Florida has a new minimum wage – $6.40 an hour. That’s no where near a living wage in this region, but it probably means a bump in salary for those whose wage is based on the minimum. I’m sure it will be appreciated. Something I just learned is that Tip Based Jobs actually have a… Read More »Florida’s New Minimum Wage
Rod Miller started his career as the Main Street Ragtime Pianist in 1969, the year I was born. Since that time his magical high speed tickling of the ivories have entertained, and this is no exaggeration, hundreds of millions of guests to Walt Disney’s Magic… Read More »Rod Miller, Disneyland’s Main Street Ragtime Pianist retires
The Fort Bend Texas Herald reports on an extreme home makeover that is currently underway in their area. I’d love to get a chance to watch one in action. If anyone lives nearby and wants to send me a report, I’d be very grateful.
If you don’t like spoilers then you’ll want to avoid the following links. At them you’ll find Inside The Magic, an Orlando based Disney Podcast, has posted two ride-through videos of the soon to open Expedition Everest. EE is a high speed ride through the Himalayas that features a track reversing encounter with a Yeti… Read More »Inside Mt. Everest
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com Disney’s Glory Road just eeked out a victory over the Weinstein’s Hoodwinked for the three day weekend. Final numbers put Glory Road at $16.9 million, Hoodwinked at $16.8 million, and Last Holiday chimed in at $15.5 million. Disney had a second film in the top four with The Chronicles of Narnia racking… Read More »Glory Road crosses the box office line in first place
The Royal Plaza Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort has officially reopened. The independently operated hotel has been closed since August 2004, when it sustained damages from Hurricane Charley. If you don’t remember which one it is, it’s the big pink thing you saw from the I-4 right around the 535 exit. all public… Read More »Royal Plaza reopens after hurricane damage
Over at BusinessWeek Ronald Glover lays out the reasons Jobs won’t sell Pixar to Disney. Buying Pixar would cost Disney a bundle, maybe $8 billion or $9 billion and could send Disney’s stock into a tailspin. When the rumor first surfaced on Jan. 4, the share price promptly dropped 1.5% in the 45 minutes before… Read More »Iger and Jobs sitting in a tree
DisneyEverest.com is open for business. Go check out the awesome time lapse photography of the Expedition Everest attraction construction, a lot of detailed photographs, and a downloadable game where you get to be the Yeti on the path of destruction! Just put your computer on Mute first if you’re in a sound sensitive environment. The… Read More »DisneyEverest.com Opens