Cindy, of ColdDeadFish.net, returns with another excellent review of a Disneyland Resort restaurant. This time she critiques her meal at The Vineyard Room, the upper end restaurant located within the gates of California Adventure. One of the things I like about Cindy’s reviews is that while she gets the important food and service issues in… Read More »Cindy reviews the Vineyard Room
Although this event took place off Disney property, I still find it a funny story (although I’m sure it wasn’t at the time). A group of families booked a hotel stay in Orlando while their kids played in a Soccer (that’s football for you non-americans) Tournament at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. Of course, no… Read More »Guests arrive for Disney Soccer Tournament and find Swingers Party
Having a two-year old has made me an old fuddy duddy. We stayed home and slept, as best we could through the onslaught of neighborhood fireworks, into the new year. Not so Whit. He took his family to the Disneyland Resort for NYE, damn the warnings of mega-crowds, full speed ahead on the fun. Winter… Read More »NYE at Disneyland
Slate has a great piece that explains how box office estimates work. Handy if you want to know why Narnia was predicted the winner over the great ape before Sunday was even halfway through.
Having slighlty more theatres and a shorter run time appears to have given Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe a win over King Kong this New Years weekend. Of course, Narnia probably sold a proportionally higher amount of children’s tickets. BoxOfficeMojo shows Narnia with a two-day lead with final numbers for the three… Read More »Narnia: Box Office Magic
Cartoonbrew takes a look at the 14 (15) Computer Generated Animated films scheduled for wide release in 2006. Will all of them succeed – or will Hollywood’s CG boom implode? Can the already-eroding moving-going audience support a steady stream of similar sounding pictures? Can the DVD backend for such derivative material maintain the level of… Read More »Animated Films for 2006: the onslaught
Yes Virginia, ABCs hit TV series LOST will return to small screen with new episodes this month. In the meantime TVSquad links to two extra-curricular activities involving members of the cast. First Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros had their lawyers return to court to enter pleas on their behalf. Looks like Rodriguez plans to fight… Read More »Lost: just hold on
I hope you all had a happy and safe New Years Eve. Best wishes for a prosperous and fun-filled 2006. Btw, you can sleep safe tonight knowing that Steven Spielberg is not intent on doing a remake of the Walt Disney classic ‘Mary Poppins‘. Whew.