Last night, the managers of the resort held an awards ceremony for departments of the resort at the Disneyland Hotel. It was dubbed the “Mousecars” since people and attractions and other business units all earned little Mickey statues (and some…
Last night, the managers of the resort held an awards ceremony for departments of the resort at the Disneyland Hotel. It was dubbed the “Mousecars” since people and attractions and other business units all earned little Mickey statues (and some…
My favorite source of news, CNN has once again redesigned their site. The last time was on July 16, 2001 and as I noted then, I think it is a subtle improvement. I like redesigns that don’t go whole-hog, that…
My first reaction to the new land at Disney’s California Adventure was not so good. I liked the lavish theming and the attention to detail in the area, I think Disney did a great job in this area. My big…
You probably could have fired a canon down Main Street USA the past few days and not hit a single person. Attendance the last two days has been way down with most rides being walk ons. It can get a…
What a strange year it has been. On September 10, 2001 the most important thing that was on my mind was that ESPN had way too many pop-up ads. I was also still chuckling over the movie “Rat Race” which…
Inspired by the return of a classic favorite, Roger and I headed out to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Now, I am not a big aquarium fan to begin with, but compared to the excellent Monterey Bay…
It’s the first Jarre webcast since the failed one New Year’s eve 2000/2001. This is the Aero concert from a windmill park in Denmark. The concert feed is working slightly better than the Vizitors concert, but still not as good…
I have done some minor tweaking to the Daily Update Archives pages, addressing some of the issues that I pointed out earlier. I have added a permalink to each entry, as well as allowed comments on the archive posts. I…
Spent a nice Labor Day relaxing on the beach in Santa Monica. It was the first time I had actually gone to the beach to relax since I had moved down to L.A. over three years ago. I’ve been on…
Quite the parade of the stars at Disneyland. On Thursday we had both D.L. Hughley and Jamie Foxx on the Matterhorn within 10 minutes of each other. One has to wonder if they were together or if there was some…