Toronto Trip June 2012 Retro-Itinerary

This is the itinerary I used for my Toronto trip (beyond minor formatting differences).  Updated info indicated by NOW in brackets.  Note that I didn’t follow this itinerary word for word. Abbreviations as per the original itinerary for archive purposes.]

500s/sc= screetcar Subways: BD = Bloor-Danforth YUS=Yonge-University-Spadina Scar=Scarborough Stn=Station

Tuesday June 5 Arrival

Pack pjs, cancel Flickr uploads if needed, turn off computer

Akal Dalton 4:15 --> Victoria Airport 5:00

Air Canada Victoria Airport 6:45 --> Pearson Airport Terminal 1 2:10

192 same 3:01 -->Kipling Stn 3:22 WEEK PASS!

BD same E 3:28-->Dufferin Stn E 3:43-->Aidan, random explore

Wednesday June 6 Toronto

Walk/if open: Miller, Sonic, Queen, Seekers, Book C, BMV, Labyrinth,

  Willow’s, Theatrebooks, Bay St, HMV, Sunrise

BD Yonge Stn 11:02 --> Broadview Stn 11:06

Walk/BD Mike’s, Book City, Re-Reading, Circus, Comics & More

BD Greenwood Stn 12:01 --> Main St Stn 12:06

64 same 12:15-->Wineva Ave/Queen St E 12:25-->Galactic H, Planet X, Book C

501 shuttle Queen St E/Elmer Ave E 1:05 --> Eastern Ave/Knox Ave 1:11

Film Buff, Groove, Discover, Ric’s, 6 Shooter

Walk/72A Carlaw Ave/Queen St E 2:04 --> Carlaw Ave/Gerrard St Fireside 2:10 
Jumbo Video, Atomic?

506 Gerrard St E/Marjory Ave 2:34 --> College St/Queen’s Park 2:52

BD Queen’s Park Stn S 2:58 --> Osgoode Stn S 3:00

Walk/sc Kop’s, BMV, Penguin, HMV, Snail, Queen, Slinky, Cosmos,

  Neurotica, Cosmos, Frantic, Eyesore, Rotate, 2Q, Type, Ayerego

501 Queen St W/Shaw 4:02 --> Queen St W/Ohara 4:09 --> River, 724

47 MacDonnell Ave/Queen St W 4:31 --> Lansdowne Ave/College St 4:36

506 College St/Lansdowne Ave 4:43 --> College St/Rusholme Rd 4:46

Walk/sc Queen, Fiends, Ammo, Soundscapes, Balfour, She, Denison, Sonic,

  Around Again, Little Video, Police

On Yonge: NDJ, Hairy, Play, Sunrise, Rock, HMV, BMV, World’s, Dundas

YUS Dundas Stn E 6:45-->King Stn E 6:47 then walk/sc HMW, Walk, Art?

504 King St W/Niagara 7:16 --> King St W/University Ave 7:24

YUS St Andrew Stn S 7:30 --> Wellesley Stn N 7:38 --> One Million, Refried,

  Eliot’s, ABC, then reverse of start, Suspect, Beguiling, 2Q, Zoinks

[NOW: Galactic Heroes is apparently the current Planet X. Ric’s Collectibles, Jumbo Video, Ammo Video, Film Fiends, Marquee Video are gone.]]

Thursday June 7 Hamilton/Burlington/Oakville

BD Dufferin Stn E 7:09 --> Yonge Stn E 7:16

YUS Bloor Stn S 7:20 --> Union Stn N 7:28 Get daypass

16 Union Stn 8:00 --> Hamilton Go Centre 9:05

Get daypass from one of the King St convenience stores --> Copps Coliseum

35 McNab St S/Main St W (Platform 6) 9:40 --> Upper James/Delta 10:03

Beat, Video Squared

Walk/27 Upper James/Stone Church 10:24 --> Upper James/Aldridge 10:26

Big G Comics, Steel City Video

35 West 5^th/Mohawk 10:49 --> McNab Platform 6 11:05

10 King/Hughson 11:07-->Main/Longwood 11:14-->Prince,Comic C,Bkw,Cons Walk/10 Main/Dundurn 11:43 --> Main/Queen 11:46 or

1 Main/Macklin 11:47 --> Main/Hess 11:52

Reigning, Ritz, Select, Mikes, Moon, Allan, Cheapies, Video Store

3 Hamilton Go Centre 17 1:30 --> Cannon/Ottawa 1:46 --> Moon, Stardust, Steel

10 Main/Ottawa 2:14 --> Eastgate Platform 7 2:25

56 Eastgate Platform 2 2:30 --> Van Wagner’s Beach 2:40 --> Wild Waterworks

11 Beach/Van Wagners Beach 3:05 -->  Burlington Terminal 3:24 Get transfer

Drummer, Looney, Book Nook

3 Downtown Bus Terminal 4:00 --> Guelph Line & Fairview St 4:09

Walk/1 east: Beat, Cinema 1?,Appleby; west: Conspiracy

12 Go train Burlington Go Stn 5:37 --> Oakville Go Stn 5:54

Treasure, All, Village, Bookers, Second, Solomon, Good

12 Go train Oakville Go Stn 7:28 --> Union Stn 8:11

YUS Union Stn N 8:21  --> Bloor Stn N 8:28

BD Yonge Stn W 8:34 --> Dufferin Stn 8:42

[NOW: Video Squared, Upper James’ Steel City Video, Reigning South, Puttin on the Ritz, Mike’s World of Books, Video Store, downtown Under the Moon, all the places listed for Oakville are gone.]

Friday June 8 Toronto

BD Dufferin Stn E 9:12 --> Kennedy Stn Subway 9:43

Scar Kennedy Rt Stn N 9:50-->Scarborough Centre Rt Stn E 9:59--> HMV

190 same 10:22 --> Sheppard Ave E/Kennedy Rd 10:29

43 Kennedy Rd/Sheppard Ave E 10:36-->Kennedy Rd/Antrim Cres 10:40-->Deja  43 same 10:57 --> Kennedy Rd/Steeles Ave E 11:12

53 Steeles Ave E/Kennedy Rd 11:23 --> Yonge St/Steeles Ave W Farside 11:49

Hairy, Wizard, Pars, Book Shoppe

YUS Finch Stn S 12:51 --> Sheppard-Yonge Stn S 12:54 --> Sunrise

YUS same 1:08 --> Eglinton Stn S 1:17 -->BMV Books

YUS same 1:30 --> St Clair Stn S 1:34 --> Book City

512 St Clair Ave W/Yonge St 1:50 --> St Clair Ave W/Vaughan Rd 2:01

Captain Video, Video 99 then walk/512 2Q

63 Oakwood Ave/St Clair Ave W 2:39 --> Ossington Ave/Dupont St 2:44

26 Dupont St/Ossington Ave 2:51 --> Annette St/Keele St 3:00

Pandemonium, Hairy?, Big Daddy, Book Exchange, Dencan

26 Annette St/Clendenan Ave 4:02 --> Jane Station 4:10

BD same W 4:14 --> Royal York Stn W 4:18 --> Excalibur

BD same E 4:34 --> Dufferin E Stn 4:45 --> Drop off stuff, random

[NOW:  The stores listed north of Finch Station are gone except maybe Pars Video.]

Saturday June 9 Oshawa/Milton

BD Dufferin Stn E 7:25 --> Yonge Stn E 7:34

YUS Bloor Stn S 7:39 --> Union Stn N 7:46 Get daypass

90 Go Train Union Go Stn 8:13 --> Oshawa Go Stn 9:08

90 Go Bus Oshawa Go Stn 9:13 --> King/Centre 9:23

Self, Star, Comic Alley, Worlds Collide, Skyfox, Sunshine, Mike’s, Deja, HMV

Time permitting: Half Price, Gnu, Video King (Map 261), Mike’s, Deja

94 Oshawa Bus Terminal Bond/Centre 11:53 --> Dundas/Brock 12:07

Greenlight, Hollywood, Comic Book Addiction

90 Go Train Whitby Go Station 12:47 --> Union Go Stn 1:40

21B Union Stn 2:00 --> Milton Go, Main & Thompson 3:02

ToyRatt, Kymbits, Recycled, Super A?, Home Cinema?

21B Milton Go 4:25 --> Meadowvale Go 4:55

21P Meadowvale Go 4:55 --> Square One 5:30 --> Starstruck, Planet Hobby

21 Square One Go Terminal --> 6:10 -->Union Stn 6:50

YUS Union Stn N 7:04 --> St George St N 7:11

BD same W 7:15 --> Dufferin Stn W 7:24

[NOW: Morgan Self Bookseller, Video King, Kymbits are gone.]

Sunday June 10 Toronto

BD Dufferin Stn E 9:22 --> Yonge Stn E 9:31

YUS Bloor Stn S 9:35 --> Union Stn N 9:42

Centre Island Ferry Harbour Square 10:00 --> Centre Island FT 10:15

Centre Island Ferry/Ward’s Island Ferry at FT 3:45 --> Harbour Square 4:00

or Hanlan’s Point Ferry Hanlan’s Point FT 3:30 --> Harbour Square 3:45

Rachel 

Walk/6 Bay St/Queen’s Quay W 4:10--> Bay St/King St W 4:19

504 King St W/Bay St 4:27 --> Queen St E/Broadview 4:36

501 shuttle same 4:45 --> Queen St E/Lee Ave 5:01

64 Hambly Ave/Queen St E 7:10 --> Main St Stn 7:20

BD same W 7:26 --> Dufferin Stn W 7:47

Monday June 11 Montreal

29D Dufferin St/Bloor St W 5:27 --> Dufferin St/Dundas St W 5:30

505 Dundas St W/Dufferin St 5:38 --> Dundas St W/Bay St 5:52

Megabus Toronto Coach Terminal 6:30 --> Montreal Bus Terminal 12:15

Call Teresa, get daypass

Colisée/livre,Libr Québécoise,Bout Vol,R Bray,Superclub Videotron,Old Mont

Montmorency Metro Place D’Armees --> Cartier 24m --> cross Pont Viau

Cote-Vertu Metro Henri-Bourassa --> Station Mont-Royal

11 same-->Remembranc/Chemin du Chalet-->Chalet du Mt Royal 12m-->reverse

Cote-Vertu Metro  Station Mont-Royal --> Berri

Walk/Angrignon Metro Berri --> Saint Laurent --> check-in, then reverse

Longueil Metro Berri --> Jean-Drapeau --> Expo 67 site/Biosphere --> Longueil

Berri Metro Longeuil --> Berri --> explore randomly

Tuesday June 12 Montreal/Toronto

Megabus Berri Stn 9:30 --> Toronto Coach Terminal 3:15

YUS Dundas Stn N 3:33 --> Bloor Stn N 3:37

BD Yonge Stn W 3:43 --> Dufferin Stn W 3:51

Drop off stuff, explore randomly; maybe revisit CBC Museum

Wednesday June 13 Buffalo/Niagara Falls NY& ON

BD Dufferin Stn E 6:07 --> Yonge Stn E 6:16

YUS Bloor Stn S 6:22 --> Dundas Stn S 6:25

Megabus Toronto Coach Terminal 7:00 --> Buffalo Bus Terminal 9:40

Buffalo City Hall Observation Tower, Ride train, Pierce-Arrow Museum?

40A Ellicott St & Clinton St 1:00-->Rainbow Blvd & Niagara St 1:55

Cross Rainbow Bridge c2:45

Maid of the Mist, Journey Behind the Falls, White Water Walk, Neutral Zone,

 Clifton Hill, Page One Books; then Falls and Clifton Hill/night

Thursday June 14 Niagara Falls ON/Toronto/Home

Clifton Hill and Falls one last time

Arrive Niagara Falls Bus Terminal c10:45

Megabus 11:15 --> Toronto Coach Terminal 1:20 --> lunch

YUS Dundas Stn N 2:03 --> Bloor Stn N 2:07

BD Yonge Stn W 2:13 --> Dufferin Stn W 2:21 --> Aidan and/or explore area

BD Dufferin Stn 3:37 --> Kipling Stn 3:54

192 Kipling Stn 4:02 --> Pearson Airport Terminal 1 4:23

Air Canada Pearson Airport Terminal 1 6:05 --> Victoria Airport 8:05

83 Victoria Airport 8:22 maybe --> McTavish 8:26

72 McTavish 8:51/9:19 --> Downtown c9:35/10:03