Originally Posted By NJ AP Hi All, Does anyone know if Robert the Piano Player is a regular to LP? If not, can anyone get a message to him for us? He is great. We are hoping to catch up with him on our trip this May. Yes, I realize schedules don't go out that far, but we want to arrange our evenings around his piano playing. Thanks!
Originally Posted By friendofdd Probably the best way to get a message to him would be through guest relations. But I'm only guessing. I consider him to be the very best of the pianists DL uses currently. He plays wonderful medlys with excellent transitions tune to tune. While he occasionally subs, his regular gigs are friday and sunday nights at coke corner. Otherwise, he is playing in the Palm Springs area.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Palm Springs, huh?? And, according to FanBoy, it's Corner Cafe presented by Coca Cola LOL!
Originally Posted By friendofdd Actually, the sign reads Refreshment Corner. Coke Corner is what we insiders call it. =o]
Originally Posted By NJ AP ^^ Jealous you heard him last night. I love his smooth transitions. Tell him we say hi -- our little girl is a musical chairs regular who often dresses up as Alice. We're from NJ. We were last there in early November and plan to go back in early May. Sounds like you are a regular. Do you think a note through Guest Services will get to him? We've tried to get thank yous to characters in the past and they did not get to them, and then we had a contact in guest relations who said she would pass them along. She received her note, but they got lost between her and the others.
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend NJ AP, An eaay way to send a note to Cast Members is to go to Disneyland.com. At the bottom of any page is "Contact Us." Just click and send your comments.
Originally Posted By dippy_dawg NJ AP, Hello, I have passed on your message. He still plans on being at Coke Corner on Friday's and Sunday's, hopefully more shifts someday, I hope!!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Now I want to be sure and hear him when we go in March. So what time on Sunday nights does he play? This is probably a stupid question, but where is this coke corner cafe?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's on Main Street, at the end nearest the Castle, on the Adventureland side. It's just at the end of the block of buildings. The Plaza Pavilion is also at that end of the street, but it is a seperate building. There's a little eating area with tables with umbrellas, and a piano. It's a pretty easy spot to miss entirely if you don't know it's there, but if you look for it, you should be able to find it.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Thanks FerretAfros. I am sure I will be able to find it with your directions. So what time does he play?
Originally Posted By Pollyananana The Coke Corner is always a good place to relax to good piano music. I have many fond memories of Rod Miller. He really could tickle the ivory. Any updates on him?? Retired??? I miss him. Now I will look for Robert to make some new memories!
Originally Posted By friendofdd The schedule for the pianists is, generally, the last eight hours the park is open. For the long open hours of the summer, it is common to have two pianists. One for the early shift and one for the later. Rod Miller retired for health reasons. I see him occasionally at the park and he is doing well, but I am sure he misses playing there.
Originally Posted By RagtimeRobert Hi Everyone, This is Robert, I just arrived home from a morning shift at Disneyland. It seems you all know my basic schedule as well as me! You can find me by typing ragtimerobert into google! I'm thrilled to read all these comments, thank you all so much and as far as I know for now I should still be at Disneyland on Fridays and Sundays in May. I start with Musical Chairs and 2:30 and end at Fireworks, 9:25. Hope to see all of you as 2008 moves along. Thank you all again for the very nice comments
Originally Posted By friendofdd Thanks for the response, Ragtime Robert. I know CMs are cautious about posting on Disney sites. For those of you interested, I found his great site by googling as he suggested and also found a sample of his work here on youtube. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgH_OgndB-8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =qgH_OgndB-8</a>
Originally Posted By RagtimeRobert I saw a comment regarding compliments so here's a little explanation about Compliments to the Cast Members. We will usually get copies of the forms from Guest Relations in City Hall and letters than you might send by regular mail but we don't get copies of emails submitted although it (email) is an easy way to provide DL with your feedback. Emails does get recognized by our Team Leaders and noted in our records. Believe me when I tell you that cast compliment forms and feedback are as magical for us as Tinkerbell's pixie dust is to all of you.
Originally Posted By Pollyananana I shall remember that Robert. We are looking forward to seeing you the first week of March. You are right, we all need to hear the good things about ourselves every now and then, and if the boss hears, well that is even better. I will also check at City Hall.Thanks for the heads up!
Originally Posted By NJ AP Thanks, all! Robert, we'll see you at musical chairs on the first Sunday in May, and later that day, too. I see from your website you started playing piano before you were born. I suppose that is how you became so talented. See you in May. The Pillsburys
