Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010

CutiePie2000 · #1 08-25-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I like the mascots....but not feeling the logo....Is it supposed to be something?

The logo is supposed to be an "inukshuk" (it's not a Transformer...LOL, although some of us jokingly call it that). Yeah, we didn't love it either...sigh, but we are stuck with it.
To read on what an inukshuk is, just go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inukshuk
There was some backlash on it here: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...clogo0426.html

London 2012 isn't that great, either, IMO. Oh well.

breathesgelatin · #2 08-25-2008, 03:37 AM

CutiePie2000, I've got to say that I think Vancouver's logo is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than London's. At least it evokes native culture/the Pacific NW to me. London's doesn't really evoke anything to me at all except the early 90s and neon fanny packs.

I lurk at Olympic discussion forums and the consensus is that the London logo is one of the most hated ever. Especially by those from the UK. The worst part is that some animation from the London Olympics website revealing the logo back in June 2007 evidently caused seizures in some epileptic individuals. Here's a rundown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics#Logo

So I think Vancouver is definitely sitting pretty with their logo.

Other notable logos... hm... I really liked Sarajevo's, Nagano's, Seoul's, Atlanta's (though it now looks particularly dated to me), and ESPECIALLY Athens's.

The worst thing of all by far though, was Atlanta's awful, awful, awful mascot Izzy.

Fun graphic of Olympic mascots:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Olympicmascot.jpg

nittanyalum · #3 08-25-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

The worst thing of all by far though, was Atlanta's awful, awful, awful mascot Izzy.

Fun graphic of Olympic mascots:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Olympicmascot.jpg

Cosign, Izzy sucked eggs. I like Schneemann!

PeppyGPhiB · #4 08-25-2008, 06:56 PM

BF and I are going to try to go to the Vancouver games. I've been a subscriber of the emails for a while now. Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I had read on the Web site, the organizing committee was encouraging hotels not to book ANY rooms yet while they tried to figure out a solution to the vendors/scalpers situation. The exception to that was Whistler...I know people with cabins there that have rented them out for a bundle!

One more suggestion: consider looking at hotels across the border. It's not far of a drive, but I'm sure there will be a TON of busses going into the city, too.

AGDee · #5 08-25-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

BF and I are going to try to go to the Vancouver games. I've been a subscriber of the emails for a while now. Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I had read on the Web site, the organizing committee was encouraging hotels not to book ANY rooms yet while they tried to figure out a solution to the vendors/scalpers situation. The exception to that was Whistler...I know people with cabins there that have rented them out for a bundle!

One more suggestion: consider looking at hotels across the border. It's not far of a drive, but I'm sure there will be a TON of busses going into the city, too.

But keep in mind that by then you will need a passport to travel back and forth by land.

violetpretty · #6 08-25-2008, 08:09 PM

Oooh this is exciting! One of my friends made the Canadian Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team for '06 but she got injured. She broke her foot, got it casted, cut off the cast a few days later, so of course her foot healed incorrectly and she had to have surgery to fix a tendon in her foot. I hope she makes the '10 team!

SOPi_Jawbreaker · #7 08-25-2008, 08:44 PM

You do have four years to make friends with someone in Vancouver who can house you.

And I think the London logo is ICK!!! I think they should have gone with something like this BBC reader submission.

Benzgirl · #8 08-25-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

That logo is Friggen weird

breathesgelatin · #9 08-25-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

You do have four years to make friends with someone in Vancouver who can house you.

And I think the London logo is ICK!!! I think they should have gone with something like this BBC reader submission.

LOL - if I get the tickets, I should know by mid-2009 at the latest I think, and I'll definitely plan for the housing right away. Plus I'll be traveling with another adult and a small child, which would make couch surfing a little more difficult than it if were just me. I'll just save up my moolah and keep my fingers crossed on both the tickets and hotels. I know CoSport probably sells everything included packages... I hope... I hope...

I liked the London bid logo that the crazy neon thing replaced just fine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:London-2012-logo.svg

PeppyGPhiB · #10 08-26-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

You do have four years to make friends with someone in Vancouver who can house you.

Correction: two years. Vancouver is in 2010.

PeppyGPhiB · #11 08-26-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

But keep in mind that by then you will need a passport to travel back and forth by land.

So? I've had a Passport since I was 11 years old. Those of us that make trips up to Canada (or Mexico) have probably been in the habit of bringing a Passport since 9/11, when a driver's license just wasn't enough to satisfy border patrol. A Passport won't make things go slower...in fact, it might make passage faster.

It's pretty sad that so many people in this country think of Passports as an inconvenience instead of the things it makes possible.

breathesgelatin · #12 08-25-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

BF and I are going to try to go to the Vancouver games. I've been a subscriber of the emails for a while now. Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I had read on the Web site, the organizing committee was encouraging hotels not to book ANY rooms yet while they tried to figure out a solution to the vendors/scalpers situation. The exception to that was Whistler...I know people with cabins there that have rented them out for a bundle!

One more suggestion: consider looking at hotels across the border. It's not far of a drive, but I'm sure there will be a TON of busses going into the city, too.

After a re-read of the website I think you're exactly right - they're not booking ANY rooms to ANYONE. Although the website also seems to say that 30% of the rooms will be reserved for "members of the Olympic family," which I assume doesn't include little ole me.

Renting is a good idea. I have a passport that expires in late 2011 so that shouldn't be an issue.

I could definitely check the US hotels but I wonder if they are all already booked!

I am sure I could Craigslist stuff already too. I notice the website has a disclaimer about renting from people individually and stuff.

The thing is I don't want to worry too much about accommodations until I know more about my ticket situation! I signed up for ticketing emails from both the Vancouver site (although that's not super-useful since I'm not Canadian) and for info from CoSport, the US vendor... but I haven't got so much as a peep from them, not even a confirmation that they got my info.

Taualumna · #13 08-26-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

The logo is supposed to be an "inukshuk" (it's not a Transformer...LOL, although some of us jokingly call it that). Yeah, we didn't love it either...sigh, but we are stuck with it.
To read on what an inukshuk is, just go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inukshuk
There was some backlash on it here: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...clogo0426.html

London 2012 isn't that great, either, IMO. Oh well.

The 1980s just attacked!