What's new

Centreville, Toronto: The cred whores strike again.

ciallkennett

Strata Poster
On my final day of my Canada/USA trip, em and Taylor ventured to nab yet another single cred at a crappy little park. I was flying out of Toronto anyway, and it wasn't too much of a stretch to grab it, so we both thought why not.

Centreville is a cute little kiddie park located just off of mainland Toronto on an island called Centre Island. Accessed via ferry, it's not really got much there bar a powered cred, and that's all we went to nab really.

The ferry over cost about $7 for an adult, but we both managed to blag student prices and get a return trip for about $4.50. Children can get a return ticket for $3.50. Me and Taylor enjoyed the slightly dull 10 min journey there by taking snaps of Toronto which we were leaving slightly behind.

555843_10150892694606905_455385203_n.jpg


282680_10150892694771905_643185109_n.jpg


229851_10150892695141905_822843956_n.jpg


205395_10150892695266905_1052176906_n.jpg


376511_10150892695381905_1495839407_n.jpg


When we arrived, we headed for a short walk over to the rides. All we knew about the island was that there was the rides on it, and we presumed little to nothing else - having looked at a map, we could see that there was actually quite a lot to do on the island, including parks, beaches and WATER FOUNTAINS <3 More on that later.

527940_10150892695571905_1108796164_n.jpg


We headed to the rides to see a lovely selection of pretty standard children's attractions. Nothing that warranted us bothering to go on, especially as a day ticket for a person costs a staggeringly expensive $31! But the kiddie ride selection wasn't too shabby.

548799_10150892695711905_639151127_n.jpg


602440_10150892695956905_616538188_n.jpg


553279_10150892696071905_1770686866_n.jpg


292404_10150892696216905_188618848_n.jpg


307090_10150892696351905_887557746_n.jpg


292496_10150892696436905_1747555029_n.jpg


282884_10150892696536905_917119294_n.jpg


292477_10150892696646905_1042337169_n.jpg


529641_10150892699906905_637714833_n.jpg


We bought the amount of tickets we required for the coaster - 6. At $0.88 a ticket, it wasn't the cheapest of creds at all...

We finally found what we came for - the powered cred called "Toronto Island Monster"! Surrounded by loads of wood and horrid metal fencing, it certainly didn't seem very appealing, especially with it's dull grey/silver painting.

487172_10150892696986905_1180695531_n.jpg


581956_10150892698336905_2108070065_n.jpg


Nonetheless, we boarded back row ready to ride like the goons we are!

539782_10150892697291905_2071045533_n.jpg


We got 3 or 4 laps which was more than enough, but I'd have preferred a few more when paying up to $1.66 per lap...

It was hard to get pictures of the actual coaster, but I tried my best!

283740_10150892697456905_698284614_n.jpg


382381_10150892697526905_1410947510_n.jpg


555981_10150892697611905_5561906_n.jpg


205358_10150892697991905_23390104_n.jpg


532513_10150892698061905_444013961_n.jpg


306968_10150892698466905_1152232684_n.jpg


480332_10150892698596905_991365865_n.jpg


282257_10150892698871905_2010284676_n.jpg


198315_10150892699006905_1337001273_n.jpg


539641_10150892699276905_1690878119_n.jpg


575580_10150892699771905_1550096923_n.jpg


We left that area to explore the rest of the island. It has 3 lovely beaches (including one "clothing optional" beach which I tried to persuade Taylor into visiting, but with no luck - surprising to see such a thing on an island which is VERY family friendly).

Me and Taylor chilled on one of the lovely beaches for a while. The sand was nice, there were lifeguards (never seen lifeguards on a beach in my life) and it was very relaxing and pleasant.

269214_10150892700616905_1133051756_n.jpg


544973_10150892700826905_2090639699_n.jpg


Also on the island, there is loads of open park space to chill with a picnic, plenty of paths to cycle or walk around and probably most exciting of all: water fountains!

269261_10150892700191905_1956235954_n.jpg


557196_10150892700311905_351624043_n.jpg


Although the park was disappointing, the island shocked us both - you can easily make a day with the family if you visit more than just the park, and it's a nice break away from the hush and bush of the city. We got the 10 min ferry back and headed to the airport so I could fly back to Engerlandland.

303632_10150892701051905_1621816014_n.jpg


208942_10150892701311905_1727387866_n.jpg


295490_10150892701746905_787073952_n.jpg


Credit 199: obtained.
 

AJ

Giga Poster
I wouldn't quite brand yourself as 'The Cred Whore', you're far from it babes ;)
 

peep

CF Legend
Looks like quite a nice place.

I'm with AJ, you have a very long way to go before you can call yourself credit whores.
 
wouldn't quite brand yourself as 'The Cred Whore', you're far from it babes

Haha, I'm certainly far from a cred whore. I do often skip kiddie creds if I'm not with someone else or an entire group, but I was curious to see the island anyway so that's why I went. A true credit whore would have driven the four hours to Toronto from my house with the sole intention of getting the cred.. We were just there :p .
 
Top