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• The Disneyland expansion plan that never happened

  In this week's "Why For" column, Jim Hill talks about the contents of a three ring binder. Which contains WED's plans -- circa 1982 -- to radically expand Disneyland's capacity until this theme park could comfortably handle 17 million Guests every year Read More... Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Michael Eisner, WED, Disneyland, Epcot, America Sings, Country Bear Playhouse, Frank Wells, Walt Disney Productions, Epcot Center, The American Adventure, World Showcase, Tokyo Disneyland, France, WDI, it's a small world, Walt Disney Imagineering, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, Mary Poppins, 1981, Tron , 1982, Tomorrowland

• The Russians are coming !! The Russians are coming !! ... to Epcot ?!

  Jim Hill shares the news that's been leaking out of Glendale since just before Christmas. Which is that the Mouse has recently revived its plans to add a Russia pavilion to Epcot's World Showcase Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, attraction, Imagineering, Michael Eisner, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Epcot Center, World Showcase, World Showcase Lagoon, television, Soviet Union, Russia, Imagineer, Disneyland Hotel, The Walt Disney World Resort, ride, show

• Does "Graduation" actually bring Kim Possible's career to a close? Maybe

  On the eve of the airing of this series finale, Jim Hill talks with KP creators Robert Schooley and Mark McCorkle. Who talk about the surprise fourth season that this Disney Channel show received as well as how Kim will now live on as the star of a brand-new interactive attraction at Epcot Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 18 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Epcot, World Showcase, Robert Schooley, Mark McCorkle, Kim Possible, So the Drama, Sky High, Nickelodeon, Walt Disney Television Animation, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Team Possible interactive game

• Remembering Epcot Center's very first visitors

  Jim Hill looks back at Labor Day 1982. When Walt Disney Productions invited the construction workers who'd actually built Disney World's second theme park to be among the first to sample its selection of rides, shows and attractions Read More... Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney, attraction, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Walt Disney Productions, Epcot Center, Richard M. Nixon, Hayden Burns, Claude Kirk, Reuben Asken, Bob Graham, World Showcase, World Showcase Lagoon, Card Walker