Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic – The Making Of

    The Making Of special of the Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic DVD is 20 minutes long. There is a fair amount of “raw” or untouched footage shown that is exactly the same as the movie. It wasn’t coloured or adjusted for lighting, and didn’t look nearly as good as the real movie. There was some…

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    Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville mascot

    I didn’t know they had  a mascot, but apparently they do. I saw this yesterday outside of the Niagara Falls location of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville.

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      Cirque Niagara video clip

      This past Friday, WKBW an ABC affiliate out of Buffalo, had a piece on the Cirque Niagara Avaia presentation. The clip shows some scenes from the show, an interview with the owners, as well as some information about the horses. The clip runs about 2 minutes and provides some nice information. View the clip on…

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      Tweet: This display has been set on Clifton Hill for the…

      This display has been set on Clifton Hill for the @RedBullCanada @CrashedIce event in @NiagaraFails http://t.co/6XnTOBpp

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        Horses in Training

        I’m not sure what these horses were training for, but last Friday they were walking down Victoria Avenue. The horses didn’t have anything over them saying where they were from. The men riding the horses had shirts on that said “Horses in Training”. Their helmets had a shield/logo of some kind, but I couldn’t make…

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          More about Smooshi (Marineland walrus)

          The Detroit Free Press has an interesting article called FIVE THINGS: About walrus love. CTV’s Canada AM has the same information as I previously posted, but they also have a great 5-minute video. You can also visit the Smooshi and Phil MySpace which has other videos and pictures. It’s all rather fascinating!

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          The battle of Niagara: The US plans that could tempt tourists away from Canada

          From the Daily Mail: Every year millions of visitors flock to see the dramatic Niagara Falls that separate New York state from Ontario. But while 12million people head to the Canadian side, just six million choose to view the spectacular waterfall from the American side. However, all that is set to change as the US…

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          A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls

          You have probably heard about this, but a month or so ago there were some images/videos/articles posted online about a full 360 rainbow that was viewed. It was quite neat. Here are a couple of reports: Washington Post – A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls Daily Mail – Where’s the pot…

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            Captive Orca Statistics

            To follow-up on some of the discussion on Marineland, I found a site that lists all of the captive orcas (killer whales) in the world as of August 20, 2007. As of that date, there were 48 in captivity (a smaller number than I expected) at 13 locations, with 4 of them at Marineland. Here…

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