{"id":17423,"date":"2016-05-24T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=17423"},"modified":"2016-05-22T22:23:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:23:46","slug":"ripleys-reopens-after-modern-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/24\/ripleys-reopens-after-modern-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripley’s reopens after modern makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Niagara This Week<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Oddball items and curiosities are back on display in Niagara Falls, Ont., now that one of the city’s mainstay attractions has reopened following a major modernization.<\/p>\n

Ripley’s Believe It or Not opened the doors to its so-called “odditorium” Friday after six months of renovations aimed at replacing traditional exhibits with something more hands-on.<\/p>\n

The revamped attraction features interactive exhibits, including one that allows visitors to simulate walking a tightrope over the iconic falls.<\/p>\n

Another exhibit, the Niagara Water Wall, has visitors control the flow, colour and shape of the water using wheels and cranks.<\/p>\n

The museum’s manager, Tim Parker, says it’s the most drastic change the space has undergone in years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Niagara This Week: Oddball items and curiosities are back on display in Niagara Falls, Ont., now that one of the city’s mainstay attractions has reopened following a major modernization. Ripley’s Believe It or Not opened the doors to its so-called “odditorium” Friday after six months of renovations aimed at replacing traditional exhibits with something…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,29],"tags":[1326,5172,4759,1323,41,451,1013,1202,708,346,117],"class_list":["post-17423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-niagara-falls-attractions","category-niagara-falls-developments","tag-attraction","tag-interactive","tag-manager","tag-museum","tag-niagara-falls","tag-niagara-this-week","tag-odditorium","tag-renovations","tag-ripleys-believe-it-or-not","tag-tightrope","tag-tim-parker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}