April 2006

On Monday afternoon I went up the Falls Tower Ride and got a couple of good pictures of the new HOCO construction on Clifton Hill:

From Buffalo Business First: The opening of the first phase of the Great Wolf Lodge project in Niagara Falls was both a smash and a splash. Literally. The $135 million project – touted as the largest tourism destination project currently underway in Canada – made its official debut Thursday afternoon. The first phase includes a…

From Sys-Con.com: The doors of Great Wolf Lodge, Canada’s premier family destination resort, are ready to open and the stage is set for the biggest pool party to ever hit Niagara Falls. A Hollywood-style rock concert featuring Smash Mouth, known for chart-toppers like “Walkin’ on the Sun,” “All Star,” “Then the Morning Comes,” and hits…

From the Buffalo News: The city skipped right over spring and jumped into summer Thursday with the opening of a $210 million resort and indoor water park, the Great Wolf Lodge. The year-round destination is one of two multimillion-dollar indoor water parks opening this month on the Canadian side of the falls, a much closer…

From BellaOnline: One of the classic attractions when visiting Niagara Falls, either on the New York or the Canada side, is to take a ride on the Maid of the Mist. As one of the oldest tourist attractions in the U.S. and Canada, operating since 1846, Maid of the Mist boats are the only way…

From Yahoo! Finance: NIAGARA FALLS, ON, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort is hosting a press conference with the City of Niagara Falls, the Niagara Parks Commission, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation and the Canadian Tourism Commission. Date: Wednesday, April 19 Time: 11am Location: Maple Room A/B Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort…

Last Thursday the legs/struts/forks (or whatever else you want to call them) went up for the new Niagara SkyWheel: The legs were assembled on the ground Someone was filming the work The legs connected to the supports on the ground The top of the legs The completed legs (almost) Two other legs were put on…

On Monday a short Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter was sent out that promoted a contest they are holding (you win a some free combo/value passes) and also promoting an Easter package: As always, you can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.

Someone in the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview marketing department needs to stop sending out the exact same email promoting their Spring Break activities. This morning I received this for the fourth (see the first, second, third): You can subscribe by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls…

It looks like HOCO was able to eliminate the parking on their side of Clifton Hill in front of the new Tim Hortons, retail store, and Galaxy Golf building. How’d they pull that off?