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Blog Post: Why For did Storybook Circus wind up replacing the Pixie Hollow portion on WDW's Fantasyland expansion project?

Jim Hill

PixiePal 225 recently wrote into say: I've been following the Fantasyland expansion project at WDW's Magic Kingdom for a couple of years now. And while I love the level of design and attention to detail that I've been seeing in the completed portions of Storybook Circus, as a Tinkerbell fan...

on31 May 2012
Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Jim Hill

I have to admit that It's been kind of amusing to watch the reaction (both here and elsewhere around the Web) that Tuesday's "What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy" story has been getting. With all sorts of would-be Disney scholars...

on26 Jan 2012
Blog Post: Updated edition of "Building a Dream" covers even more of Disney's world

Jim Hill

Wow. Has it really been 15+ years since Beth Dunlop wrote " Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture " ? Obviously Disney's world has gotten a whole lot bigger since 1996. Which is why I think it's terrific that Disney Editions recently decided to revisit Dunlop's book....

on10 Jan 2012
Blog Post: How a Toon Elevator helped Mickey Mouse learn how to talk

Jim Hill

By now, you’ve no doubt seen those online videos that made many a theme park fan go gaga. Where a few lucky Guests – as they were making a stop at Mickey’s House at Disneyland earlier this week – suddenly found themselves face-to-face with a NextGen walkaround character. A Mickey Mouse who not only addressed...

on7 May 2010

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Blog Post: Why For did Storybook Circus wind up replacing the Pixie Hollow portion on WDW's Fantasyland expansion project?

Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Blog Post: Updated edition of "Building a Dream" covers even more of Disney's world

Blog Post: How a Toon Elevator helped Mickey Mouse learn how to talk