I plan on taking the week before the wedding and 2 weeks after so I will be off work for the first three weeks of September.  FH and I would like a honeymoon that is special and romantic, but we also like the idea of a bit of adventure and excitement.  I want to go to Wonderland, Marineland, Ontario place, the zoo and any other amusement parks.  i would also like to check out a few cultural events such as Phantom (probably the only two people who haven't seen it), and local shows and to do some shopping.  We would also like to take a few days to drive around the surrounding areas like Niagra Falls.

Neither of us has ever travelled so we are splurging on flight tickets to get there and plan on renting a car to get around. 

If any of you have favorite hot spots, places to avoid, know where to get a nice but cheap hotel etc. I would appreciate your input.  I have been to toronto 3 years ago for a week taking the kids to wonderland, but otherwise know nothing about the city except that it is HUGE and I get easially lost.

What can we expect at the amusement parks on weekends in September?  I checked the website and it shows that although some are open during the week, we will have to do others on weekends only.  I really loved the 2 rollercoasters I went on when we went, but the lines were so long that we only had time for the two...1 hour wait for the Bat.  I want to make this honeymoon special without blowing the bank, so any tips for saving would be especially helpful.

Met September 9, 2005

Engaged Christmas 2006

Married September 9, 2008

Two families joined as one

How old are your children?

Will you be staying downtown, midtown or up near Wonderland (which is actually not Toronto proper)?

Do you & your family enjoy new food experiences/eating multicultural foods?

Ummm somethings off the top of my head to consider: visiting Toronto Island is lovely and you may want to consider traveling around the city via public transit, as opposed to driving, which can be stressful & parking is so expensive - you can get family day passes so you don't need to worry about having exact fare each time you hop on the subway, streetcar, etc, you can go online and look up Now Magazine, which lists all local events anything from outdoor concerts, to street festivals, etc

but yeah give us a bit more info (as per above) and we'll see what other things we can recommend!

c'était l'amour...September 2, 2007...

and now we await baby: August 2008

Driving there (especially downtown) would be stressful and expensive.

Good luck!!

 Kaisa & Sid - June 30, 2007

Areas that you may want to see are;

Kensington market, yorkville if you want to people watch especially during the film fest it will be filled with celebs, the beaches, danforth if you like greek food, little italy for italian and there are more

Re; Niagara falls- always beautiful to at least stop in to niagara-on-the-lake if you cant stay overnight. You can go on wine tours, do tastings etc. very nice highly recommended.

Centre Island is a nice day trip as well.

Hope that helps give you a start

Downtown, you will find tons to do, there are tons of tours etc...double decker bus, hippo bus (which takes you in the water along the islands) etc

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I definitely agree, staying outside of the downtown core will be more cost effective, and when you do drive, you won't have to fight downtown traffic before you get on your way. Arguably you can stay as far up as Yorkdale (check out www.ttc.ca to familiarize yourself with the city's public transit route maps), and there is a Holiday Inn and shopping right there, and the nice thing is, it is also on the highway for when you do rent a car and drive.

The airport area also has a lot of hotels but it is not on the subway line, so you'd have to drive into the city and park.

FYI where parking in the city is concerned, if you park closer to the lake and walk up to Union Station for subway access, parking will be cheaper, $10/day versus $20 closer to the core.

Check out www.toronto.com for events, attractions, etc.

Also, if public transit is daunting, Toronto now has a double-decker bus where you pay a flat rate and get on and off at certain spots, usually they will hit the main attractions...you can just stay on it to get a panoramic of the city. I haven't done it here, but I've done similar buses in other cities and they can be handy...I think toronto.com has a link, there are two business I see most often, one is a double decker and I think the other is called the Hippo?

Main Attractions:

On the Lake: Centre Island, Harbour Front....this is good for a stroll, grab an ice cream at Baskin Robbins (york/queens quay) or even a pizza on the patio at il fornello.

CN Tower -- you can walk it from Harbourfront, and the SkyDome is next door, you can get Jays tickets for fairly cheap.

Just north of that, you get to Nathan Phillips Square, Eaton Centre, Yonge/Dundas Square and the theatre district.

If you don't mind walking, all these are fairly close to each other, less than 2km.

Casa Loma -- a bit further uptown, but cool.

Yorkville, which is also where the Royal Ontario Museum is. (Tip, admission the museum is only $5 on Fridays!)

Wonderland - as mentioned, it's in Vaughan, Ontario, and you'd have to drive there. THere is an outlet mall near by, Vaughan Mills, if you are interested.

Marineland and Niagara Falls - about 90 minutes from downtown Toronto.

Toronto Zoo and Science Centre-- east of the city

The distilllery district is cool, but expensive to dine there.

Little Italy (college street) has a lot of great pizzerias which are fairly inexpensive and you can get great italian ice cream there as well.

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