Jim Hill burrows through his archives and unearths an official Disney Company document that details how Disney's America would have been different from Disneyland & Walt Disney World. Judge for yourself whether this history theme park would have worth a trip to Prince William County, VA. ...

In honor of tonight's "Lion King" 10th anniversary event, Jim Hill looks back fondly at another great ASIFA-Hollywood panel. Back when the Disney animators who worked on "Beauty & the Beast" got together in 2002 to reminisce. ...

In honor of next Monday's "Lion King" 10th anniversary event, Jim Hill looks back fondly at another great ASIFA-Hollywood panel. Back when the Disney animators who worked on "Beauty & the Beast" got together in 2002 to reminisce. This time around, Jim talks about brawling animators and crashing computers. ...

With ill-conceived photo essays & lame readers polls, Jim Hill wonders: Is the "Save Disney" website -- what with all of its mixed messages -- actually doing Roy Disney & Stanley Gold's "Oust Eisner" effort more harm than good?...

In honor of next Monday's "Lion King" 10th anniversary event, Jim Hill looks back fondly at another great ASIFA-Hollywood panel. Back when the Disney animators who worked on "Beauty & the Beast" got together in 2002 to reminisce. This time around, Jim details how a stay in a little sleepy town in New York State proved to be the key to fixing this film....

Jim Hill reviews Ben Ohmart's new book, which is a fun & formative biography of the man who did the voice of Boris Badenov, Ludwig von Drake, the Pillsbury Doughboy as well as thousands of other characters: Paul Frees....

In honor of next Monday's "Lion King" 10th anniversary event, Jim Hill looks back fondly at another great ASIFA-Hollywood panel. When the Disney animators who worked on "Beauty & the Beast" got together in 2002 to reminisce. This time around, Jim details how this WDFA project wound up in the hands of two young untried animation directors. ...

Jim Hill reveals how Disneyland Paris' elevated railway (which got cut out of that theme park's Main Street U.S.A. area) eventually got resurrected & became a featured attraction in Tokyo DisneySea's "American Waterfront" area....

In honor of next Monday's "Lion King" 10th anniversary event, Jim Hill looks back fondly at another great ASIFA-Hollywood panel. When the Disney animators who worked on "Beauty & the Beast" got together in 2002 to reminisce. ...

... in an letter that Disney Store senior V.P. Kay Murfin sent out to all employees last week. In a JHM exclusive, read for yourself what Murfin told Disney Store staffers about the pending sale to The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc....

In another of those what-might-have-been stories, Jim Hill talks about the Jim Henson Company's earlier efforts to bring a stage show starring Kermit & Co. to the Great White Way decades before "Avenue Q" made it to Broadway. ...

Given that last Friday's "A Question of Character" seemed to anger an awful lot of JHM readers, Jim Hill thought that he might point out some of the less-obvious Disney-related ties to some recently constructed theme park attractions....

Jim Hill reports on an interesting story that's currently making the rounds in animation circles. Evidently, Disney -- in an effort to make sure that its last traditionally animated film didn't accidentally upstage the company's first CG feature -- may have scaled back HOTR's promotion....

Want definitive proof that the Walt Disney Company is NOT adding a "Western River Expedition" attraction to DCA? Jim Hill points out an intriguing new pattern that's become prevalent at the Disney theme parks: that shows & attractions are almost always replaced with a new ride or show that's directly tied to a pre-existing set of Disney characters from a popular movie or TV show. ...

So many JHM readers seemed intrigued with last week's article about this never-built theme park that Jim Hill dug through his Disney history archives and unearthed a land-by-land description of the place....

Heidi Guedel's autobiography isn't a walk in the parks, folks. Some may be put off by Heidi's warts-and-all tales about her awful childhood and her early days at Disney. But -- that said -- Jim Hill still thinks that it's a fascinating read. ...

Is this how Disney chooses to honor a loyal company man like Drew Carey? By burning off the last season of "The Drew Carey Show" two episodes at a time during the dog days of summer? Jim Hill fills us in on the whole sad story. ...

... at least when it comes to the Muppets. Jim Hill fills us in on what's been going on since the Walt Disney Company officially completed its acquisition of the Jim Henson characters....

Okay. I know. Suggesting that the best way to remember WDW's newest fireworks show is to buy a copy of the "Wishes" CD may seem kind of weird. But Jim Hill insists that this Buena Vista Records release is long on charm....

Ever wonder what it might have been to visit this never-built Virginia theme park? Jim Hill share a sample travel itinerary for a theoretical trip to Disney's America. ...

Jim Hill pulls another story out of the "What Might Have Been" file. As he reveals what WDI had originally hoped to do with WDW's Discovery Island.

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As rumors continue to bounce around the Internet about what might get built next at DCA, Jim Hill advises caution. After all, just because a story appears on the Internet doesn't actually mean that it's true. ...

With last Friday's triumphant opening of Universal Orlando's "Revenge of the Mummy" ride, you'd think that the folks at Universal Creative would at least be somewhat happy. So why are these guys currently grilling current & former staffers, as they try to determine who's been leaking information to JimHillMedia.com....

Jim Hill answers even more of your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim politely pulls the plug on that DCA "Western River" rumor that's currently making the rounds, tries to find out what actually became of those missing "TL2005" recordings and then announces a new set of JHM tours as well as revealing the website's new promotional partner....

Ever wonder why the "Happiest Place on Earth" wound up being built 'way the hell out in Anaheim? Jim Hill shares an excerpt from the Stanford Research Institute's report which reveals the other possible locations for Walt's theme park. ...