I covered extensively the construction of the new retail store on Clifton Hill, Canada Trading Company. It has been open since late May, and in late June I took a few pictures inside the store, but I forgot to post them. Here are a couple of samples:
This is certainly not the stereotypical tacky souvenir shop. This is a beautiful store with good quality merchandise. There are several skylights in the roof, huge doors at both the front and back, and large archways/beams that go across the ceiling. It’s all quite impressive!
You can see a few more of the pictures I took in the Canada Trading Company in Summer 2006 gallery of the Niagara Falls Image Gallery. As a side note, the Niagara Falls Image Gallery now has 1795 images in 168 categories.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
A fire at the Skylon Tower late Tuesday night caused $15,000 in damages, but resulted in no injuries to the public.
The Niagara Falls Fire Department and Niagara Regional Police responded to a call at 11:56 p.m. for a fire in the tower’s Summit Dining Room.
When emergency services arrived at the scene, they found the restaurant was unoccupied.
Police said the electrical fire originated from a dishwasher in the kitchen. The fire was quickly extinguished…
George Yerich Jr., vice-president of the Skylon Tower, said the building has a sprinkler system, but Tuesday’s fire was “not severe enough to set it off.”
“We were up and running for our lunch and dinner shifts today (Wednesday),” he said, adding the fire department responded to the late-night fire “very quickly” and were “great to work with.”
From the Hamilton Spectator:
A fire at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls yesterday caused $15,000 in damages.
Fire officials responded to a call at 11:56 p.m. for a fire in the tower’s Summit Dining Room at 5200 Robinson Street.
Upon arrival emergency services found that the restaurant was unoccupied.
Niagara police says the electrical fire originated from a dishwasher in the kitchen.
The fire was quickly extinguished. No one was injured.
Less than 3 weeks after the inaugural issue, the next issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter is out (I received it Saturday). They are promoting their waterpark packages. Apparently when you book now you get passes to the attractions in the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure City and the MGM Plaza:
To subscribe, visit their “Spin to Win” page and fill out the form. Be sure to check that you’d “like to receive news on Niagara Falls discounts and seasonal special eMail”.
Regular contributor Lisa from Rochester emailed me with some observations from her trip to Niagara Falls last weekend:
Captain Murphy’s on Lundy’s Lane is now Closed
Teddytown you wrote about on Clifton Hill – Store is now Empty (Closed)
Last Resort – I believe was the restaurant you spoke that had a fire on Victoria Avenue is now closed.
Parking – Travelodge – Watch yourself – When we went down Clifton Hill Parking was $10.00, later on when we were coming back to our hotel at Quality Inn parking was back to $15.00. While the Comfort Inn had several parking spots for a set rate of $7.00. Great Gorge Parking was $18.00 and the Greenhouse was $3 per hour or $12.00 total.
I think my most popular post ever was on the changes taking place at Dragon Mountain at Marineland. I had tried to get some information from Marineland, but hadn’t heard anything. I emailed them again, and got a nice response from Ann Marie Rondinelli, the Marketing Office Manager. I asked her about Topple Tower (I reported on this previously) and Dragon Mountain (search the blog for all references to Dragon Mountain):
My understanding is that the footings are now being worked on for the Topple Tower ride and that the ride itself will be delivered in October 2006. The construction manager is telling me that, if all goes according to schedule, the ride should be ready for when we open on the Saturday of Victoria Day Weekend next year.
As you might know, we had hoped that the Topple Tower ride would have been ready towards the end of this season, but delivery was delayed at the ride manufacturer’s level.
You will most likely be able to see them working on the site of the Topple Tower ride when you visit. It will be located by Dragon Mountain next to our black bear display.
As for Dragon Mountain, I am afraid that I don’t really know anything about what’s going on with that - sorry. I didn’t even know it was being worked on until I passed it saw them working there. If I find anything out, I will let you know.
Thanks for the update Ann Marie! As she indicated, she has arranged for some passes for me, so I will be going soon and will do some of my standard write-ups.
Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from the Hilton Niagara Falls. They are promoting a package that includes tickets to see Greg Frewin:
To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Niagara Falls web site.
Shoppers Drug Mart is a major pharmacy/drug store in Canada. They have teamed with TicketOps (CAA, Walgreen’s, and others have similar agreements) to offer discounted tickets to attractions around the country. Most of them are in Ontario, and there are several in Niagara Falls:
The standard coupons that are available all over are usually for $1 off most attractions. The TicketOps discounts are usually closer to $2.
There are lots of web sites that have information on attractions, accommodations, dining and more in Niagara Falls and the surrounding area. One that I just came across recently is Niagara Falls For You.
This online Niagara Falls travel information guide is designed for you. Niagara is open year-around with attractions for every interest and every budget.
* Do you love beautiful landscapes?
* Do you love romantic getaways?
* Do you love family adventures?
* Do you love vibrant nightlife?
* Do you love the arts?
* Do you love to golf?
Niagara has all that and more. Or course, the center of attention will always be the great falls, but you could plan an entire week’s vacation in Niagara and do something new and exciting every day.
Nestled between two Great Lakes, Lake Ontario to the north and Lake Erie to the south, we offer beaches, wine country vineyards, the Niagara river gorge, and a long list of entertaining attractions to tie your whole experience together.
Please use this Niagara online travel guide to plan a superb trip to Niagara. We look forward to seeing you here.
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