Disney Inn, The
Disney Inn, The Golf hotel at Walt Disney World, formerly The Golf Resort. The name was changed in 1986. The hotel was popular not only for golfers, but by other guests because its more secluded location, not on the Monorail line, made it seem quieter and more restful. Leased by the government in 1994 for …
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Disney Goes to the Oscars (television) Television show; aired on March 23, 1986. Directed by Andrew Solt. Covers some of the Disney Academy Award-winning films, with Tony Danza.
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Disney Gallery, The Display of Disneyland-related artwork, designs, and models, above Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, opened on July 11, 1987, and closed on August 7, 2007. This area had originally been planned as an apartment for Walt and Roy Disney, and in fact if you study the wrought iron railings on the balcony, …
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Disney Fairies: Pixie Hollow Games (television) Animated television special that premiered on Disney Channel on November 19, 2011. Tinker Bell and her fairy friends gather to compete in the Pixie Hollow Games—a sports spectacle filled with pixie pageantry and fantasic fairy events. Directed by Bradley Raymond. Voices include Mae Whitman (Tinker Bell), Lucy Liu (Silvermist), …
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Disney Fantasy The christening of the fourth ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet was held in New York on March 1, 2012, with a maiden voyage following on March 31. Matching the Disney Dream, the ship features 14 decks, a ship length of 1,115 feet, a maximum width of 125 feet, and 1,250 staterooms, …
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Disney Family Album (television) Series on The Disney Channel, premiering June 9, 1984, which featured individual shows on people who have made Disney so successful. Included were shows on the Disneyland Designers, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Annette Funicello, Jim Macdonald, Ken Anderson, Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw, Eric Larson, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, …
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Disney Foundation Established in 1951 as a nonprofit corporation dedicated exclusively to the support of charitable and educational activities. Contributions to the Foundation come from The Walt Disney Company. In addition to the active support of numerous health, community, educational, and youth organizations in California, Florida, and New York, the Foundation from time to time …
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Disney English The first Disney-operated training center for teaching English as a second language to children, using the Disney characters and stories, opened in Shanghai in October 2008. The curriculum is developed in the U.S., and taught by North American tutors.
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Disney Fair Live stage show, exhibits, games, and shops under a tent created to appear at state fairs nationwide, first appearing at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, September 6-22, 1996, then later in Arizona. Instead of continuing with state fairs, the show was reworked as DisneyFest with plans for overseas productions. It began its …
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Disney Educational Productions Formerly the Walt Disney Educational Materials Co. and Walt Disney Educational Media Co., involved in the production of educational films, video cassettes, videodiscs, DVDs, and other products for schools.
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