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Blog Post: No foolin'. Here's a story about that Star Wars-themed dual track coaster which Imagineers thought about building back in the 1980s

Jim Hill

Given that April 1st is typically the day when a number of Disney news sites post these elaborate prank stories where they then try & convince a few poor April Fools that their obviously bogus article is legit, I thought that JHM should go the other way today. In that I'm going to post a story...

on1 Apr 2013
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: Would Disneyland’s Dixieland really have made a difference?

Jim Hill

Orange County Mountie writes in to say: I have just been loving these stories that you have been doing about Disneyland ’s expansion plans from the 1970s and 1980s. All of those rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers wanted to build back then but never got around to. In your last article, you...

on9 Apr 2010
Blog Post: The TRON attractions that Disneyland almost got

Jim Hill

Now that the official trailer for “ TRON Legacy ” has popped up on the Web and Disney XD has revealed that it has a TRON animated series in the works , theme parks fans are now wondering what the Imagineers will be doing to help support what-the-Company-hopes-will-be its next big franchise. Well, before...

on10 Mar 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

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Blog Post: No foolin'. Here's a story about that Star Wars-themed dual track coaster which Imagineers thought about building back in the 1980s

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

Blog Post: Would Disneyland’s Dixieland really have made a difference?

Blog Post: The TRON attractions that Disneyland almost got

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