All things Niagara Falls tourism…
When Al Macs was undergoing some construction, there was discussion about the future location of the IHOP. Well, they are hiring, and the job fair is at the Comfort Inn Lundy’s Lane.
The following was in Friday’s Niagara This Week:
I did a quick search to see if there was any information on the Niagara Falls IHOP, but the only thing I can find is the announcement from almost 2 years ago that it was coming.
A month or two ago I took my family through Movieland Wax Museum of Stars. I’ve been many times before, including when it was located in the old building. Not much has changed over the years. Of course, there is a new set at the front (Pirates of the Caribbean), but I don’t think there is anything new inside.
There are several wax museums in the area (Criminal Hall of Fame, Rock Legends Wax Museum, Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, Movieland Wax Museum of Stars, etc). I don’t know if there is one that is any better than the others. It just depends on what you are interested in. I’ve been to Movieland Wax Museum of Stars and Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks and they each have figures that look amazing, and some that look terrible. I know a lot of people like Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks because you can get right up to the figure and have your picture taken with it. On the other hand, I find the sets at Movieland Wax Museum of Stars are probably nicer.
As is usually the case, you can see some thumbnails below, and the larger versions in the Movieland Wax Museum of Stars in Summer 2008 gallery.
Note: There are now 2,628 images in 205 categories.
Over 6 months ago I posted about FlashEarth (which, by the way, has undergone some changes since I posted about it) and someone named John left a comment about Niagara Navigator. I’ve had it bookmarked, and finally checked it out. It is a very thorough mapping web site of the Niagara Region. You start out on a page that has the entire Niagara Region on it. You can then enter an address, or browser around. The site is definitely not as easy to use as FlashEarth or Google Maps, but it does seem to have more up-to-date images.
Below is a screenshot of Clifton Hill from Niagara Navigator. This has been shrunk so it fits easily on the blog. But imagine this the full size of your screen with excellent detail/resolution. It’s quite impressive.
Note: The site is is managed by the Business Education Council. The “partner” page lists all of the municipalities, and other supportes. The GeoSmart program was to “provide benefits and efficiencies to local governments through Internet access to land based (geographic) information.” The YourNiagara and GeoSmart sites have been combined since 2006 and have funding until this year. I don’t know what the future holds for them
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent to to Canada (including Niagara Falls):
the next day, on the way home we stopped by Niagara Falls. it was kind of rainy and overcast, but we figured we were going to get wet on the Maid of the Mist thingy anyway, so off we went…down this incredibly steep hill from the parking lot.
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