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Why For?: Episode 1- Jim Hill Answers Questions about Pixar, Clarabelle Cow & the Matterhorn Movie by The Disney Dish Podcast with Jim Hill Media
Why For?: Episode 2- Epcot's Never Built Israel Pavilion (Bandcamp Exclusive) by The Disney Dish Podcast with Jim Hill Media
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Blog Post:
Remembering Marty Sklar, the Disney Legend who specialized in making other people's dreams come true
Jim Hill
If you look around the Web today, you'll see that there are lots of Disney fans who are expressing sorrow at Marty Sklar's untimely passing . But I wonder how many of these folks would ever admit that they were among those who - just two weeks ago today - actually booed this Disney Legend. All...
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28 Jul 2017
Blog Post:
Where Disneyland almost was (and what's now in the works for the Happiest Place on Earth)
Jim Hill
It's been an amazing eight days here in Southern California. I've met with a lot of great people while I was out here. And these folks then shared tons of tremendous stories. Many of which I'll be posting on JHM & the Huffington Post in coming weeks. But before I blow town, I did want...
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11 Sep 2014
Blog Post:
How did Disneyland Cast Members learn about the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad project back in 1979?
Jim Hill
35 years ago today, Disneyland 's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad officially opened the public. And the very first Guests were then able to climb aboard the I.M. Brave & U.R. Daring for the "Wildest Ride in the Wilderness." Zooming along 2,780 feet of track at speeds that sometime reached...
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1 Sep 2014
Blog Post:
Disneyland Prices and the Beginning of the End?
Roger Colton
Ah, yes... the inevitable annual price increases at Disneyland . As the modern era of stockholder value demands that double digit profits continue, who can be truly surprised when these come along? But, wait! There is a bit of a wrinkle this year. Those wily folks in the offices at Disney have decided...
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19 May 2014
Blog Post:
From the JHM Archives -- M - I - C in NYC : Disney at the 1964 New York World's Fair
Jim Hill
There has long been this legend about the importance the 1964 New York World's Fair played in the history of the Walt Disney Company. How the Fair was supposed to be this vital stepping-stone in the creation of Walt Disney World. How Walt had to see if his theme park rides and attractions would meet...
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27 Apr 2014
Blog Post:
The Mouse continues its hi-tech, hand-held roll-out with today's debut of Disney Movies Anywhere
Jim Hill
This ain't your Dad's Walt Disney Company anymore. Sure, every so often, you'll see the Company fund the construction of some massive immersive environment like Cars Land at Disney California Adventure Park or that AVATAR-inspired "land" which finally officially broke ground at...
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25 Feb 2014
Blog Post:
Remembering Shirley Temple and her many ties to The Walt Disney Company
Jim Hill
You know, as I sit and watch footage of Shia LaBeouf behaving like a jackass at the Berlin Film Festival or hear yet another story about how Justin Bieber continues his transition from talented tween to delusional jerk , I wonder: How did Shirley Temple do it? Shirley Temple on the red carpet at the...
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11 Feb 2014
Blog Post:
"Saving Mr. Banks" production team works with Disney Archives to accurately recreate Walt's World circa 1962
Jim Hill
So just how far did the " Saving Mr. Banks " production team go when it came to replicating the look & the feel of a early 1960s version of Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland Park ? Pretty darned far. Or so says Becky Cline , the Director of the Walt Disney Archives . "When the Studio...
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2 Jan 2014
Blog Post:
Katy Harris talks about all the hard work that went into creating Disneyland Paris' new holiday offerings
Andrea Monti
After beginning her theatrical career dancing in London's West End and then traveling the world, Katy Harris found herself at what was then known as EuroDisney working as a dancer at that theme park's "Beauty and the Beast" stage show. From there, Harris quickly rose through the ranks...
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21 Nov 2013
Blog Post:
Jingle Cruise is a bungle in the jungle, thanks -- in large part -- to the way this new holiday overlay has been promoted
Jim Hill
So where exactly -- in the great holiday scheme of things -- does Disneyland Park 's latest attempt at a seasonal overlay fall? Is the Jingle Cruise that Xmas gift which you've always dreamed of getting or more of an itchy sweater? Changing a single letter makes a really big difference at this...
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17 Nov 2013
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