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Blog Post: Walt Disney Imagineering is very serious when it comes to play testing

Jim Hill

Did you hear about the play test that WDI ran at The Magic Kingdom last month? Where the Imagineers used Guests who were waiting in line for a character meet-n-greet right outside of Pooh’s Playful Spot to try out a new entertainment-based queuing system? Though the Imagineers are being pretty close...

on19 Jan 2010
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: What gloom & doom? It's still "Happy Poly Days" over at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Jim Hill

Alright. I know. It's been kind of a scary week for all you folks who live and work in Central Florida. What with all the stories that are making the rounds about Walt Disney World 's projected occupancy rate for the month of January as well as how miserable things have gotten for all those hotels &...

on5 Dec 2008
Blog Post: "Dream Castle Lights" dazzle at night, disappear during the day

Jim Hill

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to break out all of those Christmas lights and start decorating the exterior of your home. Mind you, Rob Hamberg got kind of a headstart on the rest of us. This Walt Disney World Entertainment show producer didn't wait 'til turkey time to start his holiday decorating...

on2 Dec 2008
Blog Post: Disney World now offering discounted Merchandise Credits to select Guests

Jim Hill

It's all that anyone in Central Florida can talk about these days. The huge impact that the current consumer spending slump is having on the tourism industry. And with people now admitting that they're cutting back on toys and apparel purchases ... Well, that's not what the folks at Walt Disney World...

on13 Nov 2008
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: Will Pop Century be rebranded as Disney's Animation Inn and Suites?

Jim Hill

Okay. I know. This is a really tough time to be a Disney World fan. Especially with last week's news about how advance reservations for the Resort were 'way down and WDW officials were already getting ready for what looked to be an incredibly lean 2009. But -- you know -- it's not always going to be...

on10 Nov 2008
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: Is Disney looking to trade its 5th Avenue store in for a brand-new retail location down on Times Square?

Jim Hill

As you might expect, NYC's World of Disney is currently all tricked out for trick-or-treat time. Photo by Jim Hill And as you wander all three floors of this 5th Avenue store, you'll find all sorts of Halloween-related materials. From 15th anniversary " Nightmare Before Christmas " merch ... Photo by...

on21 Oct 2008
Blog Post: WDW officials knew that '09 was going to be a real challenge

Jim Hill

Wayne C. sent in an interesting follow-up question to yesterday's article : "When exactly did Disney World executives realize that their resort was about to hit a rough patch? Based on some of the things they've done over the past six months (EX: Announcing back in July that they'd be closing Pleasure...

on10 Oct 2008
Blog Post: Will pirates soon be returning to Treasure ... er ... Discovery Island?

Jim Hill

Christy S. writes in to say: Jim When I was a little girl, my father and I flew down to Walt Disney World . This was just a year or so after the resort opened and I distinctly remember taking a boat ride with my father out to some island. Once we got there, these pirates led us on a treasure hunt which...

on5 Jun 2008

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Blog Post: Walt Disney Imagineering is very serious when it comes to play testing

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

Blog Post: What gloom & doom? It's still "Happy Poly Days" over at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Blog Post: "Dream Castle Lights" dazzle at night, disappear during the day

Blog Post: Disney World now offering discounted Merchandise Credits to select Guests

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: Will Pop Century be rebranded as Disney's Animation Inn and Suites?

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: Is Disney looking to trade its 5th Avenue store in for a brand-new retail location down on Times Square?

Blog Post: WDW officials knew that '09 was going to be a real challenge

Blog Post: Will pirates soon be returning to Treasure ... er ... Discovery Island?