It seems like the only big projects happening this winter are the big waterpark being built on top of the Casino Niagara parking garage and the new retail building and Ferris wheel on Clifton Hill. Here are some photos showing the progress of the waterpark: Here are some photos showing the progress of the retail…
This morning I received a newsletter promoting the Hilton Niagara Falls: To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Niagara Falls web site.
From Budget Travel Online: By the time I was growing up there in the ’70s and ’80s, Niagara Falls had ceased to be the honeymoon icon of yesteryear. The region was economically depressed and famously polluted. Forget the 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie Niagara; my experience was better captured in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Lois Gibbs…
From the St. Catharines Standard (unfortunately the article isn’t online): The Niagara Parks Commission was in the black again in 2005, posting its second profit since the “perfect storm” year of 2003, but general manager John Kernahan cautions the recovery will continue to be slow. “We’ll exceed $3 million this year. We’ve had a profitable…
In my posting about the Great Wolf Lodge open house called Jimmy the hotelier: Believe it or not!, a couple of comments were left about how the US wants all people travelling to the US to have a passport. I responded that I didn’t think it would happen. In yesterday’s paper, there was an article…
From Niagara This Week: It’s a place that can definitely satisfy the palate for people with unique taste. Café Tu Tu Tango can be best described as the best of both worlds, where the culinary arts are complemented by visual arts or vice versa. An unusual and unconventional pairing, the quaint restaurant, situated above the…
Tonight I received the December issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter: It is a very repetitive newsletter, often containing much of what the previous one had in it, but with some dates changed. It is still a nice newsletter, but it would be good if they could provide more information about what’s going…
Niagara Falls is getting a broadway-type musical! The Greg Frewin Theatre (home of the magician, Greg Frewin) is going to house the production. They are working to refit the stage so that it will be appropriate. Apparently it is a full production, not just a short version of it. It will play mostly as matinees…
The Links of Niagara 2nd Annual Christmas Dinner & Dance is coming up soon. Unfortunately, the poster they sent around doesn’t provide the date! Click on the poster for a larger version I visited the Links of Niagara web site, but couldn’t find anything about the event. DECEMBER 6 UPDATE: The dance is on Saturday,…