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Both are Niagara Parks, both are Horseshoe Falls, and both start at Table Rock. One sails for eight months of the year and the other never closes, which is usually what settles it.
Twenty minutes, $30.25, and a poncho that will not keep you dry. Whether the most famous boat ride in the world earns its ticket, and the four kinds of visitor it does not.
Late May to mid June, or the second half of September. Full water over the falls, everything open, and none of the July crush. The whole calendar, month by month, including the months to avoid.
One puts you behind the water and keeps you dry. The other puts you under it and does not. They are on different sides, at different falls, and only one of them is open in January.
Natural, and more managed than almost anyone realises. The rock and the drop are the work of an ice age. How much water goes over, what shape the crest is, and how fast it wears back are all decisions.
No, and it used to be. The Maid sailed from both banks for well over a century. What happened to the Canadian boat, what took its place, and what to do if it is the Maid you actually want.
Blue poncho or red. One sails from New York, the other from Ontario, and both finish in the same basin under Horseshoe Falls. Every real difference between the two boats, in one table.
It is called one constantly. It is on almost none of the lists. Every wonders list that matters, who wrote it, whether Niagara is on it, and what the falls actually hold.
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