All things Niagara Falls tourism…
Recently the Skylon Tower put some new signs out around their property. They are quite nice looking. There also appears to be a speaker in them. I took this picture a few days ago, and haven’t been around the signs again to see if there are signs in them, or if there is any sound coming out of the speakers.
Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Zooz. They are promoting their summer concert series.
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From the Toronto Star:
On Sept. 8, 1827, a crowd estimated at more than 10,000 crammed both sides of Niagara Falls to see a hot new tourist attraction.
A baffed-out old schooner called The Michigan was being sent over the cataract with a cargo of live animals, advertised as ferocious panthers, wildcats and wolves. Actually, the ferocious animals turned out to be two bears, a buffalo, two foxes, a raccoon, an eagle, a dog and 15 honking geese.
But a good time was had by all – except maybe for the dead animals, and the lone goose that survived the ordeal. The errant goose was recaptured below the falls, only – so the story goes – to grace the celebratory banquet of the three hoteliers (two from the Canadian side, one from the American) who, in a sterling example of cross-border economic co-operation, had cooked up this business improvement scheme.
The plunge of the deadly ark was the first-ever daredevil stunt over the falls, inaugurating the tradition of high-wire acts and shooting the brink in barrels and tires.
From Niagara This Week:
Saving $40 or $50 on a weekend getaway to Niagara Falls might not sound like a huge amount when you consider a family can spend hundreds of dollars for such things as staying at a hotel, eating in restaurants and seeing various attractions.
But John Tory, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, figures it’s enough to entice the many of the millions of so-called day trippers mulling a visit to Niagara Falls this summer to grab the kids and hop in the car.
From Yahoo! News:
The biggest challenge in creating a new tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is trying to live up to the main event.
Beyond being breathtaking, the waterfalls are free to look at. That means parks officials must respond to the “we’ve seen the Falls, now what?” question with answers that not only wow, but pay the bills.
A newly opened virtual reality show delivers a time-lapse lesson about the 10,000-year formation of the natural wonder complete with glacial snow, pelting rain and rumbling erosion, all building to 360-degree helicopter views unavailable from shore.
The $7 million “Niagara’s Fury” is the star attraction of a $38 million renovation of Niagara Falls’ Table Rock complex of restaurants and shops that ushers visitors to the water’s edge.
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