From the Niagara Falls Review:
It is often said by locals and visitors that dining in the tourist areas costs more than it does to eat in the same restaurants in other parts of the city or region.
Here’s what we found at several local eating spots:
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I read this quickly, but what is the point of this article? I think this guy missed the mark. Tell me what Denny’s, Outback or Applebees charges in a non-tourist area vs. the falls. Don’t tell me what Orlando or England charges vs.the falls! It’s apples and oranges.
Is it just me or is this useless information?
The articles does compare restaurants that appear in both the tourist and “local” parts of the city, although it missed an opportunity by comparing the Keg by the Falls to the one in say, St. Catharines.
I don’t know why it bothers comparing the Skywheel to the London Eye or Marineland to Seaworld though. The writer kind of dilutes his/her point there.
This is a stupid article.
I just re-read it, and I can’t believe they compared Marineland to Sea World, Orlando. I don’t know if any of ya’ll have ever been there, but its about 50% nicer than anything Marineland offers. Marineland is a nice attraction, but its not in the same ballpark as Sea World. Thats such a silly, silly thing to compare Marineland to.
Just because both have marine life, does NOT mean they are a comparable attraction.
What was the author trying to accomplish w/ this article?
Marineland to Sea World?! What a comparison. None at all. Never been to SW, but i’ve heard it is ten times better than ML. A good comparison would be, uhhh…
Marineland aquariums to the new ripley aquarium near great wolf lodge (ML aquariums meaning that new one) When they both open, it’ll be a good one compare.
Marineland to Sea World. HA
Of course your going to pay more for a better attraction. I don’t really like when people compare parks and prices because its all relative to the attractions they contain and the size of the park. Each park is different so that makes it hard to compare theme parks based on price.
Can someone tell me the real price of the Niagara Skywheel, in the summer my mom swears they had a sign up charging 24.99 per person per ride, and children were slightly discounted. The 9.99 price that was posted here sounds a bit off from the actual price… Do they change their rates for fall and the off season?
Niagara SkyWheel prices are the same year-round… $9.99. The $24.99 is the price of the Fun Pass that gets you entrance to their mini-golf, wax museum, etc.
True sara, but when you look at the size of Marineland + The expansion taking place you could see it is much larger than seaworld FLA. I think it’s one of the biggest parks i’ve been too. Although, 1 or 2 of the Disney World theme parks could be bigger…
I purchased a medium chocolate dipped code at Dairy Queen on Stanley and Ferry two weeks ago and the total was around $3.80. This past weekend I purchased the same product at the Dairy Queen in the north end of the City (Portage Road) and it was $1.00 cheaper.
Just got back from a 4 day stay at the Falls on Saturday.
The money situation proved to be quite interesting to say the least. We decided to use good old American cash…no credit cards to avoid the 3% Foreign Transaction Fee that the US Banks are now charging. Having lots of denominations on hand is a real plus so you can get as close as you can to the exact total or amount.
Even the Canadians are confused at this point. We were charged even par at the hotel and one restaurant, 5% at another restaurant.
Karen’s Dad needed a heavy duty extension cord for the laptop and printer (This turned out to be a semi-working vacation!) so we went to Canadian Tire to get one and there the rate was 10%!!!! So, Americans, stay away from Canadian Tire!!!!
We did spend more time over on the American side though than we usually do and I did all my shopping there. My credit card came in real handy at the Fashion Outlet and Walden Gallera!!!
We’re going to the U.S. fo xmas shopping in december.
we are staying at a brand new hotel in Erie, PA.
1$ isn’t really that much of a markup, sure its a markup but everything in a tourist destination is going to be marked up at least a little bit, you have to expect that. Its not like you paid 5$ more for the cone at the other location. At least its not as bad as theme parks where you have to pay 10$ just to get a slice of pizza and pop.
If your coming over to the American side for shopping definitely bring a credit card, a lot of stores are not accepting Canadian money at all (due to increased counterfeiting) and none will accept Canadian change so you either will have to have a large stack of American bills or a credit card. Also, most stores won’t accept bills over a $50 American now for counterfeit reasons as well.
Yes, i got my cards.
Thanks for the true comparison, Chris. That’s what the article should have been about. I disagree with Sara
Stores in a tourist area should be grateful for the volume of business and not jack up prices. They probably have higher rent or property value…but the higher volume should cover that and it would have the same profit as any other store. It’s just not fair!