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Blog Post: Disney to begin field-testing xPass / FASTPASS Plus at the Magic Kingdom this week

Jim Hill

You have undoubtedly already heard all of the news coming out of last week's big blogger event at Walt Disney World . With all sorts of Web-based tastemakers getting treated to construction site tours of the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion area as well as Disney's Art of Animation Resort...

on29 Apr 2012
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: Mickey & Minnie say "Farewell" to Toontown Fair, "Hello" to the Town Square Exhibition Hall

Jim Hill

What with all of the excitement associated with the Fantasy Forest project , Disneyana fans seem to have overlooked one important aspect of this Magic Kingdom expansion. As in: Given that Mickey's Toontown Fair is going to be flattened to make way for new Dumbo Circus & Disney Fairies -themed areas...

on29 Sep 2009
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: WDI panel to be a high point of Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ 20th anniversary celebration

Jim Hill

I realize that this is incredibly short notice. But if you’re a theme park history buff, you should really find a way to get down to Orlando next week. Why For? Because next Friday morning, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be celebrating its 20 th anniversary. And in addition to the two fan-run events...

on23 Apr 2009

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Blog Post: Disney to begin field-testing xPass / FASTPASS Plus at the Magic Kingdom this week

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

Blog Post: Mickey & Minnie say "Farewell" to Toontown Fair, "Hello" to the Town Square Exhibition Hall

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

Blog Post: WDI panel to be a high point of Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ 20th anniversary celebration