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Monday, October 22, 2007

Waltzing around West Edmonton Mall

# Posted by Joel Dixon at 22/10/2007 08:01:10
Updated by Joel Dixon at 07/03/2008 11:00:57


A few weekends ago I took a trip to the West Edmonton Mall with my camera to provide content for this blog. Even though it was the world's largest mall for a 23-year period, it didn't really feel that much bigger than large shopping centres in Australia.

World Waterpark

Huge Water slides
Apparently the blue water slide starts higher than the red one - but I'm sure you pick up a little extra speed on the red one!

More slides
Another yellow water slide in the distance

Wave Pool
The Wave Pool - not very wavy at the moment

Beach
A bit of beach atmosphere, parents can watch their kids on generic white deck chairs

Flamingos
There is a small enclosure with a few flamingos tooling around - quite a shock to see when you're in a shopping centre

Galaxyland

Galaxyland
Galaxyland is an indoor theme park, why not?

Ferris Wheel
My kinda ride - I've only felt like throwing up on three ferris wheels in the past

Roller coaster
A pretty impressive indoor rollercoaster

Galaxyland
It feels a little unsafe walking directly under the rollercoaster track

Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is extremely popular here (and hosted by Howie Handel). Here's the arcade game version (it dispenses tickets instead of cash)

Sea Life Caverns

Daily Seal Show
Sea Life Caverns is an indoor lake with a daily seal show as the main attraction

Pirate Ship
The lake also houses a big-ass pirate ship

Submarine
The coolest part of Sea Life Caverns (IMO) is a submarine-ride. The subs go down a few meters and drive around on a track

Little Ride
Some kind of ride, these things seem to be driven by the ride-taker

Bourbon Street

Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street, a small section of the mall themed to resemble the Bourbon Street of New Orleans

Hooters
One of the classy restaurants in Bourbon Street

The Comic Strip
A comedy club - though in the real Bourbon Street I'm sure this would be a strip club that features comedians taking their kit off

Movie Theaters

Movie Board
The mall has two movie theaters, and this is what was playing in one of them the day I was there

Yoda Statue
I had to take a photo of this awesome Yoda statue/thing hanging from the roof

General

Christmas Tree
The movie Christmas in Wonderland was shot in the mall, and the Christmas decorations haven't been taken down. Pity I missed my chance to meet with Carmen Electra - one of the actors in the movie!

Ice Palace
NHL regulation sized ice rink in the mall. The Edmonton Oilers used to train here occasionally back in the Gretzky days. I remember when Knox Shopping Centre had an indoor ice arena which was about the size of my apartment's living room

Skate Park
West 49 (a skate shop) has a small skate park downstairs

Chinatown
It's weird, directly above Bourbon Street is Chinatown

Putt in the dark
The mall is host to two mini-golf courses - this one is a "putt in the dark" experience

Mini Golf
The second mini-golf course - apparently this one is based on Pebble Beach

Fantasyland Hotel
The in-mall hotel - is it just me that finds the name a little suggestive?

Casino
A casino inside the mall. They had a few table games (Caribbean Stud poker, roulette) but no proper Hold'em table - it was mainly pokie machines

Segway Scooters
A little course was setup to test-drive Segway Scooters

Dollar Kindom
The Dollar Kingdom, where everything is "$1 or more". Does that sound stupid to anyone else? Their selling point is that they sell nothing under $1

Police Station
Every good mall needs a police station


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Comments

Oh my gosh.

That is amazing. I remember seeing a segment on The Great Outdoors about that with the girl who use to be on Saturday Disney or something.

/pointless comment


# Posted - 24/10/2007 00:29:26
Hey Carmen - you're right - http://au.travel.yahoo.com/great-outdoors/canada/west-edmont on-mall-canada.html

Looks like they went there in 2004 - so that's a good memory!

It's a big mall, which is fine - I don't know if it's worth a mention on a travel show though!

People planning their holiday around the West Edmonton Mall need to check out something more interesting - like M&M's World in Los Vegas!


# Posted - 24/10/2007 01:53:06
it was awson

# Posted - 25/02/2008 04:35:51
I LOVE THIS MALL I GO THERE 4 TIMES EACH SUMMER THEY USED TO HAVE DOLPHINS IN WITH THE SUBMARINE RIDE BUT THE SPACE WAS TO SMALL FOR THEM SO THEY TOOK THEM OUT oMG DID I SAY I LOVE THIS MALL?!

# Posted - 13/06/2008 01:52:24
Luv This mall some great stores in West Edmonton Mall Are....
Build-A-Bear
West-49,
Dollar Kingdom
Clairs/Ardins,
The Music Store,
(Police Station),
The Health Garden,
U Name It.
AND MANY MANY MNAY MORE THERES OVER 800 Stores in the mall WOW Luv the mall


# Posted - 13/06/2008 02:00:55

I Go There Every Year (WELL 5 TIMES EVERY YEAR 3 TIMES IN SMMER AND 2 TIMES AT CHRISTMAS) I DIDNT GET TO GO I WAS SICK.....SO SAAD


# Posted - 13/06/2008 02:03:31
Some More Stores In West Edmonton Mall Are...

Zellers,
London Drugs,
HMV,
Chapters,
Sport Chek
Sears,
AND MANY MANY MANY MORE MEMEBER I SAID THERES OVER 800 STORES! WOW !


# Posted - 13/06/2008 02:12:16
Wow - you sure do like the West Edmonton Mall. I like how you listed the Police Station in the list of great WEM stores.

I actually would love it if there was a similarly sized shopping center in Melbourne.


# Posted - 13/06/2008 21:31:57
I also love this mall. Not that I have ever been but I once saw it on Satuday Disney or something.

Am I cool now?

.... I also have popop in the attic


# Posted - 24/12/2008 09:46:10
Incredibly cool, though a little bit late. Maybe I'll reply to this again in about eight months!

Say goodbye to these...
*flash*


# Posted - 24/12/2008 15:37:47
skate park
the west 49 skate park is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# Posted - 04/01/2009 01:05:49

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