simply Dan and I rode the dark side of the wye yesterday and found it quite fun actually. Since the system is basically "interlined" on these weekends, expect long-delays and Montreal-style waits on both the B-D and the Y-U-S. We were unlucky with connections, but it still took us 30 minutes to go from Spadina to Yonge-Bloor. No joke!
In general, everything was well signed and well announced, but there still seemed to be quite a bit of confusion. One dude was screaming at a TTC worker and was threatening to "take care of him outside" on the Museum platform. Security was promptly called thankfully. It's funny, the route changes slightly for the first time in 41 years and some people just lose it. I also loved watching the iPod people look in astonishment as their B-D train pulled into Museum station from Spadina. They would pull out their earphones, shake their heads, rub their eyes and look up at the TTC map in confusion.
Museum is a perfect station to be a temporary hub. Wide centre platform and no clutter! Why wasn't Union built like this?
I got tingles as we rode through Lower Bay, but I guess in retrospect it was a bit underwhelming. I didn't hear anybody really say it right out, but I got the impression from subway chatter that people thought it was regular Bay Station that was being worked on as we plyed through Lower Bay. Dan and I did notice the high ceilings right away and that it was indeed cleaner that it has looked in any pictures I've seen of it recently. All in all, a fun way to spend 30 minutes if you don't mind the crowds.
P.S. That picture should be removed or re-sized as it's making this thread horrible to read.