MLCC Slipstreams (information on Marineland Canada)

    If you’re looking for information on Marineland, you should check out MLCC Slipstreams: MLCC Slipstreams is your number one site on the net for information on the cetaceans (whales and dolphins) of Marineland located in Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada. Marineland is one of two Marine themed parks in Canada, the other being the Vancouver Aquarium….

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      Tiptoe through the tulips: One of Canada’s top horticulturalists lists his favourite public gardens

      The March issue of Canadian Geographic’s Travel magazine has an article about favourite public gardens. The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens in Niagara Falls was on the list: Maintained entirely by students at the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, the 40-hectare gardens are worth a visit for the phenomenal rose garden, featuring 54 rose beds, and…

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        Screencaps from “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”

        First off, I need to tell you I’ve never seen this movie, so my summary depends on other sources… I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is a movie from Universal Pictures about two friends (Adam Sandler and Kevin James) who come to Canada to get “married” so that they can get domestic partner benefits….

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          Expect to see bears on Clifton Hill

          From the Niagara Falls Review: A new attraction is coming to Niagara Falls that children from the local area and beyond will be beary excited about. Build-a-Bear Workshop, the St. Louis-based company that gives little ones – and not-so-little-ones – the chance to pick and create the fuzzy friend of the dreams, is set to…

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            Off-site hotel parking presented as green solution

            From the Niagara Falls Review: More off-site parking will mean less of an impact on the Niagara escarpment, say developers of a five-star hotel that will be built into the moraine near Robinson Street. City council gave Canadian Niagara Hotels permission to provide 71.5 per cent of the parking for its planned Westin hotel in…

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              Fun House in Summer 2007

              I’m definitely way late in posting these, but I guess you could also say that I am early for this year. Last summer my family went to the Fun House on Clifton Hill. This is an attraction owned by Niagara Clifton Group. It is supposed to be a traditional fun house with crooked mirrors, slanted…

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                Wikipedia – Harry Oakes

                The Oakes name is well-known in Niagara Falls. Harry Oakes was a miner from Kirkland Lake who ended up in Niagara Falls. Actually in the very end he ended up in the Bahamas (where he was murdered). His family runs HOCO (Harry Oakes COmpany), one of the main companies on Clifton Hill. Wikipedia has a…

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                  Make your Spring Splash with Great Wolf Lodge

                  Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting a package for April, as well as a package for Moms. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.

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                    Construction and development update – Part 2 of 2

                    Apparently there is an addition being built at Al Macs What’s up with the blue paint at Cantina Charlies?! The new “smoke room” at the Fallsview Casino is still under construction The Domino’s on Clifton Hill is undergoing some renovations inside There are still no replacements signs for the removed Marvel signs The shell of…

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                      Construction and development update – Part 1 of 2

                      The outside of the new Build-A-Bear still needs some work, but they are progressing on the inside of the store The Hilton from the front and back, as well as the back lot Table Rock Place is coming along, including the walkway over the Niagara Parkway

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