All things Niagara Falls tourism…
From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:
Mommy, come into the jungle room with me,” squealed my 4-year old. I had to admit that with the palms, cactus and warm-weather plants, the tropical room at the Niagara Parks Floral Showcase looked more like a jungle than like Canada in winter.
Located about a half-mile south of the cataracts in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Floral Showcase may be one of the tourist town’s best deals. Admission is always free, and in winter the parking is free, too.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
After a day spent promoting Niagara’s wonders to New Yorkers during Ontario Week - part of Canada Month in Manhattan’s Bryant Park in December - Niagara Falls Tourism general manager Anna Pierce is on the lookout for ideas she can bring back to Niagara Falls that will keep travellers spending once they get here.
A widespread program offering discounts to domestic and international travellers is one of them.
“I’d like to see something like this offered in many of the stores and attractions in Niagara Falls,” Pierce says.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Sitting inside Celsius restaurant, Anna Pierce looks out on the crowd at Bryant Park.
It has been a busy morning at the 3.2-hectare midtown Manhattan greenspace behind the New York public library on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue and it is about to get busier.
Niagara Falls Tourism’s general manager has had an exhausting weekend in the Big Apple and there’s nearly a full week left to go.
Her mission: Convince New Yorkers to take a pass on weekends in Montreal or the Laurentians this winter and visit Niagara Falls for a mini-break instead.
I’ve taken another video and posted in on YouTube. It is of the Niagara SkyWheel. It was a beautiful clear day (but very windy) and it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to wait until it actually started moving. Also, I walked while I was filming, so it is a little bumpy, but still looks good.
For much of January, Galaxy Golf (the glow-in-the-dark mini-putt run by HOCO) was closed as they did renovations to the entrance area (the 18th hole). I thought it looked good before, but it looks even better now
On Wednesday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update. They are promoting various packages and also announce the plans for the new fudge store.
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara Falls Tourism was on a mission when it travelled to New York City the week before Christmas: To sell Niagara Falls as a year-round vacation place. The Review went along for the ride. Here’s the first of five parts. Part 2 runs Friday.
Four-year-old Sophia Griffo sits at the acrylic and ice-blue bar inside Celsius restaurant at Bryant Park on a Sunday afternoon in December, sipping a hot chocolate with her father.
Her family lives in a townhouse in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where rents range between $1,600 for a studio apartment to $6,000 for a two-bedroom co-op. The neighbourhood is home to Jerry Seinfeld, Dustin Hoffman and Yoko Ono, some of whom, like the Griffos, own a home in Long Island’s East Hamptons - a cottage country of sorts for celebrities and well-heeled Manhattan residents eager to beat the searing heat and grime of summer in Gotham.
Bill Griffo has yet to bring his own two children to Niagara Falls, but he did travel there when he was a kid. He can’t remember if the family crossed the border or if they stayed in their own country.
“I saw the falls, so I guess we came to Canada,” he says. “But really, I don’t remember it at all.”
If Niagara Falls Tourism’s manager Anna Pierce could describe her ideal new visitors to Niagara Falls, it would be Bill Griffo and his family: Affluent, professional, in possession of passports and willing to travel.
In January I had another chance to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls. It was just as good as the first time! I took a bunch of pictures with my family, so I won’t bore you with those, but I did take this nice picture of the giant tipping bucket dumping water out.
This certainly comes as no great surprise, but HOCO has confirmed that the space where the Falls Tower used to be will be a new Fudge Factory.
Artist rendering courtesy of CliftonHill.com
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