Daily Archive for July 3rd, 2008

Great Wolf Lodge YouTube channel

On Monday I received the following email from YouTube:

I guess they sent this to people who have posted videos of a Great Wolf Lodge. I posted one quite a while ago of the Bear Track Landing waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls.

I think it’s a great idea. They are the only hotel I’m aware of in the area (of course this isn’t just local, it’s corporate) that has a channel like this and has reached out to people. Compare this with the VeggieTales people who got my video banned (more on that tomorrow)… obviously I think this is the right way to deal with previous, current, and future guests/customers.

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Clifton Hill Resorts Update - June 2008

Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter. They are promoting Marineland and Niagara Parks packages.

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The wonder of the falls

From Go San Angelo:

Janette Story visited Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Canada in July 2007. While there, she visited the famous falls on four occasions.

“The immense power of the falls is overwhelming,” she said. “When you are from West Texas, where we treasure every drop of water, the falls and the force of the water is spellbinding.”

She urges anyone who visits the area to see the light show.

“You have not truly seen the falls unless you visit them day and night,” Story said. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have even a small portion of that water in San Angelo?”

520 feet straight down - Daredevil geared up for plunge from Skylon Tower

I don’t know why they do this, but the Niagara Falls Review often posts the same article twice to their web site, often with different headlines. The content of the article is usually the same, but the picture may be different. In this case, they have the same article posted about Dean Sullivan, the man who wants to rapell down outside the Skylon Tower. I thought he was going to do it on Canada Day, but now it is planned for Monday. The first article has a picture of him, and the second article has a a short video of him in front of the Skylon Tower.

When a hardcore thrill-seeker tries to play by the rules, the paperwork and red tape start to pile up, but don’t get him down.

“You can’t even believe how much work -to do it legally. There’s all kinds of paperwork,” said Dean Sullivan, the 42-year-old daredevil who plans to jump from the observation deck of the Skylon Tower Monday. He’ll be attached to a rope, using his hands as a brake to stop before he hits the ground.

Sullivan now has the approvals he needs to rappel from the observation deck of the 520-foot tower.

As I mentioned before, I know his father and spoke with him briefly a few days ago. I didn’t tell him I was going to write anything about our conversation, so I am reluctant to include much of what was said. Needless to say, even when a person is experienced, their family still worries!

Hilton Niagara Falls Special Offer

I know I’m late on this one (the offer ended yesterday), but here is an email I got from the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview last Wednesday.

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