Fire from Volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf in Niagara Falls

While on Clifton Hill today, the volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf was erupting. There isn’t any lava or anything, but there is a big fireball that comes out of the volcano. It certainly gets your attention! Here is a picture of it in action. I also took a 6-second video. You can see it on…

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Queen Street Retail video

Regular visitor Dan let me know about this. It isn’t in the main tourist districts of Clifton Hill or Fallsview, but downtown Niagara Falls (Queen Street) is becoming more of a destination for people. I’m not sure exactly who is in charge of what, but a group out of Maryland has created a marketing video…

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Bringing Kimmel show to Canada to cost taxpayers

From the Niagara Falls Review: Bringing the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show to Ontario will cost four taxpayer-funded funded tourist agencies a total of $450,000, according to the Niagara-based tourism organization involved in the effort to bring segments of the ABC late-night show to Canada. “There is funding involved. It’s about a half a million dollars…

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Great Wolf spooks in October

From the Toronto Sun: By day, the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is the ultimate family fun zone and Canada’s largest indoor water park. But when the sun goes down during Halloween season, the lodge undergoes a transformation and becomes a surreal, spooky setting for a one-of-a-kind Halloween experience. It’s all part of a “Howl-O-Ween…

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How much do you think you know about Niagara Falls? Take the quiz

This quiz was in the Niagara Falls Review last week, but it is still worth trying. Here are some of the questions, and click through to read them all and see all of the options and answers… Rounded to the nearest thousand, what is the population of Niagara Falls? What anniversary is the Niagara Parks…

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NPC issues likely to be under the radar during provincial election

From the Niagara Falls Review: One explosive issue — the Niagara Health System — continues to publicly manifest itself as candidates get ready to hit the provincial election campaign trail. But decisions surrounding the Niagara Parks Commission’s board of directors and Maid of the Mist boat tour operation will likely continue to unfold out of…

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