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Blog Post: Why For did Epcot's Future World not turn out as WED had originally planned?

Jim Hill

Epcot Enthusiast wrote in this week to say: I saw a Tweet today that said that you and Len Testa were touring Future World and World Showcase recording stories for a new " Unofficial Guide Disney Dish with Jim Hill" podcast. Epcot is my very favorite WDW theme park. Could you please share some...

on7 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Only a few spots remain for D23's Great Disney Scavenger Hunt at Walt Disney World

Jim Hill

Four theme parks in two days seem like a pretty extreme way to see the Walt Disney World Resort . Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved But for the 500+ teams that have already signed up for the Great Disney Scavenger Hunt (which will be held May 12 - 13 as a prelude to D23 's Destination...

on21 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Disney's Night Kingdom lives to see another day (sort of) with DAK's Wild Africa Trek

Jim Hill

Do you remember that niche park which the Imagineers toyed with building back in 2008? You know, that project which went by a variety of names among them Disney's Night Kingdom & Disney's Jungle Trek )? Which then would have given WDW Guests the opportunity to have all sorts of hands-on experiences...

on18 Oct 2010
Blog Post: Mickey always plans a few moves ahead when it comes to Walt Disney World

Jim Hill

There have been lots of looky-loos lately over that Fantasyland Forest construction fence. Which has resulted in an equally large number of theories floating around online about what's currently going on with this $300 million project. Take - for example - all that soil that's been piled up towards...

on23 Aug 2010
Blog Post: "Mousejunkies!" takes an affectionate, irreverent look at Walt Disney World's appeal

Jim Hill

Okay. It's confession time. I know that the following statement may be hard for Disney hardcores to hear. But when you make your living as I do -- writing about The Walt Disney Company five days a week, 52 weeks a year, year in, year out -- there really is such a thing as too much Mouse. So when...

on18 Aug 2010
Blog Post: Imagineering Field Guide goes in for a close-up on Disney's Hollywood Studios

Jim Hill

It's the Disney's Hollywood Studios icon that makes fan boys foam at the mouth. That 122-foot-tall Sorcerer Mickey Hat which stands of Hollywood Boulevard, blocking the view of the Chinese Theater. So if this icon is so controversial, why then did Alex Wright opt to put the Sorcerer Mickey Hat...

on11 Aug 2010
Blog Post: "The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World" will give you a renewed appreciation of the WDW Resort

Jim Hill

30 years ago this month, I made my very first trip to Walt Disney World . And for 25 years now, I’ve been writing about Central Florida’s Vacation Kingdom. I offer this info up not because I want to impress JHM readers with my advanced age. But – rather – to give you some idea of how long I’ve actually...

on10 Jun 2009
Blog Post: WDW's Galaxy Palace Theater to be replaced with ... Cast Member parking ?!

Jim Hill

"Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." -- Joni Mitchell , " Big Yellow Taxi " I doubt that anyone -- not the choirs or the cheerleaders or all of the Cast Members that have performed here over the years -- would ever...

on28 Oct 2008
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
Blog Post: "Marching Along, We're Adventurers. Singing the Song of Adventurers ..."

Jim Hill

If I had to name the one thing that I enjoy most out of all the rides, shows, attractions, theme parks, resorts and whatnot that can now be found at Walt Disney World, my favorite would have to be the Adventurers Club. Photo by Jeff Lange Why For? Because this Pleasure Island Club takes everything that...

on26 Sep 2008

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Blog Post: Why For did Epcot's Future World not turn out as WED had originally planned?

Blog Post: Only a few spots remain for D23's Great Disney Scavenger Hunt at Walt Disney World

Blog Post: Disney's Night Kingdom lives to see another day (sort of) with DAK's Wild Africa Trek

Blog Post: Mickey always plans a few moves ahead when it comes to Walt Disney World

Blog Post: "Mousejunkies!" takes an affectionate, irreverent look at Walt Disney World's appeal

Blog Post: Imagineering Field Guide goes in for a close-up on Disney's Hollywood Studios

Blog Post: "The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World" will give you a renewed appreciation of the WDW Resort

Blog Post: WDW's Galaxy Palace Theater to be replaced with ... Cast Member parking ?!

Blog Post: Disney World postpones Fantasyland's facelift

Blog Post: "Marching Along, We're Adventurers. Singing the Song of Adventurers ..."