Niagara family to appear on America’s Funniest Home Videos

From the Niagara Falls Review: A seven-year-old girl’s hesitation on taking a spin on the Sky Screamer at Marineland netted a Niagara Falls family a trip of a lifetime. Late last September, the Atkinson family – dad Tim, mom Ann Marie, and their kids Joannie, 9, Serge, 8, Kieran, 7, and Teagan, 6 – went…

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Theme Park Maps/Brochures

I came across a web site called Theme Park Brochures. They post brochures and maps of theme parks (obviously). There is only one thing from Niagara Falls that I can see, and that is a map from 1999 from Marineland. You know, for all of the complaining that we do about how little Marineland does,…

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Karl’s Canada Blog: Marineland & Niagara Falls

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (with pictures): Monday was thanksgiving holiday so we decided to take the opportunity to go to Marineland and Niagara. We thought that we would have heaps of time to do everything we wanted but of course ran out of time. What we…

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Niagara Falls won’t fight Marineland trailer park evictions

From the Welland Tribune: Green Oaks trailer park residents have lost their bid to have city hall get between them and Marineland owner John Holer, who is evicting 47 families from the Stanley Ave. property. But some say the attention they raised might help Niagara Falls renters in the future. “They don’t want to protect…

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Athena, orca/killer whale at Marineland, apparently has died

Yesterday, someone left a comment on an old posting, saying that there were only 2 whales on display at Marineland, and that Athena was missing, but presumed dead. I asked around with some unofficial sources, but no one knew anything. Yesterday evening, someone else left a comment saying that Athena had died on Sunday. I…

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