Jim Hill

Disney Vacation Homes Great deals on vacation homes with private pools near Walt Disney World	Lake Buena Vista Hotels If you want to stay near Disney World then you need to check out the hotels in Lake Buena Vista

Disney Tickets From the largest ticket store in Orlando Orlando Fun Tickets JHM's Exclusive ticket provider

News, reviews, history and commentary about the entertainment industry
(But mostly about the Walt Disney Company)

Welcome to JimHillMedia.com Sign in | Join | Help

Jim Hill

Browse by Tags

All Tags » Walt Disney Stu... » Disney Parks & Resorts

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

Monday Mouse Watch : Why did Disney push back "Prince of Persia" ?

Jim Hill shares some of the theories that he's heard about the change in release dates for this new Jerry Bruckheimer production, which now has "The Sands of Time" shifting from June of 2009 to May of 2010 Read More...

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Disney Channel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Walt Disney Pictures, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Parks & Resorts, Walt Disney Studios, 2009, release date, franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Disney franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean films, 2010, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Prince of Persia

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

What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

Jim Hill pays tribute to this Disney Legend, who passed away this past Tuesday following a long bout with cancer Read More...

Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments

Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Marc Davis, Anaheim, Peter Pan, Disney Legend, The Walt Disney Company, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, John Hench, Cinderella, Mary Blair, Sleeping Beauty, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, it's a small world, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Studios, LaughingPlace, The Walt Disney World Resort, animated feature, ride, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, theme park attraction, Joyce Carlson, 1964 New York World Fair, New York World's Fair, retired, compliment, legacy, humble, concept phase, design phase, Disney Netpal, project development, detailed model, dimensional figure, Jim Korkis, 2003, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, doll, condolences, Hospice of the Comforter, Altamonte Springs, obituary

A special "How suite it is !" edition of Why For

Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about the "Little Mermaid" attraction that's reportedly in the works for WDW's Magic Kingdom, the fate of the "Year of a Million Dreams" suites as well as why Beastly Kingdomme just got put on the backburner. Again Read More...

Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments