WOW, thank you both, gglave and Jay 71
The free shuttle I was referring to is the Stanley Park shuttle bus that operated in the park only and was indeed free. Run by Parks and Gardens. The last post said it was suspended by the budget, but they were looking for funding. Other referrences seem to speak of it still operating, but are likely older. The shuttle gglave refured to is the one I described for $3, that takes you to the park, and is indeed the one the link provided refers to. It would be nice if that still worked.
The Big Bus Vancouver (says Vancouver Sightseeing on the side) is a competitor of the trolley. Same price and similar route.
The SmartVisit Card
www.smartvisitsolutions.com (1-877-295-1157) is a prepaid discount card on various venues. It is $119 plus tax each. It appears that we would do better with the Entertainment book, although I do not know if Vancouver has one, or if it includes 2-4-1 on activities/attractions as ours does here in San Diego, CA.
You both have given me so much information, leaves me with the means to collect the rest. Thank you.
As to Restaurants, I did not provide any info...my bad, sorry. My wife and I (mainly me) are casual dinners. More taken to simple foods. Fish or fish and chips/scallops, etc. Italian, mostly pizza and pasta. Mexican, mostly enchiladas and raviolis. American, burgers, corn beef sandwitches, rib eye steak bbq ribs, chicken with fries or baked. Wine more that beer. Often order pizza in the room and open a bottle of wine purchased locally. Usaully do one "nicer place" on a trip. I went through dinehere.ca and tried to carve out a few. The write-ups are often very inconsistent. Seems like one should be prepared for poor service at most places. We look to $10-20 main range, pp., with another $15-25 for a bottle of wine. Know to have beer sometimes, but simple not complex brew pub stuff.
We will need to eat lunch in Stanley Park, Gastown, Chinatown, Granvill Island and Queen Elizabeth Park (maybe). We will likely try Zackrys at our hotel one night. Eat at Jimmy's one night. Any recommendations given the added data?