Kids Eat Free This Summer @ The Americana Waterpark Resort Niagara Falls!

On Saturday 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.

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CanCon-heavy Niagara Falls New Year’s lineup unveiled

It’s disappointing this won’t be on TV. I’ve never gone down to the park to see anything live, but we always watch it. From Niagara This Week: Canadian content will be king at Niagara Falls for New Year’s Eve. The Niagara Parks Commission and the City of Niagara Falls, along with its other New Year’s…

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    Festival brings daredevils back to city

    From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s always fun to watch people take risks. But what about taking some of your own? “No way. Not that high. I’m too scared,” said Matt Peat, a 12-year-old St. Catharines resident, moments after watching Dean Sullivan rappell 300 feet off a crane, face forward, without a breaking system. “I’m…

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    The Circus “NO SPIN ZONE”: Vintage Marineland and Game Farm

    Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about some early memories of Marineland (including a couple of pictures): …in my opinion John Holer has made two horrendous mistakes in building his empire and getting rich. Above is the Marineland stadium in the late 70’s when it was known as the Wade Burck Stadium. Below is…

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    All quiet on the Hill

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The theme-park kitsch of tourist mecca Clifton Hill seems tailor-made for late singing and dancing great Michael Jackson. It’s easy to picture the 50-year-old svelte superstar – who did, after all, live in a virtual amusement park called Neverland – slithering down the incline of the money-sucking street in a…

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      Trip to Marineland Canada – The Marine Animals

      Considering the name of the park, the first thing that most people think of is the animals, inparticular the whales. They appear prominently in all of the advertisements both in print and on TV. It’s the main reason why I wanted to go, and I wasn’t disappointed. When we first arrived, a show was just…

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      Pizza Pizza inside the Skylon Tower was open today

      I fully admit that I don’t go to the Skylon Tower very often, but I think was the first time I have seen Pizza Pizza open in a couple of years!

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      New NPC chair runs first meeting

      From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission approved its 2010 operating budget on Friday (May 21) at the first open session meeting under new chair Fay Booker. The commission approved the use of the Queenston Heights Park and the Falls parking lot for the Niagara Biker Rally. “We are approving this because it goes…

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