Exciting Line Up of Summer Niagara Falls Attractions and Events

    This is from a press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Summer is just about here in Niagara Falls, Canada, and this season is shaping up to be a visitor’s dream with exciting, new Niagara attractions and events for the whole family. Antique cars, international performers, and award-winning roses are just a few of the fun…

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      We made it – AllThatBlooms

      Someone by the name of Tiffany from Ohio recently got married (to Mark) and they spent their honeymoon in Niagara Falls. She has blogged about their trip. There are quite a few details in the posting. Here is a sample: Monday: We walked down to the falls (after the free breakfast buffet, of course)… Tuesday:…

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        Historic Niagara Falls Hotel is Born Again

        This is from a press release from PR.com: Canadian Niagara Hotels Inc., owners of North America’s largest indoor water park, hotel and entertainment complex are proud to announce that the historic Brock Plaza in Niagara Falls has joined the Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts portfolio. The Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls — Fallsview is now open…

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          thinking outside the bunn: niagara (the canadian side)

          Someone by the name of John Bunn has a web site, and he recently blogged about a trip to Niagara Falls (including pictures): On Sunday we journeyed across the border to view the falls from the Canadian side. Spectacular. As I viewed the falls, I was struck with the thought of what an amazing artist…

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            Niagara Falls Tourism Authority Spring Getaways

            The Falls Avenue Newsletter is now up to issue 18 (I think I missed a few issue). Even though the email refers to Falls Avenue and NiagaraFallsHotels.com, the subject used the term Niagara Falls Tourism Authority. These are all titles/names/phrases that Canadian Niagara Hotels uses. However, they should probably pick one and stick to it….

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              Niagara’s Fury already a hit online — at least in Azerbaijan

              From the Niagara Falls Review: Ruslan Nuryiev has never been to Niagara Falls. So how did a 24-year-old economist living in Baku, Azerbaijan come to create the Facebook fan site for Niagara’s Fury? Why would someone who lives 9,100 kilometres away from the thundering waterfall be interested in creating a fan site dedicated to it…

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                Canada to U.S. — Passport or Enhanced License?

                Regular visitor Lisa from Rochester sent me this story from a local TV station (WHAM channel 13 in Rochester): By next summer, drivers will need a passport or an enhanced driver license to return to the United States from Canada. An enhanced license will look similar to the one you already have with an American…

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                  Fury-ous animator

                  From the Niagara Falls Review: He started with a simulation film made almost entirely from “stuff” found at a hardware store. He’s now part of an accomplished animation company giving life to large-format attractions using top-of-the-line computer technology and 360-degree digital cameras. Yas Takata and his California-based computer graphics imaging employer Blur Studio have been…

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                    ‘I may not have done this if somebody had told me how tough this would be to sell to the locals’

                    From the Niagara Falls Review: It was supposed to be a five-year plan to prove the doubters wrong. Five years to show that big-time theatre couldn’t just survive in Niagara Falls, but thrive. Alas, Silver Mist Productions was off the mark. It only took two years. “Right now, we’re three years ahead of schedule,” says…

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