Browse by Tags

Blog Post: Is Disney's Hollywood Studios thinking of turning PI's "Comedy Warehouse" show into this theme park's seasonal safety valve?

Jim Hill

I know, I know. It's the holidays. So hearing people go "Ho-Ho-Ho" this time of year isn't all that unusual. But that steady wave of laughter which has been rolling out of the ABC Sound Studio at Disney's Hollywood Studios since this past Sunday, that IS kind of unusual. Especially...

on29 Dec 2011
Blog Post: How the Imagineers came to create the "Country Bear Christmas Special" show

Jim Hill

Back when I lived in Central Florida in the early-to-mid 1990s, one of my favorite things to do this time of year was to go into Frontierland at WDW 's Magic Kingdom and then catch a performance of "Country Bear Christmas Special." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved...

on18 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Kevin Yee's "'Earbook 2011" and "Christmas at Walt Disney World" are books that will help you book your next WDW vacation

Jim Hill

Kevin Yee is a cyborg. Mind you, that's my theory. I don't have any definitive proof. Not yet, anyway. Copyright Ultimate Orlando Press. All rights reserved But there has to be some sort of logical explanation as to why this MiceAge columnist has become the Terminator of Disneyana-related authors...

on9 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Looking back at Walt Disney World's very first Thanksgiving Weekend

Jim Hill

Earlier this Fall, Disneyana fans could be heard all around the Web griping about the Company's plans for Walt Disney World 's 40 th anniversary. Or lack thereof. "I don't get it," (or words to that effect) was the constant refrain that you saw online. "Why isn't Disney...

on24 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Why For Central Florida never actually became Hollywood East

Jim Hill

Earlier this week, Steve B. wrote in to ask: Dear Jim, When the Disney-MGM Studios theme park opened, it was promoted as a working studio. Both live action and animation were being produced there. There was discussion in the news about the high costs in California driving production out of that state...

on13 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Why For WDW's 40th anniversary celebration is kind of a modest affair

Jim Hill

Brent SD writes in to ask about JHM's 40 th -anniversary-of- Walt-Disney-World coverage. Or lack thereof. I can't help but notice that while many of the other Disney news sites have been doing article after article this week about Disney World's 40 th birthday, JimHillMedia has been posting...

on29 Sep 2011
Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country

Jim Hill

There's a joke from " Annie Hall " that I love: Two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort. And one of them says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." And then the other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." I bring this story up today...

on21 Jun 2011

Editor In Chief

Blog Post: Is Disney's Hollywood Studios thinking of turning PI's "Comedy Warehouse" show into this theme park's seasonal safety valve?

Blog Post: How the Imagineers came to create the "Country Bear Christmas Special" show

Blog Post: Kevin Yee's "'Earbook 2011" and "Christmas at Walt Disney World" are books that will help you book your next WDW vacation

Blog Post: Looking back at Walt Disney World's very first Thanksgiving Weekend

Blog Post: Why For Central Florida never actually became Hollywood East

Blog Post: Why For WDW's 40th anniversary celebration is kind of a modest affair

Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country