New Marineland Ride – Ocean Odyssey

As was mentioned before, Marineland will have a new ride this summer. Their web site has the following: Ocean Odyssey – Opening Soon! – new, family thrill ride. (42″ unless with adult. Minimum height requirement is 36″). I haven’t seen the ride, but I’ve come across a couple of things that shed a bit more…

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Twitter updates for 2010-07-02

What a gorgeous day here in Niagara Falls! http://twitpic.com/21su8m # Very busy this morning! (@ Tim Horton’s) http://4sq.com/922Rak #

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Exclusive Loyalty Offer for Subscribers Only!

On Wednesday I received the latest email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview. The price is $40 more than the last loyalty offer (from a month ago).

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Niagara rises

From the Toronto Star: For a city whose main attraction perpetually plunges 53 metres, Niagara Falls has conspicuously lacked depth for decades. On your next visit, get away from the kitsch and vapid casino culture and you might be surprised to see elegant, soulful shoots emerging in this city that attracted about 14 million tourists…

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City, NPC closing in on People Mover deal

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls council and the Niagara Parks Commission appear to be closing in on a deal to operate some kind of joint-venture People Mover System, as they face a June 30 deadline to take advantage of $50 million in government assistance or lose it. “We’re down to the wire,” Mayor…

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Twitter updates for 2010-06-30

These new signs/banners were just put up along Victoria Avenue over the last few days. They say "The Clifton Hill http://twitpic.com/2197bd # RT @20pfm10: Jun 30, 1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. http://viigo.im/437L #

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Free parking, festivals for downtown

From the Niagara Falls Review: Two-hour free parking and 10 weeks of weekend festivals are the keys to this summer’s plan to generate activity in downtown Niagara Falls. The Downtown Business Improvement Area board asked city council to use $250,000 of city money to help it run special events this summer, to cover the cost…

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Summer Packages, 10 Days Available at $149!

Last Friday I received the latest email newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the Special Offers page on the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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Falls State Park offers photo focus in highlighting ‘Beyond the Barrel’

From the Buffalo News: It took Kenn Morgan more than six months to capture just the right shot of Niagara Falls State Park on film. Morgan, a Buffalo resident, and seven other still-film camera buffs set out in the fall to find unique images of the country’s oldest state park. “The idea when we started…

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