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Blog Post:
Pook-A-Looz give classic Disney characters a quirky new look
Jim Hill
From the people who brought you Passamaquoddy , Heffalumps and Woozles as well as Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo , now come Disney Pook-A-Looz . The official tagline for this quirky new line of plush is “Too cute for their own good.” But these classic Disney characters didn’t get that way all by themselves. They...
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6 Apr 2010
Blog Post:
D23 fine-tunes its selection of special events for 2010
Jim Hill
D23 is still a few weeks out from its really-for-real birthday (Just for the record, The Walt Disney Company launched its Official Community for Disney Fans back on March 10, 2009). But given that D23 just revealed that it will be holding first anniversary parties at Disneyland and WDW’s Magic Kingdom...
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18 Jan 2010
Blog Post:
Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president
Jim Hill
What with that $1.1 billion worth of construction that’s currently going on at Disney’s California Adventure (not to mention that $100+ milllion redo of the Disneyland Hotel that just got underway), the next three years are going to be a particularly tough time for the Disneyland Resort . Walt Disney...
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13 Oct 2009
Blog Post:
“Mickey’s Sweatshop,” “Tink My Ride” and … “Enchanted 2” ?!
Jim Hill
In response to last month’s “ Is Disney / Pixar finally getting serious about ‘Monsters, Inc. 2’ “ article, PapaMelrose wrote in to say: Sometimes The Walt Disney Company registers domain names not because they ever intend on actually using them. But because they don’t want some other company or individual...
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20 Aug 2009
Blog Post:
It's time to cash in those Disney Dollars. D23 Expo tickets go on sale today
Jim Hill
Look at this trove, Treasures untold How many wonders can one cavern hold? Well, the Anaheim Convention Center is pretty cavernous. It has 813,000 square feet of exhibit space, to be exact. Plus 51 different meeting rooms. And did I mention those 7,500 seats in the Anaheim Arena? "So why should I care...
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3 Jun 2009
Blog Post:
Disney hopes that our next Commander-in-Chief can inspire some consumer confidence
Jim Hill
It all comes down to what happens tomorrow night. More importantly, Wednesday morning. As in: Who winds up in the White House and how Wall Street & consumers then react to this news. That's what I've repeatedly been told by Mouse House personnel. That the Walt Disney Company wants to see who wins...
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3 Nov 2008
Blog Post:
Well, so much for that conspiracy theory ...
Jim Hill
Let me tell you about a rather breathless phone call I received just yesterday from a reporter who works for a major American daily. This reporter (And -- no -- I'm not going to reveal his name. The poor guy's already embarassed enough as it is) thought that he had stumbled upon this truly huge Disney...
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5 Aug 2008
Blog Post:
"High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!
Jim Hill
So -- in the weeks & months ahead -- we've got " My School Musical " on the Disney Channel , " High School Musical: Get in the Picture " on ABC as well as the theatrical release of " High School Musical 3 ." But how far exactly is the Walt Disney Company planning on stretching the "High School Musical...
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2 Jun 2008
Blog Post:
Disney testing new ways to slow down FastPass counterfeiters
Jim Hill
The next time you use as a FastPass at a Disney theme park, pay close attention to what the cast member does once you walk up to that FastPass Return entrance. After you hand over your ticket, do they quickly run their finger along the top of that FastPass before then allowing you to enter that ride...
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20 Feb 2008
Blog Post:
Monday Mouse Watch: Is there really such a thing as putting too much Walt into a Disney theme park?
Jim Hill
Last month, theme park fans the world over rejoiced at the news that the Walt Disney Company would be spending more than a billion dollars to redo DCA . With a large chunk of this cash being committed toward the retheming of the entrance portion of this troubled theme park . Which will soon be turned...
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25 Nov 2007
Blog Post:
What was it like to be at Disneyland and/or Walt Disney World six years ago today?
Jim Hill
When people usually talk about what happened on 9/11, the focus (for obvious reasons) is on New York City, Washington D.C. and that field just outside of Shanksville, PA. But -- that said -- it's also important to remember what happened immediately after those four planes crashed. That sudden surge...
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10 Sep 2007