With Spring Break officially in the record books now, I can report that we survived. Mostly by avoiding the parks when we could and by avoiding any of the major throughfares. A good idea, as Ken pointed out earlier in the comments: Disney World – Magic Kingdom was closed at least 3 days in a… Read More »A Break from Spring Break
Searching through recent reviews on Epionions I found this one for Victoria and Albert’s at the Grand Floridian Resort. V&A is the only 5 star restaurant in central Florida. I have dined at it once, on my honeymoon, and totally concur with this reviewer. Price has gone up a bit in the last few years,… Read More »Victoria & Alberts
According to the LA Times the Weinstein brothers and the Walt Disney Company has agreed to the details of their upcoming split. Sadly the brothers will have to give up the name that was derived from the names of their parents. I’m sure they’ll get over it. Hundreds of other company founders have. Miramax will… Read More »Miramax Brothers lose name, jobs, gain freedom
Yesterday I went to the Magic Kingdom with family in tow to see what Easter surprises the park had in store, aside from Easter colored balloons. Turns out they had a nice little pre-parade with Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny (who knew he was married? Guess those eggs have to come from somewhere.) Also sauntering… Read More »Easter at the MK
The AP has an interesting interview with Bob Iger, the designated next CEO of The Walt Disney Company. Iger appears to be focused on making both sides of the Disney legacy debate happy with his comments. So I wouldn’t read too much into this. His actions will speak louder than his words. For instance, if… Read More »Interview with the next CEO
One of the few major corporations to have a presence at the Conservative Policatical Action Committee (CPAC) Convention, The Walt Disney Company is pressing to have its stance on banning peer-to-peer technology accepted by the far right. Radley at TheAgitator.com thinks Disney should be careful with whom they sleep. The same group just came out… Read More »Disney at Conservative Convention
According to a story on HotelChatter.com the hotel resorts at Hong Kong Disneyland are now accepting ressies for the September opening. Whether this will be a stunner or a bummer remains to be seen, but Disney’s first foray into the Chinese themepark market is bound to make waves.
This last week Slate magazine featured a pictoral look at Celebration, FL with commentary and photos by architect Witold Rybczynski. His conclusions are mixed (generally good residential and poor commercial) and his observations about the direction Celebration has taken rings very true. Although Disney is no longer involved in this town, the story is worth… Read More »Celebration, a new look.