Day 25 - Continued……..
After lunch we went back over to Whistler Village for more of a look around. Made our way to the Olympic rings.
There was a small hill with play area where kids and families were having fun. We found a spare sled and enjoyed ourselves sliding down.
Snowing in Whistler Village!
By now we had received the news that our room was ready so we went back and grabbed the key. The hotel is situated on the upper levels of a building with various different shops and restaurants below. The rooms are on either side of a long hallway spanning the entire length of the building. Our room was a good size with 2 queen beds, neat and tidy, modern looking. Exactly what we needed.
I had reserved a few items of ski clothing for NoName Jnr and I through a company called
Whistler Winter Wear. We needed proper ski gloves, goggles and a ski jacket for me and they were the only company I could find that provided this sort of stuff. Other places did skis and helmets etc but not what we needed here. The booking was made around 6 weeks prior to our arrival and the email I received asked to call or text them once we arrived to organise a time to drop the gear to us. Once we get to our room I did exactly that, with limited success. When I say limited I mean that I spent an hour texting and calling before being able to get on to anyone. No replies to my texts and only an eventual answer to my call. When I did get onto someone they appeared to in a chaotic state and were unable to tell me exactly when they would deliver the items and that they would call me back to confirm. Fine, we will go do the other things we had planned while I wait for the call.
Went downstairs to the ski hire shop in the same building to get fitted for our skis.
Premium Mountain had been recommended by the hotel as they offered a discount to hotel guests. Reviews suggested they were excellent and that proved accurate. NoName Jnr and I were fitted out quickly and professionally. Their staff did a thorough job fitting us and ensuring we had the right equipment. Definitely recommend. Price was
CA$522 after 15% discount for skis, boots, helmet & damage waiver for the two of us for 4 days.
NoName Jnr ready to go!
By now it was 7pm and with no call back from Whistler Winter Wear and with ski lessons scheduled for 8am the next morning I had no choice but to purchase the items we had intended to hire. We ended up buying the goggles and gloves from Premium Mountain and my ski jacket from another nearby shop. A very disappointing outcome although we will ski again so will get more use from the items.
Side note: I ended up receiving a call from Whistler Winter Wear in the middle of dinner just after 8pm informing me they were waiting in my hotel lobby with the gear. Even more disappointing was the incredulous attitude I got from the owner when I called out their total lack of customer service. There was no apology or remorse and I was basically told that it was my fault for what happened. I can’t stress more strongly –
DO NOT USE WHISTLER WINTER WEAR!
We were meeting up with a couple of Mrs NoName’s friends who lived in Seattle. When they heard we were visiting they decided to join us. First stop dinner. Nothing fancy tonight, we just wanted in to
Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub. Pretty self explanatory – its an Irish pub. Located close by at the base of the lifts. We got a table and ordered what was a pretty standard pub meal. We were all too busy catching up so no photos unfortunately. It was enjoyable though, food nice, atmosphere pretty good. I would return.
Dinner was done and so were we for the evening. Big day of skiing coming up so wanted to get a good rest. Back to the room and into bed although the excitement meant that it took a while to get to sleep.