From Niagara This Week: Niagara residents are going bonkers over the chance to attend two Live With Regis & Kelly shows scheduled for Oakes Garden Theatre in the Falls on Victoria Day. But organizers are pleading with residents to stop calling with ticket requests, saying they’ve been overwhelmed by the response. The Niagara Parks Commission…
From the Toronto Star: You would think, judging by our screams, that my daughter and I are hurtling over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel. Really, we’re jammed into adjoining inner tubes, shooting down a big plastic pipe then swirling around in what looks like a giant blue and yellow toilet bowl. We’re finally “flushed”…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Here are a few shots of Brooke and Keturah taken while we were in Niagara Falls at various locations: 1st and 2nd-taken at Butterfly Conservatory 3rd and 4th-taken on Clifton Hill outside of the Ripley’s Museum 5th-taken at Victoria Park 6th and…
Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from Safari Niagara.
About a month ago I posted about a new play about Niagara Falls that is being performed in New Orleans. Here is some more info… From the Gambit: If Samuel Beckett were alive today, he might focus a play on an American treasure transformed into a tourist trap and toxic waste dump. But the message…
I know this isn’t directly Niagara Falls-related, but there is a connection… You probably will remember that over the last few years the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Niagara Falls has hosted a sword swallower on International Sword Swallowers Day. I’ve seen Riley Schillaci and Vanessa Neil (click their names to see pictures…
I forgot to mention ths earlier in the week… I saw an ad in Saturday’s Niagara Falls Review for the Fallsview Waterpark. It said on from May 16 – 18 (Tuesday to Thursday of this week), locals could pay $9 to go to the Fallsview Waterpark with the proceeds going to charity. Apparently all you…
Yesterday (Wednesday), I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Falls Best Hotels: To subscribe, fill out the form to join the Best Hotels Mailing List.
A couple of days ago I noticed some new banners/signs along the fencing where Brick City used to be. You may recall that there was a fire almost two years ago in the Haunted House attraction (see here, here or here) and Brick City ended up with a lot of water damage. The ended up tearing…
From the Buffalo News: In an effort to expand promotions and increase tourism- related advertising, the City Council amended its billboard ordinance to allow electronic digital billboards downtown. The billboards, which require special permits that must be approved by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals, will hopefully mirror successful electronic billboards in Niagara Falls, Ont.,…