Is in the Fairmont Empress Hotel at 649 Humboldt St. Animation lighting and sound effects enhance more than 85 highly detailed miniature scenes. Displays include a circus, two of the world's largest doll houses, a Swiss Family Robinson tree house, Jack-In-the Beanstalk and a futuristic space diarama. Scenes illustrate historic battles fairy tales, nursery rhymes, "Gulliver's Travels" and novels by Charles Dickens. The Great Canadian Railway exhibit re-creates rail transportation in the late 19th-century Canada. * Allow 1 hour minimum. Closed Dec 25
On the weekend I took the family to the Pacific Northwest Raptor Centre in Duncan. The kids (and adults) loved the flying bird demonstration! The bald eagle was so amazing. It is must see if you are on Vancouver Island. It is just north of Duncan so an easy drive from Victoria (or Nanaimo).Read more