World-renowned Bodies Exhibition comes to Niagara Falls at Niagara Exhibition Centre – Exhibition opens in Niagara Falls May 28 – Tickets on sale today!

From a CNW press release: Premier Exhibitions, Inc. in collaboration with Serge Grimaux and Niagara Theatre & Entertainment are proud to present BODIES…THE EXHIBITION, An Exhibition of Real Human Bodies at Niagara Exhibition Centre located at Stanley Ave & Highway 420. This scientific exhibition displays whole and partial body specimens that have been meticulously dissected…

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An old Niagara Falls attraction is getting new life

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: An old Niagara Falls attraction is getting new life. For the first time in 29 years, a funicular will be transporting people from the bottom of Clifton Hill into the Niagara Gorge. See also: The Buffalo News – Hornblower Cruises restores Clifton Hill cable car to gorge after 29…

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    Waterpark workers injured in 40-foot crane plummet

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Two workers who suffered serious injuries when the hydraulic lift they were using toppled over at the Americana Resort’s waterpark Tuesday morning are expected to recover, a Niagara Regional Police source says. “They’re both going to survive. That’s what they say,” acting staff Sgt. Dan Tibbs said. They were in…

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    Another Ramada keycard

    Another in my series on keycards… I found this card on the ground near the Ramada Niagara Falls Fallsview on Stanley Ave. It is a generic Ramada card, not specific to the Niagara Falls location at all.

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      Two Studies of Increasing Mist at Niagara Falls Find Two Different Culprits

      As was reported previously, there are studies that are saying that the increased mist at the Falls is from temperature, not from the wall of hotels. The New York Times has an excellent article about the 2 sides of this debate: From his seventh-floor office at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Marcus…

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      GM of Niagara Parks Commission set to retire

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission will soon be on the hunt for a new general manager. That’s because John Lohuis has announced he will retire and depart the organization, as of Aug. 31. He has been the commission’s GM for the last four years. According to an NPC press release, an…

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      NPC on target for boat tour competition

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The document that will spell out what the Niagara Parks Commission wants from a boat tour provider is on target for release in the next few weeks, says commission general manager John Kernahan. “It’s coming along very well. I think we’re going to be on or very close to our…

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      Craitor kicks off Tourism Week in Falls

      From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls’ economic bread and butter is front and centre this week as part of celebrations for this year’s national Tourism Week. In a kickoff celebration held today at the Ontario Travel Information Centre on Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor, who’s also the newly appointed parliamentary assistant to the…

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        U.S. to issue passport alternative this spring

        Regular visitor Lisa from Rochester sent me this link… From USA Today: Starting Feb. 1, U.S. residents who travel frequently by land or sea between the USA and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda can apply for a cheaper, wallet-sized alternative to a traditional passport, which is already required for all air travel outside the…

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