Golden Oak at Walt Disney World is a private development that gives you a slice of the magic. Now there is a computer generated video that shows not only how close you are to the magic kingdom, but what the community will look like. Looks… Read More »Live at Walt Disney World? You can at Golden Oak Development
Please welcome back Melissa Sue Sorrells Galley with her recap of the 2nd episode of The River We start this episode with a look back to 1988, where the crew is celebrating Christmas aboard the floating television studio. Dr. Cole seems super creepy with Lena.… Read More »The River: Season 1, Episode 2 – Marbeley
Let me start with a full disclosure. I would be perfectly happy if FastPass went away tomorrow. On the whole I think it is a bad thing for the parks. Here’s a short list of FastPass’ problems as I see it: it artificially inflates wait time for rides with high-throughput, creates unhappy guests, and crowds the open spaces of the parks effectively lowering park capacity. It never really drove in-store sales and increased dining revenue the way it was originally intended too either.
What FastPass does do is effectively create an elite class of theme park attendees. Those who know how to maximize their day in the park by efficiently using FastPass have a very different experience in the parks than those who wait in every standby queue. Keep this point in mind. We’ll be coming back to it.
I’m a big fan of the Wild Artic section of both SeaWorld Orlando and San Diego. But I’ve never done the upclose encounter with the beluga whales the park cares for there. Some new photos with Twilight Saga celebrity BooBoo Stewart enjoying some special time… Read More »Twilight Star BooBoo Stewart Gets Up Close And Personal With Whale at SeaWorld
After a few weeks off, the Dunphy/Pritchett clan is back on your television screen. I have to say, I generally laugh hardest after taking a few weeks off from the show, but this episode was a disappointing one to come back to. Overall, I think… Read More »Modern Family: Season 3, Episode 14 – Me? Jealous?
As we reported earlier this week, PETA had filed a lawsuit accusing SeaWorld’s Orlando and San Diego parks of treating its killer whales as slaves. We felt the lawsuit was ridiculous on its face. SeaWorld officials called the lawsuit frivolous. Now a Federal Court has… Read More »Lawsuit Accusing SeaWorld of Enslaving Killer Whales Dismissed
There are fan tributes and there are fan tributes. This amazing video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Star Tours better than any other tribute I’ve seen, which is saying a lot. “Star Tours Origins (ST-45 Project)” is not an exact recreation of that ride, but… Read More »Amazing Fan Tribute to Star Tours
Editor’s Note: Please welcome Melissa Sue Sorrells Galley who will be reviewing ABC’s thrilling new drama The River.
The River is a found-footage style genre mashup of science fiction, horror, drama and suspense, and its first hour is just as complicated as that description sounds. It moves quickly—too quickly. But here are the basics:
Beloved television personality and explorer Dr. Emmet Cole and his cameraman went missing six months ago, and even though the official search party has broken up, his wife and friends refuse to give up the search. They head to the Amazon, track down Cole’s insanely tricked-out boat and find the panic room welded shut.
Believing Cole to be locked inside, they open the panic room, only to be greeted by … well, we’re not sure what. But it moves fast, and it seems pissed off. You can tell because it totally starts destroying everything and generally making spooky noises. Oh, and it kills someone. That’s a big clue.
When the explorer’s family and friends are finally able to regroup, they manage to trick the bad thing into a bad thing lock box so that they can get back down to the business of trying to find Dr. Cole. And we can move on to episode two.
But before we do that, let’s meet the cast: