Marineland to remain on CAZA radar

From Niagara This Week: The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums accreditation committee has stopped short of giving Marineland a clean bill of health. A report on findings from an inspection at the Niagara Falls theme park was released Wednesday afternoon. While inspectors who were at the Portage Road park found water quality and staffing…

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    Clifton Hill Hotel Choice

    Someone posted a question recently to the DIS Discussion Forum (Disney community forum) asking about staying on Clifton Hill: I want to go and book our family weekend in Niagara Falls for Dec.1st weekend. Last December we stayed at the Comfort Inn, now how does that compare to the Quality Inn next door? Then with…

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      Best bet: Get a passport

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The U.S. ambassador to Canada is telling Canadians not to take any chances at land border crossings and to get their passports ready. “What I tell Canadians is the same thing I tell Americans, is, with all due respect, get a passport – that is the sure thing,” David Wilkins…

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      BeaverTails snacks

      I don’t know how long it has been there for, but a few weeks ago I noticed for the first time that there is a BeaverTails stand along Oneida Lane (just off Clifton Hill). It’s probably been there for a while, I just never noticed it. I rarely go down or look down that street.

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        Falls tourism spends money to make money

        From Niagara This Week: If Niagara Falls Tourism can stick to a business plan which includes a money-making web presence, it hopes to wean itself off municipal funding by 2011. But for 2006, it will receive funding from the city in the order of $500,000. Council finally threw its support behind a proposal to allocate…

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          Motel 6 progress (6th/final floor is up)

          The 6th floor is up at the Motel 6 that is being built on Stanley Avenue. It is the last floor. I’m not sure how many rooms fit on a floor, but it’s probably only a 15-20, so it looks like the hotel will have around 100 rooms. As far as I can tell, the…

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            Make your Spring Splash with Great Wolf Lodge

            Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting a package for April, as well as a package for Moms. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.

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            Diodati wants tourism, businesses on same page

            From the Niagara Falls Review: As Jim Diodati prepares for his State of the City address on Thursday, the Niagara Falls mayor is calling on the tourism and business community to have a more collaborative relationship. Diodati said there’s a feeling among some in the public that there’s “tourism and everyone else.” He said he…

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