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Controversy rocks Maid of the Mist Corp.’s boat

From the Buffalo News: Maid of the Mist tours will soon launch for their 125th consecutive summer, but a festering controversy over the attraction’s Canadian and American leases has cast uncertainity over the future of the famous boats. Could this be the last season for the American family that has owned the company since 1971?…

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Bodies coming to Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: The cure for Niagara’s tourism blues this summer might be a bunch of dead bodies. If Linus Hand’s hunch pays off , they’ll come by the busload to see them. After months searching for the right venue, Hand is bringing the world-renowned Bodies … The Exhibition to the former Gerbers…

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My anniversary dinner at Canyon Creek Chophouse

As I tweeted (here, here, and here), I went to Canyon Creek Chophouse (inside the Fallsview Casino Resort) on Thursday with my wife for our anniversary dinner. This has become a tradition for us and we quite enjoy. This trip was no exception. We had reservations for 5 pm (kind of early), so the restaurant…

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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,”…

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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 #

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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…

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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…

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