One of the most popular attractions in Niagara Falls is the Maid of Mist boat ride to the base of the Horseshoe Falls. In one form or another, the boats have been making the trips for almost 160 years! In recent years, the land above them have been developed into an open plaza. I’ve scanned…
The Greg Frewin Theatre web site now offers a virtual tour of their facility. Using the services of iLOOKabout inc. they have created a virtual tour of the theatre, the lobby and the venue (the property). You can view the tour in three sizes as well as email a copy of the tour to others….
One of the top search terms on AccessNiagara.com is WWE Niagara. WWE Niagara opened a few years ago and is operated by Canadian Niagara Hotels. It has a large retail store where you can get all sorts of WWE (formerly WWF) memorabilia. It also has a large drop-zone type ride called Pile Driver that raises…
I’ve been seeing signs up over the last month or so for the Niagara Fun Save Pass. Supposedly it gives you 50% off a variety of attractions. The site isn’t very clear. but it looks like you are paying for coupons that get you 50% off. So at a cost of $25 to $30, and…
Just as the Victoria Day (in Canada) / Memorial Day (in US) weekends are the (unofficial) start of summer, the Labour Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer. By the beginning of September, everyone is back in school, and during the week, business is dead. Most of the hotels have unbelievable rates for Sunday…
In a follow-up to my post from Thursday, I can confirm that Jay will not be doing the Fallsview Casino to Skylon Tower walk on Labour Day. The supports that were being used are being taken down. Large concrete blocks used to be here The support wires are hanging loose To be honest, I don’t…
The water park that Canadian Niagara Hotels is building is coming along well. I’ll take some more pictures when I have a chance.
So, is Jay Cochrane still doing the Fallsview Casino to Skylon Tower walk? Originally, he was supposed to do this every Saturday. In this week’s (Aug 29 – Sep 4) “The Fallsview Review” (a little leaflet that the hotels can give out to guests about events happening at the Fallsview Casino), every day it states…
I know, I know… I keep posting about this. But I think this will be the last one. In the last post, I mentioned that it looked like they had messed up on the size of the billboard. Well, it turns out I was wrong. I know the picture below isn’t very clear, but you…
The City of Niagara Falls web site does a great job of tracking new projects and posting pictures as the projects progress. There is a good page that shows 8 pictures of the various stages of construction of the Greg Frewin Theatre. 40,000 sq.ft. Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre Home to 695-seat theatre, restaurant, bar and…