Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights to Host Spring in Bloom Concerts

    Another PRWeb press release, this time for the Winter Festival of Lights: The Winter Festival of Lights is pleased to announce it is launching a spring concert series called the Spring in Bloom Concerts. The inaugural event will feature award-winning musical artists, Mickey Gilley and The Lettermen performing from May 1 to 3, 2008 at…

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      Ferris Wheel Travel: Flying Over Niagara Falls

      Jaunted, “the pop culture travel guide”, has a posting about the Niagara SkyWheel (including a link to a YouTube video): Even with the warmer weather on the way out, Niagara Falls is still a great place to take in some of nature’s beauty in cooler temperatures–especially within heated “pods.” The Niagara SkyWheel, situated on the…

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      TakeTours Releases New Christmas Tours for the Holiday Season

      From a PRWeb press release (via Yahoo! News): TakeTours is proud to announce the release of new seasonal vacations featuring favorite holiday destinations. Designed for the holiday traveler these special packages include Holiday Shopping Trips, Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights, and Koziar’s Christmas Village.

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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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        The man behind Nik Wallenda

        From myFox Tampa Bay: When Nik Wallenda walked a high wire across Niagara Falls last summer, no one was watching more closely than Terry Troffer. He’s in charge of making sure that the wire, and everything else, is set up correctly and in good repair. Troffer also happens to be Nik Wallenda’s father. “My father…

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        Antica Pizzeria now has awnings

        If it isn’t totally done yet, it will be soon. After a few months of renovations to the outside of the restaurant, Antica Pizzeria now has new awnings, and the door has moved to the middle. It looks very nice!

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          The (unofficial) end of summer

          Just as the Victoria Day (in Canada) / Memorial Day (in US) weekends are the (unofficial) start of summer, the Labour Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer. By the beginning of September, everyone is back in school, and during the week, business is dead. Most of the hotels have unbelievable rates for Sunday…

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          Niagara Falls couple may have captured Daredevil Kirk Jones final moments on camera

          From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (includes video): There’s new information about the death of Niagara Falls Daredevil Kirk Jones. A couple living in Niagara Falls may have witnessed his final moments. Peggie and Ron Bastian were simply having coffee at home over looking the river, when they saw not one, but two men put…

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          Vandals strike WFOL display

          From Niagara This Week: One of the more recent illuminations added to the Ontario Power Generation Festival of Lights is now dark. It’s all thanks to an act of vandalism which occurred sometime between midnight on Jan. 15 and 5 p.m. Jan. 16. That’s when an individual or a group caused substantial damage to the…

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          Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls celebrates “Howl-O-Ween” with spooky family activities

          On Monday I linked to a Toronto Sun blurb about the Great Wolf Lodge and some Halloween activites. It turns out that is from a press release, and I received it too. Here is the whole thing. By day, the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is the ultimate family fun zone with kids taking part…

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