On Saturday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. They are highlighting several of their package plans:
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”.
The Winter Festival of Lights starts Saturday, November 4, 2006 and continues until Monday, January 8, 2007. As I’ve been out and around lately, I’ve noticed crews out setting up the various displays.
Setting up a display near Clifton Hill
A collection of benches in Queen Victoria Park
An office trailer in Queen Victoria Park
The Disney displays in [...]
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I’m not sure when it opened (at least a week ago), but Little Caesars on Victoria Avenue is now open:
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara residents were quick off the mark to take advantage of the Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap promotion, which began Thursday.
About 20 hotels have teamed up with local charities, setting aside rooms for rent to residents from Nov. 27 to 30 for as little as $25. People didn’t wait long to make [...]
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There is some work going on at the Skylon Tower. I don’t know what it’s for (maybe because of the fire?)…
The other day there was a crane at the Niagara SkyWheel taking the centre hub off the wheel. The wheel is still operational. I wonder what they’re doing…
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The three waterparks in Niagara Falls are expected to be popular draws in this year’s Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap promotion that gives deeply discounted hotel rooms to Niagara residents.
About 20 hotels in Niagara Falls and a group of charities are teaming up again to raise money for charities by renting rooms [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
There’s plenty Jim Cooper will miss about Oh Canada Eh?, the patriotic dinner show he co-founded 12 years ago.
The songs won’t be one of them.
“When you’ve sang the same songs about 1,700 or 1,800 times, it might be nice to put some of them to bed,” he says with a laugh. [...]
From the Niagara News:
After 32 years behind the helm of Maid of the Mist steamboats, Richard Schuyler is sailing into the sunset.
Schuyler, who has steered a boat through the mist of the Falls since 1974 is retiring.
The Niagara Falls native, and captain, departed on his farewell trip on Tuesday October 24 at 4:37- the last [...]
From American Heritage:
A hundred and five years ago today, Annie Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was 63 years old, a widow, and a failed dancing school teacher—an unlikely candidate for such an exploit. But she survived, and her name goes down in history as not only [...]
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