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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: 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: Monday Mouse Watch : Get ready for WDW's monstrous new coaster

Jim Hill

Judging by the long lines at " Toy Story Mania " as well as the brisk business that "Hey Howdy Hey!" & the gift shop across the way have been doing, it would appear that Pixar Place has already proven to be a very popular addition to Disney's Hollywood Studios . The only problem with the studio theme...

on21 Jul 2008
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : WDI complains about all those complainers

Jim Hill

It's as predictable as the tides. First a new attraction soft-opens at one of the Disney theme parks. And then someone online declares this new ride or show is " ... the worst thing that Imagineering has ever designed." Which is why -- on the heels of "Spaceship Earth" 's torturous test-and-adjust period...

on4 May 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: Does WDI plan on gagging our next Commander-in-Chief as part of the 2009 redo of WDW's "Hall of Presidents" ?

Jim Hill

While some of us are obsessing about the impact that today's primaries may have on the upcoming presidential race ... The Imagineers are already looking ahead. Nine months ahead, to be exact. To that period immediately after the U.S. has selected its next Commander-in-Chief. Which means that it will...

on3 Mar 2008

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

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Get ready for WDW's monstrous new coaster

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : WDI complains about all those complainers

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: Does WDI plan on gagging our next Commander-in-Chief as part of the 2009 redo of WDW's "Hall of Presidents" ?