Monday, January 30, 2023

100-years

Disney studios celebrates 100-years and Disneyland is more-or-less hosting everything.  I got a chance to try the new attraction and the temporarily closed Toontown in Disneyland, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway and it was cute.  But I feel like it should be Goofy's Runaway Railway as he is the whole reason it goes crazy in the first place.  So the story isn't as cohesive with the ride but the trackless system for this one is pretty amazing.  Some areas were a bit jerky when it really didn't need to be and the face of Daisy was kind of aff.  Everyone else's projections were near perfect but Daisy face just didn't fit that well at all.  Not sure if they will notice or fix it so it will always be awkward to me.  They said the ride is exactly the same as Walt Disney World but the big difference is the ride queue.  Since the one at Disneyland was built from the ground up, they had the flexibility to do more with it where as World had to build within the current structure.  Who knows when I'll get on the ride again but, it was cute.

Weekly Update:
It is both very dry... and very cold!  We hit a pretty good bad dry spell this week weather wise.  I always worry this will be reflective of our upcoming year.  It has been super cold too (average maybe low 50's at night) but without some kind of moisture, it's like being super hot and dry.  Where is the moisture?!  How about some rain?  Just a little bit, a drop... droplet, something! Our weather is just so bad and not what it used to be 10-years, even 20-years ago.  We used to have rainy season where it would rain for days and weeks.  It rarely floods here and I wish it was a problem we did have sometimes.  The only time I have flooding is when my pipes had roots in them so there was no flow happening so that doesn't count.

At the movies:
Holding ground for a 7th week is Avatar: The Way of Water with 15.7 million more and now just over 600 mil cume for domestic box office.  Very strong number but it continues to steadily drop and probably won't be at #1 too much longer.  Also, holding on to the #2 spot Puss in Boots: The Last Wish with 10.6 mil extra and good overall box office.  Up the ranks at #3 is A Man Called Otto with 6.8 mil and continues to do well in this time of year.  Dipping down to #4 is M3GAN with 6.4 mil and actually closer to hitting 100 mil cume, could get there!  New at #5 is Pathaan with 5.9 mil and a very poor per screen average, will probably disappear quickly.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one again this week as Infinity Pool comes in at #8 with 2.7 mil, just under 2000 screens and also a very poor per screen average.

Quote of the week:
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - E.E. Cummings

Facts & Tips:
The summer solstice marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year.

"Oh, it has it's ups and downs." - JB Smoove as Reuben in Mr. Deeds.

posted by McDuck @ 01:00

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