Sun Wheel Ferris wheel attraction at Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure; opened February 8, 2001. Huge A-frame struts hold a giant, 168-feet-in-diameter wheel that takes passengers for a ride in gondolas, some just swinging but others zigzagging toward the hub in a perpetual state of centrifugal excitement. It closed on October 13, 2008, to …
See moreSuited for the Sea (film) The evolution of dive suit technology, from the early diving bell to the Deep Rover, for The Living Seas, Epcot; opened on January 15, 1986.
See moreSullivan, Bill (“Sully”) He joined the staff at Disneyland in 1955, progressing from ticket taker to ride operator to operations supervisor. He assisted in the pageantry for the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley and the Disney attractions for the New York World’s Fair in 1964. Sullivan relocated to Florida to help open Walt …
See moreSultan Ruler of Agrabah in Aladdin; voiced by Douglas Seale.
See moreSultan and the Rock Star (television) Television show; aired on April 20, 1980. Rerun as The Hunter and the Rock Star. Directed by Ed Abroms. A gentle tiger is taken to an island to become the object of a hunting party, but they don’t reckon on a popular rock star escaping from his adoring public …
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Summer (film) Silly Symphony cartoon; released on January 16, 1930. Directed by Ub Iwerks. In this summer fantasy, the woodland animals, bugs, and flowers celebrate the season.
See moreStyle and Substance (television) Half-hour television series, which debuted on CBS on January 5, 1998, and ended on September 9, 1998. Chelsea Stevens has written books and produced videotapes on home decorating and entertaining, and even has her own television show. She lives in an efficiently ordered world, totally oblivious to the chaotic and hysterical …
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Submarine Voyage Tomorrowland attraction at Disneyland; opened June 6, 1959, and was dedicated on June 14. It closed on September 7, 1998. Billed as a voyage through “liquid space.” New animation was added in 1961. Originally the eight submarines were painted gray, based on America’s newest nuclear submarines, and named after them—Nautilus, Seawolf, Skate, Skipjack. …
See moreSuite Life of Zack & Cody, The (television) Comedy series debuting on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005. Twin 12-year-old boys, Zack and Cody, have a single mom who is a headlining singer at the Tipton, an upscale hotel in Boston. As part of her contract, she is given an upper floor suite in the …
See moreSuite Life Movie, The (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, airing on March 25, 2011. When Cody receives the opportunity to study at the Gemini Institute, a high-tech center which studies dynamics between twins, he and Zack find themselves connected in a way they never have been before. When one twin experiences a sensation, the …
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