#refreshment corner

Today is a shared Disney happy cry here and on Facebook.

I was late yesterday, and I’m early today because I haven’t gone to bed yet but I have a feeling I may actually be out for a while when I DO go out.

Today's Disney happy cry is a long one (especially if you include the 43-minute Part 2 that goes with this almost 55-minute Part 1).

I met Rod Miller, one of Disneyland's pianists at Coke Corner (officially Refreshment Corner, but we all called it Coke Corner) when I was 12 and watched one of his shows. I had taken an airport shuttle to Disneyland with my paperboy money after taking a cab to the airport and stopped to watch him. When I hired into Disneyland, 7 years later, he REMEMBERED me from that ONE show I had talked with him during.

He had these things called “tap tunes,” where people were encouraged to tap quarters on his piano to the music (and if you didn’t have one, he would give you one). The only caveat was that you had to tap it on the brass hinges on top of the piano, and not on the paint so you wouldn’t chip paint off the piano. And he would complain when he got more quarters back than he gave out (only table-service waitstaff is allowed to take tips, at least as of when I worked there).

By the time I worked with him, his back was hunched from always sitting over a piano, but he was still a very pleasant person.

But the most surprising thing? He couldn't read music. He literally played by ear. You put sheet music in front of him? He'd be lost. You named a song you wanted him to play? He could do it. If he didn't know it, he'd just ask you to hum a few bars and he'd take it from there. I can read music, but not play it very well. He can’t read music, but played it very well (the bit about him not being able to read sheet music may not be widely known; he told me that one day when we were chatting backstage).

More Disneyland Resort Quick-Service Food Locations Added to Mobile Ordering Option

Mobile ordering through the Disneyland App has added more quick-service restaurants in both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks. Last week Disneyland park added Edelweiss Snacks, Stage Door Café, Refreshment Corner and Royal Street Veranda. This now gives about 20 locations that allow mobile ordering at Disneyland. Seasonal items are also being added at these locations, including:…