Phantom Boats

Phantom Boats Tomorrowland attraction at Disneyland in 1956. The boats sported large fins.

Phantom Manor

Phantom Manor The Haunted Mansion attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland Paris; opened April 12, 1992.

Peter Tchaikovsky Story, The (television)

Peter Tchaikovsky Story, The (television) Television show; aired on January 30, 1959. Directed by Charles Barton. Background information on Tchaikovsky gathered during the making of Sleeping Beauty led to this biographical show, telling stories of the life of the great Russian composer from a child, born in 1840, to adulthood. The film covers his education …

Pete’s Dragon (film)

Pete’s Dragon (film) Lively musical comedy in which a magical and sometimes mischievous dragon, Elliott, inadvertantly causes chaos and confusion in Passamaquoddy, a Maine fishing village. To help a young orphan, Pete, break away from his evil foster parents, the Gogans, and find a happy home with Nora and her father Lampie in their lighthouse, …

Petersen, Paul

Petersen, Paul He was hired as a Mouseketeer for the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955, but let go shortly afterwards. He wrote the book, Walt, Mickey and Me (Dell, 1977) about the club and his experiences with it. He was in The Happiest Millionaire (Tony).

Peters, Brock

Peters, Brock (1927-2005) Actor; appeared on television in The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance and Polly. He also did the voice of Druid Chief in DuckTales.

Petit Train du Cirque, Le

Petit Train du Cirque, Le Casey Jr. attraction in Fantasyland in Disneyland Paris; opened in April 1994.

Peter and the Wolf (film)

Peter and the Wolf (film) Segment of Make Mine Music, told by Sterling Holloway, about the brave young boy who goes with a duck, cat, and bird to catch the wolf, with each character represented by a musical instrument in the orchestra. Peter is represented by a string quartet; Sasha the bird by a flute, …

Peter Pan’s Flight

Peter Pan’s Flight Fantasyland attraction at Disneyland; opened on July 17, 1955, and redesigned in 1983. Also Fantasyland attraction in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World, opened October 3, 1971, and at Tokyo Disneyland, opened April 15, 1983. Also in Fantasyland at Disneyland Paris, opened April 12, 1992. Based on Disney’s 1953 film. The …

Peter Pan (film)

Peter Pan (film) Story of the magical boy who wouldn’t grow up who teaches the three Darling children—Wendy, John, and Michael—to fly to Never Land with him where they embark on adventures with the chief inhabitants, Captain Hook and his crew of pirates. The fairy, Tinker Bell, is jealous of Peter’s attentions to Wendy, and …