3 Star show 2 Star venue 0 Star parking
by Momof4 on 2022-10-12Place Bell - LavalRating: 3 out of 5I was very excited to take my kids to see Disney on Ice. It's not my or their first time but first time watching it at Place Bell in Laval. First, we arrived over an hour early and parking was impossible. Indoor parking was full at 1:30pm on a Sunday. After looping around, managing traffic, I finally decided to park across the street at the shopping center and walk over with my kids. To my surprise, there are signs saying you'll get a ticket or be towed if you park there with signs redirecting you to parking space in the mall parking lot. Sure enough, I found it and paid $10 to park in the Winners parking lot 🙄 in their "place bell reserved spots". Whatever, I paid, I parked, I walked over with my 2 toddlers. Luckily it wasn't raining, weather was mild and my toddlers are old enough to hold my hand and walk next to me. Not an ideal situation AT ALL. It was a solid 10 minute walk through the parking lot then on the side of a very busy road where you have to cross the street to get to the center. Once inside and an hour later, scanning and going in was easy. I saw the crazy lines at concession so decided to just go straight to our seats. I went back to get some food, the lines were impossible. I then went 30 minutes into the show, thinking I'll avoid the line....no, I still waited 30 minutes having to miss the show plus leave my kids with friends that we were with. In 2022, with today's technology and apps, I find it very hard to understand why they can't do a phone app service where you place your order online from your seat and they text you when it's ready to pick up or for a fee, have it delivered to your chair. The show itself was under underwhelming. The shows at the Bell Center had big costumes, more characters, a story line....this show was like the cheapo version. Overall, I went for my kids and my kids being young and not knowing better were excited and happy and that's what matters here. If I had to do it again, I would have had someone drop me off and pick me up and I would have brought my own food to avoid getting food all together! Btw, I can understand a hotdog at $5.50 at these events but charging $25 for a bag of popcorn (not even fresh) is beyond ridiculous.