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• NFFC Disney World Holiday Extravaganza places the emphasis on in-park fun

  Jim Hill chats with Anita Schaengold, Special Events Chairperson for the NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club about this year’s programming changes. Which will leave more time to explore & enjoy WDW’s theme parks Read More... Posted Friday, November 27, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, WDW, theme parks, The Princess and the Frog, The Haunted Mansion, Orlando, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, holiday, holiday season , holidays, Disney's Wilderness Lodge, Disney's Yacht Club Resort, Disneyana, Disneyana community , Disneyana Enthusiasts, Disneyana fan, Disneyland, convention, attraction, attractions, Anaheim, 2009, Tomorrowland, Christmas, ride, rides, Magic Kingdom, Disney, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, Disney's Beach Club Resort, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Hollywood Studios, show, shows, Operational, operational issues, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort, The Walt Disney World Resort, theme park, Disney World, National Fantasy Fan Club

• You don’t know Jack about Disneyland’s “Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies"

  Jim Hill talks with John Addis, Senior Show Director for Disney Entertainment Productions, about how this new fireworks show came together Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, Cruella De Vil, Castle, Castle walls, parades, Paul Frees, fireworks, fireworks display, fireworks show, flight path , flight pattern, Zero, WDW, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Haunted Mansion, The Hub, spectaculars, spider, spiders, Sleeping Beauty Castle, snow, snow falling, snow falling on Main Street, Senior Show Director, public performance, November, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, M.C., Jack Skellington, Holidays at the Disneyland Resort, Halloween, Halloween fireworks display, Halloween Screams, Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies, Halloween Time, Happy HalloWishes, Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghost Spectacular in the Sky, Ghost Host, Disneyland, Disneyland Guests, Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort, Disney Entertainment Productions, Corey Burton, Anaheim, animation, 2005, 2009, John Addis, Ursula, Ursula the Sea Witch, trick or treat, trick-or-treat, trick-or-treating, Steve Davison, Cinderella Castle , Scream-Along, Magic Kingdom, magical, magical orb, main street, Disney, Dumbo, Haunted Mansion, The Ghost Host, shell, shimmering lights, Oogie Boogie, Walt Disney Creative Entertainment , Walt Disney World, theme park, Disney Legend, Disney Villain, Disney Villains, Disney World

• Updated “The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies” is well worth adding to your Disney booo-k collection

  Jim Hill reviews the revised edition of this Disney Editions book. He also talks up Jason Surrell’s appearances at the D23 EXPO as well as tonight's 09-09-09 merchandise event Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, WDI, WDW, The Stretching Room, The Haunted Mansion, The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies, The Attic, Madame Leota, Leota Toombs, Jason Surrell, Imagineer, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, Disney Editions, book, 1960s, 2003, 2009, merchandise , Marc Davis, Disney, East Coast, The Grand Staircase, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Press, West Coast, Constance

• Keep an eagle eye out for The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost

  Ever wonder what became of this infamous AA figure? Jim Hill shares what he knows about the alleged final resting place of Ol’ Hatbox Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: D23, David Mumford, goons, AA figure, AA figures, pin, pins, album, America Sings, WDI, WED, The Séance Circle , The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion, The Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-thru, Security, Security Host, poster , posters, Madame Leota, magazine , magazine article, Imagineer, Imagineering, Imagineers, Fantasyland, Ed Squair, Disneyland, Disneyland the Nickel Tour: A Postcard Journey Through 40 Years of the Happiest Place on Earth, Critter Country, big fig, big figure, attraction, attractions, Audio Animatronic, Audio Animatronics, August, 1969, 1970s , 1980s, Tomorrowland, Tony Baxter , Maleficent, Marc Davis, Bruce Gordon, Disney, E Ticket, backstage, Hatbox Ghost, Haunted Mansion O-Pin House, Shelly Smith, O-Pin House, Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney Photo Library, Disney twenty-three, Disney twenty-three magazine , Comic-Con , Comic-Con International

• Tune Tuesday : "Hello, WALL-E! Well, Hello, WALL-E ..."

  Forget about Pixar's latest production. Jim Hill talks about the many other ways that Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning musical has popped up at the Mouse House Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, 20th Century Fox, Kung Fu Panda, futuristic fable , Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, price tag , television, film, Woody Wilkins , WDI, WDW, WALL-E, The Haunted Mansion, spoof , senior Vice President of Creative Development , Rotten Tomatoes, Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Phantom of the Opera, original Broadway production, movies, musical, Minnie Fay , Love Bug Parade , James Bond, Imagineer, Imagineering, Imagineers, Gene Kelly , extras , Eddie Sotto, Elegance , Dolly Levi , domestic release, Donny Osmond, Disneyana fans, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Showtime , Cornelius Hackl , CG, CG feature, Before the Parade Passes By , Andrew Stanton, 1969, 1970 , 1970s , 1981, 2008, Tony Award, Tony Award winner, Tony Award-winner , Tony Baxter , Jerry Herman, turn-of-the-century , introduction, It Only Takes a Moment, CHUD, Merrill Osmond , Michael Crawford , robot, Magic Kingdom, Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, dress shop , E.J. Peaker , Barbara Carrera , Barbara Streisand , area music , Hello, Euro Disneyland, movie, movie star, showtunes , opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney World, The Wonderful World of Disney , Disney Pixar , New York, New York City, Condorman, Miss Molloy

• The story that Walt didn't want you to hear

  Before hitting the road for Orlando, Jim Hill shares an excerpt from a long forgotten Reader's Digest feature condensation: Richard Collier's "Wish Upon a Star: The Magical Kingdoms of Walt Disney" Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: Spaceship Earth, celebrities, celebrity, picture, pictures, private, television program, Tennessee, worksite, Yak & Yeti , webmaster, webmasters, website , Walt Disney, Universal Orlando, Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios Orlando, track, train, train ride, The Haunted Mansion, The Breakfast Club, skyline, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, SeaWorld, Richard Collier, publicity, publishing schedule, Rainbow Caverns, Orlando, Orlando Fun Tickets, landscaping , leukemia, hit-and-run, hit-and-run trip, enchantment, Disneyland, Disneyland Railroad , coal car , charity , charity event , camera, cameras, 1971, Tom Sawyer Island, Tom Sawyer's Island, JHM, Van France , Tuesday , Tutto Italia Ristorante, 1955, issue, childhood, locomotive , Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, Disney, Aquatica, Epcot, ergonomics, Reader's Digest, October, theme park, weekend , will-o'-the-wisp, Wish Upon a Star: The Magical Kingdoms of Walt Disney, New Hampshire, construction site

• A PC Haunted Mansion ?! Now that's scary

  Jim Hill talks about the new script that the Imagineers have written for this attraction's Foyer area. Which is reportedly being added to the stateside versions of this classic attraction because a handful of guests complained about the macabre remarks that a few Disney cast members have made over the years Read More... Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 43 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, Paul Frees, WDI, WDW, theme park attraction, theme park guest, theme park visitor, The Portrait Gallery, The Haunted Mansion, squeamish, staging, sinister, Orlando, macabre, Imagineer, Imagineering, guest, guests, Ghost Host, ghoulish, Glendale, Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, acting classes, ad-lib lines, 1401 Flower Street, stretching room, maids, butlers, Disney, blocking, The Entrance Hallway, The Foyer, official script, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, theme park, Disney World

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 4

  Jim Hill continues his 5-part series on this recently revamped Magic Kingdom classic. This time around, Jim talks about a gag that the Imagineers finally felt was far too gruesome to be added to this attraction's Attic sequence Read More... Posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, dark ride, AA figure, WDI, WDW, The Portrait Gallery, The Séance Circle , The Graveyard, The Haunted Mansion, The Attic, M.C. Escher , Madame Leota, Leota Toombs, Lexan, Liberty Square, Imagineer, Imagineering, Hitchhiking Ghosts, Glendale, Doom Buggy, Disneyana, Disneyland, attraction, Audio Animatronic, Audio Animatronics, Anaheim, Tokyo, Tokyo Disneyland, Jeff Lange, trumpet, stretching room, ring, digital projection, Disney, bird cage, Hatbox Ghost, Haunted Halloween, The Grand Ballroom , The Grand Staircase, Omnimover, Operations, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney World, The Yankee Trader, wedding band, Constance

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3

  Jim Hill continues his 5-part series on this recently revamped Magic Kingdom classic. This time around, Jim reveals how WDI recycled a creative concept that had originally been proposed for the 1999 redo of Epcot's "Imagination" pavilion. Which now adds a truly surreal touch to this WDW dark ride Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, The Music Room, AA figure, Kodak , Future World , Figment, WDI, WDW, wallpaper, Walt Disney, The Séance Circle , The Haunted Mansion, The Attic, spider, spirits , Relativity, M.C. Escher , Madame Leota, Liberty Square, Journey in Your Imagination , Journey into Imagination, Journey into Imagination with Figment , Imagination pavilion, Imagineer, Imagineering, ghosts , Glendale, Doom Buggy, Disneyland, attraction, Audio Animatronic, 1971, Jeff Lange, Rochester N.Y., Magic Kingdom, Marc Davis, Disney, Dreamfinder, Epcot, Epcot Center, The Conservatory , The Corridor of Doors, The Endless Hallway, The Grand Ballroom , The Grand Staircase, Omnimover, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney World, Disney Legend, Disney Parks & Resorts

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 2

  Jim Hill continues his 5-part series that takes an in-depth look at this recently revamped Magic Kingdom favorite. This time around, Jim talk about how the changes that the Imagineers made to the Doom Buggies' audio system as well as revealing why Jack Skellington won't be "Making Christmas" in WDW's Haunted Mansion anytime soon Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, dark duty, Grad Nite, cast member, cast members, teen, teenager, Paul Frees, WDI, WDW, Tim Burton, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Portrait Corridor, The Portrait Gallery, The Graveyard, The Haunted Mansion, The Attic, rPod, Phil Holmes, Night of Joy, Liberty Square, Jack Skellington, Doom Buggy, Disneyana, Disneyland, attraction, Jeff Lange, intrusion beams, intrusion mats, iPod, RidePod, log, Disney, earbuds, bateaux, Haunted Mansion Holiday, Hidden Jacks, enhancements, The Corridor of Doors, The Entrance Hallway, The Foyer, The Grand Staircase, Omnimover, Operations, Walt Disney World, theme park, Disney Parks & Resorts

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 1

  Jim Hill begins a new series that takes an in-depth look at this Magic Kingdom favorite. Which recently underwent a three-month-long overhaul that significantly enhanced many of the effects found in this Liberty Square attraction Read More... Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: The Magic Kingdom, The Picture of Dorian Gray, cast members, Gargoyles, Paul Frees, The Portrait Gallery, The Graveyard, The Haunted Mansion, The Jungle Cruise, singing busts, Smellizer, Pet Cemetery, Mr. Toad, Master Gracey, Madame Leota, Liberty Square, Imagineer, Imagineering, Ghost Host, Disneyland, attraction, Jeff Lange, stretching room, digital projection, Disney, Dutch Gothic, binaural sound, Epcot, Epcot Center, The Colonnade, The Entrance Hallway, The Foyer, Walt Disney World, Disney Legend, wheelchair accessible