Daily Archive for July 20th, 2007

Bronto’s Adventure Playland construction update

There has been quite a bit of work being done where Bronto’s Adventure Playland will be. They’ve painted the walls, and have been preparing for some concrete work.

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Clifton Hill - Niagara Falls Tourist Hub

From EzineArticles.com:

Many first-time visitors to Niagara Falls have a pretty clear picture of what they expect to see when they arrive: roaring water and a cavalcade of clamoring tourists pushing for that perfect view. They expect to see Maid of The Mist, that legendary boat that takes visitors on a soaking wet journey to the mouth of Horseshoe Falls. Maybe they expect to stay at a towering resort hotel overlooking the majesty of it all.

What they generally don’t expect, however, is actually the second-most-popular attraction in Niagara Falls: the Clifton Hill tourist district.

Should Cochrane walk the falls? Here’s what readers think

I’m in the paper! Well, it’s not my full name, but my username. The Niagara Falls Review has an article in the paper today with comments that readers left on their web site. I left one yesterday (probably the 20th one left), but it is the first on on the page:

The Niagara Parks Commission met Thursday and meet again today to discuss the application from daredevil Jay Cochrane to walk a tightrope across the Horseshoe Falls. Tell us what you think on our discussion group…

Following is a selection of comments to the discussion group at www.niagarafallsreview.ca.

gawing: I think he should be allowed to do it. It would bring hundreds of thousands of people to Niagara Falls and millions more could watch on TV. It would be amazing. I’ve created a petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/jayfalls/petition.html for anyone to sign who supports this.

If you’re not aware, I’ve created a Jay Cochrane Petition page on my site with a link to an online petition and banners to place on your site.

Also, yesterday I posted pictures and a video from Jay’s Wednesday skywalk.

‘Wall of fire’ to light up falls Saturday

From the Niagara Falls Review:

A Canadian pizza chain is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a bang in Niagara Falls this weekend.

Thirty minutes of fireworks are scheduled to be set off at the falls Saturday at 10 p.m. to mark the day. David Whysall, of David Whysall International Fireworks Inc., says people will be amazed.

“People are going to be very excited and it’s probably something they have never seen before,” he says.

Whysall and his team will be setting up and setting off one of the largest fireworks displays in Niagara Falls. A one-kilometre-long ‘wall of fire’ stretching from the Maid of the Mist to Table Rock is set to illuminate the sky.

More than 4,300 individual fireworks shells will be launched anywhere from 120 metres to 180 metres into the sky, depending on the size of the fireworks.