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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: 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
Blog Post: Another Kingdom That Never Came: Disneyland expansion plans circa 1976

Jim Hill

Mike P. wrote in yesterday to say: I loved last week's "Why For " about all the pavilions and attractions that were planned for Epcot and Disney World but ultimately never built. But what about Disneyland ? Do you have any information about rides, shows and attractions that were proposed for the Disney...

on6 Sep 2007
Blog Post: A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

Jim Hill

First up, Michael R. writes in to ask: I was wondering if there was any specific reason why there has not been a release of the " Disney-MGM Studios " version of (the " Imagineering Field Guide ") series? They've released books for the other three parks and I understand now they're working on the CA...

on9 Aug 2007
Blog Post: David Koenig's "Realityland" is a very entertaining Disney World exposé

Jim Hill

You all know about Epcot, right? That futuristic city that Walt Disney hoped to build? Copyright Bonaventure Press That's the real reason that Walt bought all of that swampland in Central Florida in the early 1960s, you know. Not because the Old Mousetro really felt the need to build Disneyland East...

on10 Jul 2007
Blog Post: "Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom" reveals how the Imagineers built WDW's wildest park yet

Jim Hill

What can you say about the "Imagineering Field Guide" series? It started out strong with the " Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World " guide back in 2005 and then got better last year with the " Epcot at Walt Disney World " guide. And now? " The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt...

on3 Jul 2007

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

Blog Post: Another Kingdom That Never Came: Disneyland expansion plans circa 1976

Blog Post: A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

Blog Post: David Koenig's "Realityland" is a very entertaining Disney World exposé

Blog Post: "Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom" reveals how the Imagineers built WDW's wildest park yet