Day 6 ~ Hockey Hall of Fame

We had traveled all the way to Toronto, and it was almost time for us to return home. But, our trip would not have been complete without a visit to Tim's Disney World - the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Below is the building from the outside. An old bank was remodeled to store the Stanley Cup. Quite appropriate that the building was a bank, as the Cup is stored in - of course - the Vault.

The entrance to the musuem was underground on the Path. See the escalator straight ahead in the picture? I think these archways should have been made to look like hockey sticks.

So, as you can see, Tim was really excited to be here. I wanted him to fully enjoy his experience and time here, so I just kind of wandered around and let him look.

Finding the local hockey teams was just as fun as finding all of Tim's fave Blues.

I *might* have been getting a little bored. Better go find a movie to watch...

The movie showing was actually quite good. Much to Tim's chagrin I have a new fave player - Sidney Crosby! Tim just rolled his eyes and me and blamed the "hockumentary". HA! LOVE that new word!!

Well, better get our pads on and get ready for the big game.

Many trophies were on display upstairs. It really was a beautiful place.

There are 3 Stanley Cups - the one in the picture below, one in the Vault, and one on tour.

The Vault. The Stanley Cup. 

And Tim missed it. We were back at the hotel later that evening, and I commented about going into the vault, to which Tim replied, "What vault?" 

I could not take him back to the States without his seeing the REAL Stanley Cup. With 15 minutes left until closing, we returned to the museum to take a look...

...and to shoot some pucks. Just ask Tim who scored more goals. Ahem. That would be ME!

We ended up with some great souvenirs from the museum's gift shop. Our basement now has a super cool St. Louis Blues Man Cave sign hanging on the wall, I got a great purse made out of a hockey jersey, and Tim has an insulated travel cup. He didn't get the Tervis cup that he wanted...there was one Tervis (50% off too!) left in the display window, but the store absolutely refused to part with it. We tried. Twice - asking different employees on different days. Whatever. Your museum was still awesome.

- becky