I reported previously on the Superman Returns promotion where the Superman “S” logo will be lit up on Niagara Falls. The Buffalo News has a short article with some information on the Niagara Falls scenes from Superman II, a picture of Christopher Reeve during the filming, and an interesting tidbit about how he looked.
Daily Archive for June 26th, 2006
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The new Tim Hortons restaurant on Clifton Hill could become the chain’s busiest franchise in the country.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant opened on the Victoria Day long weekend in May. By comparison, the average Tim Hortons outlet is 3,000 square feet.
An average store serves more than 1,000 people a day, said Harry Oakes, president of HOCO, Ltd. which operates the restaurant. But he expects that number to increase with the hot days of summer.
“We’re hoping for 3,000 to 6,000 people in the summer,” said David Allen, food and beverage manager of the restaurant.
Technically Spring ended just 5 days ago, so I’m not really that late…
Several weeks ago I took a series of pictures of Niagara Falls in Spring. This is something I try to do each year (Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005), and although the pictures generally look the same year to year (the Falls don’t change that much to the visible eye), they are still beautiful. Some years I take the pictures early enough that I get some great shots of the Niagara Parkway, but not this year. But it was a great day when I took the pictures, so they are especially clear.
You can see larger versions of the images below and many more in the Niagara Falls in Spring 2006 gallery.
On a final note, this brings the Niagara Falls Image Gallery total to 1,645 images.
One of the newer trends over the last few years is to have visitors to your attraction make a wax hand. The first attraction in Niagara Falls I remember having this was Movieland Wax Museum of Stars. Not too long afterwards Ripley’s added this to their Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum. Essentially you dip your hand in wax a few times and let it dry. You pull your hand out and you have a mould of your hand that can be filled and/or decorated.
I’ve scanned the promotional leaflet for Ripley’s Wax Zone and included the text below:
Front of leaflet:
Ripley’s Wax Zone
The Unique SouvenirMake Your Own Today!
Located beside Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum
Top of Clifton Hill
Niagara Falls, Ontario
905-356-2238Group rates available
Please note: Children must be 5 years old to participate
Back of leaflet:
Ripley’s Wax Zone
The perfect holiday gift!
Create your own hand in wax for a beautiful lasting keepsake memory!
Great Ripley’s gifts also available!
In a hurry!
Purchase a pre-made handOpen year ’round including all holidays
Ripley’s is a registered trademark of Ripley’s Entertainment Inc.
At the time of this posting, a single, hollow hand is $6.95 while a single, solid hand is $11.95. A double, hollow hand is $13.50 while a double, solid hand is $23.50. Additional colours are $1.99 each and glazing is $6.95 per hand. There are also a variety of accessories that can be added to the hands for various prices.
I have also created a PDF file of the leaflet if you’d like to download it and see it in full size/colour. You can download it here:
Ripley’s Wax Zone leaflet
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