Graham on April 30th, 2005

The daffodils are coming up nicely along the Niagara Parkway. These pictures were taken along River Road right across from the Falls.

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Graham on April 30th, 2005

While I was walking yesterday at lunch, I took a lot of pictures. There are now 724 images in 72 galleries. The main thing was that I took a lot of pictures of restaurants. It seems like Niagara Falls has a restaurant every other store front. I’ve taken pictures of Wolfgang Puck Restaurant (it seems [...]

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Graham on April 28th, 2005

Motion simulator rides seem to be a popular thing in Niagara Falls. It is essentially a roller coaster experience in a confined space. In Niagara Falls there are at least the following simulator rides:

Ripley’s Moving Theater
FX Thrill Ride featuring “Robots of Mars” and “Cosmic Coaster”
Dino Rampage
Dino Island 3D
Skylon 4D Theatre featuring “Pirates”

I used to think [...]

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I added scans of a Movieland brochure to the Niagara Falls Attractions gallery.
I added scans of a Zooz brochure to the Other Niagara Region Attractions gallery.

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Graham on April 24th, 2005

I know I mentioned the AccessNiagara.com Image Gallery before, but there is so much more to say.
I am done putting up all the photos I have from the last few years, and there are currently 48 categories and over 650 images!
There are pictures of St. Catharines, Ball’s Falls, and Other Niagara Region Attractions. But by [...]

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Graham on April 24th, 2005

I woke up early this morning (5:30 am) and it was snowing! A week or so ago we had a record high of about 27° C, and this morning it was snowing. The snow was gone by mid-morning, but it is a wake-up call that it is still early Spring here in Southern Ontario, and [...]

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Graham on April 22nd, 2005

I’ve installed a new gallery for AccessNiagara.com. I’m using 4images and have uploaded over 200 images already. Check it out the Niagara Falls Image Gallery
You can see recent pictures of our Brick City trip in the Brick City in Spring 2005
You can see recent pictures of our Fun House trip at Fun House in Spring [...]

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Graham on April 22nd, 2005

I don’t know how long it has been around for, but Yahoo! has a section of their site that allows you to look up “dozens of sites for cheap airfaires, hotels, and rental cars.”
I just found Yahoo! Farechase today, and I tested it out by searching for hotel rates in Niagara Falls. The results page [...]

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Graham on April 22nd, 2005

MAID OF THE MIST BURNED IN 1955

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Picture Caption:
The Maid of the Mist was a 21.67-metre-long steamer that carried hundreds of thousands of travellers to Niagara Falls.
This Friday, Aprill 22, marks the 50th anniversary of a fire that destroyed the popular passenger ships MAID OF THE MIST and MAID OF [...]

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Graham on April 20th, 2005

Today at lunch Chris and I went through the Fun House on Clifton Hill. I can’t believe there are companies that charge people for such garbage. It took us about 5-10 minutes to walk through the place. Everything looked kind of grungy and many moving parts squeaked. I was severely underimpressed.
Admission is $7.99 for adults [...]

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