Canada Line-- YVR to Auberge hotel

[INDIANA JOE]

Any idea how busy about 7 pm on a Saturday at the end of September?

 

At waterfront station which exit towards Auberge hotel?

 

Any useful info appreciated......

[martincath]

Relatively quiet - you may get a few 'bridge & tunnelers' joining once the lines merge at Bridgeport, but that's a bit late for most folks coming downtown to dine and a bit early for most of the 'pre-drink at home before hitting the clubs' crowd so not many. It's also way too late to be heading downtown for any concert/sporting event. Start of the line anyway, so unless your flight has a few big wide-bodies land about the same time and a horde of pax all want to take the SkyTrain at the exact same time you do you'll have no difficulty getting a seat.

 

If you get out of Waterfront at the Granville exit you'll have basically a straight shot along Hastings to the hotel - that's accessed from the South end of the platform, and it does have an elevator so no problem getting your luggage up to street level (and as a bonus, you avoid walking up a hill, albeit not a big one). Translink have maps here - choose Canada Line then Waterfront and you'll see two, it's actually the accessible map that you want showing the entrances with elevators.

[INDIANA JOE]

24 minutes ago, martincath said:

Relatively quiet - you may get a few 'bridge & tunnelers' joining once the lines merge at Bridgeport, but that's a bit late for most folks coming downtown to dine and a bit early for most of the 'pre-drink at home before hitting the clubs' crowd so not many. It's also way too late to be heading downtown for any concert/sporting event. Start of the line anyway, so unless your flight has a few big wide-bodies land about the same time and a horde of pax all want to take the SkyTrain at the exact same time you do you'll have no difficulty getting a seat.

 

If you get out of Waterfront at the Granville exit you'll have basically a straight shot along Hastings to the hotel - that's accessed from the South end of the platform, and it does have an elevator so no problem getting your luggage up to street level (and as a bonus, you avoid walking up a hill, albeit not a big one). Translink have maps here - choose Canada Line then Waterfront and you'll see two, it's actually the accessible map that you want showing the entrances with elevators.

 

martincath, thank you for the info. I enjoy reading your informative posts.

[scottbee]

On 7/20/2019 at 11:02 AM, martincath said:

If you get out of Waterfront at the Granville exit you'll have basically a straight shot along Hastings to the hotel - that's accessed from the South end of the platform, and it does have an elevator so no problem getting your luggage up to street level (and as a bonus, you avoid walking up a hill, albeit not a big one). Translink have maps here - choose Canada Line then Waterfront and you'll see two, it's actually the accessible map that you want showing the entrances with elevators.

 

And it's not really that well marked, you want the exit at the end of the platform that the train entered from, it's marked "WAY OUT - Granville St".  You don't want to go into the pedestrian tunnel at the other end of the platform

[INDIANA JOE]

1 hour ago, scottbee said:

 

And it's not really that well marked, you want the exit at the end of the platform that the train entered from, it's marked "WAY OUT - Granville St".  You don't want to go into the pedestrian tunnel at the other end of the platform

 

thanks for that tidbit too!

[PNW Traveler]

Sunset at the end of September is approximately 7 pm.  You'll have "twilight" for about a half hour after sunset.

 

[INDIANA JOE]

On 7/24/2019 at 12:10 PM, PNW Traveler said:

Sunset at the end of September is approximately 7 pm.  You'll have "twilight" for about a half hour after sunset.

 

 

Thanks, good to know. Should be just about dark when we get to the hotel.

[langleyfld]

On 7/20/2019 at 11:40 AM, INDIANA JOE said:

Any idea how busy about 7 pm on a Saturday at the end of September?

 

At waterfront station which exit towards Auberge hotel?

 

Any useful info appreciated......

We are staying at The Auberge in May 2020.  How was your stay?  Did you walk to the ship?  Was the SkyTrain easy to navigate?

[INDIANA JOE]

3 hours ago, langleyfld said:

We are staying at The Auberge in May 2020.  How was your stay?  Did you walk to the ship?  Was the SkyTrain easy to navigate?

 

We did stay for 1 night at the Auberge. Nice, new re-model of the rooms this spring/summer. We got there late (7 pm) and ate at the Lion's Pub nearby? Short term stay and no complaints. Could look out our window directly at Canada Place. After travelling all day we wanted food and a bed, lol.

Pretty easy downhill walk to the port( about 2 blocks).

We ended up just taking a taxi since it was late so can't tell you about skytrain. Taxi was $32 CAD plus tip.

[langleyfld]

Thank Indiana Joe!!

[jpres]

On 10/23/2019 at 4:06 PM, langleyfld said:

We are staying at The Auberge in May 2020.  How was your stay?  Did you walk to the ship?  Was the SkyTrain easy to navigate?

We are staying there one night in May as well.  Do you know anything about the area, such as nice restaurants?

[martincath]

2 hours ago, jpres said:

We are staying there one night in May as well.  Do you know anything about the area, such as nice restaurants?

Since you're slap-bang in the downtown core there are more nice restos than you can shake the proverbial stick at, even if you restrict yourself to say 10 minutes walk or less. Make that a 10min cab ride and you have literally hundreds of options! So without knowing the types of food you already love/hate, how open you are to trying new things, and what sort of budget you're working with (NB: CAD vs USD discount!) the best advice possible is to check resto reviews.

 

TripAdvisor does require a major pinch of salt be taken when reading, as even ignoring fake review issue the simplistic '5* for everything' system means you are ranking the most popular, not the best, food; but sorting within types of resto at least gives you a ballpark to start in. Local newspaper reviews are more consistent in their approach than the randos on TA - try the Vancouver Sun who have had the same main reviewer for years.

[jpres]

17 hours ago, martincath said:

Since you're slap-bang in the downtown core there are more nice restos than you can shake the proverbial stick at, even if you restrict yourself to say 10 minutes walk or less. Make that a 10min cab ride and you have literally hundreds of options! So without knowing the types of food you already love/hate, how open you are to trying new things, and what sort of budget you're working with (NB: CAD vs USD discount!) the best advice possible is to check resto reviews.

 

TripAdvisor does require a major pinch of salt be taken when reading, as even ignoring fake review issue the simplistic '5* for everything' system means you are ranking the most popular, not the best, food; but sorting within types of resto at least gives you a ballpark to start in. Local newspaper reviews are more consistent in their approach than the randos on TA - try the Vancouver Sun who have had the same main reviewer for years.

Thank you appreciate this info.