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• Walt Disney Imagineering is very serious when it comes to play testing

  Jim Hill talks with Joe Garlington – WDI’s creative vice president in charge of interactives – about the crucial part that play testing plays in the development of new rides, shows and attractions for the Parks Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, Muppets, Imagineering, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Disney's California Adventure, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, World Showcase, World Showcase Lagoon, Toy Story, The Magic Kingdom, Kim Possible, France, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Pooh's Playful Spot, Walt Disney Imagineering, 2008, theme park guest, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, Toy Story Mania, TV shows, annual passholders, attractions, shows, rides, character , Imagineers, 2006, 2012, 2010, characters , interactive, interactive entertainment , Buzz Lightyear, UK, theme parks, storyline , interactivity, 2013, story, Tomorrowland, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, storytelling, Muppet, Miss Piggy, Fantasy Forest, Joe Garlington, Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure, play test, Duff Killigan, The Muppet Experiment, kimmunicator

• Disney World postpones Fantasyland's facelift

  Citing concerns over the economy, Mouse House managers have quietly pushed back a project that was to have revitalized the most popular section at WDW's oldest theme park. Jim Hill has the details Read More... Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 17 Comments Filed under: Disney, Imagineering, Disney Vacation Club, Dick Cook, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Beauty and the Beast, Playhouse Disney, The Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, The Hall of Presidents, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Disney Princess, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Glendale, Burbank, Times Square, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, DCA, show building, World of Disney, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, attractions, shows, rides, Hollywood history, Imagineers, 2012, Disney Studios , thrill ride, queue, motion picture, The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Disney theme park, Wall Street, The Great Depression, Great Depression, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, economic downturn, facelift, revitalization, revitalization plan, queue area, gift shop, hitting the brakes, tough times, spinner, East Coast, stock price, Alice Comedies, Central Florida tourism, 2013, 2014, 2015, economy, rehab, overhaul, fiscal year, retail area, Little Mermaid, Little Mermaid ride, Little Mermaid attraction