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Blog Post: Last call (and I mean the VERY last call) at WDW’s Adventurers Club

Jim Hill

Feeling pretty smug (or – at the very least – hung over) because you spent last night at some hoity toity New Year’s Eve party? Well, take a gander at these shots. Which were taken on the very last night that members of the general public were allowed into WDW's Adventurers Club. Photo by Jeff Lange...

on1 Jan 2010
Blog Post: NFFC – Disneyana Fan Club members make merry with the Mouse

Jim Hill

Did you manage to make it to last week’s NFFC – Disneyana Fan Club Disney World Holiday Extravaganza? If not, you missed out on some primo fan events. Like what? Well, how about a private screening of “ The Princess & The Frog .” Which featured an appearance by artists & animators from Premise...

on18 Dec 2009
Blog Post: Disney World soldiers on, looking for new ways to plus the Parks for the holidays

Jim Hill

As you walk around Walt Disney World this time of year, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by all the seasonal sights, sounds and colors. Unless you happen to be David R. Hartmann. As Art Director for Walt Disney Entertainment Design, Hartmann actually has the opposite problem. Whenever he walks around...

on30 Nov 2009
Blog Post: NFFC Disney World Holiday Extravaganza places the emphasis on in-park fun

Jim Hill

I don’t know how many of you got to see Jason Garcia ’s great story about the Space Mountain redo at WDW ’s Magic Kingdom (It was featured on the Orlando Sentinel ’s new Daily Disney blog . Which is well worth adding to your Favorites list, by the way). Copyright Disney. All Rights Reserved Anywho …...

on27 Nov 2009
Blog Post: Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president

Jim Hill

What with that $1.1 billion worth of construction that’s currently going on at Disney’s California Adventure (not to mention that $100+ milllion redo of the Disneyland Hotel that just got underway), the next three years are going to be a particularly tough time for the Disneyland Resort . Walt Disney...

on13 Oct 2009
Blog Post: You don’t know Jack about Disneyland’s “Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies"

Jim Hill

Boys and girls of every age, Wouldn’t you like to see something strange … Like – say – Zero flying over Sleeping Beauty Castle . Photo by Paul Hiffmeyer. Copyright 2009 Disney. All Rights Reserved Or – better yet -- a 20-foot tall magical orb that rises 45 feet in the air behind the Castle. Which then...

on7 Oct 2009
Blog Post: Gary Vaynerchuk wants you to think outside of the box wine

Jim Hill

Epcot has long been noted known for its mix of education and entertainment. Which is why Gary Vaynerchuk fits in perfectly at this theme park. This self-trained wine expert flew into Orlando late last week to help kick-off the 14 th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival . And in his own...

on28 Sep 2009
Blog Post: Will Disney World's new "Buy 4 Get 3 FREE!" promotion really be enough to get you to book a trip to Orlando in early 2009?

Jim Hill

Bob Iger didn't mince words during yesterday's earnings call . Though Disney's CEO said he was pleased with the Company's overall performance in fiscal 2008, 2009 looks to be a very different story. What with advance bookings at the Walt Disney World Resort down almost 10% from what they were a year...

on7 Nov 2008
Blog Post: Disney hopes that our next Commander-in-Chief can inspire some consumer confidence

Jim Hill

It all comes down to what happens tomorrow night. More importantly, Wednesday morning. As in: Who winds up in the White House and how Wall Street & consumers then react to this news. That's what I've repeatedly been told by Mouse House personnel. That the Walt Disney Company wants to see who wins...

on3 Nov 2008
Blog Post: WDW's Galaxy Palace Theater to be replaced with ... Cast Member parking ?!

Jim Hill

"Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." -- Joni Mitchell , " Big Yellow Taxi " I doubt that anyone -- not the choirs or the cheerleaders or all of the Cast Members that have performed here over the years -- would ever...

on28 Oct 2008

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Blog Post: Last call (and I mean the VERY last call) at WDW’s Adventurers Club

Blog Post: NFFC – Disneyana Fan Club members make merry with the Mouse

Blog Post: Disney World soldiers on, looking for new ways to plus the Parks for the holidays

Blog Post: NFFC Disney World Holiday Extravaganza places the emphasis on in-park fun

Blog Post: Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president

Blog Post: You don’t know Jack about Disneyland’s “Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies"

Blog Post: Gary Vaynerchuk wants you to think outside of the box wine

Blog Post: Will Disney World's new "Buy 4 Get 3 FREE!" promotion really be enough to get you to book a trip to Orlando in early 2009?

Blog Post: Disney hopes that our next Commander-in-Chief can inspire some consumer confidence

Blog Post: WDW's Galaxy Palace Theater to be replaced with ... Cast Member parking ?!