Browse by Tags

• 9/11
• ABC
• Al's Toy Barn
• Anaheim
• Anaheim Convention Center
• attraction
• Backlot Theater
• Bob Iger
• book
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Cars
• CG
• Cinderella's Golden Carousel
• Communicore
• Disney
• Disney Parks & Resorts
• Disneyland
• Disneyland Resort
• Disney's All Star Music Resort
• Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Disney's Blizzard Beach
• Disney's California Adventure
• Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
• Disney's Hollyday Studios
• Disney's Hollywood
• Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Disney's Horrorwood Studios
• Disney's Polynesian Resort
• Disney's Pop Century Resort
• Disney's Yacht Club Resort
• Downtown Disney
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• Epcot 94
• Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
• family suites
• fireworks
• Florida Film Commission
• Florida tourism
• Generation Gap Bridge
• George Lucas
• Glendale
• Glow in the Dark Parade
• Google Earth
• Halloween Horror Nights
• Halloweentown
• Haunted Halloween
• Henry Selick
• Hidden Mickey
• High School Musical
• Hong Kong Disneyland
• Hourglass Lake
• Imagineering
• Innoventions
• Jazz Inn building
• Joe Rohde
• L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante
• Magic Kingdom
• Main Street U.S.A.
• movies
• Muppet Movie Ride
• Muppet Studios
• Muppets
• NBC
• New York City
• Orlando
• Patina Group
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Pixar
• Pixar Place
• resorts
• Shanksville PA
• Spaceship Earth
• The Boneyard
• The Classic Years
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Musical Adventure
• the Inn Between
• The Jungle Cruise
• The Legendary Years
• The Lion King
• The Magic Kingdom
• The Osbourne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
• The Rainforest Cafe
• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
• The Walt Disney Company
• theme park
• Tim Burton
• Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Tony's Town Square
• Tutto Italia Ristorante
• TV
• Universal Orlando
• Universal Studios
• value resorts
• Walt Disney
• Walt Disney World
• Walt Disney World Dolphin hotel
• Washington D.C.
• WDI
• WDW Entertainment
• Why For

• Why For did the Mouse really rename MGM "Disney's Hollywood Studios" ?

  Did Disney's desire to finally create an after-hours event that would rival Universal's Halloween Horror Nights actually play a part in the renaming of Disney-MGM Studios? Jim Hill shares what he's heard from Mouse House insiders Read More... Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 12:00 AM | 19 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Why For, Universal Studios, Imagineering, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Hollywood , The Magic Kingdom, Tutto Italia Ristorante, Patina Group, L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante, Disney's Horrorwood Studios, Disney's Hollyday Studios, Google Earth, Henry Selick, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Glow in the Dark Parade, Haunted Halloween, Halloween Horror Nights, Hong Kong Disneyland, Universal Orlando, Al's Toy Barn, Backlot Theater, The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Musical Adventure, Muppet Movie Ride, The Boneyard, Pixar Place, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW Entertainment, Halloweentown, Generation Gap Bridge, Hourglass Lake, Florida tourism, 9/11, The Legendary Years, The Classic Years, Disney's Pop Century Resort, value resorts, family suites, Disney's All Star Music Resort, Jazz Inn building, Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, Tim Burton, WDI, Glendale, The Osbourne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights

• What was it like to be at Disneyland and/or Walt Disney World six years ago today?

  In honor of the sixth anniversary of 9/11, Jim Hill Media reprises a piece from 2006. Where the site's readers remember what it was like to be vacationing at and/or working in Anaheim & Orlando as this tragedy unfolded Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: theme park, attraction, ABC, resorts, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's California Adventure, The Jungle Cruise, Tony's Town Square, Anaheim, Orlando, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Polynesian Resort, The Magic Kingdom, New York City, Washington D.C., Shanksville PA, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Cinderella's Golden Carousel, The Rainforest Cafe, Disney's Blizzard Beach, Disney's Yacht Club Resort, Walt Disney World Dolphin hotel, Spaceship Earth, Anaheim Convention Center, Disneyland Resort, the Inn Between, Main Street U.S.A.

• Monday Mouse Watch : The reel / real story behind Disney-MGM Studios' upcoming name change

  Jim Hill reports on how the lack of film & television production at WDW's 3rd theme park may lead to one more name change in the not-so-distant future Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 38 Comments Filed under: movies, theme park, Why For, Muppets, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Michael Eisner, Muppet Studios, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Orlando, George Lucas, Florida Film Commission, Innoventions, Communicore, Epcot 94

• A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talk about yesterday's Disney-MGM name change announcement as well as revealing how adding the word "Walt" to "Disney's California Adventure" could profoundly change the story that that theme park tells Read More... Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 34 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Why For, Walt Disney, attraction, Imagineering, High School Musical, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's California Adventure, Cars, Anaheim, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

• Third edition of "Hidden Mickeys" field guide is three times the fun

  Jim Hill reviews the newest version of Steven M. Barrett's "Hidden Mickeys" book. Which will take a lot of the mystery & misery out of searching for those most elusive mice during your next WDW vacation Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, resorts, Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Hidden Mickey, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

• Monday Mouse Watch : Wanna peek at Bob Iger's vision for the future of the Walt Disney Company? And is "Ratatouille" really starting to fade in the Hollywood rat race?

  Jim Hill has noticed something interesting about the title sequence for ABC's new "Wonderful World of Disney" movie anthology series. He also sees some disturbing trends in the new box office numbers for Brad Bird's latest film Read More... Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 12:00 AM | 59 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, TV, Pixar, fireworks, Pirates of the Caribbean, ABC, CG, Bob Iger, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, NBC, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park

• "Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom" reveals how the Imagineers built WDW's wildest park yet

  Jim Hill reviews the latest book in the "Imagineering Field Guide" series. Which goes to great lengths to explain how Joe Rohde tried to create this new Disney theme park that didn't feel like a Disney theme park Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theme park, Imagineering, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Joe Rohde, Disney's Animal Kingdom, The Lion King, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park