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• Disney hopes that our next Commander-in-Chief can inspire some consumer confidence

  According to Jim Hill, Mickey doesn't really care who the next President is. Just as long as this guy can then convince the American people to once again start planning trips to Anaheim & Orlando Read More... Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, resorts, Bob Iger, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Anaheim, Orlando, The Walt Disney Company, The Hall of Presidents, Disneyland Resort, Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts, Russia, Disney Parks & Resorts, 9/11, WDI, Burbank, WDW, resort, White House, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, Disney World vacation, high profile project, niche park , advance reservations, advance reservation, WDW vacations, President, Commander-in-Chief, George W Bush, CEO, 2010, President of the United States , consumers, Thomas Staggs, Jungle Trek, Disney's Jungle Trek, Walt Disney Company, Disney theme park, China, Wall Street, economic downturn, economy, fiscal year, Presidential election, consumer spending, earnings, CFO, quarter, Vice President, Vice Presidents, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Congress, intellectual property, The White House, piracy, anti-piracy, Valerie Edwards, Director of Sculpture, Barack Obama, chainmail, fashion magazines, Obama Biden, fashion magazine, consumer confidence, recession, Presidential candidate, Presidential candidates, earnings call, Four Seasons, The Four Seasons

• 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.

• The Kingdom That Never Came : Disney World expansion plans circa June of 1982

  Jim Hill shares an interview with Dick Nunis from the early 1980s. Where the then-president of WDW goes into great details about the many new hotels & attractions Walt Disney Productions has in the works for its Central Florida resort Read More... Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 12:00 AM | 24 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, resorts, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Dick Nunis, Walt Disney Productions, Epcot Center, The American Adventure, The Living Seas, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Wilderness Lodge, United Kingdom pavilion, Canada pavilion, China pavilion, Norway pavilion, Italy pavilion, Germany pavilion, Mexico pavilion

• Why For didn't the Walt Disney Company go forward with construction of the Port Disney project ?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim first takes you on a tour of the Disney Sea theme park. Then he explains why this proposed $2 billion revitalization of Long Beach's waterfront area sank without a trace Read More... Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: theme park, Why For, Pirates of the Caribbean, Imagineering, resorts, Disneyland, Epcot, Anaheim, Long Beach, Queen Mary, California Coastal Commission, Port of Long Beach, Disney Sea, Mysterious Island, Sindbad, The Pike, Oceania

• Why For the DCA renewal project may be a lot more difficult (more importantly, a lot more expensive) than you might think

  Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he follows up on last week's "Why For" column. Offering additional information as to why the coming overhaul of California Adventure may be one incredibly complicated construction project Read More... Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: theme park, Why For, attraction, Imagineering, resorts, Downtown Disney, Disneyland, Bob Weis, Disney's California Adventure

• David Koenig's "Realityland" is a very entertaining Disney World exposé

  Jim Hill reviews the latest behind-the-Mouse-ears volume from the author of "Mouse Tales" and "Mouse Under Glass," who will be signing & selling advance copies of his new book this coming Sunday at the N.F.F.C.'s Show & Sale Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, theme park, Imagineering, resorts, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Dick Nunis, Magic Kingdom