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Tune Tuesday: Disney to celebrate the performing arts in 2010

Jim Hill shares some of the domain names that The Walt Disney Company has recently registered. Which hint at some new events that are currently in the works for the theme parks Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments

Filed under: Disney, movies, DreamWorks, Broadway, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Theatrical, Anaheim, Orlando, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, Disney Parks & Resorts, Walt Disney Studios, Grad Nite, film, movie, Broadway musical, 2009, The Walt Disney World Resort, George Gershwin, high school, 2010, Fantasia 2000, school groups , school, Walt Disney Company, Fantasia, Disney theme park, choir, choirs, high school band, Disneyland Park, film rights

Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president

Jim Hill looks back over this Park & Resorts vet's 38-year-long career with the Company. In particular why George Kalogridis was chosen to help guide the Disneyland Resort through its upcoming transitional period Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Downtown Disney, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's California Adventure, The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Disney Parks & Resorts, Disneyland Hotel, Walt Disney Studios, cast members, cast member, 1971, 1976, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, pin, 2012, 2010, Rich Ross , pins, 1988, millennium celebration, opportunity, Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Park, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, DLP, Ed Grier, regional theme park, Al Weiss, George Kalogridis, busboy, senior management, senior management position, UCF, Contemporary Resort Hotel, Disney Wonder, University of Central Florida, training issues, adversity, Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadershio Strategies from a Life at Disney, transition period, transitional period, Winter Olympics, Nagano, Olympic pins, IBM, Coca-Cola, Happiest Place on Earth, Resort Operations, maintenance, general manager, 15th anniversary, Sunshine Plaza, Anaheim property, Grand Flo, development team, Disney's World of Color, gay

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

Is free admission to a Disney theme park on your birthday really a good enough reason to schedule a "Celebration Vacation" ?

Jim Hill reports on yesterday's event at the Edison Ballroom. Where Jay Rasulo unveiled the Walt Disney Company's new "What will you celebrate?" promotional campaign for the Parks Read More...

Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 19 Comments

Filed under: Disney, theme park, Walt Disney World, promotion, Disneyland Resort, Jay Rasulo, Chairman of Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW, promotional campaign, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, celebration, year-long promotion, campaign

Well, so much for that conspiracy theory ...

Jim Hill shares a funny story about a domain name that the Walt Disney Company recently registered. Which led one reporter to believe that the WDW & Disneyland resorts were in some real trouble this Fall Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments

Filed under: Disney, theme park, ABC, Disneyland, promotion, Tom Staggs, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, television, Emmy Awards, WDW, promotional campaign, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, September, occupancy rate , domain name , attendance levels, occupancy rates, conspiracy theories, Thomas Staggs, National Stay At Home Week, domain names

What's in a (Disney domain) name?

As he gets ready to cover this year's Comic-Con, Jim Hill shares some of the more interesting domain names that the Walt Disney Company has registered over the past month Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 11 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW, The Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Weddings

"High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!

Jim Hill shares some of the domain names that the Walt Disney Company has recently registered. Including a new year-long promotion for 2009 that looks & sounds an awful lot like 2003's "Magical Gatherings" campaign Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments

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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 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