From the Niagara Falls Review: A union representing local hotel workers brought its lethal weapon – actor Danny Glover – to town Monday for a march and rally that drew more than 400 people and impeded traffic in an already busy tourist section. Glover, best known as Mel Gibson’s sidekick in the “Lethal Weapon” movies,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Is it just hogwash from hogtown? Only time will tell. Recent media reports out of Toronto that Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. plans to recommend a casino be built in Toronto have some Niagara Falls businesspeople and politicians nervous. Provincial government officials insist the 2005 moratorium it placed on building…
Wow… Loads and loads of teenagers around again on Clifton Hill # It's pretty foggy again out this morning. This shows Clifton Hill this morning. http://twitpic.com/5358j0 # $5 for a $10 Worth of Dining at 2 Arby's Niagara locations http://t.co/Hqwcme4 # $49 For a Wine Tour and Tasting at 4 Niagara Wineries & Roundtrip Transportation…
This is old news (I posted here and here about this in February), but CNN recently posted a video segment about Smooshie the walrus at Marineland. You can also see more videos on AOL Video and YouTube.
It’s not uncommon for an attraction’s exit to be into a retail store or some other place where the proprietor can make extra money. Both the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum and Movieland Wax Museum of Stars exit into an area where wax hands are made. With the help of the wax hand artisan,…
This article from the Globe and Mail highlights several business across Canada and how the high Canadian dollar is affecting them. One of the businesses is the Great Wolf Lodge: Mr. Simmonds said the strengthening loonie means that the resort will be relying on a “balanced” mix of Americans and Canadians. “We don’t see a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls should consider levying a new tax on hotel rooms to fund tourism initiatives and take the burden of local ratepayers, says Mayor Jim Diodati. “Niagara Falls, N.Y. charges a bed tax in their hotels, and that’s how they fund their tourism,” said Diodati. “Niagara Falls (Ont.) should definitely…
From a press release seen on BusinessWire: Los Angeles based online tour provider – Tours4Fun recently launched their brand-new and cost effective tour packages to Niagara Falls that mainly highlight one of the most popular boat rides and a prominent tourist attraction – ‘Maid of the Mist’. “As October is the finale month of this…
Whenever I go into a second-hand store like Goodwill or Value Village, I check out the book section to see if there are any books that mention Niagara Falls. There is a place called Renewed Thrift & Vintage in Welland, Ontario that I was in recently. There were several older books that I thought I would…
I just saw a tour bus driver who totally looked like Henry Winkler (the Fonz). Weird! #
