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• Arrrr you ready for an all-Pirates edition of Why For?

  There's plenty of POTC-related info to be found in this week's column. Including the current status of "Pirates 4," news on Disney's "Legends of the Brethren Court" book series as well as a review of that I-Drive favorite, the Pirate's Dinner Adventure Read More... Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, Universal Studios, fireworks, Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Magic Kingdom, Disney Press, The Walt Disney Company, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", character dining, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, Disney Parks & Resorts, AA figure, hard ticket event, The Walt Disney World Resort, "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party", "Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party", Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, 2007, "The Lone Ranger", Captain Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Pirates 4", Pirates 4, 1996 , 2006, Pirate & Princess Party, "Pirate & Princess Party" , "Disney's Pirate & Princess Party" , Disney franchise, "Disney's Enchanted Adventures Parade" , hard ticket , "Mickey's Pirate & Princess Party", "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, CG version , lagoon show, Halloween hard ticket event , "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise , "Pirates of the Caribbean Online" , MMOG, massively-multiplayer online game, "Pirates" book series , "Legends of the Brethren Court", Development , Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio , "Prince of Persia", Tortuga restaurant, AA figures, "Enchanted Adventures Parade" , return on investment, Liberty Square bridge, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Caribbean Beach Resort , "Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold" , 3-D helmet, Caribbean, Jolly Roger, I-4 , Gasparilla Extravaganza, Gasparilla season , Tampa Bay, Piratechnics, Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa, Southwest Airlines Gasparilla Pirate Fest , Gasparilla, Southwest Airlines, Gasparilla experience, Pirate's Dinner Adventure, International Drive, acrobats , Freedom Festival, Sebastian the Black, scurvy crew , Princess Anita, audience, Dubai, swordplay, stunts, I-Drive , "Magic, "Music, Music & Mayhem", Magic and Mayhem"

• Why do Pirate & Princess Happy Meals make McDonald's managers want to walk the plank?

  Jim Hill talks about the hyper-sensitive times that we live in. Where mothers lecture fast food employees about gender identification and people puzzle at WDW's motives for changing its "Pirate & Princess" promotional art Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:00 AM | 52 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Walt Disney World, promotion, Magic Kingdom, Disney Press, The Walt Disney Company, marketing, The Magic Kingdom, McDonald's, Happy Meal, Disney Dreams, Disney Princess, "Cinderella", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Sleeping Beauty", Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW, promotional campaign, 2008, Disney World, hard ticket event, Disney Publicity , WDW management , 2006, "Pirate & Princess Party" , hard ticket , after-hours event, "Mickey's Pirate & Princess Party"

• The Pixar TV special you never got to see, "A Tin Toy Christmas"

  Jim Hill shares what he's learned about this abandoned project. Which (in a roundabout way) provided the inspiration for Pixar Animation Studios' first feature-length production, "Toy Story" Read More... Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Pixar, John Lasseter, Disney Press, Pixar Animation Studios, "Toy Story", "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas", Tim Burton, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, Jack Skellington, movie, Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas", Walt Disney Feature Animation, SIGGRAPH, short, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, "Luxo Jr", "Red's Dream", "Tin Toy", "A Tin Toy Christmas", Joe Ranft, Peter Schneider, Pixar Image Computer, "Batman"

• Suffering from "Pirates" withdrawal? Then treat yourself to a peek at "The Secret Files of the East India Trading Company"

  Jim Hill reviews this entertaining new interactive volume from brecker&mayer! LLC. Which brings the world of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" to life right in your hands Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Press, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", film, movie

• A meet the author / artist / filmmaker edition of Where For

  Jim Hill bounces from Orlando to Anaheim, New York to Hollywood and then back again. As he talks up a number of signings & screenings that are being held all over the country over the next eight days Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theme park, Disneyland, "The Little Mermaid", Anaheim, Orlando, Disney Press, Disney Legend, Disney's Contemporary Resort, New York City, Disney Editions, Hollywood, "The Pixar Story", NYC, The Walt Disney World Resort, Disney / Pixar

• "How Does the Show Go On?" lifts the curtain on what goes on behind-the-scenes at a Broadway musical

  Jim Hill reviews Thomas Schumacher & Jeff Kurtti's interactive introduction to the theater. Which uses stories & images from various Disney Theatrical productions to reveal what's actually involved with putting on a professional show Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, "Beauty & the Beast", Disney Press, "Tarzan", New York City, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, New Amsterdam Theatre, "Mary Poppins", NYC, Local One, stagehands, Broadway musical, show, Thomas Schumacher, Broadway production, "How Does the Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater", backstage

• "Walt Disney's Cinderella" is a picture-perfect picture book

  Jim Hill reviews this new hardcover from Disney Press. Which features a spectacular selection of Mary Blair's concept art for Walt Disney Productions' 1950 release Read More... Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Walt Disney, traditional animation, Disney Press, "Peter Pan", Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, "Walt Disney's Cinderella", "Cinderella", "Alice in Wonderland", Mary Blair, concept art, Newbury Medal, Cynthia Rylant, Animation Research Library, ARL, Jon Scieszka, WDAS

• "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand" is a stylish sequel to the first "Disney Fairies" hardcover

  Jim Hill reviews Gail Carson Levine's follow-up to her best-selling "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg." Which reveals why you should never ever tick off a mermaid Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Disney Fairies, Disney Press, Gail Carson Levine, David Christiana, J.M. Barrie, "Peter Pan", Tinker Bell, "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg", "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand"