The Record on the Road: Niagara Falls
From the North Jersey Record:
We traveled to Niagara Falls for a summer getaway. We visited all the tourist attractions, but our favorite was on the Cave of the Winds on the New York side. We are pictured here at the lookout of the falls outside the cave.
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Body Found at Cave Of The Winds
From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo:
New York State Park Police officers responded to a call at 11:10 a.m, of a body found floating in the lower Niagara River at the Cave of the Winds.
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A trip to Niagara Falls is a roaring good time
From the Fort Worth Star-Telgram:
“Take off your hat!” a tour guide yelled as I clung to my pink ball cap and climbed the steps cautiously to the water-soaked platform above.
“What????”
No way could I hear him over the deafening deluge of water falling just 15 feet away.
“Take! Off! Your! Hat!”
My boyfriend, Mike, rushed over and pulled the hat from my head before the wind and water could push it to the watery abyss below.
Vanity is not an option when you’re in the belly of Bridal Veil Falls, approaching the “Hurricane Deck” — so named because the water rushing by creates tropical storm conditions.
This is the pinnacle of the popular Cave of the Winds tour, and it’s about as close as anyone gets to being on one of Niagara’s three waterfalls without going over in a barrel. It’s wet, it’s windy, it’s messy, it’s scary, and it transforms Niagara Falls from a pretty scene in paintings to the primal, living, dangerous natural wonder that it is.
It was barely 4 p.m., and this was the third time that day we’d gotten a good Niagara drenching — soaked to the bone, water up our noses, contact lenses stinging and good hair day ruined.
That was the plan.
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Niagara Falls State Park attraction admission scam leads to arrests
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal:
New York State Park Police have charged six people in connection with a scam that involved the theft and re-sale of tickets from both the Cave of the Winds and the Maid of the Mist attractions.
Their arrests were announced on Friday after an investigation that included assistance from the New York State Police.
Park Police investigators said they discovered an organized ring of individuals that were stealing Discovery Pass tickets.
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EASTER WEEKEND BODES WELL FOR 2011 NIAGARA FALLS TOURISM SEASON
From the Niagara Falls Reporter:
If Easter week is any sort of barometer, the 2011 tourism season is going to be an exceptionally good one for Niagara Falls. Tourists were out en masse, and even the reality of $4-per-gallon gas prices did not keep them from traveling to see the world’s most famous waterfall.
The Hilton Fallsview and Suites in Niagara Falls, Ont., was filled to capacity with guests representing states from all over the union, along with a number of European, South American and Middle Eastern countries.
No one seemed to be clutching their wallets too closely, as they freely spent on sightseeing, attractions, shopping and food. All of this came despite the fact that the area’s top attraction, the Maid of the Mist boat ride, was dry-docked due to unseasonably cold weather that caused a very late release of the Lake Erie ice boom.
The Cave of the Winds and the Journey Behind the Falls operated at diminished capacity. The Cave could only allow visitors a ride to the base of the American Falls, as their famed wooden decks have yet to be rebuilt for the season, while the Journey dealt with falling rock that closed their outside observation decks to visitors in the early part of last week.
With the dawn of another busy and profitable season upon us, it seems the proper time for a primer as to how all local residents can best be prepared to handle and augment the big tourism push that fuels the economy of our city and county.
Nothing frosts the hardworking people in the tourism sector of Niagara Falls, N.Y., more than when they hear tales from tourists that locals seem to go out of their way to send people across the border to Canada.
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Niagara Falls Attractions Offer Excitement at Every Turn
From a PR Newswire press release seen at Yahoo! Finance:
Along with summer’s warmer, longer days and clear blue skies comes the opportunity to experience Niagara Falls State Park in all her glory. Be a part of history with us as July 15, 2010 marks Niagara Falls State Park’s 125th Anniversary! With attractions open for the season, including Cave of the Winds, Maid of the Mist and the Niagara Gorge Discover Center, now is the perfect time to discover the power of the park’s legendary Falls.
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In Niagara, the falls aren’t the only way to play in the water
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Tere’s more than one way to get wet in Niagara Falls:
• Hop on a Maid of the Mist boat tour and hang out at the base of Horseshoe Falls, letting the spray surround you.
• Take a Cave of the Winds tour, carefully navigating the steps next to the American Falls, where the free poncho is no match for the constant downpour.
• Spend all day at Fallsview Indoor Waterpark, swimming, sliding and otherwise slighting the natural attraction just two blocks away.
I’m not really advocating that last option, but my kids might.
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