Blue Moose Mining Company on Clifton Hill

Have you ever seen those little attractions, usually as part of another attraction where kids can “pan” for gold, gems, whatever? My kids did one of those at the T-Rex Cafe at Downtown Disney in Orlando a couple of years ago. Well, one of those same sorts of attractions has come to Clifton Hill, courtesy…

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Attractions Showcase 2012

A friend forwarded this to me. Apparently there is going to be some sort of a trade show on June 5 at the Greg Frewin Theatre for people in the hospitality industry so they are familiar with the other attractions in the area.

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The tourists are coming! Unofficial start of the tourism season

From the Niagara Falls Review: The holiday honours Queen Victoria’s birthday, but for the thousands of tourists who come to Niagara Falls for the Victoria Day weekend it’s a time to relax, have fun and kick off the beginning of the summer season. No trip to Niagara Falls would be complete without a stop on…

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Update on Kiska (not) being pregnant

So I posted back in January about a rumour I’d read that Kiska, Marineland’s remaining Orca whale, was pregnant. I hadn’t read the rumour anywhere else, but it was an exciting thought that there could be some baby Orcas on the way. Well, I have an update. It has as much authority as the last…

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Niagara Falls: Natural beauty and tourist nonsense through Glowrock’s Lens

A poster on the SkyscraperPage.com web site has posted a bunch of pictures from a recent visit. They look quite nice. The view from the new Hilton is beautiful.

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Topple Tower ride at Marineland won’t be open this year?

A regular visitor to the blog alerted me to a couple of notes on the Marineland section of the Screamscape website. Apparently there is a possibility that the Topple Tower ride at Marineland will be dismantled. At the very least, it won’t be running again this year. I took a video of the ride almost…

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Great Canadian Midway renovations are done

The renovations that were being done in the Great Canadian Midway on Clifton Hill seem to be done now. There are more signs for Wendy’s inside the midway, new flashing blue/red/white lights going around half the midway, new sign above the redemption area, and a brand new ride. There is used to be a motion…

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