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• Disney World postpones Fantasyland's facelift

  Citing concerns over the economy, Mouse House managers have quietly pushed back a project that was to have revitalized the most popular section at WDW's oldest theme park. Jim Hill has the details Read More... Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 17 Comments Filed under: Disney, Imagineering, Disney Vacation Club, Dick Cook, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Beauty and the Beast, Playhouse Disney, The Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, The Hall of Presidents, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Disney Princess, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Glendale, Burbank, Times Square, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, DCA, show building, World of Disney, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, attractions, shows, rides, Hollywood history, Imagineers, 2012, Disney Studios , thrill ride, queue, motion picture, The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Disney theme park, Wall Street, The Great Depression, Great Depression, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, economic downturn, facelift, revitalization, revitalization plan, queue area, gift shop, hitting the brakes, tough times, spinner, East Coast, stock price, Alice Comedies, Central Florida tourism, 2013, 2014, 2015, economy, rehab, overhaul, fiscal year, retail area, Little Mermaid, Little Mermaid ride, Little Mermaid attraction

• Monday Mouse Watch : Disney has trouble convincing guests to come make a "Magic Connection"

  Jim Hill reports on the field test of these new handheld units. Which supposedly worked great ... Once you could actually convince a tourist to come take part in this test, that is Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 36 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Polynesian Resort, The Magic Kingdom, handheld device, Space Mountain, WDI, WDW, Walt Disney Imagineering, Liberty Square, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, entrance area, My Pal Mickey, Disney Magic Connection, Town Square Exposition Hall, Nintendo DS, WDI R & D, hand-held device, wireless unit

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 5

  Jim Hill concludes his series on this Magic Kingdom favorite by first talking about that state-of-the-art image capture system that was installed at this dark ride but never really turned on, then by discussing the exit area gift shop that will eventually be added to this attraction Read More... Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 12:00 AM | 16 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Walt Disney, attraction, Imagineering, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Omnimover, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain, The Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, Audio Animatronic, The Haunted Mansion, WDI, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, Little Leota, The Graveyard, Liberty Square, Madame Leota, Doom Buggy, The Attic, Operations, The Séance Circle , AA figure, Audio Animatronics, dark ride, Hitchhiking Ghosts, The Yankee Trader, scrim, Headless Knight, Opera Singer, Headsman, The Crypt, souvenir, Chickapen Hill, carnotaur, Time Rover, image capture, Disney PhotoPass, Smart Chip, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, handicap access, The Mausoleum, privacy concerns, show building, Minority Report, Steven Spielberg, computer, hotel