Visiting FX Ride Theatre with my son

The other night I had a father/son night with my 9-year-old son. He wanted to come down to Niagara Falls, so we went mini-putting at Galaxy Golf, played in the Great Canadian Midway, rode the FX Ride Theatre, then had dinner at Wendy’s. It was fun! It had been a while since I’d been on…

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    Talking to Americans about coming here

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls Tourism was on a mission when it travelled to New York City the week before Christmas: To sell Niagara Falls as a year-round vacation place. The Review went along for the ride. Here’s the first of five parts. Part 2 runs Friday. Four-year-old Sophia Griffo sits at the…

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      Convention centre already chasing clients

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Ground hasn’t even broken on Niagara’s convention centre, but it’s already drumming up business. City and regional officials want to land the 2014 annual general meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as one of its first big events. That convention usually attracts 4,000 delegates. “The revenues to the municipality…

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      Niagara Falls attractions that won’t leave you over a barrel

      From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Thomas Barnett opened the first museum in Niagara Falls, a concatenation of “natural and artificial curiosities” that drew in the tourists. It also attracted the envy and competition of Saul Davis, a ne’er-do-well who entered into a competition that ended in gunfire, a death and Davis ultimately buying up the Barnett…

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        Niagara Parks White Water Walk in Autumn 2007

        We’ve had a bit of snow here lately, so before it actually becomes winter, I figured I’d post one of my last Autumn 2007 picture galleries and video. In the middle of October my wife and I went to a couple of the Niagara Parks attractions. We went to the Journey Behind the Falls (which…

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        SAVE NOW with Niagara Falls End of Summer Deals!

        Last week I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Falls Tourism:

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        Summer Fun Offer with $40 Dining and Spa

        Last week I  received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by visiting the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa newsletter page

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        Marineland disputes claim by activist that walrus is in ill health

        From Niagara This Week: Phil Demers was disheartened when he was sent a video of Zeus, one of Marineland’s walruses last week. “He’s lost hundreds of pounds,” Demers said. “He should weigh up to 3,000 pounds. I’d be shocked if he weighed 1,000.” In the video in question, Zeus can be seen in what has…

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        Canadian Road Trip: Niagara Falls, Ontario

        Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Finally arrived in Niagara Falls, the best city ever. The city was named after a curved water fall. I did not get the point of watching water fall down on some rocks at first, but it’s much more interesting actually to see…

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