Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion
Easily one of the busiest pavilions, the Royal Canadian Mint had fantastic crowds of people for one simple reason: they let you touch the medals!
A coworker waited 9 hours in line to get his photo with the Gold medal!
The Million Dollar coin (now actually worth about $3.5Million)
Of course, I had to hold a Gold medal myself too
The main pavilion closed at the end of the Winter Games but I’ve heard they are moving to a different location for the Paralympic Games so you’ll still have a chance to handle the medals. The lineups might even be more manageable.
UPDATE: The Mint has announced it’s new location during the Paralympic Games – The Vancouver Public Library.
Great post John. I always thought I should get down there, but every time I went past the super long lines scared me away.
Thanks for taking me in there, mate!