Today we went to see LiveCity Yaletown. In LiveCity Yaletown there are Acer, Samsung, Panasonic and Coca Cola pavilions. I waited for some friends so I went to see the pavilions with the least line up. I went to see Panasonic first. It had a 12 minute 3D show which I didn't watch. You have to line up to take a piece of paper with the time you have to come back to watch the show. I didn't have time to wait and watch the movie. I just walked around to see what else they were exhibiting. On the right side of the pavilion is a TV playing a 3D blue ray for your home. They had 3D glasses for you to try on. It would be really neat to watch 3D movies at home. On the left side of the pavilion is the process of making a 3D movie. It is quite interesting.
Next was Acer. Inside was lots of monitors; computer monitors and TV monitors. There was an area where Acer computers where set up with Olympic games. I watched some kids play and they were really good. There was another area with Olympic quiz questions. After you completed that, you got a pin (important for pin collectors). There were other areas with touch screen monitors. It would make life so much easier but then maybe people will lose their typing skills.
All my friends arrived and we lined up at Coca Cola. It was the pavilion with the longest lineup. It was a 45 min lineup. Once you got inside the building, there was still a line up. It was really interesting. The walls were decorated with information of the history of Coca Cola. There is also a display of previous Olympic torches since Coca Cola started sponsoring them. You are then taken to another room to watch a short video on the torch relay across Canada. After the video, then the happiness continues in another large room. In that room there are decorated Coke bottles by various artists, various virtual games and a photo op with the Olympic torch. You also get a free small bottle of Coke. It was a nice bottle so I kept it as a souvenir after I finished drinking the Coke. I had to finish it because they uncap the bottle for you before they give it to you. The virtual games included a game where you pretend to be a Coke bear and see who can paddle down the river the fastest. The other game is about recycling bottles. I think the game is about who shots the most bottles.
After our adventure at Coca Cola, we went to the Samsung pavilion. There was a stage there with performers. You get a passport when you get in and you have to get stickers of the 3 mascots then you get a scratch ticket. There are three games in there to play to receive the stickers. If you played one game, you would get one sticker. But after you receive your first sticker, you can just go to the other games and ask them for the other stickers to complete your passport. You can then redeem the completed passport for a scratch ticket. With the scratch ticket you can win items like a collector pin set, a cell phone or a pen. I won a pen. Not so exciting. The also exhibited all their new and upcoming cell phones.
Tonight we watched the laser light show and fireworks at Robson Square. We watched the 9:30pm show. There are two shows a night; 9:30 and 11pm. There were so many people watching it. The laser light show was pointed in the sky and towards the Sears building. They also had a snowboarder, a skier and a hockey player zipping across the zipline. The show only lasted 15 mins.
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