From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s Fury has finally blown into town. Nearly two weeks after the Niagara Parks Commission’s newest attraction was scheduled to open, the first round of survivors made their way into the massive 4-D theatre Saturday morning. Joel Noden, executive director of revenue operations and business at the Niagara Parks Commission,…
Artvoice (“Buffalo’s #1 Newsweekly”) has an article about 100 things to do in the summer (presumably in the Buffalo area). #17 is about Niagara Falls. Task-oriented as always, we here at AV reached out to friends and colleagues, and deep into the archive of our own summer idylls, to assemble for you 100 things you…
Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter. It is shorter than normal. They are promoting a good mid-week rate for the Quality Inn in June. You can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Dibs and I somehow were the first ones there despite our efforts to delay our departure. So we ended up napping in the parking lot of a Thriftlodge on Clifton Hill. What seemed like hours later the rest of the crew showed…
The Filling Station on Victoria Ave is undergoing some renovations and will reopen as the Casablanca Lounge.
From the Buffalo News: A dozen British Royal Guards stood silently, at perfect attention, on either side of the walkway as my daughter, Jennifer, and I entered the Niagara Totem Pole and Woodcarving Park. However, these soldiers weren’t real; they were carved entirely out of wood. When we stopped by the park, which is located…
On Wednesday I took a picture of the WWE Pile Driver. It hadn’t opened yet, and was still locked up. As is often the case, I was a little slow in posting it, and on Friday I saw them testing the ride. Today it is open and people are on it. It may have opened…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s looking more like Saturday before Niagara’s Fury opens to the public. The Niagara Parks Commission hopes to have a ride inspector visit Table Rock sometime today to sign off on the highly-anticipated 4-D attraction, said executive director of revenue operations and business Joel Noden. The ride had been expected…
A few things… “Is there a shark in that water?” That’s a question that I heard a little girl ask her parents as they were walking down Murray Hill. She saw the Falls ahead of them, and asked that question 🙂 I know there was that article in the paper a couple of weeks ago…
On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. They are promoting a good rate. They also are promoting their special kids “free for all”. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Special Offers link on the main page of their site.