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Blog Post: Are Disney's new interactive queues actually encouraging theme park Guests to be more destructive?

Jim Hill

Figment's Friend sent me a rather anxious e-mail last week. This JHM reader wanted to share a bit of news coming out of WDW's Magic Kingdom which had really upset him: Did you see what happened to that portrait of Tony Baxter which was hung in the new interactive queue of Big Thunder Mountain...

on25 Mar 2013
Blog Post: Why For did Universal Orlando sell off all of that property it bought from Lockheed Martin?

Jim Hill

Paul G writes in to ask: Why on earth are so many Disney fan websites so negative? There are a good number of them that I don't even look at anymore because they spend so much time complaining about every last little thing. They are so negative! (thank you Jim for being one of the few who, while...

on27 Dec 2012
Blog Post: What do you get when you combine Disneyland's "it's a small world" with Sleeping Beauty Castle?

Jim Hill

They say that a man's home is his castle. Well, tonight, my castle is under siege. The wind field associated with Hurricane Sandy has already made its way up to New Hampshire, sending wind gusts of 50 - 55 MPH whistling through the trees. Which means that Nancy and I have already experienced a number...

on29 Oct 2012
Blog Post: Pruning Carnation Plaza Gardens makes room for future growth at Disneyland

Jim Hill

As any good gardener will tell you, Fall is a great time to prune. Why For? Because once the leaves are off the tree, you can actually see what you're doing. More to the point, flowering plants that are pruned back in the autumn usually experience vigorous regrowth the following spring. Photo by...

on18 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Between working with WDI and a new stage show, 2010 was loaded with "Great Moments" for John Tartaglia

Jim Hill

What's the weirdest place you ever got a job offer? Because I bet John Tartaglia has you beat. Let me set the scene for you. It's September of 2009. And the star of " Johnny and the Sprites " - having a fun few days exploring & experiencing the inaugural D23 Expo - was over at Disneyland...

on16 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: I'm dreaming of a red + white + blue + green + yellow Christmas

Jim Hill

My apologies if this week's Monday Mouse Watch is somewhat on the short side. But I just got back from Southern California. And since I'm flying down to Florida tomorrow morning to start covering the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, I really don't have time to write a full-blown...

on14 Jun 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: 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: Volume 9 of the “Walt’s People” series features some great behind-the-scenes stories

Jim Hill

Good God. Are we really already be up to Volume 9 in the “Walt’s People” series? I can recall when Disney Historian Didier Ghez initially proposed these books (which – if I’m remembering correctly – was sometime back during the Pleistocene Epoch) that would collect & then reprint the very best Mouse...

on5 May 2010
Blog Post: Would Disneyland’s Dixieland really have made a difference?

Jim Hill

Orange County Mountie writes in to say: I have just been loving these stories that you have been doing about Disneyland ’s expansion plans from the 1970s and 1980s. All of those rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers wanted to build back then but never got around to. In your last article, you...

on9 Apr 2010

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Blog Post: Are Disney's new interactive queues actually encouraging theme park Guests to be more destructive?

Blog Post: Why For did Universal Orlando sell off all of that property it bought from Lockheed Martin?

Blog Post: What do you get when you combine Disneyland's "it's a small world" with Sleeping Beauty Castle?

Blog Post: Pruning Carnation Plaza Gardens makes room for future growth at Disneyland

Blog Post: Between working with WDI and a new stage show, 2010 was loaded with "Great Moments" for John Tartaglia

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: I'm dreaming of a red + white + blue + green + yellow Christmas

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

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

Blog Post: Volume 9 of the “Walt’s People” series features some great behind-the-scenes stories

Blog Post: Would Disneyland’s Dixieland really have made a difference?