My video of the week is usually done on Wednesday, but as I mentioned, this week is a little different.
There are actually 2 videos this week. Both of them are of the Butterfly Conservatory. This is one of the few attractions that I’ve never been to, but I hope to correct that this year. Since I’ve never been, these were obviously not taken by me.
The first video is only 21 seconds long, but it shows a plant with several clear shots of various butterflies around it.
The second video is much longer (almost 5 minutes). A woman acts as an unofficial tour guide as they walk.
The video next week will be from the waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge.
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Tourists watched with keen interest as the cement trucks kept arriving and the concrete continued to be poured into a giant hole Wednesday on Fallsview Boulevard.
Construction workers were busy pouring the foundation for the expansion of the Hilton Niagara that will be 58 storeys.
“Everything has been going great,” said Mike Fedak, vice-president of operations for Niacon, a Niagara Falls building company that is carrying out the work.
A job of this magnitude, he added, requires a great deal of co-ordination.
From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:
The weather outside was frightful earlier this month when we ventured up to Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, with blowing snow and single-digit temperatures. But inside the Americana Conference Resort and Spa, it was a balmy 84 degrees.
Americana’s Waves Indoor Water Park, opened in 2004, was the first of three indoor water parks in Niagara Falls, according to general manager Lorne Conway. A $10 million renovation project resulted in a two-story, 25,000-square-foot water park with a retractable ceiling and a new spa featuring European amenities.
I am on vacation this week, and so will not be around the main tourist area much for the rest of the week. I’ve posted what I can, but probably won’t have many more posts the rest of the week, unless there are some news stories online. I also will probably be able to post the video of the week.
Today also happens to be my 10th anniversary. When we were planning what we were going to do, my wife Lisa said that she wanted to go to the Great Wolf Lodge again, so that is where we are. This is our first time here without kids, and it is just as great. We got a room with a jacuzzi which was very relaxing. As I’m writing this, Lisa is off at the Elements Aveda Spa for a couple of things. I’ll be headed off swimming soon.
On Friday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls. They will be celebrating their first anniversary:
You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.
This isn’t terribly exciting, but I thought I’d pass along that one of the retail stores on Victoria Avenue (beside the new Little Caesars) has a new sign up and the store is called Canadian Memories. I’m not sure how long it has had this name, but it wasn’t there last Fall.
I’ve heard quite a bit of news stories lately about Starbucks, and how in China they are setting up shop in areas that many people don’t like. They even have a location inside the Forbidden City. It made me think about Niagara Falls and leads me to this week’s question:
What is the biggest eyesore next to the Falls?
There are lots of fun things to do in Niagara Falls. In fact, I think we often take for granted that there is this incredible natural wonder right beside all of the fun attractions. When you go and view the Falls, what do you like seeing the least? Does that ugly colour-changing casino in NY bother you? Did the Superman promo bother you? I personally can’t stand looking at the Horseshoe Falls and seeing the Marineland Sky Screamer in the background.
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The work seems to be moving along quickly at the corner of Fallsview Blvd and Murray Hill where the Hilton is expanding. They’ve dug down a couple of stories, and now are preparing the foundation. That’s a lot of rebar!
The store where Circus World used to be located on Victoria Avenue has been divided in half and now one half has a small store in it. It doesn’t seem like anything too special.
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