From Budget Travel Online: By the time I was growing up there in the ’70s and ’80s, Niagara Falls had ceased to be the honeymoon icon of yesteryear. The region was economically depressed and famously polluted. Forget the 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie Niagara; my experience was better captured in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Lois Gibbs…
From the St. Catharines Standard (unfortunately the article isn’t online): The Niagara Parks Commission was in the black again in 2005, posting its second profit since the “perfect storm” year of 2003, but general manager John Kernahan cautions the recovery will continue to be slow. “We’ll exceed $3 million this year. We’ve had a profitable…
In my posting about the Great Wolf Lodge open house called Jimmy the hotelier: Believe it or not!, a couple of comments were left about how the US wants all people travelling to the US to have a passport. I responded that I didn’t think it would happen. In yesterday’s paper, there was an article…
From Niagara This Week: It’s a place that can definitely satisfy the palate for people with unique taste. Café Tu Tu Tango can be best described as the best of both worlds, where the culinary arts are complemented by visual arts or vice versa. An unusual and unconventional pairing, the quaint restaurant, situated above the…
Tonight I received the December issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter: It is a very repetitive newsletter, often containing much of what the previous one had in it, but with some dates changed. It is still a nice newsletter, but it would be good if they could provide more information about what’s going…
Niagara Falls is getting a broadway-type musical! The Greg Frewin Theatre (home of the magician, Greg Frewin) is going to house the production. They are working to refit the stage so that it will be appropriate. Apparently it is a full production, not just a short version of it. It will play mostly as matinees…
The Links of Niagara 2nd Annual Christmas Dinner & Dance is coming up soon. Unfortunately, the poster they sent around doesn’t provide the date! Click on the poster for a larger version I visited the Links of Niagara web site, but couldn’t find anything about the event. DECEMBER 6 UPDATE: The dance is on Saturday,…
The Sheraton on the Falls and Brock Plaza hotels recently sent out their newsletter: Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out again how to unsubscribe.
Today I received the Niagara Fallsview December Spotlight: From dining and concert offers to accommodation and special event incentives, Spotlight Updates give you convenient access to the latest promotions and information from one of Canada’s premiere entertainment destinations. To subscribe, click on the Spotlight Updates link on the right side of the Niagara Fallsview Casino…
Frank had left a comment on a different post asking if this was a good time of year from a price point of view to head to Niagara Falls. It’s hard to say. Generally speaking, I don’t think that the face-value of an attraction ever changes. I don’t think there is anyplace that has specific…