All things Niagara Falls Tourism (attractions, dining, accommodations, etc)
On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. As usual, they are promoting various packages.
You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
From Niagara This Week:
There’s a new little sugar shack open in the Falls that may just be the first restaurant where the walls taste just as good as the food on the plates.
The Great Wolf Lodge unveiled a giant gingerbread house in its lobby last week as a spot a family of six can enjoy dinner together and help raise money for charity. Michael Smith, who runs the food and beverage department, created the 96-square-foot gingerbread bungalow with three bakers with the hopes of raising around $6,000 by January. Remarkably, it’s the fourth giant gingerbread house Smith has built.
Sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday… I was quite busy.
I was speaking with some people I know who are not from the area and they told me about their experience at the Hard Rock Cafe the other day. They had gone there for dinner. The restaurant was empty. They weren’t impressed with their service from the beginning. Their meal was delivered, and one of them had a bug on their plate. They called the server over, who said, “It’s not a bug. It’s parsley.” Just as she finished saying that, the “parsley” walked across the plate. Yuck! The server took the plate away right away, but never comp’ed them anything and never gave them a discount. These people said they wanted to speak to the manager, and they saw the server speak to the manager, and then he went into his office and never came back out. Talk about terrible service!
We’ve had a bit of snow here lately, so before it actually becomes winter, I figured I’d post one of my last Autumn 2007 picture galleries and video. In the middle of October my wife and I went to a couple of the Niagara Parks attractions. We went to the Journey Behind the Falls (which I’ll post about soon) and to the White Water Walk. I don’t think I’ve ever been there before. It was very nice. The Autumn leaves were colourful and the water was amazing. It’s hard to believe that there are people who have tried to ride the rapids.
To get to the walkways, you actually have to go into a small gift shop along the side of the road, and inside the gift shop is an old elevator. It takes you down a few stories to the bottom of the cliff. You then have to walk down a long tunnel (that is the first picture) and then you come out on a platform right where the rapids start. If you look up-river, you can see the water is very calm, and then very quickly it gets very choppy.
There are several viewing platforms along the way where you can stop and take some nice pictures. The only complaint I have about the walk, was about halfway along the smell was terrible. Apparently there is some sort of water runoff from storm drains that can’t be emptied into the river, and you can smell it. It’s awful! I was told that whether or not you smell it depends on the weather (rain, heat, etc).
I took some pictures while I was there. As is always the case, you can see some of the thumbnails below, and view all of the thumbnails and larger pictures in the White Water Walk in Autumn 2007 gallery.
I also posted a video of the White Water Walk. The video is almost two minutes long shows the viewing platforms, the rapids, and the Autumn leaves along the walkway.
Another in my series on keycards…
The other day I found a Doubletree Hotel room keycard on the ground. There is nothing on it that is specific to the Doubletree on Stanley Avenue. These are generic cards that could be used at any Doubletree Hotel location.
From Niagara This Week:
The local WinterLights Celebration committee is calling on residents to brighten up winter nights in Niagara Falls.
The committee has launched the 2007 Sparkle Awards contest, an annual light and decoration competition that lights up the city. The contest is open to any resident or business in the city that fit into one of five categories: residential, multi-residential, commercial, bed and breakfast ad neighbourhood.
Someone with a Multiply.com blog has posted a lot (and I mean a lot) of pictures form their recent trip to Niagara Falls.
from Mississagua, it took us about a little over an hour to Niagara Falls… went to Casino Niagara… Waves Indoor Waterpark… and those interesting shops at Falls Avenue… it was great to have lunch while having a breath-taking view of Niagara Falls
I came across a new web site the other day called Niagara Blog (yes, another copy cat!). I’m not really sure what the purpose of the site is. There are a fair number of videos, but very little text accompanying the videos explaining why they are even being posted.
With that being said, there was one video posted the other day that was interesting, and probably wasn’t the sort of promotion the area wants. There is a video posted of a fight on Clifton Hill. It is a very short clip, and you can’t really see any fighting happening, but you can tell by the surroundings it happened outside of Tim Hortons or Canada Trading Company.
From the Salisbury Post (in North Carolina):
This summer, my wife Sammie and I visited Niagara Falls for the first time.
You hear about it for years and you think it can’t be that big. Then you see it and … oh my gracious!
On Saturday I received a short update from Niagara Frontier:
This is a news update from Niagara Frontier Info!
Hello, sorry we haven’t emailed you in a while. Thanksgiving is now over and the Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, ON and the Fatima Shrine in Lewiston, NY festival of lights are in full swing. Please go and see the wonderful displays of lights at both this season! The Winter Festival of Lights hours are on from 5pm-midnight and the Shrine’s lights are on from 5pm to 9pm. The Shrine’s festival will end on Sunday January 6th 2008 and the Winter Festival of Lights will end on Monday January 7th 2008!
Winter Festival of Lights:
http://wfol.com/
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Fesitival of Lights: http://www.fatimashrine.com/festivaloflights.html
Please visit http://niagarafrontier.net!
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