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  • WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 5

    Jim Hill concludes his series on this Magic Kingdom favorite by first talking about that state-of-the-art image capture system that was installed at this dark ride but never really turned on, then by discussing the exit area gift shop that will eventually be added to this attraction
    Posted by Jim Hill on October 25, 2007
  • Does "Graduation" actually bring Kim Possible's career to a close? Maybe

    On the eve of the airing of this series finale, Jim Hill talks with KP creators Robert Schooley and Mark McCorkle. Who talk about the surprise fourth season that this Disney Channel show received as well as how Kim will now live on as the star of a brand-new interactive attraction at Epcot
    Posted by Jim Hill on September 5, 2007
  • Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

    How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI
    Posted by Jim Hill on August 26, 2007
  • Why For Zac Efron doesn't have more fans in Mouse House management?

    Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about which "High School Musical" star is being recruited for "Aida," why California Adventure may seem somewhat familiar to Disney's America fans as well as revealing why "Toy Story Mania" may not open as scheduled next year
    Posted by Jim Hill on July 12, 2007
  • As "Tarzan" swings off Broadway, is Beyoncé getting ready to play Aida in Disney's next big movie musical?

    Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related question. In this week's "Why For," he talks about how the Wiggles wound up at Six Flags, shares the latest news on the "Song of the South" DVD, sounds off about "Soarin'" & "Der Glockner Von Notre Dame" and ... Oh, yeah ... Reveals the latest rumors surrounding the studio's upcoming big screen adaptation of "Aida"
    Posted by Jim Hill on July 5, 2007
  • Why (For) did Walt Disney actually have Disneyland's Submarine Voyage built ?

    Jim Hill reveals the hidden history of this soon-to-be-re-opening Tomorrowland attraction. Which only came about because the Ol' Mousetro was determined to "one up" the competition. Which -- back in 1958 -- was this recently rethemed Santa Monica amusement pier that had just been dubbed "Pacific Ocean Park"
    Posted by Jim Hill on June 7, 2007
  • Tech Thursday : When it comes to the Disney theme parks & interactivity, what price is right ?

    Jim Hill talks about the trouble that the Mouse has had (to date) with getting the public to embrace some of the emerging technologies that the Imagineers have recently introduced at the theme parks. Which actually has a lot to do with the high prices that Mickey then charges for these hi-tech devices
    Posted by Jim Hill on May 30, 2007
  • Monday MouseWatch : Will the third time be the charm with Disney's Muppet revival project ?

    Jim Hill walks us through the recent history of the Muppet Holding Company / Muppet Studios LLC. Which has blown through a trio of seasoned Disney VPs in the past three years. So now the question is: Does Lylle Breier really have what it takes to restore Jim Henson's once-beloved set of characters to their former glory?
    Posted by Jim Hill on April 29, 2007
  • Why For wasn't this episode of "Dinosaurs" ever broadcast on ABC ?

    In honor of next Tuesday's DVD release of the third & fourth seasons of this acclaimed Touchstone Television / Jim Henson Productions series, Jim Hill talks about a particular show that never actually aired on ABC. A brutally funny send-up of Disneyland & Walt Disney World called "Variations on a Theme Park"
    Posted by Jim Hill on April 26, 2007
 
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