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AquaDuck to bring theme park thrills out onto the high seas

Jim Hill reports in from last Thursday’s Disney Cruise Line press event. Which talked up some of the more innovative features that will be found on the Disney Dream, the newest ship in the DCL fleet Read More...

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Bob Iger, New York City, Disney Dreams, Disney Cruise Line, NYC, Walt Disney Imagineering, D23, 2009, tween, tweens, 2011, Typhoon Lagoon , water , creative team , creative process, technology, ocean

Monday Mouse Watch: Will "Bolt" 's box office rebound over the long Thanksgiving weekend?

Jim Hill shares what he's heard about the somewhat underwhelming debut of this new Disney animated film. Which seems to have been overshadowed by the big screen version of Stephenie Meyer's best selling novel Read More...

Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments

Filed under: Disney, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Store, Miley Cyrus, Ed Catmull, Bolt, box office, film, movie, 2008, animated feature, tween, New York Times, tweens, tween demographic , plush, box office projections, box office estimates, Disney Stores, demographics

Tween favorites draw huge crowds to the 2008 Disney Channel Games

Jim Hill looks back on last week's events at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Which culminated in a concert that sent thousands of Central Florida tweens into a Disney Channel-induced frenzy Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Cory in the House, Miley Cyrus, Mickey Mouse, Central Florida, WDW, Disney Channel Original, JHM, 2008, 2009, Disney World, TV special, tween, concert , TV movie, cable channel, tweens, concert film, Camp Rock , production team, Jonas Brothers, Disney's Wide World of Sports, Rich Ross , squealing , the Jonas Brothers , the Cheetah Girls , Cheetah Girls, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Wizards of Waverly Place, Disney Channel Games , Mitchel Musso , Disney Channel star, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Selena Gomez , Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place , National Lampoon's Animal House, Champion Stadium, James Jensen, favorite performer, TV taping, PA, safety , buffer zone, performers, WDW Security, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams , Adrienne Bailon, See You Again, Cheetah Girls – One World, One World , water , Demi Lovato , stage, Beatles , Beatlemania, 1960s, Jonas Brothers 3-D movie, 3D movie, Disney officials , go project , taping , commemorative poster, Disboards , clothing line, ears ringing

Monday Mouse Watch : Hannah Montana & High School Musical-themed makeovers soon to be offered at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Jim Hill talks about this variation on "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique" that's about to be built at the Walt Disney World Resort. Only this time around, this pricey beauty parlor will help your child look like their favorite Disney Channel star Read More...

Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments

Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Disney's Hollywood Studios, High School Musical 2, The Magic Kingdom, High School Musical 3, High School Musical franchise, High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Disney Princess, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, WDW, Ariel, film, movie, World of Disney, Disney Channel Original, HSM, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, film franchise, merch, tween, merchandise , merchandise location , TV movie, TV movies , tweens, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert, concert film, 3D, Disney Digital 3D, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, beauty parlor, Cinderella Castle , Belle, Jasmine, Gabriella , Sharpay , Hannah Montana , Hannah Montana wig , Ashley Tisdale , Sharpay Evans , retail establishment , concert tour , Camp Rock , The Cheetah Girls 3, mini-Miley

Dorks save the day in Disney Channel's "Minutemen"

Jim Hill reviews this charming new TV movie, where teens use a time machine to try & erase the embarrassing mistakes their peers have made in the past Read More...

Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

Filed under: Disney Channel, Walt Disney Productions, Sky High, Cory in the House, Bratz, movie, Disney Channel Original, 2008, Mouse House, 1970s , tween, Saturday , Sunday, space - time continuum, TV movie, TV movies , cable channel, cable channels, tweens, tween demographic , target demographic, 7 to 13 year-olds, Minutemen, sci-fi comedy , baby boomer, baby boomers , The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Dexter Riley , The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Strongest Man in the World, special effects, time travel , Jason Dolley , high school, Luke Benward , How to Eat Fried Worms, Nicholas Braun , Snowsuit Guys, The Snowsuit Guys , Chelsea Staub , Steven R McQueen , Haunted Mansion O-Pin House, black hole , rocket-powered car, John Killoran , teleplay , David Diamond , David Weissman , Lev L Spiro , Ugly Betty , Everybody Hates Chris, production values , Salty Pictures Inc, film title, Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II

Will the writer's strike force production of "High School Musical 3" & "The Hannah Montana Movie" to be postponed ?

Jim Hill shares the grim news coming out of Burbank. Which suggests that -- unless the WGA returns to work early in 2008 -- Walt Disney Pictures may have no choice but to push back production of the big screen versions of these two Disney Channel favorites Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 17 Comments