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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: Marvelous Mechanized Magic Kingdom revealed what it was really like to work for Walt

Jim Hill

You don't normally find alligators lurking inside of the Disneyland Hotel . Photo by Jim Hill Or - for that matter - PeopleMover cars parked just outside of this hotel's Grand Ballroom . Photo by Jim Hill But - then again - this past Saturday night wasn't exactly your average night at the...

on20 Sep 2010
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: I'm dreaming of a red + white + blue + green + yellow Christmas

Jim Hill

My apologies if this week's Monday Mouse Watch is somewhat on the short side. But I just got back from Southern California. And since I'm flying down to Florida tomorrow morning to start covering the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, I really don't have time to write a full-blown...

on14 Jun 2010
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
Blog Post: What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

Jim Hill

At the D23 EXPO back in September, I noted – with some amusement – that the new attractions that are now in the works for Hong Kong Disneyland follow the tried-and-true WDI formula. In that the critical event, the thing that sets everything in motion (Be it Albert the monkey opening an enchanted music...

on9 Feb 2010
Blog Post: From “Just Around the Riverbend,” here comes a brand-new Why For column

Jim Hill

Pavement Chaser starts things off with a rather succinct query. Which reads: Copyright 1995 Disney. All Rights Reserved Was there ever a Pocahontas ride in development? Pavement Chaser Dear Pavement Chaser – Whenever Walt Disney Animation Studios has a new project in development, you can pretty much...

on5 Feb 2010
Blog Post: Keep an eagle eye out for The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost

Jim Hill

While I was out at Comic-Con last month, I was slipped a preview copy of the Fall 2009 issue of Disney twenty-three magazine . Which features a terrific cover story, “Celebrating 40 years of Frights & Delights at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.” Copyright 2009 Disney. All Rights Reserved This 10 page...

on12 Aug 2009
Blog Post: The Disneyland expansion plan that never happened

Jim Hill

Danni T writes in to say: You've been posting an awful lot of Disney World stories lately. Isn't it time that you wrote something about Disneyland again? Maybe do another one of those stories where you talk about rides, shows or attractions that never got built? Ask and ye shall receive. The history...

on14 Nov 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
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: Monday Mouse Watch: Is there really such a thing as putting too much Walt into a Disney theme park?

Jim Hill

Last month, theme park fans the world over rejoiced at the news that the Walt Disney Company would be spending more than a billion dollars to redo DCA . With a large chunk of this cash being committed toward the retheming of the entrance portion of this troubled theme park . Which will soon be turned...

on25 Nov 2007

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

Blog Post: Marvelous Mechanized Magic Kingdom revealed what it was really like to work for Walt

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: I'm dreaming of a red + white + blue + green + yellow Christmas

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

Blog Post: What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

Blog Post: From “Just Around the Riverbend,” here comes a brand-new Why For column

Blog Post: Keep an eagle eye out for The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost

Blog Post: The Disneyland expansion plan that never happened

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

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: Monday Mouse Watch: Is there really such a thing as putting too much Walt into a Disney theme park?