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• Monster Mansion comes roaring back to life at Six Flags Over Georgia

  Jim Hill brings you a report from the press preview for this newly enhanced & restored attraction. Which -- FYI -- features a surprising amount of numbers to The Walt Disney Company Read More... Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 12:00 PM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, WED, Splash Mountain, Song of the South, Imagineer, dark ride, Chickapen Hill, 2008, 2009, theme park attraction, 1967, 1981, rehab

• "Imagineering Legends" is the ideal gift for the Disneyana fan on your Christmas list

  Still struggling to come up with the perfect present for your family's Disney dweeb? Jim Hill points you toward Jeff Kurtti's latest book, which looks back at "The Genesis of the Disney Theme Park" Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Walt Disney, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Marc Davis, Country Bear Jamboree, Marty Sklar, The American Adventure, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park, John Hench, it's a small world, WDW, Imagineer, Christmas, 2008, holiday season , Imagineers, Snow White's Scary Adventures

• Will pirates soon be returning to Treasure ... er ... Discovery Island?

  In this week's Why For, Jim Hill talks about the history of Treasure / Discovery Island. More importantly, how WDW Entertainment and Food & Beverage are allegedly thinking of using the "Pirates of the Caribbean" characters to help get this place re-opened Read More... Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, Why For, Imagineering, ABC, Johnny Depp, WED, Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Tom Sawyer Island, Lost, The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Polynesian Resort, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Bay Lake, WDW Entertainment, WDI, WDW, Imagineer, cast members, cast member, Leota Toombs, 1974, 1998, 1976, 2008, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, marshmallows, Food Service, Blackbeard's Ghost , 1967, Peter Ustinov , Captain Jack Sparrow, Food & Beverage , Imagineers, April , rum , Pirates of the Caribbean films, 1960s, Disney officials , Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , January, interactive, Capt. Jack Sparrow, Raz Island, boat ride , treasure hunt , marshmallow, marshmallow roast , Treasure Island, Discovery Island, wilderness preserve , Blackbeard's Island , wizards of WED , 1950, Robert Louis Stevenson , Ben Gunn's Cave, Future Attraction, Future Attractions , The Blockhouse , Long John Silver, buccaneer, buccaneers, Spy Glass Hill , Wreck of the Hispaniola, Hispaniola, bird sanctuary , skeleton, aviary, enclosure, buzzard, buzzards , vulture, vultures, treasure map , operational hours , Yo-Ho-Ho , dough-dough-dough, snack bar, honeymoon, honeymoon cottage, honeymoon cottages , interactive gaming , Myst, pirate-themed adventure , O-Pin House, WDW Food Services, corporate groups, rum drinks , Johnny Depp lookalike