Comments for Olympic Vacations

Comment on Can I skate on the Vancouver Olympic ice? by Thamain P

Thamain P — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:57:11 +0000

I’m sorry to inform you that the Olympic skating rink is no longer there. it was only for the Olympics.

Comment on How much would it cost to travel from the US to the summer olympics in London in 2012? by Quizzard

Quizzard — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:18:37 +0000

Airfare will run you $1000 or so if you’re careful. Accomodations will be VERY expensive. Hostels and the like will not have space, so you’ll be looking at hotel rooms, which will probably run you $200 per night for an Olympic period. You’d have to book soon.

Tickets to events don’t go on sale until later this year/early 2011. Expect to pay hundreds for most events, including preliminary rounds. Medal events will be several hundred apiece, up to several thousand for prime seats for prime events.

Comment on accommodation near london.? by Carrie S

Carrie S — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:57:46 +0000

Greater London is 609 square miles big. You say you are going to the Olympics - are you a competitor? If so, you will probably be in the village.

Tickets do not go on sale until 2011.

http://www.london2012.com/visiting/tickets/index.php

There is no way of knowing at this present time what the state of the railway / tube network will be by 2012 as there is currently a new East London rail service being built. Improvements are also underway on most tube lines which means our tube network is disrupted almost every weekend.

It can take a while to travel across London and during the olympics, the main rail stations will be very busy indeed. London does, however have links to every area and so it would be up to you where you stay.

If you want peace and quiet, you’re going to have to go quite far. I recommend Kent. Somewhere like Edenbridge.

If you take the train you can get the train from Edenbridge to Redhill, change for train to Clapham Junction and from there get to a main station such as Victoria or Waterloo then on to tube / DLR out to East London where the Olympics will be held. As you can see it will not be easy so I highly recommend finding a place in London you like.

Comment on What kind of legacy will the vancouver 2010 winter olympics leave behind? by sophomrecritic

sophomrecritic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:51:39 +0000

i’ll get you started.

hosting the olympics is good for a city’s economy because they bring a lot of publicity to that city. it brings investment, jobs and nontangibles like pride

i’m not gonna answer this question TOO well becasue you have to figure it out for yourself

Comment on What when Google stops to having Vancouver Olympics logo? by ojkingtamba

ojkingtamba — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:05:26 +0000

google will have the logo until the olympics is over it’s to honor the athletes and the olympic games if you don’t like the logo then change your home page or use yahoo search engines

Comment on Where can I find the Olympic luger crash video from the Vancouver Olympics.? by Domino

Domino — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:34:27 +0000

I for one hope you can’t. Why would you want to see somebody die.

Comment on How can Rio de janeiro host a Olympics but be the VERY high in crime, lack of hotels, and sports facilities? by Brabradabrat

Brabradabrat — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:42:02 +0000

PLUS It looks like Rio won’t be able to have the funds to build the quality sport facilities like Chicago, Tokyo, or Madrid would have done. Don’t be surprise if you see a classic olympic sport in a crappy building that looks like the ymca live on tv. The Olympic committee will regret this one.

Comment on Vancouver Olympics: why does the oficial ranking rank us 1st and the french ranking rank them 3rd? by Paradoja

Paradoja — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:18:27 +0000

There really isn’t any "official" way to rank, as far as I know, since no country is declared as a winner. Most countries like to rank via. Gold Medal Count while the US rank by Total Medal Count.

Anyway, that is why France shows the US in 3rd. Canada has the most medals , then Germany , and then the US .

Comment on How much money should i save to go to the Olympics in 2012? by humm

humm — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:55:07 +0000

Depends on where it will be held, how long you might be staying and how ‘luxurious’ you want your trip to be etc… hard to say but probably more than 3000 dollars if you need to fly

Comment on What song did Austrian skater Viktor Pfeifer skate to in the short program of the Vancouver olympics? by ImaHarper

ImaHarper — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:47 +0000

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2009/2010
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven