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...that kind of freebie is one sign that these trips ain't cheap. Prices for the one- to two-week tours range from $2,289 to $6,529 per adult and $2,069 to $5,869 per child. That breaks down to $381 to $544 a day, including hotel, some meals, transportation, tours and activities, but not airfare. On average, Disney packages cost roughly 10% more than other similarly posh family tours. "I am a Disney fan, but I must say, I was shocked by their pricing," says travel-guidebook writer (and mother of two) Pauline Frommer. "They...
...second weekend, Disney's animated feature The Princess and the Frog earned a gigantic gross - $744,000 - with four shows per day at just two sites: the Ziegfeld in Manhattan and a theater on the Disney lot in Burbank. Why did it do so well? Because the ticket price is a whopping $50, with the perk of a trip to a nearby venue (Roseland in New York), where the wee ones can have their pictures taken with all nine Disney cartoon princesses and get a lesson in drawing one of the film's characters from a Disney animator. Many...
...Crimson has exhibited balanced offensive play thus far, with Buesser and Dempsey leading the team with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Dempsey’s 1.10 points per game are good for third-best nationally among rookies...
...floor of his chamber. The original Finance Committee bill would have triggered the commission's recommendations whenever the rate of increase in Medicare spending outpaced overall economic growth - something that happens almost every year. But the current version would allow it to make recommendations only when Medicare spending per capita grows faster than overall health costs. That almost never occurs. The change in economic measuring sounds technical. In effect, however, it "turns off the commission" before it even begins, says a senior congressional aide...
...Over the past years, the Philippines has generally slipped in the rankings of global corruption surveys. And Aquino's bid for the presidency taps a yearning for the honesty in government demonstrated during his mother's terms. To be sure, the economy peaked under Arroyo's leadership, expanding 7.2 per cent in 2007 before being punctured by the global recession. But allegations of vote-rigging in 2004's polls and corruption controversies over government contracts have overshadowed that achievement...