Celebrate 10 Years of Family Traditions at Great Wolf Lodge

    On Friday I received a newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary (the chain of lodges, not the Niagara Falls location) and are promoting a special rate. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.

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      Bronto’s Adventure Playland location

      Work continues on the space where Bronto’s Adventure Playland is going to be. The first picture below is of the space where the souvenir photo place used to be. I assume this is where the entrance will be. The second picture is from inside the retail store that is under the Haunted House. You can…

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        Ghost of the gondola is gone, but not forgotten

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Has the ghost of the gondola been banished from the Niagara Parks Commission? Plans the commission unveiled Thursday to renovate Table Rock House will go a long way toward exorcising the memory of the Great Gorge Interpretive Tour that has haunted them for three years now. As the commission’s seasoned…

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          A ‘very spirited defence’ of Falls

          From the Niagara Falls Review: It was Becky Puddicombe’s first time on radio, but it likely won’t be her last. In two minutes and speaking via telephone from the school office, the 17-year-old Westlane Secondary School student faced the nation on CBC Radio One’s morning show Sounds Like Canada, and admirably painted a rosy picture…

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            Historic Table Rock attraction receiving $32-million revamp

            From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has broken ground on a $32-million facelift to Table Rock House, a project chairman Jim Williams said will bring the 19th-century edifice into the 21st century. Built in 1856, Table Rock has become one of the most popular landmarks in the city. It has been upgraded…

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              Debating the merits of Niagara Falls

              From the Niagara Falls Review: A 180-foot high and 2,500-foot wide waterfall with about 35 million gallons of water roaring over its edge every minute – much of it diverted for hydro-electric power. Maid of the Mist. The Skylon Tower. Journey Behind the Falls. Marineland. Two world-class casinos and more than 12 million visitors each…

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                Zappitelli, Niagara Helicopters big winners at Misty Awards

                From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Helicopters took home three pieces of hardware during the 40th annual Misty Awards, but it was Tony Zappitelli who scooped up the biggest prize of the night Thursday. The director of operations for the Sheraton Fallsview hotel was recognized with the Grand Misty Award, presented to the person who…

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                  Little Caesars plaza

                  The work that has been done at Little Caesars and the stores beside it to make them bigger is almost done. The new windows are in place and yesterday (after I took the picture) the sidewalk was finished. The storefront seems to be out 6-10 feet from where it was originally. There is still lots…

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