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Blog Post:
What aspect of xPass / FASTPASS+ will Disney field test next?
Jim Hill
Okay. The first field test of xPass / FASTPASS+ officially wrapped yesterday. And while Disney correlates all of that data which they collected from those 4200 individuals, groups and families who agreed to take part in this pilot program at the Magic Kingdom , the Company's already reaching out...
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15 May 2012
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How the Imagineers came to create the "Country Bear Christmas Special" show
Jim Hill
Back when I lived in Central Florida in the early-to-mid 1990s, one of my favorite things to do this time of year was to go into Frontierland at WDW 's Magic Kingdom and then catch a performance of "Country Bear Christmas Special." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved...
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18 Dec 2011
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...
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11 Aug 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...
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9 Jun 2010
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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...
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15 Sep 2008
Blog Post:
A PC Haunted Mansion ?! Now that's scary
Jim Hill
Forget about "Grim Grinning Ghosts." Get ready for "Prim, we-don't-mean-to-offend-anyone Ghosts." That's the word coming out of Glendale these days. Reportedly in response to guest complaints about goofy but ghoulish lines like "Drag your wretched bodies to the dead center of the room," the Imagineers...
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2 Jan 2008