Extended into May – Family Fun Packages from $95 CDN / $70 USD
Earlier this week I received an email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview.
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Spring Has Sprung at SCCN: Check Out Upcoming Events!
I recently received the latest newsletter from the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara Falls.
Bridge commission elects 2017 officers
From the Niagara Falls Review: American businessman Russell Quarantello has been elected chairman of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, while Canadian accountant John Lopinski has been elected vice chairman. The commission, which is a bi-national entity that owns and operates the Rainbow, Whirlpool Rapids and Queenston-Lewiston bridges between Canada and the United States, elected its…
Beginning of May construction update
This is a smaller construction update than normal, but here are a few pictures: Bronto’s Adventure Playland looks like it is almost ready They are starting to put the roof on the former Pilgrim Restaurant (future East Side Mario’s?) The sidewalk along Victoria Avenue used to have large rocks periodically along the edge that you…
Slow posting for the rest of the week
I am on vacation this week, and so will not be around the main tourist area much for the rest of the week. I’ve posted what I can, but probably won’t have many more posts the rest of the week, unless there are some news stories online. I also will probably be able to post…
New “Scoops” Ice Cream store
The new ice cream store on Victoria Ave that I previously mentioned is open and called “Scoops”
Niagara Falls Americana Waterpark 72 Hour Sale! Rooms from $139!
Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort & Spa. They are promoting a special rate for August. I’m not sure what the 72 hour sale is referring to. It doesn’t indicate when that rate is available to be booked. If it was 72 hours from the time the email went…
The lure was just too great
This isn’t really about Niagara Falls in particular, but the intro to this Toronto Star article is all about a woman fishing in the gorge: Tarah Cherwoniak knows how to get attention. It was deep in the Niagara Gorge, just beyond the bottom of the Falls, and there were a few dozen fishermen gathered. Despite…
Casino offers respite from Christmas
From the Niagara Falls Review: While many families in the city played with new toys, cooked turkeys and picked up mountains of wrapping paper Christmas Day, hundreds of others whiled away the hours at the Fallsview Casino. Jack, a senior from Burlington, said he and his “gal” turned the prospect of a bleak Christmas Day…
Tourism cure: See Canada from a boat
This is an article from the Globe and Mail. It only mentions Niagara Falls in passing, but the beginning paragraphs applies to the industry here as well (emphasis added): Canada’s tourism industry is in turmoil again. This time, it’s not post-9/11 terrorism fears that are causing tourists to shun the Great White What. Now, we’re…