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Blog Post: "Walt and the Promise of Progress City" covers an awful lot of Disney-related real estate

Jim Hill

"You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen ..." Well, if you're a Disney history buff, then you must already know about Walt's land searches of the early 1950s. As Disney tried to find just the right spot in Southern California for his family fun park . Likewise if you're...

on30 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Why For aren't more Disney World attractions cloned for Disneyland?

Jim Hill

Maddy Mouse wrote in to say: I have kind of a weird question for you to answer. I notice that Walt Disney World has lots of rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers originally designed for Disneyland . But when it comes to rides, shows and attractions that the Imagineers originally designed for...

on28 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Figuring out what was wrong with Disney's original Abraham Lincoln AA figure

Jim Hill

Back in the late 1950s, when Corky Wilds was working for Mitchell Camera Corporation , he'd make the trek from his home in North Hollywood out to Glendale. "This was before the highway got built. So the only way to get to Mitchell Camera's offices in Glendale was to drive up Riverside Drive...

on30 Aug 2010
Blog Post: Is everything on display in DCA's "Blue Sky Cellar" actually going to get built? Maybe. Maybe not

Jim Hill

Anne L. writes in to ask: "This past week, I couldn't help but notice that -- out of all the major Disneyana sites on the Web -- JHM is the only one that hasn't mentioned DCA 's Blue Sky Cellar yet. Why is that?" To be honest, Anne, you kind of answered your own question. Given that everyone else out...

on24 Oct 2008
Blog Post: A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

Jim Hill

First up, Michael R. writes in to ask: I was wondering if there was any specific reason why there has not been a release of the " Disney-MGM Studios " version of (the " Imagineering Field Guide ") series? They've released books for the other three parks and I understand now they're working on the CA...

on9 Aug 2007

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Blog Post: "Walt and the Promise of Progress City" covers an awful lot of Disney-related real estate

Blog Post: Why For aren't more Disney World attractions cloned for Disneyland?

Blog Post: Figuring out what was wrong with Disney's original Abraham Lincoln AA figure

Blog Post: Is everything on display in DCA's "Blue Sky Cellar" actually going to get built? Maybe. Maybe not

Blog Post: A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For