Niagara Freefall update
As Dan mentioned in a previous comment, the wind tunnel is taking shape at the new Niagara Freefall location.
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The Royal Cafe
As I posted before, the AAAA Royal Hotel is now the Fallsview Lodge. They modified one of the rooms on the Ferry St side to become a small cafe. It looked like it was almost ready to open, and then the other day I saw a notice on the window. Apparently they did all of…
Golden Griddle sign / balloon
I’ve mentioned previously that the Golden Griddle that is part of the Imperial Hotel & Suites is now open. It looks quite nice. They have beautiful hanging baskets hanging around the patio, and they have fresh signs on the awning as well as on the side of the building (that’s what the red letters are)….
Wallenda still working on wire logistics
From the London Free Press: Nik Wallenda is set to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a wire in eight days, but first he has to figure out how he’s going to get the wire from one side of the Niagara River to the other. The logistics of stringing the 550-metre wire from Goat Island…
Convention centre cash to survive election outcome
From the Niagara Falls Review: The government of Canada’s $35-million contribution toward the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre’s construction should survive whatever result occurs in the Oct. 14 election. None of the candidates running to be the Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls said they would do anything to change the arrangement between the city…
Tourism must ‘get back to its roots’ to attract U.S. visitors
From the Niagara Falls Review: News that Niagara Falls continues to lose ground against cities vying for American tourists wasn’t what members of Niagara Falls Tourism wanted to hear, said the organization’s chairman, Wayne Thomson. But, he said, it is just what they had to hear if they want to reverse the trend. “Although there…
U.S. travel tumbles as Canadians make fewer trips abroad in June: StatsCan
From the Canadian Press (via Google News): Travel between Canada and other countries decreased in June, led by a decline in trips between Canada and the United States… StatsCan reports the decrease in travel abroad was the result of 9.6 per cent fewer trips to the United States in June… Canadians took 1.4 million overnight…
bangalorian: St Catherines, Ontario (9 to 11 July)
Someone with a LiveJournal blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …the next day we went to Niagara Falls–probably the tackiest place I have ever been to. Blackpool is tacky in a slightly depressing but generally charming way; Niagara Falls is so tacky you have to laugh or cry. If you go, visit…
Niagara Falls Travel & Accomodations Search
I don’t know how long it has been around for, but Yahoo! has a section of their site that allows you to look up “dozens of sites for cheap airfaires, hotels, and rental cars.” I just found Yahoo! Farechase today, and I tested it out by searching for hotel rates in Niagara Falls. The results…
Screenshots from Breakfast Television live from Niagara Falls
I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to get up early to see Breakfast Television in person, and in the end I decided not to. However, I did watch about half an hour of it on TV (from around 6:40 am to 7:10 am). It certainly did promote Niagara Falls well. At various times you could…