From Niagara This Week: There was a sense of summer running through the city at a very unseasonable time of year. It wasn’t the weather, which was a very un-summery, rainy and cool, but rather the thousands of people who flocked to the city to take part in the Fallsview Casino Resort International Marathon Sunday….
From the Buffalo News: Tourists on the deck of the Maid of the Mist get wetter the closer the boat inches to the Horseshoe Falls. There’s a cold wind blowing. But it’s warm and dry in the wheelhouse. Captain Richard Schuyler has spent 32 years there, piloting Maid of the Mist tour boats. “I like…
From the Buffalo News: While local and national news cameras have focused on Buffalo-area storm damage this week, a Hollywood film crew has its lenses trained on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Walt Disney Studios is shooting falls-related scenes for use in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” the third installment in the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Like a pirate in the night, a film crew for the third “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie sneaked in and out of town this week. Autograph hounds needn’t fret – stars Johnny Depp, Kiera Knightley and Orlando Bloom weren’t among them. Instead, Walt Disney Studios shot footage of the Horseshoe…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Going from polishing jelly beans to controlling a boat with celebrities like the late Princess of Wales and Wayne Newton on board would be quite the contrast for most individuals. But for Richard Schuyler, who has been an employee with The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Ltd. for more…
From the Niagara Falls Review: For its 24th year, the Winter Festival of Lights is doing some adding through subtracting. Say goodbye to the weekly night parades after eight years. Say hello to $250,000 worth of new lights, displays and events. The winter tradition, starting Nov. 4, will include more concerts and activities this year…
The other day I was out on Clifton Hill and someone stopped me and asked me about which is better, Guinness World Records Museum or Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum? I like them both. They’ve both been around a long time, but Ripley’s has kept improving their exhibits while Guinness is a little stale….
Last night I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview. I think this is the 5th time now that they have sent out this email. They sent it out 3 times last year, and now they are using the same thing this year and it’s the second time they’ve sent it this…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Arlene White sees Doors Open Niagara as “a wonderful analogy” for cross-border tourism. “(Americans and Canadians) see this area as one region. We see what others who live outside binational regions don’t see. And Doors Open is a wonderful analogy for our border. We just need to keep expanding things…
The latest issue of Business Link Niagara has a nice article about the new restaurant, A Young Garden: Stepping through the doors of A Young Garden is like crossing a portal into the realm of the Orient. This uniquely designed restaurant with a Korean and Japanese menu captures the atmosphere of fine oriental dining at…