Skip the trash, go for the real flash – the Falls

From the Hamilton Spectator: …It’s fashionable for grownups to dismiss Niagara Falls as a tourist trap and make fun of it as a cultural wasteland with cheap motels featuring heart-shaped Jacuzzis, high rise casinos with has-been entertainers, and gimmicks galore, including cheesy wax museums, rip-off arcades and a flying saucer restaurant. It’s easy to forget…

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Four Points Sheraton offers a new spot for fun

From Niagara This Week: Residents and visitors looking for a little fun have a new play where they can play. The Fun Zone is a new arcade and game experience located at the Four Points Sheraton on Fallsview Boulevard and in the words of manager Nick Gentilcore, “there’s nothing else like it on the street….

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Nik Wallenda Stay-cation in the Falls

From the Niagara Gazette: Nik Wallenda enjoyed a day-off in Niagara Falls on Monday, taking a jet boat and helicopter ride with family, friends and cast members of his Darien Lake show. Along with performing at Darien Lake, he is also performing at the Erie County Fair on Sunday. I’m going on Saturday, so I…

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UK tabloid mocks ‘Movieland Wax Museum of the Stars’ in Niagara Falls

This is old news, but I never did post about it. From Global News: A wax museum in Niagara Falls, Ont. was mocked Tuesday by a British newspaper for featuring figures that “bear only a passing resemblance to the stars they’re supposed to be.” The Daily Mail took jabs at the Movieland Wax Museum of…

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Adam Sandler checks out Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: An average of 700,000 people a year get up close and personal with the Horseshoe Falls at Journey Behind the Falls. On Saturday, actor Adam Sandler and his family took in the popular Niagara Parks attraction. Sandler, the Saturday Night Live alumnus and star of Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy…

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U.S. jetboat company wants to take visitors right to the falls

From Niagara This Week: Plans by a Youngstown, N.Y.-based jetboat operator to offer trips along the Niagara River and into the Falls basin are not something that will be duplicated on this side of the border. That’s according to John Kinney, the operator of Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours, which has been conducting tours through the…

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