, the Shakespeare Garden pays homage to the bard. The garden is a diverse arboretum that includes trees mentioned in his plays and poems.

The prominent feature of this garden is the Shakespeare monument. It is secluded on the north side of the area. There are about 45 trees that form the arboretum that accompanies the monument. Trees designated from the works of Shakespeare have been affixed with plaques that display their appropriate quotes. These Shakespeare trees are integrated throughout the arboretum for visitors to find as they explore the garden.

DINING

Finding a variety of good food in Stanley Park is fast and easy. Park restaurants like the Prospect Point Café, the Sequoia Grill at Ferguson Point, Stanley’s Park Bar and Grill at the Stanley Park Pavilion and The Fish House offer the best of all worlds – fine dining combined with classic park ambience and sea and mountain views. Find menus and more online or by calling these restaurants directly.

Call Vancouver Limousine for bookings

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SUN YAT-SEN GARDEN, VANCOUVER, BC

Whether the sun is shining or the rain is falling, the Garden is a perfect place to visit year-round.  Their covered walkways provide shelter and their beautiful vistas can be appreciated in any weather.  They are wheelchair accessible and scooter friendly.  Chinatown is easily accessible by car or transit and is a pleasant walk from downtown Vancouver along the historic Silk Road route.  They are easy to find at 578 Carrall Street (near the corner of Carrall and Keefer), next to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Public Park.

The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first full-size Chinese or “scholars” garden built outside of China, and is located in Chinatown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  It is located at 578 Carrall Street and consists of a freely accessible public park and a garden with an admission fee. The mandate of the garden is to “maintain and enhance the bridge of understanding between Chinese and western cultures, promote Chinese culture generally and be an integral part of the local community”.

The garden was built in 1985-1986. The outer park was designed by architects Joe Wai and Donald Vaughan, while the inner garden was conceived by Wang Zu-Xin as the chief architect, with the help of experts from the Landscape Architecture Company of Suzhou, China. Funding for the project came from the Chinese and Canadian governments, the local Chinese community, and other public and private sector sources, and it opened on April 24, 1986, in time for Expo 86.

Because the climate in Vancouver is similar to that of Suzhou, many of the same plant varieties are found in the garden as in its Suzhou counterparts. The plants were chosen according to their blossom schedules in order to emphasize seasonal changes, especially the “awakening” in spring. They are also selected to invoke the symbolic, historical, and literary meaning of each plant and are used sparingly, in contrast to western gardens, and provide colour through all the seasons.

Classical Chinese gardens employ philosophical principles of Feng Shui and Taoism, striving to achieve harmony and a balance of opposites. Craggy rocks, for example, are juxtaposed against delicate foliage. Water is also an important element of the garden, and the large pond offers stillness, sound, a reflection of the sky, and helps to unify the other elements. Fish and turtles live in the garden and also serve a symbolic purpose. Bats, dragons, and phoenixes, and are represented in objects throughout the garden. Numerous large rocks are strategically placed and are intended to represent mountains concealing and revealing park elements.

The garden is named in honour of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, a nationalist leader who is considered the “father of modern China.” The attribution is not arbitrary, as it emphasizes his connection with Vancouver. While traveling the world to raise awareness of, and funding for, the Chinese nationalist movement, Sun Yat-Sen stayed in Vancouver on three different occasions for extended periods. At the time, there was a significant presence of Chinese nationalists in British Columbia, who helped finance the Chinese nationalist revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Sun Yat Sen subsequently became the first president of the Republic of China.

Please note that the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden are two separate entities, linked by the artificial pond. While the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is all of the above, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park is a public park built in a Chinese style, with mostly North American materials.

Call Vancouver Limousine today for your Vancouver tour, 604-874-4880.

VANCOUVER WINE TOURS

ATTENTION TO ALL WINE APPRECIATOR: wine touring is a BIG recommendation for y’all. Not only will you learn heaps stuff in the wine area, you’ll have fun while learning!

Why are wine tours worth the time?

One of the main reasons why people participates wine tours is education. According to people who enjoy tasting wine, they tend to crave more knowledge of wine thus using wine tours to learn more about wines. Aside from that, wine tours are also used for entertainment, celebration, honeymoons, and/or vacations.

 Wine tours can offer you a breathtaking adventure abounded with a vast number of boutiques for tasting. From winery visits to wine tasting to wine exploring of wine regions, wine tours is the most exploring wine related event.  Food, beverages, and tours of wine areas, entertainment and much more will be offered in great wine tours.

With Vancouver’s numerous wineries  that has served us for many years, it’s the best experience and opportunity a wine-lover can have. It’s a ONE-OF-A-KIND thing!

As Vancouver’s #1 Limousine Service, Classic Limousine Service will be a great choice to transport you to wine tours in Vancouver utilizing their luxurious mini bus. This vehicle can hold a maximum of 14 passengers with a very stunning interior.

Here’s a variety of places that offer wine tours in BC:

 Blackwood Lane: Tasting Room Availability from 11:00am to 5pm Tuesdays through Sundays

Domaine de Chaberton: Winery Tours daily: February to November begins at 2pm to 4pm. On January, tours begin on 3pm

The Fort Winery: Must book an appointment four winery tours

Lotusland Vineyard: To book an appointment, must require a group of 6 or more people. Includes barrel sampling

Call Classic Limousine today for your wine tour 604-874-4880

The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research, conservation and marine animal rehabilitation.

The Vancouver Aquarium was one of the first facilities to incorporate professional naturalists into the galleries to interpret animal behaviors.  Prior to this, at the London Zoo Fish House, naturalists James S. Bowerbank, Dr. E Lankester, Mr D. Mitchell and Philip Henry Gosse (the creator of the word aquarium) had regularly held “open house” events, but the Vancouver Aquarium was the first to employ educational naturalists on a full-time basis.

Aquarium research projects extend worldwide, and include marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.  The aquarium is run by a self-supporting non-profit organization. The operation of the aquarium receives no government funding. The property is owned by the City of Vancouver and rented to the Aquarium for $40,000 a year since 1991 (prior to which $1 per year).  In October 2009 the Vancouver Aquarium was designated as a Coastal America Learning Center by the US Environmental Protection Agency. As the first Learning Center in Canada, this designation is intended to strengthen the Canadian/U.S. partnership for protecting and restoring shared ocean resources.

AQUARIUM FACILITY

The aquarium covers approximately 9000 m² (100,000 ft²) and has a total 9.5 million litres (2.5 million gallons) of water in 166 aquatic displays.  There are a number of different galleries, several of which were built at different times throughout the aquarium’s history.

Pacific Canada Pavilion – This central indoor exhibit is comprised of a 260,000 litre tank directly adjacent to the entrance. Fishes and invertebrates from the Strait of Georgia are displayed in the exhibit.
Arctic Canada – Originally this gallery included the Beluga whales along with several non-living displays. In October 2009, a new exhibit opened here displaying several other arctic species, including fishes and invertebrates, along with expanded non-living exhibits.
The Wild Coast – This is an outdoor gallery that includes several pools. Three Pacific White-sided Dolphins, three sea otters, and a harbour porpoise are permanently on display here, along with several “touchpools” where visitors are able to touch British Columbian invertebrates. Several other species (harbour seals, Steller’s Sea Lions, and northern fur seals) are rotated in to display in this area. When not on display they live in habitats behind the scenes that are not accessible to visitors.
Treasures of the BC Coast – This gallery is a series of separate exhibits that simulate the various aquatic environments on the BC coast. Octopi, Rockfish, sea stars, sea urchins, and anemones are among the animals here.
Tropic Zone – This gallery contains a large display of tropical fish and other animals, including blacktip reef sharks and a green sea turtle named Schoona.
Amazon Rainforest – A number of fresh water fish, snakes, caimans, sloths, birds, and other creatures from the Amazon inhabit this gallery.
Frogs Forever? Gallery – This gallery is an exhibit focused on the plight of the world’s frog population which endeavors to show how people can help protect frogs and other amphibians. It contains 26 species of amphibians from around the world.
Canaccord Exploration Gallery – This gallery is home to jellies, fishes, and other animals. The 4D Theatre and the children’s play area known as “Clownfish Cove” are here, along with multiple classrooms for school groups, including the wet lab education room, which contains both conventional teaching methods such as computers, tables, and chairs, along with live animals and various artifacts.
For a tour of Stanley Park call Vancouver Limo today 604-874-4880

Graduation Limos

 

Needing a limousine for your grad day,it is important that you talk to the limousine service you are booking from and send a detailed itinerary well ahead of time. Things such as extra pickups are more smoothly done when renting a Limo or SUV Limo, if you let the limousine company know ahead of time the exact address and time.

Knowing the reputation of the company that you are planning to book from is very important. Nobody wants their limousine to show up late, or even worse not at all. Renting a limo for your prom is one of the most important nights of your life. Getting good limousine service is extremely important.  The more people that share the limousine the cheaper the price will be for everyone, but remember to keep this within reason. Grad limousines are always going to be more expensive regardless of where you live because you are booking during peak seasons. In order to get the best price and deal make sure that you book early and secure your reservation with a credit card.

Limousines are great for keeping everyone safe for grad. There is no worries about drinking and driving, roadblocks, and other possible problems when you have a chauffeur to drive you around in style.

  Know which type of limousine you want. This is important to distinguish the difference between SUV Limousines and Stretch Limousines. Both have different advantages and disadvantages.  Stretch SUV limousines are more comfortable and luxurious but you will pay a premium for this luxury.

Knowing what you and your group wants ahead of time will help to ensure you get your booking. Remember when renting a Limo for your grad it is important that you book well ahead of grad season, this will ensure that you get the limousine you want for a reasonable price. Remember Grad limousines are often booked well in advance, so stay ahead of the curve and book early.  Call to book your Vancouver Graduation Limo today at 604-874-4880 asap to reserve your Grad Limousine while they are still available.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver, British Columbia which will begin play in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, in 2011.

The Whitecaps will be the 17th club of Major League Soccer, and replaces the USSF Division 2 team of the same name, which was owned and managed by the same group that operates the MLS team, and which played through the conclusion of that league’s 2010 season. The MLS club will be the third team to share the legacy of the Whitecaps name.

HISTORY

The Vancouver franchise was granted status on March 18, 2009 by MLS Commissioner Don Garber as the seventeenth franchise of Major League Soccer. It is to join the Portland Timbers, announced two days later as the eighteenth MLS franchise, for the 2011 MLS season. While no name was provided at the Vancouver announcement, it has now been confirmed it would keep the Vancouver Whitecaps name.

Preparing itself for its first MLS season, the Whitecaps brought in first class talent from around the world. On November 24, 2009, Paul Barber, former Tottenham Hotspur F.C. executive, was announced to join the club as CEO. Others joining him include former D.C. United head coach Tom Soehn as Director of Operations and Dutch national Richard Grootscholten as the Technical Director and head coach of the residency program.

As the head coach of the USL and later USSF Division 2 Vancouver Whitecaps, former Iceland international Teitur Thordarson was confirmed as head coach on September 2, 2010 for the inaugural MLS season.

COLOURS AND BADGE

On June 8, 2010, it was officially announced the club would continue using the “Whitecaps” name, but with a new logo. The name alludes to the geographic features surrounding the city: white-capped mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean’s white-crested waves to the west.

The official club colours are navy blue (“deep sea”), white, and light blue (“Whitecaps blue”). The “deep sea” blue represents the maritime landscape of the Vancouver area and the “Whitecaps blue” indicates the reflection of the North Shore Mountains in the Pacific Ocean. The lighter shade of blue also alludes to the primary colour of the original Whitecaps, winners of Soccer Bowl 1979. The silver outline pays homage to the team’s championship victories since 1974.

On June 10, 2010, the Whitecaps strip package was unveiled with Bell Canada serving as the inaugural jersey sponsor. The home shirt is white with horizontal, navy blue pinstripes; the stripes broaden slightly from top to bottom. The away shirt is deep blue with an embossed, interlocking diamond pattern which is also deep blue and is reflective in the light.

STADIUM

Whitecaps FC will play their first few games of its inaugural 2011 season at Empire Field, a temporary stadium built at the former site of Empire Stadium to house the BC Lions and the Whitecaps while BC Place Stadium is renovated and fitted with a new retractable roof. Once the BC Place project is complete, Whitecaps FC will move there and will stay until at least 2015. In the meantime, the organization hopes to finalize and build the proposed Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium in downtown Vancouver in time for the 2016 MLS season.

SUPPORTERS

The group began in 1999 when fans of the Vancouver 86ers began congregating in the pitch-level beer garden behind the goal at the south end of Swangard Stadium.

The Southsiders’ relationship with the team’s ownership has not always been amicable. It has evolved since Vancouver received the MLS expansion team. Images of the Southsiders are featured prominently in Whitecaps’ marketing campaigns. The group’s board was invited to the invite-only launch of the kits and logo to be used in the MLS. The expansion has also increased membership. The president of the organization said that it had grown from about 40 paid members to 100 paid in July 2010. He also believes there is no reason why the Southsiders cannot outdo the Seattle Sounders’ Emerald City Supporters.

The team sold the first 5,000 $50 season ticket deposits 48-hours after they became available to the public. Remaining season tickets will be made available to season ticket holders for the USSF 2 Whitecaps before becoming available to non-season ticket holders.

Call Vancouver Limo today for your transportation to your next Whitecaps game.

You may recognize the singer Meat Loaf, you may love him, despise him, or be addicted  to him, whenever in his  presence. In any circumstances, Michael Lee Aday is better known as “Meat Loaf”  and if you didn’t already know, he is not only known for acting in, “Fight Club” , “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, and over 50 more movies and television shows, but for bringing his American rock music to the millions of screaming fans around the globe. Meat Loaf is coming to Coquitlam on March 18th 2011 Friday night and you better prepare yourself for some rock-hard action!!!

The show will be lasting 2 days, on Friday March 18th and Saturday March 19th at the Red Robinson Theatre in Coquitlam, BC. The Red Robinson Show Theatre is located in the Boulevard Casino. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 8pm. You’d better get there early or there will be a gigantic lineup. He will most likely be singing songs from his Bat Out of Hell albums, but we’ll never know until you find out, will we?

Already thinking of going? I can read your mind indefinitely. You can get your tickets at Ticket Master. Ticket Master is a sales and distribution company, acts like an agent and sells tickets that clients make available to them. You can get to the venue by car, or even a nice limousine. Call 604-874-4880 for your Classic Limousine ride there. Classic Limousine offers affordable rates and has been serving Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler, and Seattle and offering Vancouver Airport shuttle service since 1974. Get ready to be reuinted with your 1950s sensation Meat Loaf today!

Still not convinced? Here is a video of his Music Video hit: I would do anything for love – Meat Loaf.