From Niagara This Week: f it seems like there are more Yankee and Mets hats among the lot of headgear protecting wearers from the recent frigid sub-zero conditions in the city, it’s all thanks to a push local tourism officials made last year to get more New Yorkers to visit Niagara Falls. Anna Pierce, executive…
Last week I received this press release about an escape artist who will be at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum on Clifton Hill tomorrow (Tuesday, September 27, 2011). I hope to be there to see it. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist to perform The Dagger Trap, Live on Sept….
There used to be a hotel on Ferry Street called the Quality Hotel Near the Falls. Well, it just changed names: This is weird though. The new Travelodge Hotel by the Falls is right across the road from the Travelodge Near the Falls. I would think there is some sort of territory rights to stop…
From Niagara This Week: A variety of birds of prey will be on display later this month as the Canadian Raptor Conservancy celebrates Father’s Day at the Niagara Glen Nature Centre. Free live raptor shows will be held June 16 and 17 outside the Niagara Parkway facility.
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.
The new HOCO Ferris wheel is going to be where the Golden Griddle is on Clifton Hill. That portion of the building previously housed the Golden Griddle, the Quality Inn Clifton Hill Front Desk, and Q-Balls. Q-Balls hasn’t been open since the Great Canadian Midway and Boston Pizza opened. As previously posted, Ledcor is the…
Geocaching is a scavenger hunt where you use a GPS to find a “treasure” at a location. In some cases, you actually get to take something away with you. In other cases, you just take a picture of yourself at the location to prove that you were there (a virtual cache). The Geocaching web site…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission began road work this week on the Niagara Parkway, and will be making improvements to five locations along the Niagara River Recreation Trail. Each year, Niagara Parks invests capital funding toward the maintenance of its properties, gardens, parklands, facilities, recreational trails and parkway.
How was that for a headline?! 🙂 Well, yesterday I went to Marineland. Here is the update (click on the picture to see a larger version): To no one’s great surprise, there has been no progress. I’ll post a few more pictures and a video from our visit later in the week…
The Niagara Falls Review has a couple of articles about Marineland. They are both topics that I’ve posted about before, but I figured I’d include links to these ones. Marineland prepares to sue former trainer Marineland looking for companion to Kiska