On Friday I was out for a walk, and I took these pictures. They are starting to setup for the 2012 CAA Winter Festival of Lights. At first I thought it was kind of early, but it starts November 3, so they only have 1 month to get everything setup.
The Daily Mail has put up some beautiful pictures of Niagara Falls (mainly the American Falls) lit up at night. They look fantastic.
The renovations that were being done in the Great Canadian Midway on Clifton Hill seem to be done now. There are more signs for Wendy’s inside the midway, new flashing blue/red/white lights going around half the midway, new sign above the redemption area, and a brand new ride. There is used to be a motion…
From USA Today: You can’t take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing array of colors – red, white, blue, purple, orange, amber and green. In spring and summer, the colored…
Yesterday there was a worker in the Zimmerman Fountain in Queen Victoria Park getting the lights installed.
From a press release seen on Hospitality Net: Niagara Falls welcomes the winter season with Canada’s largest illumination festival, the CAA Winter Niagara Festival of Lights. Running until January 31, 2011, the Niagara festival captures the magic of the holiday season turning Niagara Falls into a winter wonderland with over three million sparkling lights along…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The leaves have fallen, the pumpkins are gone and the Christmas decorations are out of storage. But around Niagara Falls, the season doesn’t formally start until Mickey Mouse says so. The Disney icon will once again flip the switch Saturday night at Queen Victoria Park to get the 28th CAA…
The Getaway Guy from YNN channel 9 out of Rochester has a report about Nightmares Fear Factory (including a video): You’ll walk down pitch black hallways following a series of red lights making your way through a labrynth of scares and surprises. You are not alone in there! If you need to leave and can’t…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The lights will stay on this winter after city council agreed to guarantee a $400,000 line of credit for the Winter Festival of Lights its manager said was needed to pay its outstanding bills. The finance department staff opposed the move, saying the city shouldn’t act as a bank for…
From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Long winter nights are welcome in Niagara Falls when over 3 million lights and hundreds of glittering displays will cast a colourful glow across the city. Matching their brilliance is a star-studded season of entertainment that includes the November 12 Niagara Falls Comedy Fest, Christmas…