Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Waterpark Resort. 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.
A couple of unrelated thoughts from Marineland… I’ve been to Marineland a few times this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time at Friendship Cove where the Orca whales are kept. We watched the splash show a couple of weeks ago, and the last time we were there we went to the underwater viewing…
If you’ve followed the blog for very long, you know that I am interested in finding almost any and all references to Niagara Falls. Well, recently a friend gave my kids a used book called “The Kids Book of Canada” by Barbara Greenwood. It is a large print hardcover kids book with around 60 pages…
On Monday I linked to a Toronto Sun blurb about the Great Wolf Lodge and some Halloween activites. It turns out that is from a press release, and I received it too. Here is the whole thing. By day, the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is the ultimate family fun zone with kids taking part…
The Getaway Guy from cable Channel 9 YNN in Rochester had a piece (including a video) about Goat Island: Goat Island may be the best place to see the falls in Niagara Falls, USA. The island is surrounded by the mighty Niagara, the bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. In fact you are so…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. Going on a school trip to be on a jet boat would be awesome! You can sign up for their newsletter by entering your email address in the “Signup” form on the left side of most of the pages…
Do you know who Spandy Andy is? I didn’t until a few days ago. he is a guy who wears a full body bright spandex suit and dances. He performs on the street, tried out for So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and apparently even has a gig at Marineland. I’m not really a…
The other night I had a father/son night with my 9-year-old son. He wanted to come down to Niagara Falls, so we went mini-putting at Galaxy Golf, played in the Great Canadian Midway, rode the FX Ride Theatre, then had dinner at Wendy’s. It was fun! It had been a while since I’d been on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A forensic audit is mining the vast records of the Niagara Parks Commission looking for evidence of wrongdoing, but it won’t be completed before the Oct. 6 election. “The forensic audit is very complex and is likely to take several more months to complete,” said Ministry of Tourism and Culture…