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Blog Post: My Disney Experience delays are having a domino effect on several Magic Kingdom projects

Jim Hill

"The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray." This oft-quoted line from Robert Burns ' 1785 poem applies to an awful lot of aspects of modern day life. But none more so than the work that's recently been done in & around WDW 's Magic Kingdom Park . Take -- for example...

on7 Apr 2013
Blog Post: Disney Channel surpasses Disney Studios when it comes to creating characters, brands and franchises that the Company can really cash in on

Jim Hill

It's one of those generally accepted beliefs about The Walt Disney Company. That the fortunes of the Mouse House are directly tied to how well the Studio's movies do at the box office. More importantly, how successfully the characters from Disney's live-action films - not to mention those...

on6 Jan 2012
Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country

Jim Hill

There's a joke from " Annie Hall " that I love: Two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort. And one of them says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." And then the other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." I bring this story up today...

on21 Jun 2011
Blog Post: “The Men Who Would Be King” recalls the bad old days when Disney, DreamWorks & Pixar used to brawl

Jim Hill

Given that we now live in the age of DreamWorks 3.0 , with Walt Disney Studios distributing the films that Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider will soon be producing, it’s kind of hard to remember the bad old days. When Jeffery Katzenberg was … … out to deplete Disney’s talent pool. He flattered Disney...

on12 May 2010
Blog Post: Is 2010 the year that Walt Disney Studios begins showing its movies online?

Jim Hill

Have you looked at the calendar lately? No, I’m not talking about how there are just seven shopping days ‘til Christmas. I mean that – as of today – we’ve just two weeks left ‘til 2010 gets underway. Well, the folks who run The Walt Disney Company are clearly already making plans for next year. Over...

on18 Dec 2009
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

Jim Hill

It’s been quite a month for the Mouse, don’t you think? Inside of one single 30 day span, The Walt Disney Company has: Revealed that it would be spending $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its library of 5000 characters At the D23 EXPO , the Studios announced a new production label...

on5 Oct 2009

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Blog Post: My Disney Experience delays are having a domino effect on several Magic Kingdom projects

Blog Post: Disney Channel surpasses Disney Studios when it comes to creating characters, brands and franchises that the Company can really cash in on

Blog Post: D23 is actively working to increase capacity at its events, reaching out to Official Disney Fan Club members around the country

Blog Post: “The Men Who Would Be King” recalls the bad old days when Disney, DreamWorks & Pixar used to brawl

Blog Post: Is 2010 the year that Walt Disney Studios begins showing its movies online?

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals