Free parking
During the off-season months, most places have their parking lots open with no one monitoring them, so parking is free. You certainly won’t see free parking anywhere in the summer!
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Summer Sale @ The Americana Waterpark Resort
On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort & Spa. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the “Stay Informed with the Americana Newsletter” link on the left of the every page of the Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.
Victoria Beer Patio
As I mentioned previously, the Victoria Avenue Beer Garden is now open. And as was mentioned in a previous comment, the sign is up. The sign calls it the Victoria Beer Patio.
Marty North & Greenfield Park: Reunion Information in Niagra Falls
Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about an upcoming reunion in Niagara Falls. I can’t tell specifically what group the reunion is for, but they will be meeting up at the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel.
Fireworks over Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada
I submitted a couple of videos to the Google Video website. After what seemed to be an eternity, they were finally approved. Here’s the first one for your viewing pleasure: This is on a Tulsa, OK site, but it is a nice video of the fireworks over Niagara Falls. It was done in December of…
Power struggle
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls and its formidable capacity to generate electricity was at the centre of an international power struggle that could have had far-reaching effects, a local historian has discovered. The Depression-era battle between Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn and U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt over the world-famous cataract and hydro-electric power from…
Another Topple Tower update
I was at Marineland yesterday and took some more pictures of the new Topple Tower. You can click on the images to see a larger version. This is a picture of the ride and surrounding area Since I was there last Friday, almost all of the paving stone has been put down. As you can…
Ripley’s expanding exhibit locations
From the Pittsburg Post Gazette: The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! company opened a new attraction in Niagara Falls this summer, and has just broken ground on another site in Panama City Beach, Fla. Ripley’s opened Louis Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Niagara Falls in June. (Louis was a nephew of the more famous Madame Tussaud,…
Battle Ground Hotel offers taste of early tourism
From the Niagara Falls Review: Access to mass transportation in the middle 1800s created new industries and introduced destinations such as Niagara Falls to the masses. Railroad networks provided easier access to the wonders of North America and Niagara Falls was one of the major must see attractions, just as it is today. At this…
The man behind Nik Wallenda
From myFox Tampa Bay: When Nik Wallenda walked a high wire across Niagara Falls last summer, no one was watching more closely than Terry Troffer. He’s in charge of making sure that the wire, and everything else, is set up correctly and in good repair. Troffer also happens to be Nik Wallenda’s father. “My father…