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Blog Post: "Walt Before Mickey" illuminates Disney's tough times in Hollywood, when Walt decided that he " ... was through with the cartoon business"

Jim Hill

By now, you've no doubt seen the maquette of that statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse which is supposed to be prominently displayed on Buena Vista Street (i.e. Disney California Adventure 's entrance plaza. The Main Street, U.S.A. equivalent for this revamped theme park). Copyright Disney...

on27 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Ride the rails and hear some great Disney-related tales on Walt's Sierra Adventures

Jim Hill

Since JHM seems to be on a run of Christmas movie and holiday-related stories lately, I thought that I'd ask how many of you are fans of the 1954 version of " White Christmas ." And you may recall from a December 2002 story that ran on this website, Nancy and her sister Kathy are huge fans...

on6 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Kick Buttowski's Halloween episode features some great Disneyland gags

Jim Hill

For a little while there, as I was watching the Halloween episode of " Kick Buttowski - Suburban Daredevil " (which premieres tonight on Disney XD between 7:30 - 8 p.m. ET/PT), I thought that I had stumbled upon this genuinely cool theme park history-related story. Mellowbrook at night. Please...

on23 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Disney World's 40th anniversary celebration entertains Cast Members as well as Guests

Jim Hill

Since The Walt Disney Resort has long been associated with fairy tales, I'd like to borrow a turn-of-phrase from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" to describe Saturday's 40 th anniversary celebration at the Magic Kingdom . It wasn't too long. It wasn't too short. It was just...

on2 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: How come Hong Kong Disneyland can have a frightening Halloween event but the Anaheim original can't?

Jim Hill

So how did Disney diehards react to the recent news that Walt Disney World would soon be getting a brand-new interactive experience, " Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom " ... Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved ... and Disneyland Park would soon be bumping out the borders of...

on11 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Jim Hill

I got an e-mail asking me what I thought of that concept painting of the Shanghai Disneyland Resort which was shown at The Walt Disney Company's 2011 Investor's Conference yesterday. Concept art for the Shanghai Disneyland Resort. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved To be honest...

on17 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Michael Giacchino's love of toons helped make him today's top tunesmith in Hollywood

Jim Hill

Did you catch that terrific profile of Michael Giacchino that " Variety " ran yesterday? I mean, if you thought that this Academy Award-winning composer was busy in 2009 - 2010 (i.e. that's when he composed & conducted the music for " Prep and Landing ," " Day & Night...

on15 Oct 2010
Blog Post: D23 staffers puts the finishing touches on Great Disney Scavenger Hunt, Destination D event

Jim Hill

Steven Clark was a very busy man in July. When he wasn't down in Anaheim, helping Tony Baxter dispatch StarSpeeders full of D23 Members at last month's "Star Tours Final Flight" event ... (L to R) Steven Clark and Tony Baxter actually suited up in this July 26th members-only event,...

on13 Aug 2010

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Blog Post: "Walt Before Mickey" illuminates Disney's tough times in Hollywood, when Walt decided that he " ... was through with the cartoon business"

Blog Post: Ride the rails and hear some great Disney-related tales on Walt's Sierra Adventures

Blog Post: Kick Buttowski's Halloween episode features some great Disneyland gags

Blog Post: Disney World's 40th anniversary celebration entertains Cast Members as well as Guests

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

Blog Post: How come Hong Kong Disneyland can have a frightening Halloween event but the Anaheim original can't?

Blog Post: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Blog Post: Michael Giacchino's love of toons helped make him today's top tunesmith in Hollywood

Blog Post: D23 staffers puts the finishing touches on Great Disney Scavenger Hunt, Destination D event