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Niagara Falls ride is a go!!

dltang

dltang

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Okay SpyderLovers, this ride is no longer tentative. I have made my reservations at the Travelodge Bonadventure at Niagara Falls, ONT We got a great rate for booking 14 days or more in advance. With Taxes and everything for both nights we are paying $112.98 CAD which today translates into $90.17 US.

Details: We are leaving Grand Blanc MI on Friday April 17th (time to be determined) We will cross into Canada at the Port Huron/Sarnia border. We will be meeting with Director (Bruce and hopefully his wife) place to be determined yet. Bruce will be guiding us to Niagara along the scenic route instead of the highways. There are no specific plans in Niagara Falls other than to enjoy ourselves and visit with one another. I would like to have dinner on Sat somewhere all together though, I think that would be nice.

Jeuchler (John) and his wife Barb will be meeting us there from Mass. If all goes well he will have the SpyderLovers banner. We can all sign it there. On the ride back, it will go through Ontario and maybe we can see if some spyders want to meet somewhere on Sunday in Ontario to get together to sign the banner.

If anyone wants to meet us there or join us for any part of the ride, just chime in. As soon as I hear from Bruce the route he is taking, I will post a google map link so you can see if you are anywhere near it.
 
:cheers:Hope to meet you all ,we are staying at the Fallsview casino on Saturday night.(wife get a comp room).
 
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nudle said:
:cheers:Hope to meet you all ,we are staying at the Fallsview casino on Saturday night.(wife get a comp room).
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That is great, can't wait to meet you. If I find a decent place for dinner and a time, I will try to get that arranged first so we have a def. dinner plan. Also I will try to get an idea of any Sat. Activities. I'll let you know. Pretty much everyone can play tourist as they would like but it would be nice to get a ride in and spend some time together.
 
dltang said:
...I have made my reservations at the Travelodge Bonadventure at Niagara Falls, ONT We got a great rate for booking 14 days or more in advance. With Taxes and everything for both nights we are paying $112.98 CAD which today translates into $90.17 US.....
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nudle said:
:cheers:Hope to meet you all ,we are staying at the Fallsview casino on Saturday night.(wife get a comp room).
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(Me) "Barb, do you want to stay at the Travelodge or the Fallsview casino?"

(Barb) "Which one offers massages?" nojoke
 
dltang said:
So does that mean the casino won out for lodging? Just asking.
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Um...Nope.

We want to save the $ for tourist-y things and good food.

We can't get out of work early enough Friday, so we'll leave at dawn on Saturday but we might still make it for dinner with you all. I got the reservations for Saturday night and Sunday night at the Travelodge--thanks again for the recommendation!

(I'm glad I put on the new RAM mount, AirHawk, and hood spring this week! Gotta load up on RideOn. :thumbup:)
 
Okay folks,
This is just an idea and of course we will play it by ear depending on the weather. I am thinking we can meet at the Travelodge at 10:00am and plan a ride along the Niagara River/Parkway or whatever it is called. After the ride, we can just play tourists and do our own thing, visit, shop, sightsee or whatever. We can plan on meeting back at Travelodge around 6:00 or 7:00 pm for dinner. If anyone has any suggestions, I am wide open. I also sent for info on Restaurants on Lundy Lane. Also, after dinner we can have our SpyderLovers Banner signing. How does this sound to everyone?
 
:cheers:Check out MY Cousin Vinny's 6541 main st Niagara falls 905-374-2621 (Italian) Lots of parking.Google it.
 
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nudle said:
:cheers:Check out MY Cousin Vinny's 6541 main st Niagara falls 905-374-2621 (Italian) Lots of parking.Google it.
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I checked it out like you suggested and there were some great reviews and some not so great reviews. But I have learned that you can not depend on those on line reviews. Usually more people with complaints are more likely to come on and give a review then those that left happy. Also, from personal experience when we had our UP ride last Aug. We were told by a number of people to go to Antlers up in Sault Ste Marie. Both Brian's dad and my dad had nothing but good things to say about it. Others in our group were familiar with the restaurant. We got there and the service was awful. The food wasn't bad, once we finally got it. The atmosphere was pretty cool but not enough to make up for a horrible dining experience.

So, all that being said, and not having any other ideas, I say we plan on Sat. night dinner at My Cousin Vinny's
 
nudle said:
:cheers:Check out MY Cousin Vinny's 6541 main st Niagara falls 905-374-2621 (Italian) Lots of parking.Google it.
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We just looked it up and the reviews are either "love it" or "hate it". :dontknow: Seemed like some of those who didn't like it complained that the food was bland but that works great for dltang as she likes her food to be more bland instead of spicy. I think its a go for My Cousin Vinny's. :thumbup:
 
Route from London Ontario to Niagara Falls

Here is the link to the google map for the route that the Director has planned for us. If you are anywhere near this, please plan on joining us for the ride and just to say hello. We will probably be leaving London between 12:30 & 1:00 I am guessing right now.

Route to Niagara Falls
 
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floto612 just sent me a PM and he is going to try to make this trip too. Anyone else gonna join us. Here is a recap of the schedule, such as it is.

Here are the basic plans for the trip:
I have made my reservations at the Travelodge Bonadventure at Niagara Falls, ONT We got a great rate for booking 14 days or more in advance. With Taxes and everything for both nights we are paying $112.98 CAD which today translates into $90.17 US.

Details: We are leaving Grand Blanc MI on Friday April 17th (time to be determined) We will cross into Canada at the Port Huron/Sarnia border. We will be meeting with Director (Bruce and hopefully his wife) in London, Ont. Bruce will be guiding us to Niagara along the scenic route instead of the highways.

I am thinking we can meet at the Travelodge at 10:00am Sat. and plan a ride along the Niagara River/Parkway or whatever it is called. After the ride, we can just play tourists and do our own thing, visit, shop, sightsee or whatever. We can plan on meeting back at Travelodge around 5:30 for banner signing. Then off to dinner at MY Cousin Vinny's 6541 main st Niagara falls 905-374-2621 (Italian) Lots of parking.

Relaxing evening or maybe an evening ride, weather permitting and back home Sunday morning.
 
Weather forecast

So far the rain forecast for that weekend is gone, now looks like Sunny and 50 degrees F. Great weather for riding. :2thumbs:
 
dltang said:
I checked it out like you suggested and there were some great reviews and some not so great reviews. But I have learned that you can not depend on those on line reviews. Usually more people with complaints are more likely to come on and give a review then those that left happy. Also, from personal experience when we had our UP ride last Aug. We were told by a number of people to go to Antlers up in Sault Ste Marie. Both Brian's dad and my dad had nothing but good things to say about it. Others in our group were familiar with the restaurant. We got there and the service was awful. The food wasn't bad, once we finally got it. The atmosphere was pretty cool but not enough to make up for a horrible dining experience.

So, all that being said, and not having any other ideas, I say we plan on Sat. night dinner at My Cousin Vinny's
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I had dinner at My Cousin Vinny's a few months ago when I was in Niagara Falls for a meeting. It was excellent. I would certainly recommend it.

Bruce
 
checking in on schedule for niagara falls

hi greg and mary from rochester ny area

we would like to meet up with you saturday morning

is it looking good for meeting at travelodge @ 10

tks greg
 
greg said:
hi greg and mary from rochester ny area

we would like to meet up with you saturday morning

is it looking good for meeting at travelodge @ 10

tks greg
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Sounds great! Looking forward to meeting you. I also received a PM from another spyderlover from MI that may join us in the ride over on Friday. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate as well.welcomewelcome
 
Director said:
I had dinner at My Cousin Vinny's a few months ago when I was in Niagara Falls for a meeting. It was excellent. I would certainly recommend it.

Bruce
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Another awesome!

Do they have eggplant parmesan and tiramisu?

(Lamont, please don't move this to the off-topic board. This is important Banner Ryde discussion...)
 
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