Tuesday, November 18th. There’s an anniversary today that many people will find hard to believe – Mickey Mouse is 80 years old! One of the nation’s most enduring entertainment figures appeared for the first time on this date in 1928 in a cartoon called “Steamboat Willie.” It was the first animated talking cartoon, created by […]
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Halloween…Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers stay in a Florida Leisure Vacation Home!
October 31, 2008 Comments Off on Halloween…Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers stay in a Florida Leisure Vacation Home!Thought I’d dig back into the memory banks for today’s blog …doesn’t time move so fast? It was FOUR (4) years ago that Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers (Halloween) came to see us. As I dug out the old pictures of that day it set my mind racing as to where all the time […]
Continue reading …WESTPORT, Conn. (Sept. 27) – Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” ”Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money,” has died. He was 83. Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his […]
Continue reading …Where do you go when you’ve won 8 Gold Medals?
August 30, 2008 Comments Off on Where do you go when you’ve won 8 Gold Medals?Orlando, of course. Michael Phelps was in Orlando for the Disney parade yesterday. Main Street was pretty crowded about an hour before the parade as Disney periodically announced that Michael Phelps would be there. Michael’s a popular guy at the moment. On Thursday he was in New York City filming for a cameo role in […]
Continue reading …So after days of media coverage Tropical Storm Fay breezed through Orlando with barely a murmur. The main event for those of us in the path in Central Florida was from 2pm to 7pm but frankly, it was nothing more than a slightly windy rainy day. Which brings me to the point of this blog. […]
Continue reading …Golden Arches Crumble at Disneyland
August 12, 2008 Comments Off on Golden Arches Crumble at DisneylandI wonder what the real reason is … be interesting to see if Disney World follows suit. Also what it means to the huge MickeyDs in Downtown Disney and halfway round the inner roadway by the Boardwalk? LOS ANGELES – The Walt Disney Co. is closing down all three McDonald’s outlets at its Disneyland resort […]
Continue reading …Several major theme park companies are challenging a new Florida law that allows people to keep guns in their cars. So they should. Guns have no place anywhere near a theme park and families enjoying themselves. The new law went into effect Tuesday and allows employees to bring their guns to work as long as […]
Continue reading …Orlando and Las Vegas have long had a “love / hate” relationship and it seems the battle has been stepped up with Orlando taking their new ad campaign to the ‘enemies’ doorstep! Recently the Travel Industry Association went to Vegas and it seems that Orlando couldn’t resist have a bit of fun by placing […]
Continue reading …Buzz Lightyear Launches into Space with NASA
May 30, 2008 Comments Off on Buzz Lightyear Launches into Space with NASABuzz Lightyear’s dream will come true on May 31 when Disney Parks and NASA send the 12-inch-tall action figure “to infinity and beyond!” The beloved character from the Disney-Pixar “Toy Story” films will blast off aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124 and spend several months at the International Space Station as part of NASA’s […]
Continue reading …At the end of last week I was fortunate enough to take a day out of the office to visit Kennedy Space Center. It had been around 14 years since I last went and the memories of that visit were still pretty strong… as I walked away all those years ago I was struck […]
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