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Blog Post: What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

Jim Hill

At the D23 EXPO back in September, I noted – with some amusement – that the new attractions that are now in the works for Hong Kong Disneyland follow the tried-and-true WDI formula. In that the critical event, the thing that sets everything in motion (Be it Albert the monkey opening an enchanted music...

on9 Feb 2010
Blog Post: Seldom-seen concept art a highlight of "The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland"

Jim Hill

Having already put together Imagineering Field Guides for the Magic Kingdom , Epcot and Animal Kingdom , Alex Wright has taken a break from writing about the Walt Disney World Resort (Reportedly because the folks at Disney Editions want WDW Guests to get used to calling the park-formerly-known-as-MGM...

on12 Nov 2008
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : It's lights out for DAK's "Rivers of Light" parade, while Beastly Kingdomme makes a character-based comeback

Jim Hill

For Disney's Animal Kingdom fans ... It's one of those bad news / good news kind of day. The bad news is ... Plans for DAK's long-in-development nighttime parade -- "Rivers of Lights" -- have been tabled. Not because Animal Kingdom management lost confidence in Steve Davison's original concept. But ...

on23 Mar 2008
Blog Post: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill

It wasn't what the Disneyana community wanted to hear last year. Copyright 1980 Walt Disney Productions. All Rights Reserved That -- in a January 27th interview with Deb Wills of AllEars.net -- Brad Rex , then-VP of Epcot , said that the Walt Disney World Resort had no plans to celebrate that theme park...

on23 Jan 2008
Blog Post: Remembering Bruce Gordon (1951 - 2007)

Jim Hill

Bruce Gordon was this great big bear of a guy. Ask anyone who was ever in a meeting with Bruce when he was fighting for an idea that he believed in. They'll tell you that this man was tenacious. Whether it was getting Disneyland's first flume ride built and/or preventing that theme park's "Submarine...

on6 Nov 2007
Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3

Jim Hill

Picking up where we left off on Tuesday ... I know that this is going to sound a bit bizarre. Particularly given that -- back in 1955 -- Walt Disney built an entire theme park for just $17 million . But $30 million doesn't go as far as you might think these days. Which is why WDI really had to pick...

on23 Oct 2007

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Blog Post: What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

Blog Post: Seldom-seen concept art a highlight of "The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland"

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : It's lights out for DAK's "Rivers of Light" parade, while Beastly Kingdomme makes a character-based comeback

Blog Post: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Blog Post: Remembering Bruce Gordon (1951 - 2007)

Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3