Minkoff, Rob

Minkoff, Rob Animator/director; joined Disney in 1983 and worked as an inbetweener on The Black Cauldron. He helped design the characters of Basil in The Great Mouse Detective and Ursula in The Little Mermaid, before becoming associated with the character Roger Rabbit as the director of Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit and co-producer of …

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Miniatures

Miniatures One of Walt Disney’s hobbies was the collecting of miniatures, and this hobby actually helped bring about Disneyland. For years Walt had been collecting tiny furniture and household items and displaying them in little room settings. Out of this collection came an idea for a miniature Americana display with dioramas that would travel the …

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Mineo, Sal

Mineo, Sal (1939-1976) Actor; appeared in Tonka (White Bull).

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Minado, the Wolverine (television)

Minado, the Wolverine (television) Television show; aired on November 7, 1965. A young wolverine torments a trapper who has killed the wolverine’s mother, by stealing his food, tools, and other supplies, and eventually driving him away. Narrated by Sebastian Cabot.

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Mineral Hall

Mineral Hall Shop and display of minerals in Frontierland at Disneyland from July 30, 1956, to 1963. The front part of the shop offered minerals for sale; in back you could see displays of minerals alternately under regular light and black light. It was fun to see how clothing would also glow under the black …

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Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland

Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland Frontierland attraction at Disneyland; from May 28, 1960, to January 2, 1977. Formerly Rainbow Caverns Mine Train (1956-1959). Guests rode a train through a new wilderness area populated by 204 lifelike bears, beavers, and other critters, then continued through the area of the former attraction—the painted desert and Rainbow Caverns, …

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Mills, John

Mills, John (1908-2005) Actor; appeared in Swiss Family Robinson (Father), The Disneyland Tenth Anniversary Show, and Escape to Paradise. He was named a Disney Legend in 2002.

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Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner

Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner Opened at Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989. A tramp steamer docked at Echo Lake serving sandwiches and other fast-food items, based on the 1930 film starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery.

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