Saturday 26th, our first full day in Niagara Falls. We had a lazy start to the day with breakfast in bed and then took Caesar for a good walk and game of ball. Then we were off exploring! We saw both the American and Canadian falls, both spectacular, but I think I prefer the Canadian Horseshoe Falls the most. We walked along the Niagara parkway to where the Maid of the Mist boats moor to the north and then headed south via Table Rock along the Parkway to the Cirque du Niagara big top. We had tickets for the 5pm performance. We also managed to get a couple of geocaches along the way.

Karen along Niagara Parkway

Wendy & Caesar in front of the American Falls

The show was good, but we both felt the Cirque du Soliel show (Allegria) we saw in London in February was far better, and had more of a wow factor.

Also there was some confusion about where Caesar was to be during the show, three times we phoned and they okayed him being in the show auditorium and even gave us a box because of this. Then shortly after we arrived we were approached and asked to take him outside as there were horses in the show, and "even if they smell him, they may become uncontrollable and bolt into the audience". Now, understandable as this is, it would have been far better for us to have been told this in advance, especially as we asked 3 times. So, Caesar was taken to the box office to be looked after.

10minutes later, we were approached again and told he would be moved to a trailer on his own as they were worried in case he chewed the wires of a computer or something in their box office!!! Sheesh! Would he have gotten to 7 years of age if he was a cable chewer? Would I have bothered bringing him half way round the world if he was a cable chewer? By tis time, I (Wendy) was in tears. Just as well Karen remained calm and negotiated a better deal for Caesar, he did stay in a trailer but had his own member of staff looking after him.

The box had other seats in it and wasn't really big enough for a wheelchair comfortably. After the show, we had our money refunded by way of an apology, but frankly, all three of us could have done without the stress on an evening that we had been looking forward to for a couple of months.

Even the free shuttle to the show was inaccessible, so we walked there and got a taxi back!