Twitter updates for 2010-04-03
http://twitpic.com/1cvk0x – This was taken at around 1 pm on April 2, 2010. You can see all the cars and people around at the top of Clifton #
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GO trains returning for tourism season
From the Niagara Falls Review: The return of GO Transit trains to Niagara Falls is “absolutely wonderful,” says Niagara Falls woman Denise Kurek, one of the first passengers aboard last summer’s “excursion train” to Toronto as the provincial agency tested weekend service between Ontario’s two most popular tourism destinations. “We don’t like driving to Toronto,”…
Twitter updates for 2010-04-01
I’m here for dinner with my wife for our anniversary. Yummy! (@ Canyon Creek Chophouse) http://4sq.com/9A0sxR # It is an absolutely gorgeous day out. Wow! # This is my father-in-law’s fav course! RT @NiagaraParksPR Niagara Parks Whirlpool & Legends on the Niagara golf courses now open for season #
Mini-putt at Dave & Busters or Embassy Suites?
I saw this job advertisement for a mini-putt/laser tag attendance for the Embassy Suites Hotel Niagara Falls-Fallsview. Are they building something at the hotel, or has there been one there for a while? I thought the only mini-putt places around here were Dinosaur Park, Galaxy Golf (both HOCO) and the former Hulk mini-putt (Canadian Niagara…
DISNEY ENTERING MAID OF THE MIST FRAY AS CONTRACT COMPETITION GROWS FIERCE: Thirteen companies seeking lucrative Canadian concession
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: The list of 13 bidders now standing in line to take over the concession to operate sightseeing boats below Niagara Falls from public docks on the Ontario side of the river reads like a who’s who of international tourism superstars. And two independent sources with direct knowledge of the bidding…
Autographs for the ages
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s a leather-bound relic stuck on the top shelf of a basement room at Oak Hall. It’s tucked behind a sheet of plastic, barely noticeable among the binders, filing cabinets and film canisters. But it just might be the most impressive autograph collection in Niagara Falls. The first signature in…
World-renowned Bodies Exhibition comes to Niagara Falls at Niagara Exhibition Centre – Exhibition opens in Niagara Falls May 28 – Tickets on sale today!
From a CNW press release: Premier Exhibitions, Inc. in collaboration with Serge Grimaux and Niagara Theatre & Entertainment are proud to present BODIES…THE EXHIBITION, An Exhibition of Real Human Bodies at Niagara Exhibition Centre located at Stanley Ave & Highway 420. This scientific exhibition displays whole and partial body specimens that have been meticulously dissected…
Twitter updates for 2010-03-31
That's a pretty agressive rate! RT @fallsavenue Sheraton on the Falls rooms $69 April 1-30 (excl 2nd) Call 8882299961 code:twitterdeal # RT @ChrisEnnest Amazing Vid white water kayaking through Niagara River's Class 6 (generally thought impassable) rapids http://bit.ly/9oJ1yU # http://twitvid.com/5PLEW – Listen to the music that these new characters at Ripley's are playing 🙂 #…
March 30, 1848: Niagara Falls Runs Dry
I saw a few people tweet about this yesterday, but didn’t get a chance to retweet or blog about it. From Wired.com: 1848: Niagara Falls stops. No water flows over the great cataract for 30 or 40 hours. People freak out. The falls were already a tourist attraction by 1848, and villages had grown up…