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Blog Post: What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy?

Jim Hill

You're going to read a lot today about how - by revising their long-standing policy on facial hair - Disney Parks and Resorts is now turning its back on nearly 60 years of tradition. Which isn't entirely true. I mean, if Walt Disney himself really insisted that no one with a beard or a mustache...

on24 Jan 2012
Blog Post: Why For aren't more Disney World attractions cloned for Disneyland?

Jim Hill

Maddy Mouse wrote in to say: I have kind of a weird question for you to answer. I notice that Walt Disney World has lots of rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers originally designed for Disneyland . But when it comes to rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers originally designed for...

on28 Jul 2011
Blog Post: How the "Disney World" project was described to Florida legislators back in February of 1967

Jim Hill

If you've visited Walt Disney World recently, I bet that you got to see some of the fun 40 th anniversary items that the Resort's shops currently have in stock. And as we get closer to October 1 st (i.e. WDW's official opening date), I'd imagine that we'll see even more 40 th anniversary...

on4 Feb 2011
Blog Post: "Project Future" reveals the many sidetrips that Walt took on the road to Disney World

Jim Hill

At this past weekend's Destination D event, Tim O'Day - as part of his "Disneyland: The Happiest Place in Pop Culture" presentation - screened a clip from " A Hole in the Head ." Which was this 1959 Frank Sinatra film, where Ol' Blue Eyes played Tony Manetta. Who was the...

on29 Sep 2010
Blog Post: Is everything on display in DCA's "Blue Sky Cellar" actually going to get built? Maybe. Maybe not

Jim Hill

Anne L. writes in to ask: "This past week, I couldn't help but notice that -- out of all the major Disneyana sites on the Web -- JHM is the only one that hasn't mentioned DCA 's Blue Sky Cellar yet. Why is that?" To be honest, Anne, you kind of answered your own question. Given that everyone else out...

on24 Oct 2008
Blog Post: Mist Direction or How DAK Operations just slipped Joe Rohde a Mickey

Jim Hill

Folks who visited Disney's Animal Kingdom late last month got something of a treat. In that -- for a while there, anyway -- most of " Expedition Everest " 's effects were actually working. The scenic mist that's supposed to drift off of Forbidden Mountain top actually did that. The fog bank that your...

on26 May 2008

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Blog Post: What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy?

Blog Post: Why For aren't more Disney World attractions cloned for Disneyland?

Blog Post: How the "Disney World" project was described to Florida legislators back in February of 1967

Blog Post: "Project Future" reveals the many sidetrips that Walt took on the road to Disney World

Blog Post: Is everything on display in DCA's "Blue Sky Cellar" actually going to get built? Maybe. Maybe not

Blog Post: Mist Direction or How DAK Operations just slipped Joe Rohde a Mickey