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• What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

  Jim Hill shares Richard Murphy’s tale about how Disneyland’s maintenance team came to his rescue on Super Bowl Sunday. When the Jungle Cruise boat that Richard was riding in somehow became untethered... 12 hours, 16 minutes ago by Jim Hill  |  4 Comments Filed under: Future World , Adventureland , WDI, The Jungle Cruise, Star Tours, Imagineer, Imagineering, Imagineers, Fox, Disneyland, ...MORE TAGS

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• Monday Mouse Watch: Disney’s working to raise Guest awareness of its “365” & “Pirate” makeovers Jim Hill discusses the many difficulties that Disney Parks & Resorts has been dealing with when it comes to properly launching & promoting these “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique” follow-ups... 02-08-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  2 Comments Filed under: Pirates 4, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Adventureland , retail corridor, Playhouse Disney, Nick Jonas, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana , Downtown Disney, ...MORE TAGS

• From “Just Around the Riverbend,” here comes a brand-new Why For column Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. Like why the Imagineers never got to build a “Pocahontas” –themed Friendly Indian Village along the Rivers of America, why "The Snow Queen" just went back into the deep freeze at WDAS and what the future hold for WDW's DisneyQuest... 02-05-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  2 Comments Filed under: The Little Mermaid, Gary Trousdale, Aladdin, WDAS, WDI, WDW, Virgin, Virgin Megastore, Virgin Megastore Orlando, Virginia, ...MORE TAGS

• Is it possible to experience your favorite Disney Park attraction for the very first time … again? Jim Hill shares a story from last September. When a chance encounter on “Star Tours” gave him a new appreciation for this soon-to-be-revamped simulator ride... 02-04-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  7 Comments Filed under: D23, D23 EXPO, Star Tours, Mary Poppins, Imagineer, Imagineering, Imagineers, Fantasmic, Disneyana fan, Disneyana fans, ...MORE TAGS

• Batman follows the Fantastic Mr. Fox at the Cartoon Art Museum Jim Hill reports in from this San Francisco favorite. Where a display featuring the sets, props & puppets from this 20th Century Fox stop motion film was recently replaced by an exhibit that celebrates the history of this enduring DC character... 02-03-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  2 Comments Filed under: Cruella De Vil, 20th Century Fox, webcomic, webcomics, The Hulk, set, props, puppet, puppets, Perry Bible Fellowship, ...MORE TAGS

• Tune Tuesday: Universal Orlando is counting on major music acts to help boost attendance levels ahead of Harry Potter’s grand opening Jim Hill talks about the performers that UOR has lined up to appear at its 2010 Mardi Gras celebration. Which Universal officials hope will be enough to lure Guests to their theme parks prior to the opening of The Wizarding World in late Spring / early Summer... 02-02-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  1 Comments Filed under: Central Florida, Universal Orlando, Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Florida , Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, tourist , tourists, theme park admission, theme park guest, theme park tickets, ...MORE TAGS

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to grow another Golden Oak for Florida? Jim Hill shares some domain names that The Walt Disney Company registered late last month. Which suggest that the Mouse & Four Seasons officials may have finally settled on a name for that ultra-exclusive residential area they plan on building on property... 02-01-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  3 Comments Filed under: resort, domain name , domain names, 2010, Disney, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney World, resorts, ...MORE TAGS

• 70 new items come up for bid today in the “Help the Hodges” auction Jim Hill continues to talk up this online fundraising effort. Which features one-of-a-kind pieces of art from top cartoonists and animators... 01-28-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  0 Comments Filed under: The Little Mermaid, cartoonists, fundraiser, fundraising event, Aladdin, The Rescuers Down Under, Glen Keane, Beauty and the Beast, auction, animation, ...MORE TAGS

• Crowds come out for the NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club’s Heritage Luncheon and Show & Sale Jim Hill shares some of Chuck Oberleitner’s photographs from the festivities that were at the Anaheim Crown Plaza Resort back on January 15th & 16th... 01-27-2010, 12:00 AM by Jim Hill  |  0 Comments Filed under: Garden Grove, NFFC, NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club, NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club Heritage Award, Leonard Maltin, January, Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyana, Disneyana community , Disneyana fan, ...MORE TAGS

• Toon Tuesday : My Luncheon with Roy Join Disney Legend Floyd Norman in the Coral Room on the Burbank lot in late 1984. And then listen in as Walt’s nephew reassures the troops in regards to all the changes that had recently been made at Walt Disney Productions... 01-26-2010, 12:00 AM by Floyd Norman  |  5 Comments Filed under: Pinocchio, Filmation, young animators, young artists , WDAS, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, studio commissary, Roy E Disney, Hollywood, ...MORE TAGS