Ricky Chosen as a Disney Dream Job Winner!
I found out yesterday that I’ve been chosen as a winner in the Disney Dream Job contest! Thank you to everyone who voted for me for the last few weeks. Thank you thank you thank you!
In June, I’ll be flown to Disneyland in Anaheim to perform my Disney Dream Job as a Haunted Mansion butler! I’m so excited. I’ll post updates on exact times/dates when I get them.
Tweet2006 theme park attendance data released
From themeparkinsider.com:
As expected, Disney laid the smack down in 2006, posting strong attendance gains while Six Flags and Universal parks largely declined or remained flat.
Here are the world’s top 10, for 2006:
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, 16.64 million, up 3 percent
Disneyland, Anaheim 14.73 million, up 1.2 percent
Tokyo Disneyland, 12.90 million
Tokyo DisneySea, 12.10 million
Disneyland Paris, 10.60 million
Epcot, 10.46 million, up 5.5 percent
Disney-MGM Studios, 9.10 million, up 5 percent
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 8.91 million, up 8.6 percent
Universal Studios Japan, 8.50 million
Everland, South Korea, 7.50 millionAnd the top 10 U.S. theme parks, by attendance:
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, 16.64 million, up 3.0 percent
Disneyland, Anaheim, 14.73 million, up 1.2 percent
Epcot, 10.46 million, up 5.5 percent
Disney-MGM Studios, 9.10 million, up 5.0 percent
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 8.91 million, up 8.6 percent
Universal Studios Florida, 6.00 million, up 1.2 percent
Disney’s California Adventure, 5.95 million, up 2.1 percent
SeaWorld Orlando, 5.74 million, up 2.5 percent
Universal’s Islands of Adventure, 5.30 million, down 4.8 percent
Universal Studios Hollywood, 4.70 million, flat
I’m surprised that SeaWorld and Universal Studios had more visitors than Islands of Adventure. I always thought Islands seemed more crowded than Studios.
TweetKeith Richards: `I Snorted My Father’.
From go.com:
 Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.
“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father,” Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said. “… It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”
Richards’ father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.
Richards, one of rock’s legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.
One can only hope Captain Jack Sparrow doesn’t do the same…
TweetMicrosoft sued over Windows Vista marketing
From nwsource.com:
TweetA lawsuit alleges that Microsoft Corp. engaged in deceptive practices by letting PC makers promote computers as “Windows Vista Capable” even if they couldn’t run the new operating system’s “signature” features.
The proposed class action, which Microsoft disputes, was filed on behalf of personal-computer buyer Dianne Kelley of Camano Island. It focuses on efforts by Microsoft and computer makers to avoid a lull in PC sales by assuring consumers that the machines they were buying last year could run the delayed operating system upon its January release.
Machines carrying “Windows Vista Capable” stickers included those that only met the requirements for Windows Vista Home Basic — which lacks the “Aero” on-screen appearance, Media Center PC interface, Flip 3D window-switching and other features available in advanced Windows Vista versions.
Wrestlemania photos and videos
I’ve just finished uploading 186 pictures from Wrestlemania 23 weekend, which included the premier of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s new movie “The Condemned”, Midday Madness autograph signing, Fan Access, the Hall of Fame ceremony, Bacon, Bagels & Biceps Brunch and Wrestlemania 23. You can see the pictures at http://mattboom.smugmug.com
I also have uploaded a few videos I took during the weekend. You can find them at http://www.youtube.com/mattroseboom
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