NIAGARA FALLS BY WHEELCHAIR -- PART 3

NIAGARA FALLS ACCESS FOR DISABLED VISITORS

Clifton Hill is a steep hillside lined with garish museums, tacky souvenir shops, colorful arcade games, fattening food stands and oddball street performers.

In other words, what’s not to love?!

Clifton Hill is like a Las Vegas for kids.

Instead of Casinos (there is one in Niagara and we’ll get to that later), it has brightly-lit funhouses and wax museums.

The Burger King features a larger than life Frankenstein –a likely escapee from a wonderfully gruesome storefront museum – gripping a king-sized burger.

Clifton Hill’s steep slope can present a challenge to wheelchair users.

The good news is that every so often, there are level plateaus – concrete islands that are smooth and level for easy negotiating to the next cotton candy stand or miniature golf grounds.

Curbcuts are good and most businesses have at least one level, accessible entrance.

We found the majority of food stands, sit down restaurants and shops to be wheelchair-accessible.

The down side is that most of the mini-museums are only partially accessible, or not accessible at all.

The two-story attractions have steps, not elevators to the upper floor and some have passageways too narrow for wheelers.

STORY CONTINUES TOMORROW -- MARCH 4