Hornblower cruises season starts (last) Saturday

I know I’m a couple of days late… From the Niagara Falls Review: Hornblower Niagara Cruises is set to sail for a fourth season, starting Saturday. The relatively mild winter meant there was no ice buildup in the Niagara River, so the boat tour operator set the April 1 start date and also began accepting…

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    Plan your Spring Break Getaway now at Great Wolf Lodge

    Regular visitor/contributor Lisa from Rochester sent me an email about a deal she read about from the Great Wolf Lodge in an email from a local radio station. I assume the deal would be available to anyone who use the”code”. It seems like a very good deal. Plan your Spring Break Getaway now at Great…

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    Falls fireworks return this weekend

    From the St Catharines Standard: The Niagara Parks Commission, host of the longest-running fireworks series in Canada, has announced the season will officially begin Friday with the free Coca-Cola concert series starting at 8 p.m. at Queen Victoria Park’s illumination stage in Niagara Falls. This will be followed by the sights and sounds of the…

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      He’s the Magic Guy

      From the Niagara Falls Review: After another night of live animals, loud music and scantily-clad women, Greg Frewin just wants to chill. After all, he’s about to do it all over again in 10 hours. As Canada’s most decorated magician arrives for a morning interview, you half-expect entrance music. Everything he does is flashy, soaked…

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        Niagara falls, thumbs up or thumbs down?

        Someone named Ambrose Kennedy has posted some thoughts about Niagara Falls: Ontario. or New York, whatever. I may be bias, But the Canadian side!! We have a lot to offer, a lot of choice for accommodations ( Big Name brand hotels, small family runs ones, B&B’s along the Niagara River), cheap motels (not something I…

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          Niagara’s tourism future could be rooted in the past

          From the Niagara Falls Review: Some call it a niche market. Others claim it could be the missing link for tourism in Niagara. Ron Dale has his own take on heritage tourism. If local municipalities “think outside the box” when celebrations kick off to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in four years,…

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          Nik Wallenda prepares for stunt of a lifetime

          Note: This is the BEST article I’ve read about the walk so far. It shares some nice details of how he will rig up the wire as well as other details of the performance. From the Sarasota Florida Herald-Tribune: To understand the enormity of Nik Wallenda’s planned high-wire walk across Niagara Falls this summer, it…

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          Reshaping Niagara’s scenic parkway

          From the Niagara Gazette: For many years it served as a battleground of sorts in an at-times bitter community conversation about the value of the roadway. Today, the parkway formerly known as Robert Moses has been renamed the Niagara Scenic Parkway and substantial portions on both the north and south ends have either been slated…

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