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22 Signs You Grew Up In Victoria, B.C. In The '90s

22 Signs You Grew Up In Victoria In The '90s
Emma Prestwich

Scenic, friendly, and just small enough, Victoria, B.C. is a great place to live. But the City of Gardens is bigger than we remember, with new condos and subdivisions popping up everywhere and ferry prices that would have horrified our 10-year-old selves (well, if we were paying). Also, a lot of the cool stuff is gone. Remember when we had water slides, laser bowling, and the sight of bunnies everywhere? So do we.

And so, here are 22 signs that you grew up in our province's capital in the '90s.

Having to take the Queen of Saanich to Tsawwassen felt like a cruel punishment
YouTube
Wait.. there's no arcade?
Forbes and Marshall were on in your house every morning
Facebook/Mel Z Photos
And seeing them for the first time in person was always weird.
You had a ‘Daisy's Kids Club' Membership Card
MS Society - SVIC/Flickr
Remember Farmer Vicki?
Langford and Sooke were still considered the middle of nowhere
Goldstream News Gazette/Facebook
Look at Langford now! It looks like an amusement park.
You secretly wanted one of the hundreds of bunnies that hung out around Vic General and UVic
gehat/Flickr
Driving on the Malahat was sometimes terrifying
Tyler Forest-Hauser
Okay, it still is.. but now the government has widened the road in some places, beefed up the median, and added reflective beacons.
You've seen at least one salmon being dissected at Goldstream Park
Eric.Parker/Flickr
And those fish, they stunk so bad.
You lived to cuddle the newborn goats at the Beacon Hill Petting Zoo
YouTube
You loved bragging to your out-of-town friends that Nelly Furtado grew up here
Getty
Girl's come so far!
The Cadborosaurus at Gyro Park looked SO big..
..until you went back as an adult
You sweated your way through many trips to the Crystal Gardens
Emma Prestwich
And your pictures always turned out like this.
Your biggest World War I education was being forced by your parents to see “Billy Bishop Goes To War” dinner theatre at the McPherson Playhouse
Eric Peterson, 2010. ©Strada Films / Courtesy: Everett Collection
You remember when you had to pay more to travel in two zones
CP PHOTO/Don Denton
Everyone loved to reminisce about the 'Blizzard of 96'
YouTube
Which for everyone else in Canada was just your average snowfall.
Driving around in those little cars at the Tom Thumb Safety Village made you feel like a grownup
Emma Prestwich
You spent hours digging around for the perfect rock at the Scratch Patch
lenaville/Flickr
Those all-day ride wristbands at the Saanich Fall Fair were pricey, but you bought one anyway
Emma Prestwich
You referred to Vancouver as 'The Mainland'
Getty
Also, you didn't go there very often.
It was the Western Communities, not the West Shore
Google Street View
What is this madness?
'Be a tourist in your own hometown' was pretty much the only time you waited in line for the double decker bus to take you to Miniature World
Flickr/Ruocaled
You spent way too long in line for the tube ride at All-Fun Waterslides
Ron Kerstein
PlayZone. That is all
Facebook
It actually still exists, just in a different facility.

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