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• 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

• What was it like to be at Disneyland and/or Walt Disney World six years ago today?

  In honor of the sixth anniversary of 9/11, Jim Hill Media reprises a piece from 2006. Where the site's readers remember what it was like to be vacationing at and/or working in Anaheim & Orlando as this tragedy unfolded Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: theme park, attraction, ABC, resorts, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's California Adventure, The Jungle Cruise, Tony's Town Square, Anaheim, Orlando, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Polynesian Resort, The Magic Kingdom, New York City, Washington D.C., Shanksville PA, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Cinderella's Golden Carousel, The Rainforest Cafe, Disney's Blizzard Beach, Disney's Yacht Club Resort, Walt Disney World Dolphin hotel, Spaceship Earth, Anaheim Convention Center, Disneyland Resort, the Inn Between, Main Street U.S.A.

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

  How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, George Lucas, Innoventions, Star Tours, Star Wars, ABC Family, HBO, Jedi Training Academy, Astro Orbitor, Star Wars Weekends, Autopia, Star Wars Insider, Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, ABC Studios

• Are George Lucas and the Walt Disney Company getting ready to expand their (Rebel) Alliance

  The way Jim Hill hears it, "Star Tours 2.0" could be just the start. Hill shares what he's heard about a possible "Lucas Land" area going into Disney's Hollywood Studios as well as Mickey's efforts to land the broadcast rights to George's new "Star Wars" TV series Read More... Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: movies, theme park, Why For, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Anaheim, George Lucas, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Star Tours, Star Wars, Indiana Jones Adventure, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, ABC Family, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

• Monday Mouse Watch : The reel / real story behind Disney-MGM Studios' upcoming name change

  Jim Hill reports on how the lack of film & television production at WDW's 3rd theme park may lead to one more name change in the not-so-distant future Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 38 Comments Filed under: movies, theme park, Why For, Muppets, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Michael Eisner, Muppet Studios, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Orlando, George Lucas, Florida Film Commission, Innoventions, Communicore, Epcot 94

• A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talk about yesterday's Disney-MGM name change announcement as well as revealing how adding the word "Walt" to "Disney's California Adventure" could profoundly change the story that that theme park tells Read More... Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 34 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Why For, Walt Disney, attraction, Imagineering, High School Musical, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney's California Adventure, Cars, Anaheim, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

• Third edition of "Hidden Mickeys" field guide is three times the fun

  Jim Hill reviews the newest version of Steven M. Barrett's "Hidden Mickeys" book. Which will take a lot of the mystery & misery out of searching for those most elusive mice during your next WDW vacation Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, resorts, Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Hidden Mickey, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

• Why For Zac Efron doesn't have more fans in Mouse House management?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about which "High School Musical" star is being recruited for "Aida," why California Adventure may seem somewhat familiar to Disney's America fans as well as revealing why "Toy Story Mania" may not open as scheduled next year Read More... Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, TV, Why For, musical, attraction, Imagineering, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park