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What happens when things actually do sort-of, kind-of go horribly wrong at a Disney theme park

Jim Hill — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares Richard Murphy’s tale about how Disneyland’s maintenance team came to his rescue on Super Bowl Sunday. When the Jungle Cruise boat that Richard was riding in somehow came...

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Monday Mouse Watch: Disney’s working to raise Guest awareness of its “365” & “Pirate” makeovers

Jim Hill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill discusses the many difficulties that Disney Parks & Resorts has been dealing with when it comes to properly launching & promoting these “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique” follow-ups...(read more)

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From “Just Around the Riverbend,” here comes a brand-new Why For column

Jim Hill — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. Like why the Imagineers never got to build a “Pocahontas” –themed Friendly Indian Village along the Rivers of America, why...

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Is it possible to experience your favorite Disney Park attraction for the very first time … again?

Jim Hill — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares a story from last September. When a chance encounter on “Star Tours” gave him a new appreciation for this soon-to-be-revamped simulator ride...(read more)

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Batman follows the Fantastic Mr. Fox at the Cartoon Art Museum

Jim Hill — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill reports in from this San Francisco favorite. Where a display featuring the sets, props & puppets from this 20th Century Fox stop motion film was recently replaced by an exhibit that...

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Tune Tuesday: Universal Orlando is counting on major music acts to help boost attendance levels ahead of Harry Potter’s grand opening

Jim Hill — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks about the performers that UOR has lined up to appear at its 2010 Mardi Gras celebration. Which Universal officials hope will be enough to lure Guests to their theme parks prior to the...

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Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to grow another Golden Oak for Florida?

Jim Hill — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares some domain names that The Walt Disney Company registered late last month. Which suggest that the Mouse & Four Seasons officials may have finally settled on a name for that...

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70 new items come up for bid today in the “Help the Hodges” auction

Jim Hill — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill continues to talk up this online fundraising effort. Which features one-of-a-kind pieces of art from top cartoonists and animators...(read more)

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Crowds come out for the NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club’s Heritage Luncheon and Show & Sale

Jim Hill — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares some of Chuck Oberleitner’s photographs from the festivities that were at the Anaheim Crown Plaza Resort back on January 15th & 16th...(read more)

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Toon Tuesday : My Luncheon with Roy

Floyd Norman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Join Disney Legend Floyd Norman in the Coral Room on the Burbank lot in late 1984. And then listen in as Walt’s nephew reassures the troops in regards to all the changes that had recently been made...

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Disney Legend Dick Van Dyke pops in on LA’s production of “Mary Poppins”

Jim Hill — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill reports in on the cameo appearance that this much beloved performer recently made with the North American touring company of this Disney & Cameron Mackintosh production...(read more)

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Broadway audiences roar as Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast of Disney’s “The Lion King”

Jim Hill — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares some shots from this one-night-only stunt. Where the moderator of “The View” made a number of cameo appearances during a performance at the Minskoff Theatre...(read more)

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Animators & cartoonists from all over come together to “Help the Hodges”

Jim Hill — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks up the online auction that gets underway today at 10 a.m. PT. Where one-of-a-kind items & original pieces of art are putting up for bid to aid a very worthwhile cause...(read more)

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“The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History” looks back at Conan O’Brien’s beginnings

Jim Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill reviews John Ortved’s book. Which talks about the part that this acclaimed animated series played in CoCo becoming David Letterman's replacement...(read more)

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Walt Disney Imagineering is very serious when it comes to play testing

Jim Hill — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks with Joe Garlington – WDI’s creative vice president in charge of interactives – about the crucial part that play testing plays in the development of new rides, shows and attractions...

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D23 fine-tunes its selection of special events for 2010

Jim Hill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill chats with Steven Clark, the Head of D23, about how the Official Community for Disney Fans has addressed Club members’ comments & concerns when it comes to what’s in the works for the coming...

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Why For did Sony Pictures decide not to go forward with production of “Spider-Man 4” ?

Jim Hill — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill is back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he talks about the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster clone that was almost built at DCA, the “Treasure Planet”...

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Disney Legend Harriet Burns: A model (maker) of a mother

Todd James Pierce — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Todd James Pierce talks with Pam Burns-Clair, co-author of “Walt Disney’s First Lady of Imagineering, Harriet Burns,” a brand-new book which will make its debut this Sunday at the NFFC-Disneyana Fan...

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Leonard Maltin to receive the first-ever NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club Heritage Award

Jim Hill — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:05:00 GMT

Jim Hill chats with this noted author and film historian. Who’ll be honored this Saturday at a special awards luncheon at the Anaheim Crown Plaza Resort in Garden Grove, CA...(read more)

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Enjoy the return of Warm Weather with a 4-Day Dream Pass

Kerry Camisa — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Kerry Camisa of OrlandoFunTickets.com tells us about a special ticket offer for Florida residents, which gets you 4 one day, one park admissions to any of Walt Disney World's theme parks for just...

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Blaine Gibson remembers Harriet Burns, the First Lady of Imagineering

Todd James Pierce — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Todd James Pierce talks with this Disney Legend about his longtime WED co-worker about the numerous contributions that Ms. Burns made to theme park attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, The...

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Huge crowds for Harry Potter: The Exhibition offers clues as to how well Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World will be received

Jim Hill — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks about the 10,000-square-foot exhibit that’s currently on display at Boston’s Museum of Science and how Islands of Adventure managers are now getting ready for that theme park’s 20-acre...

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Why For is “Captain EO” really returning to Disneyland Park?

Jim Hill — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill returns with answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he talks about the role that “Star Tours II” plays in Michael Jackson’s return to The Happiest Place on Earth, the...

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Toon Thursday: Dissecting Disney’s newest villain

Jim Hill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill chats with Bruce W. Smith, the supervising animator for Dr. Facilier from “The Princess and the Frog,” about all the research that he did & design decisions that he made while working on...

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Tube Tuesday: ABC’s “All My Children” celebrates its 40th anniversary today

Nancy Stadler — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nancy Stadler looks back over the history of this long-running soap as well as talking up the production’s recent move to the West Coast...(read more)

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