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Blog Post: D23's "Treasures" exhibit offers a comprehensive look at the Walt Disney Company's past, present and future

Jim Hill

Last Monday afternoon, I was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum and overheard a pretty funny exchange between two of the docents who'd been assigned to work the " D23 presents Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives " exhibit. Photo by Alice Hill It seems that one of these...

on27 Jul 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: 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: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Jim Hill

I got an e-mail asking me what I thought of that concept painting of the Shanghai Disneyland Resort which was shown at The Walt Disney Company's 2011 Investor's Conference yesterday. Concept art for the Shanghai Disneyland Resort. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved To be honest...

on17 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans

Jim Hill

This coming Saturday (provided – of course – that the Bay State isn’t still under water ), I’ll be down in Avon, MA. taking part in the 15 th annual Janet McDonald Memorial Walk Against Cancer . This fundraiser is something that my family does every year in order to honor the memory of my late cousin...

on1 Apr 2010

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Blog Post: D23's "Treasures" exhibit offers a comprehensive look at the Walt Disney Company's past, present and future

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

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: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans