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Blog Post: From concerts to cels, attraction openings to book signings, there's a mighty busy Mouse-related week coming up

Jim Hill

Never mind March coming in like a lion. This month is really more a mouse, given all of the Disney-related events that are going to be happening all over the country in the coming week. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Like what? Well, for starters, today through Monday, March 11th...

on10 Mar 2013
Blog Post: Company insiders share all sorts of great stories at the Disneyana Fan Club's annual convention

Jim Hill

Disneyland Park celebrated its 56 th anniversary of its opening yesterday. But for those who couldn't wait to get that party started, there was the Disneyana Fan Club 's annual convention . Photo by Paul Schnebelen Held just down the road from the Park at the Anaheim Crowne Plaza Resort in Garden...

on17 Jul 2011
Blog Post: D23's serves up a delightful, insightful celebration of Disneyland's 55th anniversary with its Destination D event

Jim Hill

Okay. Quick show of hands. How many of you remember Mr. Creosote from " Monty Python's the Meaning of Life "? That grotesquely fat man (played by Terry Jones ) who ate so much he literally exploded after consuming one-too-many wafer-thin mints? The reason that I bring that character up...

on27 Sep 2010
Blog Post: New book takes a behind-the-dreams look at the way Walt Disney Imagineering really works today

Jim Hill

Okay. Last week, JHM reviewed a new hardcover that would be the perfect graduation present for any artists and animators that are on your gift list. This time around, I'd like to talk up a book that would be a great selection for any would-be Imagineers you may have in your extended family. And that...

on9 Jun 2010
Blog Post: What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

Jim Hill

The world got a little smaller this past Tuesday with the passing of Disney Legend Joyce Carlson . And -- no -- I'm not just saying that because this veteran Imagineer worked on six different versions of "it's a small world." With Joyce not only helping to create the original version of this much beloved...

on3 Jan 2008
Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3

Jim Hill

Picking up where we left off on Tuesday ... I know that this is going to sound a bit bizarre. Particularly given that -- back in 1955 -- Walt Disney built an entire theme park for just $17 million . But $30 million doesn't go as far as you might think these days. Which is why WDI really had to pick...

on23 Oct 2007
Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 1

Jim Hill

Plussing . It's a practice at the Disney theme parks that reportedly dates back to the late 1950s. When Walt -- while he was visiting Disneyland one weekend -- supposedly overheard a mother tell her child: "We don't have to go on the Jungle Cruise again. We saw that ride the last time we visited this...

on21 Oct 2007

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Blog Post: From concerts to cels, attraction openings to book signings, there's a mighty busy Mouse-related week coming up

Blog Post: Company insiders share all sorts of great stories at the Disneyana Fan Club's annual convention

Blog Post: D23's serves up a delightful, insightful celebration of Disneyland's 55th anniversary with its Destination D event

Blog Post: New book takes a behind-the-dreams look at the way Walt Disney Imagineering really works today

Blog Post: What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3

Blog Post: WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 1