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.
Although Walt Disney World doesn’t have the highest theme park admission price in Central Florida, that honor goes to Sea World, it does feel that a price change of 3-5% can be withstood by the market. They did just experience another strong year of growth, but the numbers still aren’t there to justify adding another… Read More »Disney World ups Admission Price for New Year
Remember that Holiday Light Display video I linked to before, well you’ve probably seen that it’s been turned into a Miller Lite Commercial. Good for that guy. It’s probably too late for the owner of this house to get a commercial done this year, but Disney should seriously consider getting a film crew over there… Read More »Another Amazing Christmas Light Display
Following in the footsteps of They Might Be Giants the band Devo is joining the Children’s Entertainment genre. For the project, all five members of Devo regrouped to re-record some of its best known songs, including the 1980 hit "Whip It!" with vocals provided by a quintet of kids. Also included will be "Cyclops" and… Read More »Devo Nation = Disney Nation
Kyle Petty, NASCAR driver, team owner, and son of racing legend Richard Petty, has decided to trade his tires rubber for the sole of a pair of running shoes. An avid runner, Petty will run in the 2006 Walt Disney World Marathon on Jan. 8. The Richard Petty Driving Experience is one of the little… Read More »When Disney and NASCAR collide
Someone explain to me how I didn’t know this From the Balcony website existed. Here for all to see are short little Muppet episodes featuring the crotchety old men Statler and Waldorf as they dissect Hollywood for Movies.com. The latest episode is a look at stage hands Larry and Oliver as they reenact every Christmas… Read More »Muppets: From theBalcony
Over on the Discussion Boards at LaughingPlace.com member Darkbeer has broken down the top 25 ranked US theme parks in a more useful manner, visits per operating day. This gives a slightly different top 5 and pushes California Adventure all the way down to 14th.
Let’s look at the AB/ERA 2005 numbers from a Average Daily
Attendance viewpoint. (I am going to the parks operating schedule to
figure out the days open, and then dividing it into the year
attendance, then rounding).
1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 44,110
2. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. 39,725
3. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland in Maple, Ontario, 28,350 (127 days)
4. Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 27,125
5. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 23,560
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Interesting to note the huge drop off between the two big boys and everybody else. I’d also like to see the AB/ERA judged against total estimated
capacity for each park. ie, which parks are consistantly meeting their
goals. These are numbers I’m sure industry insiders have.
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