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Blog Post: Looking back at the 2011 D23 EXPO: expectations vs. reality

Jim Hill

And how was your weekend? Mine contrasted sharply with last weekend. Instead of being inside of the brightly-lit Anaheim Convention Center surrounded by thousands of Disney fans, I was sitting in the dark here at home with Nancy, Alice and the cats. What with all the wind & wet weather associated...

on29 Aug 2011
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: 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: Disney World postpones Fantasyland's facelift

Jim Hill

Do you hear that squealing noise coming out of Burbank? That's the sound of Mouse House management stomping on the brakes. Slowing down (and -- in some cases -- shutting down entirely) some of the more ambitious projects that the Walt Disney Company currently has in the works. All because of what's been...

on9 Oct 2008

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Blog Post: Looking back at the 2011 D23 EXPO: expectations vs. reality

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

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

Blog Post: Disney World postpones Fantasyland's facelift