From the moment you walk in the front door and see the iMac with chrome on it you know you’re in for an amazing stay. I’ve consulted for Hotels that wanted more of a techie presence but the Waldorf caught me off guard with some of the goodies inside the hotel rooms.

The first thing I noticed when walking in to the suite was the clean and open living room. But then I walked by the massive LG LCD TV(popular with 90% of the resorts in the disney/orlando area) and took note of the Blu-ray player. Nice touch if you ask me. But then under the TV the Waldorf is packing some heat with a Yamaha Sound Projector. The bedroom has an equally nice LG TV but no Sound Projector or DVD player.

Walking around the suite a little more I discovered a nespresso machine with six nespresso coffee cups, iHome ipod/phone friendly radio, and telephone in the bathroom – you know for those important I have to tell someone about this before I forget moments.

Now it gets better. For an extra $200 a day you can rent out a poolside cabana with a Fridge stacked with drinks, TV, WiFi, Fruit and great staff who take care of anything you need. All the pool staff are great but Jason took care of keeping me buzzed with all these Kiwi type drinks as well as my family well fed.

The Waldorf is paradise for any Internet Entrepreneur and thats going to be my excuse for staying here over and over again.

Not all is perfect. Like any Hotel the Waldorf had a few let downs. First our room was dusty as all hell, we kept asking for more coffee creamer and they only gave us one or two(remember six cups of coffee) and now the internet a little better then most by bandwidth caping at 2MB rather then 1MB or Less BUT and this is a big but according to our bill and guest services they charge you per computer/device. So we did the 3 day internet for $19.95 but got billed for every computer or iPad or iPhone we used. Next time I’ll just fire up our mobile wifi and push out a connection to all our devices.

With all that said, once again I don’t review Hotels, just felt like putting my two cents in. Check out the Flickr photoset for more pics.

MN

For the past three years I have been hired to produce and direct an Oscar party, well the media related aspects of the party. The location of the reception is kept private to protect the privacy of all the attendees.

Myself along with my team set up Multiple screens to broadcast a live feed from the oscars into the reception hall, We handle the photographers and video as well. For people who can’t or choose not to be at the Theater where the oscars are held they will attend the party and have dinner with their friends. During the commercial break we cut to an Internal video feed and interview them, capture them acting silly or even just display picture slideshows of the attendees – this always seems to be the highlight of the event.

I got involved with this event by being hired as a technical consultant the first year, we ended up contributing a lot more input then requested and the result was above and beyond anyones expectations so they decided to scrap the event planner the next year and just hire myself along with my crew and the caterers.

This year my roll is a little more intense. For the first half of the event I will be on the red carpet with my video gear streaming the live feed to the reception hall. For the later part of the evening I will then take back control of the video board and run command of the entire event from behind closed doors(for many reasons)

We spent a lot more time this year planning then any previous year. It may not seem like a lot of work but we are using two audio receivers at 900 watts each, over 16 speakers, multiple video screens, three to four video feeds at any given time, video switchers up the rear, over 9000 feet of cable. It’s extreme.

Due to confidentiality agreements and of course professionalism I won’t be tweeting or posting pictures of myself with anyone or providing detailed information about who I see or talk to at the event. It’s nothing personal it’s just playing by the rules.

If you have any other questions just hit me up, I hope this helps some of you understand a little bit more info on what I do every year involving the oscars.

~MN