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• From “Just Around the Riverbend,” here comes a brand-new Why For column

  Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. Like why the Imagineers never got to build a “Pocahontas” –themed Friendly Indian Village along the Rivers of America, why "The Snow Queen" just went back into the deep freeze at WDAS and what the future hold for WDW's DisneyQuest Read More... Posted Friday, February 05, 2010 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: musical, attraction, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Downtown Disney, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Anaheim, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Tokyo DisneySea, Tom Sawyer Island, Bruce Gordon, Virginia, WDAS, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, WDW, Walt Disney Imagineering, Operations, Tokyo, box office, Eric Goldberg, NFFC, Disney World, Frontierland, animated feature, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Tom Sawyer's Island, Pleasure Island, West Side, 2011, DisneyQuest , indoor interactive theme park, Virgin Megastore Orlando, Virgin Megastore, Virgin, ESPN Zone , Rivers of America, 2012, 2010, Mike Gabriel, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid, 1990s, Fantasmic, Disneyland Ops, ESPN, Disneyland Park, animated film, NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club, Treasure Planet

• 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

• Mist Direction or How DAK Operations just slipped Joe Rohde a Mickey

  Jim Hill talks about "Expedition Everest" 's faltering effects. More importantly, WDW's long-standing tradition of bamboozling senior Disney officials whenever they come on property Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, attraction, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Dick Nunis, Joe Rohde, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, The Jungle Cruise, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Disney Legend, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, WDW, Expedition Everest, DAK, Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Operations, Disney World, Disney / Pixar, effects, guests, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, Food Service, Chairman, Liberty Tree Tavern