Dream Called EPCOT, A (film)

Dream Called EPCOT, A (film) Promo film shown at the EPCOT Preview Center at Walt Disney World; first shown on June 1, 1981.

Downtown Disney Marketplace

Downtown Disney Marketplace New name (1997) for Disney Village Marketplace, which had opened in March 1975 as Lake Buena Vista Village, became Walt Disney World Village in 1977, and then Disney Village Marketplace in 1989. A variety of shops are clustered along the shore of the Buena Vista Lagoon next to Pleasure Island, about five …

Dragon Around (film)

Dragon Around (film) Donald Duck cartoon; released on July 16, 1954. Directed by Jack Hannah. As a steam-shovel operator, Donald is clearing an excavation site when he runs into Chip and Dale, who imagine the machine is a dragon threatening their home. By getting into the tool chest, they unbolt the steam shovel, which falls …

Down the Long Hills (television)

Down the Long Hills (television) A young boy and girl, survivors of an Indian raid, struggle to meet their rescuers, as the boy’s father carries out a desperate search for them. A Disney Channel Premiere Film, first aired on November 15, 1986. Directed by Burt Kennedy. Based on the story by Louis L’Amour. 89 min. …

Downtown Disney

Downtown Disney Name given in 1996 to the entertainment-shopping-dining district at Walt Disney World encompassing Disney Village Marketplace (renamed Downtown Disney Marketplace), Pleasure Island, and a new 66-acre area called Downtown Disney West Side, opened September 15, 1997, which includes Cirque du Soleil, Bongos Cuban Cafe, Wolfgang Puck Cafe, House of Blues, Virgin Megastore, DisneyQuest, …

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Walt Disney Company joined the prestigious list on May 6, 1991.

Douglas, Mike

Douglas, Mike (1925-2006) Provided the uncredited singing voice for Prince Charming in Cinderella.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (television)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (television) Television series on the new Fox network, from July 25 to September 12, 1987, after a preview on April 26. Further adventures of the Whiteman family and their domestic upheaval when a vagrant becomes a boarder. Stars Hector Elizondo (Dave Whiteman), Tim Thomerson (Jerry Baskin), Anita Morris (Barbara …

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (film)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (film) When Jerry, a down-and-out bum, tries to drown himself in a Beverly Hills swimming pool, the wealthy homeowner, Dave Whiteman, rescues him and invites him into the house to live. Jerry turns the lives of the Whiteman family completely upside down, and in doing so changes their perception …

Doug’s 1st Movie (film)

Doug’s 1st Movie (film) Doug Funnie, an imaginative and quirky 12 1/2-year-old, finds himself caught between saving an endangered “monster” of Lucky Duck Lake and a burning desire to take his secret crush, Patti Mayonnaise, to the school dance. Not only does he discover the mythical monster is real, and subject to an elaborate cover-up …