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• The Adventurers Club that we almost got

  Jim Hill talks about how WDI's original plans for Pleasure Island were changed to due to cost concerns. He also reminds JHM readers about Peter David's map-mailing campaign to save the Adventurers Club Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: Disney, Imagineering, Bob Iger, Michael Eisner, Walt Disney World, Joe Rohde, Marty Sklar, Tokyo DisneySea, The Haunted Mansion, restaurant, Hong Kong Disneyland, WDI, WDW, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, resort, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, September, Pleasure Island, The Adventurers Club, Adventurers Club, night club complex, night club, Imagineers, night clubs, 1989, 1986, Peter David, Robert Iger, Disney CEO, Save the Adventurers Club, PI

• Monday Mouse Watch : Why WDI is looking for a few good freelancers

  Jim Hill takes a look at why the start of the DCA revamp keeps getting pushed back. Which has a lot to do with how most of the top talent in the themed entertainment industry is now working on Dubailand Read More... Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, Imagineering, Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Tokyo DisneySea, Disneyland Resort, Jay Rasulo, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, DCA, Walt Disney Studios, WDI R & D, Imagineers, DCA revamp

• "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

• Why For the Muppets didn't make it into Tokyo DisneySea

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he shares info about a trio of rides that were supposed to have been built in TDS's American Waterfront area. With at least one of these attractions drawing its inspiration from a Muppet-based show that had originally been proposed for Disney's America Read More... Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: Disney, Why For, Muppets, attraction, Imagineering, Walt Disney World, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Tokyo DisneySea, American Waterfront, New York City, Tokyo Disney Resort, Oriental Land Company, OLC, Manhattan Motor Mania, Muppet Motor Mania, We the People, Disney's America, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Cops & Robbers Chase, Beagle Boys, Beagle Boys Jail Break, S.S. Columbia, S.S. Columbia Showcase of Nautical Marvels, Ellis Island, Manhattan, McDuck's Department Store, Tower of Terror, Audio Animatronic, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Prince William County, Virginia