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• "Disney at Dawn" continues the adventures of the Kingdom Keepers

  Jim Hill reviews the latest installment of this Ridley Pearson series, an adventure book for young adults which is primarily set at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Disney's Hollywood Studios, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Editions, Sleeping Beauty, WDW, Expedition Everest, 2008, The Walt Disney World Resort, 2005, Cinderella Castle , behind-the-scenes , Maleficent, Ridley Pearson, The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark, Kingdom Keepers II: Disney At Dawn, Kingdom Keepers, The Kingdom Keepers, Maharajah Jungle Trek, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Conservation Station, Wishes, Yeti

• Mist Direction or How DAK Operations just slipped Joe Rohde a Mickey

  Jim Hill talks about "Expedition Everest" 's faltering effects. More importantly, WDW's long-standing tradition of bamboozling senior Disney officials whenever they come on property Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, attraction, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Dick Nunis, Joe Rohde, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, The Jungle Cruise, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Disney Legend, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, 10th anniversary, WDW, Expedition Everest, DAK, Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Operations, Disney World, Disney / Pixar, effects, guests, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, Food Service, Chairman, Liberty Tree Tavern

• Forget about giving a Mouse a cookie. Never feed a Gator a turkey leg

  As he gets ready to return to New England, Jim Hill shares one of the more bizarre stories that he's ever heard about the Walt Disney World Resort. Which involved actual alligator wrestling right in the middle of the Magic Kingdom Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 27 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Parks & Resorts, 10th anniversary, WDW, tourists, theme park visitor, theme park guest, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, Frontierland

• Monday Mouse Watch : It's lights out for DAK's "Rivers of Light" parade, while Beastly Kingdomme makes a character-based comeback

  Jim Hill brings you the latest news on Disney's Animal Kingdom. Including how WDW has been meeting with DAK curators to see who'd be willing to go take care of the animals that will soon be on display over at Disney's Night Kingdom Read More... Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 36 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, parade, attraction, Imagineering, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Dinosaur, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, it's a small world, 10th anniversary, WDW, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, Beastly Kingdomme, DAK, Finding Nemo -- The Musical, Rivers of Light, Dan Haskett, theme park visitor, theme park guest, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, theme park fans, attractions, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, Animal Kingdom , WDWCelebrations , A Wild Decade, Pleasure Island, night club, Disney's Night Kingdom, DNK, Imagineers, Steve Davison, It's Tough to Be a Bug, Japanese Lantern Parade, ROL, Pocahontas and her Forest Friends, Festival of the Lion King, Rafiki's Planet Watch, Camp Minnie-Mickey, character greeting area, Quest for the Unicorn, Dragon's Tower, horticulture, nighttime parade, after-hours extravaganza, character-friendly addition, pathway, night clubs, parades, Disney characters, Disney brand

• Disney testing new ways to slow down FastPass counterfeiters

  Jim Hill talks about the plan that Disney Parks & Resorts has in the works to catch folks who are using bogus "Attraction Re-entry" tickets that they've purchased off of eBay. Which will involve scanning each individual FastPass for authenticity before the Mouse then allows that guest to enter a particular ride, show or attraction Read More... Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:00 AM | 34 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, The Walt Disney Company, FastPass, The Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Resort, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW, cast members, cast member, Disneyana Enthusiasts, Mouse, theme park visitor, theme park guest, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, ticket sales, theme park fans, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, admission , admission fee

• A special "How suite it is !" edition of Why For

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about the "Little Mermaid" attraction that's reportedly in the works for WDW's Magic Kingdom, the fate of the "Year of a Million Dreams" suites as well as why Beastly Kingdomme just got put on the backburner. Again Read More... Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, Imagineering, Joe Rohde, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's California Adventure, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Anaheim, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Hollywood , The Magic Kingdom, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Forbidden Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Burbank, Steve Jobs, wdwnewstoday, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Pooh's Playful Spot, Ariel's Grotto, D Ticket, Walt Disney Imagineering, DCA, Ariel, Mickey Mouse Penthouse, Year of a Million Dreams, Disneyland Hotel, Cinderella's Castle Suite, The Mouse Factory, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland Dream Suite, Las Vegas, Steve Martin, Expedition Everest, Beastly Kingdomme, DAK, Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Finding Nemo -- The Musical, The Yak & Yeti, Rivers of Light, The Tree of Life, Living Character Initiative, Lucky the Dinosaur, Little Leota, autonomous walking platform

• "The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak" will be a tiptop addition to any Disneyana fan's library

  Jim Hill checks out Jason Surrell's latest book. Which offers an entertaining & formative look back at how the Imagineers went about creating all of those "mountains" that you now find inside of the various Disney theme parks Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theme park, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Imagineering, Disneyland, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney's California Adventure, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, Splash Mountain, Tokyo DisneySea, The Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disney's Blizzard Beach, Tokyo Disneyland, Disney Editions, Disneyland Paris, The Matterhorn, Mount Prometheus, Big Thunder Mountain, Thunder Mesa, Forbidden Mountain, Jason Surrell, The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak, The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies, Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies, Holiday Hill, Bill Evans, American Bridge, Arrow Development, John Hench