"Pearson International... now there is
a hell on earth like no other. It is doing a fast race to the bottom and
appears to be intent on winning." (Dave Herman)
"We spent the night on the floor using our dirty clothes as a way to keep
warm." (Kanatagirl)
"I thought that I would be
surrounded by young people but amazingly, the people sleeping in the
terminal all seemed middle aged and middle class... all very
respectable" (Danielle)
"there were lots of other people sleeping there, the airport staff,
were friendly they even provided foamy matts for people to sleep on!" (?)
"Considering I had shared rooms with homeless people at a
hostel in Toronto the airport was actually a rather pleasant experience."
(Chris)
"a very nice security gaurd there promised she keep an
eye on me and my stuff which made me feel a lot more secure. I told her the time
I wanted to be woken up and 5 minutes prior to that time she gently shook me and
off to check-in I went." (Chris)
Contributed by airport_sleeper
"I was out at the airport today hoping to get some photos
of people stranded due to weather delays. I started at Terminal
3, the older of the two terminals (we only have Terminals 1 and
3....Terminal 2 is being knocked down I think). The terminal
shows signs of age, carpets are old and faded. They are probably
fine, but I probably wouldn't want to sleep on it. And no need
to, the seats both on the arrivals and departures levels do not
have armrests. Considering flights were being cancelled and the
airport was packed there was still lots of seating. Head down to
the car rentals hallway on the arrivals level. It is quiet
there. Both levels are warm making your rest even more
enjoyable.
Terminal 1 on the other hand is the newest airport, so
considerable effort has been made to make this building as
pretty, but useless as possible. Large. Airy. Lots of wasted
space. Armrests on every single chair, except for two 3 seaters
on the 2nd level. Cold. There was always a draft on every level.
Tim Hortons was easy to find on the arrivals level. I didn't see
one at Terminal 3, but there must be one....they are everywhere.
I recommend that you take the train to Terminal 3 and rest there
if you needed to. It takes less than 2 minutes to get from
terminal to terminal."
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by an Airport Employee