For my son's, Pacey, 7th birthday rather than having a 'friend party' we opted on a trip to Edmonton for an Oilers game and of course to take in the mall.
We get to Edmonton were we surprised him and had his uncle fly in from Kelowna and had a few other friends join us for supper. My husband's favourite restaurant is the Japanese Village in Edmonton so that is where we all met. To see Pacey's face when his uncle walked around the corner and came and sat down with us was absolutely priceless.
Japanese Village is an exciting place to dine as they put on an exceptional show while cooking your meals right in front of you. It's a bit expensive, but a great experience.
As we were finishing up our supper a bunch of very good looking girls started filing in and they were all wearing Oilers jerseys with 69 on their backs. The guys had their eye-candy fulfillment. When the birthday cake was brought out all the girls joined in singing and a few of them came over and gave Pacey a hug and he got a picture with them. He was so embarrassed, but all the men were fully loving it.
When we exited the restaurant a limo was just pulling up in front and a few girls came out behind us and asked Pacey if he would like to go for a ride with them around the block in the limo. Before the chauffeur even had the door to the limo fully opened the men were jumping in without even asking if they could tag along. So the boys all went for a ride with around downtown Edmonton in a limo with some sexy showgirls. A 7th birthday never to be forgotten!!
The next day we hit up the mall to go to GalaxyLand, the world's largest indoor amusement park. With dozens of rides for all ages and a triple loop roller coaster, the fun never ends. I think we must have did every ride two or three times until we were all exhausted and still had to have energy for the big game that night.
From the mall we were off to the Oilers vs. Detroit game. If you or your kid loves watching NHL games, I must say that it is a rush to be at a live game - expensive, but another one of those things that if you are a fan you need to go to at least one live game to feel the thrill and excitement! Although for me, I would rather watch it on tv as I like having the commentators explain to me what is going, but I a have truly enjoyed the live games we have gone to, just find that they are costly.
Now, whenever we go to Edmonton we always have to have a full day to spend at the mall World WaterPark. This is by far one of my most favourite places to go ever! It is like a tropical paradise, being the world's largest indoor wave pool with the tallest indoor permanent bungee tower (which I still have not got up the courage to try, but I will one day) and some many unique and crazy fun waterslides. I could spend a week at that place and never get bored!
We usually do a round of mini-golf at the Putt 'n' Glow, it's a funky glow-in-the-dark mini-golf course.
The mall also has a lot of other great attractions like the indoor Ice Palace, bumper boats, Deep Sea Derby, and a great IMAX theatre which is always a good time and let's not forgetting about the shopping and eating on Bourbon Street.
When I was a kid we stayed in the FantasyLand Hotel right in the mall and they have the coolest theme rooms. We had bought the coolest game while there, it was called West Edmonton Mall and it was a knock off of Monopoly but the board was the mall, it's crzazy how much the mall has changed over the years looking back at the game board and going to the mall now.
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