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Fat One's Hot Dogs & Italian Ice replacing Hot Dog Hall of Fame at CityWalk Orlando

There has been some discussion of Fat One's on here in the past, and it looks like Joey's restaurant has found a new home at Universal Orlando's CityWalk.

No opening date is confirmed yet, but there are plans to open it later this year.

insideuniversal.net
u/PurpleSpaceSurfer — 13 days ago
▲ 116 r/rollercoasters

Got to Magic Kingdom very early this morning. Big stampede to get to Big Thunder. I was on and off within 40 minutes. It's butter smooth and just as fun as ever!

u/PurpleSpaceSurfer — 19 days ago
▲ 113 r/ToddintheShadow

So labels and the executives running them are often criticized for stifling artists' creativity and sometimes even outright screwing them over. But sometimes, the label will push back towards an artist and the end result ends up being for the best.

The example I chose is David Bowie's "Starman". When Bowie submitted an early version of the Ziggy Stardust album to RCA, it was rejected because the executives felt it lacked a clear single. So Bowie wrote "Starman" and replaced a cover of Chuck Berry's "Around and Around" (which Bowie titled "Round and Round") with it (this was later issued as the B-side to "Drive in Saturday"). "Starman" and it's resultant performance on Top of the Pops lead Bowie to becoming a big star in the UK and helped him break out of One Hit Wonder jail (which he had resided in since "Space Oddity" became a top 5 hit after the moon landing in 1969).

What are other examples of Executive Meddling by labels that ended up being a positive thing?

u/PurpleSpaceSurfer — 23 days ago