One of my favourite attractions on Clifton Hill is Ghost Blasters. This is the “dark ride” inside the Great Canadian Midway. You sit in a little cart that takes you around a circuit where you shoot at targets. When you hit a target, different parts of the set move. I admit it… I’m not very good, but I still enjoy it. My 6-year-old son on the other hand hates it! I try to get him to go on with me, and the only way he will do it is if he covers his eyes with one hand and shoots with the other hand. Honestly, the attraction isn’t scary at all. I guess he’s just a wimp (he must get it from his mother) 
Anyway, recently they started to hand out 3D glasses to wear. I didn’t know that the ride was 3D, but apparently that was an option that was never taken advantage of.
I thought things looked quite good with the glasses on. They didn’t jump way out at you, but it gave some more texture to everything.
One of the most recent times I was on the ride, since my son was covering his eyes with one hand and shooting with the other, I shot a video with one hand and shot the ghosts with the other. Of course you can’t see any 3D effects, but you get an idea of the quality of the glow-in-the-dark effects.
I did a quick search for any other Ghost Blasters videos, and came across one from a Ghost Blasters at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (the Niagara Falls version looks much nicer.
I know in the grand scheme of things, this is extremely unimportant, but I noticed it so I figured I’d pass it along…
Before Build-A-Bear Workshop arrived, the only place on Clifton Hill where you could make your own stuffed animal was at Fun Factory. This is on the HOCO side of the street, and is where you exit when you leave Movieland. The company they are affiliated with is Animaland. I’m not an expert, but the product looks very similar, and prices are way better.
Anyway, the other day I noticed that there are new boxes for the animals. They are actually Niagara Falls-themed. They have nice colour, and have some Niagara Falls trivia on the side.
This isn’t exactly Niagara Falls related, but given the series on the Destination Marketing Fee or DMF (here and here), I figured I’d post about it.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara-on-the-Lake is planning to launch the first phase of its destination marketing fee by the end of the year, says the executive director of the Niagara- on-the-Lake Chamber of Commerce.
“We recognize the importance of appropriate funding levels to promote tourism and economic development in the area,” said Janice Thomson, who is also executive director for the chamber’s sister organization, the Niagara-on- the-Lake Visitor and Convention Bureau.
Somone with a Wordpress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls:
I am one that strongly believes in the phrase “The early bird gets the worm”, and so I started my next day at Niagara Falls really early at 8am. Even the busiest streets of Clifton Hill was deserted.
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