As has been mentioned before, there are several motion simulator rides in Niagara Falls. If you’ve ever been on one of these things, you know how fun they can be. There is a platform with a few rows of chairs. The platform that moves you up and down and around as a movie plays on…
Last Sunday’s (Nov 11) Ripley’s Believe It or Not! cartoon featured a connection to Niagara Falls (click on the thumbnail to see a larger version of the cartoon): “American Icon” Annie and Ken Burkitt of Niagara Falls, Ontario, used over 1,000,000 Swarovski crystals to decorate a 2004 Mini Cooper with images of U.S. landmarks and…
The other day I was out on Clifton Hill and someone stopped me and asked me about which is better, Guinness World Records Museum or Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum? I like them both. They’ve both been around a long time, but Ripley’s has kept improving their exhibits while Guinness is a little stale….
Back in April I reported that Ripley’s Moving Theatre was showing 2 new movies, Motion Madness and Fun House Express. Well, Fun House Express didn’t last too long. They are now showing Motion Madness and Runaway Log Truck. If you recall from the previous post, HOCO had shown Fun House Express in their FX Ride…
One of the newer trends over the last few years is to have visitors to your attraction make a wax hand. The first attraction in Niagara Falls I remember having this was Movieland Wax Museum of Stars. Not too long afterwards Ripley’s added this to their Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum. Essentially you dip…
As I mentioned earlier in the week, Ripley’s Moving Theatre has been closed this week. Regular visitor Lisa from Rochester got the scoop for me. She emailed Ripley’s and got the following response: We are doing some construction on the front facade and are changing our films. We will be open Friday, April 28, 2006…
Although it is now unlikely that the Ripley’s Aquarium will ever be built, the architects that were involved are B+H Architects. Their web site has a conceptual drawing of the building and some information on the design: Apparently they were also involved with the design of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.
Niagara Falls was featured in today’s Ripley’s Believe it or Not!: “Hyrdroelectric plants in the Welland River, near Niagara Falls, Ontario, cause the direction of the river to temporarily reverse during electric generation.”
From Canada.com: The first thing you’ll probably notice is the shark. At more than five metres long, it’s the biggest ever caught on rod and reel. What’s left of its two terrifying tonnes now hangs preserved above a dull warehouse floor. There are also medieval torture devices, human skull drinking glasses, a Coke bottle-shaped coffin…