Category: Entertainment

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Day of Sightseeing for Two Adults or Family or Lookout Membership for One Adult or Family

Buy now from only $18
Value $37
Discount 51%
You Save $19

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Heated indoor deck furnishes panoramic views 168 metres above the city with complimentary tours & interpretive displays

The Fine Print
Expires Dec 1, 2011
Limit 3 per person. Must activate by 12/1/11, membership expires 1 year from activation date. Valid only for option purchased.

Vancouver Lookout
Downtown Vancouver
555 W Hastings St. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.vancouverlookout.com/

Today’s Groupon to Vancouver Lookout, situated inside Harbour Centre. Choose from the following options:

For $18, you get an all-day single-visit Vancouver Lookout package for two adults (a $37 total value). The package includes:
Two adult admissions (a $30 value)
A city-view guide slider (a $7 value)

For $22, you get an all-day single-visit Vancouver Lookout package for a family of four (a $44 total value). The package includes:
Admission for two adults and for two children ages 5–12 (a $37 value)
A city-view guide slider (a $7 value)

For $45, you get a Vancouver Lookout membership package for a family of four (a $96 total value). The package includes:
One-year membership for two adults and for two children ages 5–12 (an $89 value)
A city-view guide slider (a $7 value)

For $25, you get a Vancouver Lookout membership package for one (a $56 total value). The package includes:
One-year membership for one adult (a $49 value)
A city-view guide slider (a $7 value)

Vancouver Lookout transports sightseers 168 metres—553 feet—above city streets to a heated indoor deck that furnishes breath-nabbing panoramic views of downtown Vancouver and beyond. After hopping into a glass elevator, patrons watch the ground recede as they whiz to the top of Harbour Centre in a mere 40 seconds, enjoying a vantage point once enjoyed solely by pigeons and binocular-clad ivy.

Peruse interpretive displays posted on the deck’s perimeter that pointing out the Vancouver Harbour Water Airport, Burrard Inlet, and the 2010 Winter Games Olympic installations. Welcoming staff provides complimentary tours and can answer any questions about Vancouver, such as where the Prime Minister’s secret hot air balloon is stashed. Additionally, all guests receive a city-view guide slider that lists points of interest visually to help visitors decipher city sights. Single-visit tickets are valid all day, granting patrons myriad opportunities to enjoy scenic vistas by daylight, when sunbeams ricochet off the North Shore Mountains, or by night, when twinkling buildings convert from office spaces into crime-fighting robots.

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Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Admission for Two or Family Pass to Japanese Tea Garden

Buy now from only $6
Value $13
Discount 54%
You Save $7

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Thursday, August 25, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Reflecting pond, streams, waterfalls & traditional Japanese tea house, situated on hectare of forest, delight visitors.

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 26, 2012
Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Family pass option valid only for 2 adults and 4 children younger than 18.

Nitobe Memorial Garden
Vancouver
1895 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/nitobe

Today’s Groupon to Nitobe Memorial Garden, part of the UBC Botanical Garden at the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus on Lower Mall. Choose between the following options:

For $6, you get two adult admissions (a $13.44 value).
For $7, you get a family pass (a $16.80 value).
Nitobe Memorial Garden grants guests a serene stroll through meticulously manicured grounds that boast a reflecting pond, streams and waterfalls, and a traditional Japanese tea house. A slew of cherry and maple trees, azaleas, and irises populates the premises. Visitors can perch on park benches, traipse across log bridges, and engage in shadow-puppet debates before symbol-laden lanterns. Additionally, greenery enthusiasts who meander through the Nitobe Memorial Garden during summer months can partake in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony ($10) inside the tea house. The unique structure is designed explicitly for tea gatherings, unlike most houses, which are designed to elude cutlery salesmen. Tea ceremonies are held once a month, and reservations are strongly recommended.

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Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Airtram and Gold-Panning Excursion for Two or Four

Buy now from only $32
Value $64
Discount 50%
You Save $32

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, August 22, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Adult round-trip Airtram tickets
Pan for gold
Homemade salmon chowder
Scenic, outdoor adventure

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 30, 2011
Limit 2 per person, may buy 2 additional adventure-for-2 options as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased.

Hell’s Gate Airtram
Boston Bar
43111 Trans Canada Hwy. Boston Bar, British Columbia
http://www.hellsgateairtram.com/

Today’s Groupon to Hell’s Gate Airtram (a $54 value) in Boston Bar, about a 2.5-hour drive east of Vancouver. This Groupon expires on September 30. Choose between the following options:

For $32, you get a gold-panning adventure for two (a $64.62 value).
For $64, you get a gold-panning adventure for four (a $129.24 value).

Gold-panning adventures include:

Airtram tickets (a $20 value each)
Bowls of homemade salmon chowder (a $6.71 value each)
Panning for gold admissions (a $5.60 value each)

The Hell’s Gate Airtram ferries sightseers and outdoor adventurers over the rushing waters of the Fraser River at Hell’s Gate and across to a tiny tourist town filled with a hodgepodge of historically themed activities. The intracanyon aerial tramway offers panoramic views of the dramatic canyonscape during the drop into an area that boasts the biggest claim ever staked during the 1860s Fraser River Gold Rush, when citizens buried their gold jewellery, then challenged prospectors to dig it back up again. Friends gather around the gold-panning station, sifting through gravel culled from the Hills Bar along the Fraser River and training eyes to hone in on flecks of precious gold. Hot bowls of homemade salmon chowder refuel fatigued scavengers at Simon’s Café, after which visitors tiptoe across the passenger suspension bridge that stretches over the narrow, 35-metre pass and lean over the observation deck to take pictures of the scene.

An area with reportedly high paranormal activity, Hell’s Gate invites guests to head to the gift shop to seek autographs from regularly appearing specters, including the girl behind the gift-shop door. Additionally, environmental enthusiasts can check out the fisheries exhibition or spend part of the day hiking and having staring contests with trees on the nearby trails.

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Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Circus Classes

Buy now from only $77
Value $155
Discount 50%
You Save $78

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Saturday, August 20, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
World-class instructors
Learn juggling, aerial arts & acrobatics
Build core strength & balance

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 2 per person. Valid only for option purchased. Subject to availability. 15 day cancellation notice or fee up to Groupon price may apply. Must be 13 or older. Insurance fee not included. 2 people minimum for class to be taught. Classes are non-transferable.

CircusWest Performing Arts Society
Hastings-Sunrise
2901 E Hastings St. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.circuswest.com/

Today’s Groupon to CircusWest Performing Arts Society in the Pacific National Exhibition Grounds in the Garden Auditorium building. Choose from the following options:

For $77, you get the Intro to Aerials class, held Sundays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (up to a $182 value).
For $77, you get the Main a Main class, held Mondays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (up to a $155 value).
For $77, you get the Main a Main class, held Wednesdays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (up to a $155 value).
For $77, you get the Contact Juggling class, held Mondays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (up to a $155 value).
For $77, you get the Intro to Circus class, held Mondays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (up to a $155 value).
For $77, you get the Intro to Circus class, held Wednesdays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (up to a $155 value).

For each class option, choose from one of the following class sessions:

September 19–October 31, 2011
November 4–December 16, 2011
January 2–February 12, 2012
February 19–April 1, 2012
April 9–May 28, 2012

A circus training school for more than 25 years, CircusWest prepares budding ringleaders to gracefully soar into acrobatics, aerial arts, and other fanciful disciplines. Passionate instructors, some of which have graced Cirque du Soleil’s stage, lead classes comprised of 4–12 students of all skill levels. The Intro to Aerials Class teaches students to hover gracefully in the stratosphere without the use of helium-filled jumpsuits, instead providing aerial circus apparatuses. Students learn to perform acrobatic tricks while hanging from the static trapeze, the aerial hoops, and a long wrapping fabric called tissu while building core and upper body strength. Main a Main, meanwhile, hones in on earthbound acrobatic poses performed in balance with other students, and Contact Juggling trains dexterous hands to create gravity-defying illusions with acrylic balls and staffs without first making deals with underworld misanthropes. Intro to Circus acquaints students with a variety of the above circus disciplines and more, including aerial arts, object manipulation, and unicycling.

This Groupon does not cover the mandatory insurance required for each student due on the first class day ($11).

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Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Museum Outing for One, Two, or a Family

Buy now for only $6
Value $12
Discount 50%
You Save $6

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Hands-on activities & interactive stations
More than 2 million specimens
Blue-whale skeleton

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 11, 2012
Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Vancouver
2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/

Today’s Groupon to Beaty Biodiversity Museum on The University of British Columbia campus. Choose from the following options:

For $6, you get one adult admission (up to a $12 value).
For $12, you get two adult admissions (up to a $24 value).
For $17, you get a one-day family pass for two adults and up to four children ages 17 and younger (a $35 value).

Housed in an environmentally friendly edifice, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum delights flora- and faunaphiles of all ages with 20,000 square feet of deftly curated collections and exhibits culled from The University of British Columbia’s expansive natural-history collections. More than 2 million specimens come to life with the help of savvy museum interpreters, and a plenitude of hands-on activities including crafts and interactive stations doles out factoid high-fives that imbue digits with knowledge. Learn the tricks of the trade from researchers in the teaching lab, or treat hungry eyes to the cinematic feast of biodiversity-celebrating films in the auditorium. The Blue Whale Exhibit’s 26-metre centrepiece is the largest blue-whale skeleton in Canada and gives nascent Cousteaus the chance to explore cetacean framework without the hassles of bribing a whale maker for his blueprints. Visitors can peruse the museum’s expansive activity schedule for upcoming events.

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