Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer are back with Disney, but only in a consultation role via their company, Candle Media. But who are they and why is the stock impacted by their return? Over the years, The Walt Disney Company has been led by a talented pool of...
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John Golf’s “Putting Around the USA”: A Beautiful Fall Day at The Market
My wife asked me to purchase tickets back in August to an event she saw on Facebook. The event was called Vintage Market Days of Chattanooga. I got online and purchased the tickets on Eventbrite . The event went on for 3 days starting October 22nd and finishing up on...
Halo Infinite to Top 100 GB, Enthusiasm Explodes, More Info Coming
Halo Infinite, the open world Halo game Microsoft hopes will take the world by storm, is certainly showing that it has some hefty content. The game will reportedly launch with a file size of 97 GB, but will then top 100 GB with updates, including a potential...
Supply Chain Issues and Low GDP Threaten Tourism Industry
National GDP for the United States was announced for Q3 today. It was anemic. Sitting at only 2%, Barrons' headline for the day day read "Today's GDP Report Was Even Worse Than Expected". While consumers are stacked with cash, they're finding it more and more...
Orlando Theme Parks Begin Gearing Up for Christmas
Featured Image Courtesy: George Rimel It's not even Halloween yet, but already the Orlando theme parks are working hard to prepare for a big holiday season. With the pandemic having shut down most festivities last year, the tourism industry is eager to see a very...
Disneyland Prices Go Up Extensively
A recent increase in Disneyland ticket prices, as well as raised rates for things like parking, means that Disneyland Resort is now either as expensive -- or possibly more expensive -- than going to Disney World. What is most impressive about these price increases is...
Rumor: Major Adventureland Expansion at Disney World in the Works
Featured Image Courtesy: Theme Parks and Entertainment / Not a work of The Walt Disney Company Two sets of alleged insider information have been circulating around me for months or years in regards to changes at Magic Kingdom in Disney World. One of the bits of...
Lightning Lane Issues: Escaping Long Lines at Disney World without Paying
Featured Image Courtesy: Sporkle Inside the Magic is running a story about how to "hack" the Genie+ Lightning Lane system at Walt Disney World. In reality, they're actually talking about a strategy of getting into regular queues close to closing time because the lines...
Disneyland to Feature Main Street Electrical Parade
There might not be a 50th Anniversary nighttime parade at Walt Disney World, but Disneyland is preparing to host the Main Street Electrical Parade once more. This is likely because Disney World was planned to receive a new conglomerate parade for its 50th, but some...
Dollywood’s Light the Way 5K Returns November 12th
Are you looking for a 5K to run that is totally unique? There's no better way to ring in the holidays than running by more than five million twinkling Christmas lights at Dollywood Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The course is different this year, with Dollywood...
New Years Eve at Walt Disney World Is Back!
Featured Image Courtesy: The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company has released its December 2021 Schedule for Walt Disney World theme parks. Of note is that Disney will be keeping three parks open until midnight on New Year's Eve, something that is very...
John Golf’s “Putting Around the USA”: Enjoying “The Comeback” Tour in Tampa
We drove into Tampa on a Sunday afternoon to check into our hotel room. Our hotel was close to a mile from the concert venue where the Zac Brown Band would be performing. The venue was the Florida State Fairgrounds Amphitheater, aka Mid Florida Credit Union...
Lightning Lane Refunds at Walt Disney World Are Coming
The details are murky, but reporting from WDWMagic is looking likely to show up sooner rather than later at Walt Disney World. Team Disney Orlando is looking to quickly institute a system of direct cash refunds for Genie+ Lightning Lane reservations when an attraction...