Located next door to the Cruises, this park features a decomissioned war ship and submarine.ģ) The Hatch Restaurant. Great scenery and information given along the way.Ģ) Buffalo Naval Park. Take a cruise down the Niagara River or Buffalo River. Great for Free Fridays, when there are family/kids activities and it's free from 3:00-10:00pm.ġ) "Miss Buffalo" Cruises. Located one block away from the Buffalo Zoo parking lot.ģ) Albright-Knox Art Gallery. This might not be a good bet for children, but depending on their ages and your inclinations, this house is a national treasure. A small, manageable zoo and one of the oldest in the country.Ģ) Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House. Here are some things you might consider doing in Buffalo.ġ) Buffalo Zoo. They do offer concerts so you may want to check their website to see if there is anything on while you will be there (additional cost although you can buy a combo ticket).Īs for the boarder crossing, it can be half an hour or at time it can be over an hour. I do know that depending when you come in June the park is only open weekends. In the Batavia-Darien Lake area, there isn't much at night. There is also the Minor League Baseball Team (Buffalo Bisons) that may have home games. There are wine trails etc.īuffalo has great attractions too. There is a large Factory outlet mall nearby also. It played a big part in the French & Indian War. There is also Old Fort Niagara, a Fort built in the late 1600s by the French then taken over by the British, etc. Besides the Falls (which I hope is a given to visit-during the day and at night) you may want to take a day on the US Side to go see the Erie Canal (Lock Cruise, Underground Cave ride etc in LOckport NY about 30 minutes from Niagara Falls). I don't know if you are still looking into this, but depending on your interests (are you into shopping, wine tours, history, etc) you may want to take a day or two on the US Side. Also, the Thruway entrance is just down the block, so it's easy to get to downtown Buffalo or NF from there. You'll feel very safe staying there and it's within walking distance of stores, restaurants and such. I live in Williamsville and that Hampton Inn is located in a very nice area. I know of the Hampton Inn that you mentioned. If you have an itinerary that'll fill up three days, then if it was me, I'd stay in the Buffalo area to cut down on drive time. I guess my next question is to ask: What are you planning on doing in the Buffalo area? You might be able to do everything in one day and then it would make sense to do one day trip and stay in NF, Canada the whole trip. The drive from NF, Canada to Buffalo takes about a half hour under good conditions, but if you run into bridge problems (long lines), you are going to waste a lot of time in the car. Plus there's a toll ($3.00 to $4.00 I think) each time you go and if you head over the Grand Island Bridge (it's in the USA), there's a toll for that one, too. Sometimes the lines can be quite long and this will add a lot of dead time to your trip. Maybe the Buffalo Expert who previously replied to your question will respond to this one?Īnyway - going over the bridge from the USA to Canada or vice versa can be a pain. In 2020, it was revealed that Great Coasters International will be replacing some sections of Predator's track with their new steel Titan Track.I'm certainly not an "expert" when it comes to Buffalo and NF, but I'll give you my opinion. With the closure of Raging Wolf Bobs at the defunct Geauga Lake in 2007, The Predator was the last roller coaster to operate with PTC trailered trains. These trains replaced the original PTC trailer-style trains which were known to have an extremely rough ride. In 2010, Darien Lake purchased 12 PTC articulated cars from Holiday World, where they were used on The Voyage. In 2001, during an earlier tracking job, part of the queue line was removed to make way for an expanded seating area for the nearby food stand. The main section of the coaster runs along the lake to its north.Īt the end of the summer of 2006, the last year of Darien Lake being owned by Six Flags, a major re-tracking took place and some wood was replaced on the ride to help make it more enjoyable for guests. The coaster is a double out-and-back design and does so in a fairly confined space. Summers and built by Dinn Corporation and opened on May 25, 1990. Predator is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Darien Lake. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
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