Radisson October Newsletter
On Tuesday, I received a newsletter for the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview: You can sign up for their newsletter on their web site
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Tourism Minister stops in Niagara for first official visit
From Niagara This Week: Ontario’s Minister of Tourism and Culture has finally made his first official visit to Niagara. Michael Chan was named tourism minister in January of this year and recently came under fire from the opposition party for not visiting Niagara Falls — one of Ontario’s largest tourism destinations. Last month, Tim Hudak,…
Getaway Guy: Nightmares Getaway
The Getaway Guy from YNN channel 9 out of Rochester has a report about Nightmares Fear Factory (including a video): You’ll walk down pitch black hallways following a series of red lights making your way through a labrynth of scares and surprises. You are not alone in there! If you need to leave and can’t…
Tightrope walker who crossed Niagara Falls dies
From Yahoo! News: The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died… At Niagara Falls in 1975, he balanced on a platform attached to a motorcycle that his friend rode across the cable over the…
Screencaps from “Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End”
Quite a while ago I posted some screencaps from “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry†and one screencap of Wonderfalls. However, I can’t believe I haven’t posted about Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End. As was reported previously, the computer graphics for the large waterfall was based on Niagara Falls. Here are…
Ten Frugal things to do in Niagara Falls
The Frugal Bugle has a list of frugal things to do in Niagara Falls (follow the link to read the entire list): 1. You can view the Falls for free. Fireworks for free at certain times of the year. 2. See the nightly Falls illumination.
Whirlpool has long history of attracting tourists
From the Niagara Falls Review: While the falls are certainly the most remarkable and most-visited phenomenon on the Niagara River, the whirlpool must rank as No. 2. The earliest references to the whirlpool refer to it as the Twelve Mile Pond, since it was approximately that distance from Lake Ontario. In 1785, the land beside…
Cochrane plans first walk today
From the Niagara Falls Review: Jay Cochrane’s first attempted wirewalk of the summer was canceled again Tuesday. There are still problems with the set-up of the wires, but Cochrane expects to make his first walk of the summer today at 4 p.m., weather permitting, at the Skylon Tower, said his media representative Mark Phillips. The…
Ice boom being removed
From the Niagara Falls Review: Work crews are busy removing the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom. The New York Power Authority, who own the boom in partnership with Ontario Power Generation, began opening the 22 spans Tuesday. The boom, which is installed every winter, must be removed when the barrier of ice at the entrance…
Trip to Niagara Falls August 20-25, 2007
Here is another blog entry from someone who drove from Connecticut to Niagara Falls and spent several days here: Monday- we left Connecticut around 9 am and arrived in Ontario Canada around 4:30 p.m. We checked in at Days Inn Hotel which is North of the Falls and facing the gorge of the falls. There…