The Sheraton on the Falls and Brock Plaza hotels recently sent out their newsletter:
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out again how to unsubscribe.
Monthly Archive for November, 2005
Today I received the Niagara Fallsview December Spotlight:
From dining and concert offers to accommodation and special event incentives, Spotlight Updates give you convenient access to the latest promotions and information from one of Canada’s premiere entertainment destinations.
To subscribe, click on the Spotlight Updates link on the right side of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort main page.
Frank had left a comment on a different post asking if this was a good time of year from a price point of view to head to Niagara Falls. It’s hard to say. Generally speaking, I don’t think that the face-value of an attraction ever changes. I don’t think there is anyplace that has specific off-season pricing. But there are a lot of hotels that own attractions, and their package plan pricing during the winter is incredible. You can get rooms for under a hundred dollars that often will have dinners included with them. Sometimes you get even more. Overall, I’d say that the hotels are very aggressive with their pricing during the winter, while the attractions remain the same. However you may be able to get good deals on attractions through the hotel you are staying at.
From the National Post (via Canada.com):
Vancouver billionaire Jimmy Pattison made a rare public appearance yesterday, coming to this border town to promote a new $200-million resort, express concerns about border restrictions and get himself licked by a large white wolf.
Mr. Pattison was promoting his new Great Wolf Lodge — a 406-room water park themed resort that boasts it has more water than the Falls itself. But the resort, scheduled to open in the spring, could face some early setbacks if the U.S. government goes ahead with plans to require Canadian visitors to show passports to enter the United States. The move will probably lead to passport controls on both sides of the border.
Other articles:
The Globe and Mail
Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview. This is now the third one I’ve received that has been the same. It’s exactly the same as the last one and the one before that. They are obviously promoting their New Year’s Eve specials. Perhaps they are promoting the specials a bit too much…
You can subscribe by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
From PR Newswire:
Border efficiency and support for the world’s largest trading relationship are getting a significant boost with completion of a major construction project at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. The Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission celebrated the completion of the $45-million, fifth-lane Queenston-Lewiston Bridge expansion project today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center of the bridge.
From Canada.com:
The first thing you’ll probably notice is the shark. At more than five metres long, it’s the biggest ever caught on rod and reel. What’s left of its two terrifying tonnes now hangs preserved above a dull warehouse floor.
There are also medieval torture devices, human skull drinking glasses, a Coke bottle-shaped coffin and curious mix of embalmed livestock born with too many heads or limbs. These items and many more are stored in a central Florida warehouse - all without an audience.
But their owner, Ripley Entertainment Inc., is doing its best change that. The Orlando-based company of “Believe it or Not!” fame has announced rapid expansion plans over the next year and a half, including at least four new locations from Spain to New York City - where those lonely curiosities might soon find homes.
From the St. Catharines Standard:
Wendell Wilks says he spent the hours immediately after his Television Niagara bid was turned down drumming up more financing for another try at a commercial TV licence.
But it sounds like he was working on his sports analogies.
“It’s like a hockey game,” Wilks said. “The referee has given us a penalty, but in our opinion, the game is not over. You never win a game by beating up the referee.
“It’s a fight,” the TVN president continued. “I’m bruised. I’m battered. But I’m going to take another swing at them.
“It’s kind of like poker,” Wilks also offered. “And we’re going to call.”
From Niagara This Week:
East Coast band Great Big Sea will be coming to Niagara Falls to headline an all-Canadian lineup for Canada’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration.
The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC), joined by its partners for what it is calling “Party in Niagara,” announced Wednesday at Table Rock Restaurant Newfoundland’s Great Big Sea would headline the annual free New Year’s Eve concert in Queen Victoria Park with Vancouver’s Spirit of the West and Niagara’s own Jonesy.
From Newsday:
Each year, millions of visitors flock to the famed Niagara Falls, where 20 percent of the world’s fresh water plunges over a cliff created during the last ice age.
Although tourist season at Niagara is May to October, in winter the falls continue to flow and glow - literally. As temperatures drop, spectacular mounds of ice form from the mist, but the tremendous volume of water never stops flowing and the American and Horseshoe Falls remain illuminated in shades of the rainbow as darkness descends.
More dazzle arrives in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in the middle of November with the Winter Festival of Lights. This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the event, which will run through Jan. 2. Fireworks, light parades and 2 million lights brighten an already glistening landscape.
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