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Blog Post: What gloom & doom? It's still "Happy Poly Days" over at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Jim Hill

Alright. I know. It's been kind of a scary week for all you folks who live and work in Central Florida. What with all the stories that are making the rounds about Walt Disney World 's projected occupancy rate for the month of January as well as how miserable things have gotten for all those hotels &...

on5 Dec 2008
Blog Post: "When You Wish Upon a Wishbone" and other Turkey-related tales

Jim Hill

Are you like me? And after you finish carving the turkey ... Well, it looks like that once-beautiful bird has just been through the blender? Let's face facts: Most of us haven't had enough knife time to properly carve a turkey. Which is why we make such a hash of things whenever the holidays roll around...

on27 Nov 2008
Blog Post: WDW officials knew that '09 was going to be a real challenge

Jim Hill

Wayne C. sent in an interesting follow-up question to yesterday's article : "When exactly did Disney World executives realize that their resort was about to hit a rough patch? Based on some of the things they've done over the past six months (EX: Announcing back in July that they'd be closing Pleasure...

on10 Oct 2008
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : The Adventurers Club gets ready for its exit while the American Idol Experience delays its entrance

Jim Hill

This past Friday night, visitors to the Adventurers Club got to see a brand-new artifact added to the wall in the Main Salon : A video projection screen. Photo by Max Schilling Given that this piece of Pleasure Island is supposed to be a recreation of a gentlemen's club from the 1930s, one might wonder...

on15 Sep 2008
Blog Post: Will pirates soon be returning to Treasure ... er ... Discovery Island?

Jim Hill

Christy S. writes in to say: Jim When I was a little girl, my father and I flew down to Walt Disney World . This was just a year or so after the resort opened and I distinctly remember taking a boat ride with my father out to some island. Once we got there, these pirates led us on a treasure hunt which...

on5 Jun 2008

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Blog Post: What gloom & doom? It's still "Happy Poly Days" over at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Blog Post: "When You Wish Upon a Wishbone" and other Turkey-related tales

Blog Post: WDW officials knew that '09 was going to be a real challenge

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : The Adventurers Club gets ready for its exit while the American Idol Experience delays its entrance

Blog Post: Will pirates soon be returning to Treasure ... er ... Discovery Island?