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• 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: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

  How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, George Lucas, Innoventions, Star Tours, Star Wars, ABC Family, HBO, Jedi Training Academy, Astro Orbitor, Star Wars Weekends, Autopia, Star Wars Insider, Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, ABC Studios

• Are George Lucas and the Walt Disney Company getting ready to expand their (Rebel) Alliance

  The way Jim Hill hears it, "Star Tours 2.0" could be just the start. Hill shares what he's heard about a possible "Lucas Land" area going into Disney's Hollywood Studios as well as Mickey's efforts to land the broadcast rights to George's new "Star Wars" TV series Read More... Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: movies, theme park, Why For, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Anaheim, George Lucas, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Star Tours, Star Wars, Indiana Jones Adventure, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, ABC Family, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

• 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

• 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