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• "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

• 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.

• Another Kingdom That Never Came: Disneyland expansion plans circa 1976

  As a follow-up to last week's "Why For," Jim Hill shares some excerpts from the Disneyland Long Range Masterplan. Which goes into great details about such never-built "lands" as the Lost Continent, Big Town U.S.A. and World Holiday Land Read More... Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Why For, attraction, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Disney's California Adventure, California Screamin', The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Anaheim, Mysterious Island, Norway pavilion, The Magic Kingdom, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, The Hall of Presidents, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Charles Boyer, American Waterfront, Maelstrom, The Sun Wheel, Discovery Bay, Dumbo Circus

• 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

• Confused about what the Walt Disney Company wants to do next in Anaheim? Then maybe it's time to take a second look at thirdthemepark.com

  Jim Hill shares images from a long-dormant Disney website. Which offers some clues about the Mouse's future plans for its Southern California resort Read More... Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 25 Comments Filed under: Disney, other, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Disney's California Adventure, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, thirdthemepark.com, Anaheim, Orlando, Discovery Cove, Omnimover, Fujishige family, SeaWorld, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Disney's Typhoon Lagoon