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PLAY ABOVE THE TREETOPS
There are three main attractions here that are included with your admission ticket: The suspension bridge, The Cliffwalk, and the Treetops Adventure Hike. Bring your AAA card to get 10% off your admission (or check with your hotel), and look on your receipt, they might have coupons for Grouse Mountain tickets.
HOURS: 8:30a-8pm during the summer when we went. If you don't want the bridge to shake, get there at 8:30am when you can have the bridge all to yourself. Once the tour buses start rolling in, the bridge starts jumping.
PARKING: $5, pay in the lot across the street from the entrance.
PRICE: (June 2015): $37.95 adult, $12 child (children under 6 are free), senior $34.95
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE 450ft across, 230ft above the Capilano River.
This was actually the focal point of our entire trip, the only day where everybody was all there at the same time. The bridge was wide enough for maybe 3 people to walk side by side comfortably, and it took a minute or two to briskly walk across. We got to take a few pictures with all of us on the mid-point of the bridge, but my Dad started getting motion sick so he turned around and went back to non-moving land. We had a few scared looking faces in the picture, not really Christmas card material anyway. That was the end of our complete group picture opportunity. The rest of us made it to the end of the bridge so we could do the Treetops Aventure. If you go across the bridge, you will have to come back across at some point to get back to your car.
TREETOPS ADVENTURE
This is a hike with steps, elevation changes, and seven more suspension bridges connected by multiple platforms that soar 100ft above the forest floor. There is a bathroom on this side of the bridge with flushing toilets and running water. There's even a snack bar with ice cream on this side of the bridge. The kids went wild on this side, it was like one giant treehouse. So again, no Christmas card opportunity since we were never all in the same tree at the same time. They have a free "Kids Rainforest Explorer" program similar to the Junior Ranger program in National Parks; kids have to find answers to questions on a "test". This helps them think about what they are looking at instead of just walking aimlessly tree to tree, and it is educational for the parents too. This portion of the park took maybe an hour or so, then we walked back over the main suspension bridge (which was now packed and rocking side to side as we made our way back to land).
CLIFFWALK
Open in June 2011, this is the parks newest addition, and to me it was way more scary than the suspension bridge. It does NOT move. It is somehow anchored into the treetop so tightly that you don't even realize you are suspended in mid air unless you look down. Let me make something very clear. This is ONE LANE, ONE WAY. You start on one side, and you exit the other side. If you freak out halfway, just walk really fast to the other side. DO NOT TURN AROUND and try to come back. This is too narrow for two people to fit. There was one lady that I wanted to ninja chop when I saw her coming the wrong way. Other than that, it was pretty cool. It turns out that my Dad (remember, the motion sick one) went on CliffWalk a few times while we were playing in the Treetops, and since it doesn't move, he liked it, so he went on Cliffwalk with all of us. I finally took a picture of all of us on Cliffwalk but then realized my Mom was missing.
GIFTSHOP/SNACK BAR
My mom took a detour through the gift shop.
This is one of Vancouver's top attractions, so we had to check it out. Pricey? Yes, but Grouse Mountain was even pricier, so if I had to choose between the two, I'd come to Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.