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• Hard Rock ain't your Daddy's theme park

  JHM just got a sneak peek at Myrtle Beach's newest attraction. Which offered some pretty unique challenges to the Hard Rock's design team Read More... Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: theme park, Universal Studios, fireworks, attraction, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Universal Orlando, WDW, Operations, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, show building, JHM, tourists, Universal Studios Orlando, theme park visitor, theme park guest, Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort, hard ticket event, The Walt Disney World Resort, Halloween, theme park fans, attractions, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, concert , SeaWorld Orlando, design team, hard ticket , June , Shamu Rocks , Universal Studios Florida , Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, rock 'n' roll , Hard Rock Park, media , roller soaker, "Slippery When Wet" , The Kinks, Kinks, "Maximum RPM" , ferris wheel, Myrtle Beach, Fantasy Lagoon , Fantasy Harbor , South Carolina, Waccamaw Factory Shoppes, hardcore music fans, Hard Rock , height restrictions , flight path , Myrtle Beach International Airport , HRP , FAA , FAA regulations, push the envelope , breaking the rules , "Led Zepplin : The Ride" , thrill ride, aircraft , looping coaster , inversions, lagoon show, nighttime water pageant, water pageant, Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" , dancing fountains, fountains, lasers, laser light, laser, low level fireworks, lagoon , Myrtle Beach community, Halloween hard ticket event , horror mazes , horror maze, maze, horror, rock legends , rock legend, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie , Marilyn Manson, sound check, soft opening, grand opening , concert performance, the Eagles , Eagles , the Moody Blues, Moody Blues, whimsical touches , whimsical touch, air guitar, signature attraction, signature attractions, snuff, queue, "Nights in White Satin: The Trip" , holographic glasses , black light, black light paint, stone cold sober, drugged, drugs , drugged out of your gourd

• Monday Mouse Watch : Has WDI solved all of "Toy Story Mania" 's problems? Not Yeti

  Jim Hill talks about Pixar's on-going frustration with the Imagineers. Who seem far more interested in protecting their own jobs than they do with delivering a quality product for the theme parks Read More... Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, attraction, Imagineering, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Disneyland Paris, Pixar Place, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, WDW, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, DAK, "Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain", show building, 2008, theme park guest, "Toy Story Mania", Disney / Pixar, theme park fans, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, Imagineers, 2006

• Construction's officially underway on Universal's "Wizarding World of Harry Potter"

  Jim Hill shares some of the photos that Max Schilling recently took at Islands of Adventure. Which show that site prep has begun on this 20-acre addition to the Universal Orlando Resort Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: theme park, attraction, Harry Potter, Orlando, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando, Central Florida, show building, Universal, "Jurassic Park", "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter", Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, 2009, IOA, Hogwarts, Universal Orlando Resort, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, construction wall, The Lost Continent, Harry Potter fans, construction site, Hagrid, construction fences, The Flying Unicorn, photographer, Hogwarts Castle, brush, fill, sinkhole, footings, foundation work, topped off, Max Schilling, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park River Adventure, "The Lost Continent", "The Flying Unicorn", "Jurassic Park River Adventure"

• 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, Madam 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