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| - So you've hit a quarter life crisis. You feel like you've moved on from the fist pumping and gratuitous grinding at the club but you're not ready to have wine and cheese dinner parties that end respectfully before 10pm. Friday Night Live is the perfect place for your maturing self.
I came here in November with my girlfriends. First of all, everyone should go online and buy the tickets beforehand or you WILL wait in line for hours, outside the museum (in the cold possibly). You can bypass all that and go straight to coat-check with a ticket, which is at least another 30 mins. Once you do get inside though, it's such a fantastic vibe with the lights and the music. For $15, you get access to the entire museum, even the special exhibits. They have food/drink booths scattered throughout and the great hall is transformed into a dance floor. What an incredibly smart idea to get people to go to the museum!
The drinks and food can be purchased with vouchers that cost $6 each. They have bars all around the museum so you can always get your drank on. Some items are really worth it. There was a burger and fries combo that you can get for one ticket (don't know about quality, but at least you are filled up). They also have more exotic items. I tried a Filipino noodle dish. It wasn't the greatest, but at least I got to give it a try. The liquid nitrogen ice cream was really good! It was extremely flavourful and smooth but not really worth the $6.
The exhibits are very interesting and educational. The ROM has a huge variety of things to see, from ancient artifacts gathered from all over the world, to animal exhibits that range from prehistoric to modern times. I'm surprised they open up the entire museum, even the areas that might be risky to have drunk people stumbling around (precious gemstones exhibit maybe). I guess that's why they have copious security though. I went when they had the special Pompeii exhibition. You'd have to pay extra to access this area normally, but during FNL, it comes with admission.
I actually enjoyed the dance floor! Yes, the music they played was a little odd sometimes (lots of rap for some reason when I went). But, this isn't really a nightclub and I had a great time with my friends. The dancing is really just supplementary to the main attraction: the museum itself. It was a great way to keep the environment lively.
FNL is something everyone should try once. I'm not sure if I would return frequently just because the main exhibits in the museum don't really change, just the special exhibit once in awhile. It's also really crowded and there are huge line-ups to get to the food. Still, this is definitely one of the better ways to spend $15 on a cold Friday night. :)
(27/100) - 2016
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