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Blog Post:
From concerts to cels, attraction openings to book signings, there's a mighty busy Mouse-related week coming up
Jim Hill
Never mind March coming in like a lion. This month is really more a mouse, given all of the Disney-related events that are going to be happening all over the country in the coming week. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Like what? Well, for starters, today through Monday, March 11th...
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10 Mar 2013
Blog Post:
Ron Schneider's "From Dreamer to Dreamfinder" is a hilarious & informative insider's view of the themed entertainment business
Jim Hill
My apologies, folks. I know that JHM has been extremely light on content this past week or so. But I have been traveling. Dear Lord, have I been traveling. I wonder how many Frequent Flyer miles The Dreamfinder racked up while he was flying this contraption around EPCOT Center's Kodak pavilion? Copyright...
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15 Aug 2012
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...
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30 Nov 2011
Blog Post:
Wine & dine & run for your lives! Mickey may be getting into the blood-sucking business
Jim Hill
In honor of Columbus Day, I thought that we’d spend today peeking over the horizon. Discovering what new worlds possibly awaits us by checking out some of the domain names The Walt Disney Company has registered over the past few weeks. All of you athletic-types who enjoy taking part in endurance events...
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12 Oct 2009
Blog Post:
How "One Little Spark" nearly fried the Dreamfinder
Jim Hill
As a kid I'd tune in the Wonderful World of Color every Sunday night. Most of the time Walt would introduce some western or historic feature - or some story like "Melvin, the Manic Marmoset" - and I'd switch over to watch Ed Sullivan . He had ventriloquists ! On a good week, there'd be an animated feature...
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15 Jul 2008
Blog Post:
"We're rollin' on the Mickey's Birthdayland Express"
Jim Hill
Today's lesson: Sometimes our Disney fan obsessions do pay off. When EPCOT Center opened in 1982, Steve Hansen was already an accomplished puppeteer and performer, working as the PuppetMan in World Showcase. Someone as talented & versatile as Steve was bound to go far in the Walt Disney world. In...
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6 Mar 2008
Blog Post:
David Koenig's "Realityland" is a very entertaining Disney World exposé
Jim Hill
You all know about Epcot, right? That futuristic city that Walt Disney hoped to build? Copyright Bonaventure Press That's the real reason that Walt bought all of that swampland in Central Florida in the early 1960s, you know. Not because the Old Mousetro really felt the need to build Disneyland East...
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10 Jul 2007
Blog Post:
"Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom" reveals how the Imagineers built WDW's wildest park yet
Jim Hill
What can you say about the "Imagineering Field Guide" series? It started out strong with the " Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World " guide back in 2005 and then got better last year with the " Epcot at Walt Disney World " guide. And now? " The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt...
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3 Jul 2007