Dining Duhs

[Cheshire Figment]

Nearest still active Drive-in to WDW is in Lakeland http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/fltsilv and if you just go to http://www.drive-ins.com they have a data base of about 5,000 drive-ins and tell which are still active.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

In high school, huh? I don't think you could get a projectionist license in my state until 18. The whole carbon arc thing made people nervous. I didn't get to play with projectors until college. :D:

YEP, no license required when I was doing it. just about a week of OJT on getting the right gap on the carbon arc, changing out the rods, and cleaning the ash from the arc housing.

took about a day to learn how to do a changeover, splice the film, etc.

and of course make up the coming attractions reel.


of course, it took a while longer on dealing with a rod tip pop off, or a film break, but not all the difficult. I bragged that I had the only high school job that I could do homework at and watch a movie at the same time!

it DID have a down side. when Herbie, The love Bug came out, and it ran for two weeks at the theatre, (twice a night and three showings on the weekends) I got to the point I could recite the dialog, especially buddy hacketts part (CONEY IRELAND!!)

[drcorey]

YEP, no license required when I was doing it. just about a week of OJT on getting the right gap on the carbon arc, changing out the rods, and cleaning the ash from the arc housing.

took about a day to learn how to do a changeover, splice the film, etc.

and of course make up the coming attractions reel.


of course, it took a while longer on dealing with a rod tip pop off, or a film break, but not all the difficult. I bragged that I had the only high school job that I could do homework at and watch a movie at the same time!

it DID have a down side. when Herbie, The love Bug came out, and it ran for two weeks at the theatre, (twice a night and three showings on the weekends) I got to the point I could recite the dialog, especially buddy hacketts part (CONEY IRELAND!!)

god yes, that was the worst part.
after I would hear a soundtrack thru the systemonitors over 100 times I couldnt
get it out of my head. I still get flashbacks from Bull Durum and Coming to america once in a while. funny too, Coming to america had a wierd opening song, sort of a humming, whistling, moaning thingy. almost everytime I heard it I would run over to the system to see if the soundheads and amps were ok. duh.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Hi, all. I've been lurking for about a month now, and I've been waiting for just the right moment to make my big entrance...

Since I didn't find that, and I'm a DVC member, I thought I'd jump in on this one. :D:

The DVC discounts vary over time. I would guess they are based on restaurants or shops that might need a boost. The actual discoutn varies, too, from 10% to 20%. I've never seen vending carts included in any DVC discounts. There are also discounts on tours, recreation rentals, etc. DVC members get the lists of "Perks" through mail, email, a members only website, and handouts when they check in to a DVC Resort using points. Right now, at DL this is what I'm seeing for locations:
Bengal Barbecue
Blue Ribbon Bakery
Blue Bayou
Cafe Orleans
Carnation Cafe
Big Thunder Ranch BBQ
Clarabelle's
Daisy's Diner
French Market Restaurant
The Golden Horshoe
Hungry Bear
Little Red Wagon
Plaza Inn
Pluto's Dog Hours
Rancho del Zocalo
Redd Rockett's Pizza Port
Refreshment Corner
River Belle terrace
Tomorrowland terrace
Troubador Taver
Village Haus Restaurant

There are more dining discounts at resort hotels, DCA and DTD District. The Merchandise is only at the DTD District. Hope that helps.


Since this is my first post, I'll tack on a quick intro. My DW and I make it to WDW once or twice a year and have been doing this since the 80's. While we do from time to time do stupid things, I don't think we've ever been SG's. We try hard not to be. We appreciate all the hard work by CM of every stripe. While I have never worked in the theme park industry, I have done stints in retail and at a drive-in movie theater (yes, I'm THAT old). Oh, the SG tricks I saw there. At any rate, I almost never join discussion groups. This is actually only the second one that I have registered for. I was just very impressed by the atmosphere and great people here. Thanks for letting me in.

Steve

So, basically, DVC discounts are for restaurants only.

[delsdad]

yes, the old masters could time the rods to the reel lengths.
got hot enoght to weld weasels together, then make a ash out of them....
i.e. Weasel, POOF!

They were also known to play pranks on each other, with the carbon arc follow spots. More than once an operator got the surprise of his life when a "friend" threw a few popcorn kernels in the slag tray !

Why would one want to weld weasels ??

[Cheshire Figment]

Why would one want to weld weasels ??

To help out Roger Rabbit?!