Disney Institute, The
Disney Institute, The Participatory vacation experience opened at Walt Disney World on February 9, 1996. Guests chose from a wide selection of interactive programs (more than 60) in the areas of Entertainment Arts, Performing Arts, Story Arts, Design Arts, Culinary Arts, Lifestyles, Gardening & the Great Outdoors, and Sports and Fitness. The facilities were located …
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Disney Interactive Division formed in 1994 to develop, market, and distribute cartridge games and CD-ROM software; it took the place of Disney Software. It became part of Buena Vista Games in 2003. Disney Interactive was merged with Disney Consumer Products in 2015.
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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 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 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 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 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 Dream The third ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet embarked on its maiden voyage on January 26, 2011, after a christening on January 19. At 130,000 tons, the ship is much larger than its predecessors, with 14 decks, a ship length of 1,115 feet, and a maximum width of 125 feet. There are …
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Disney Dreamers Academy – Established in 2007, the Disney Dreamers Academy, with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine, is dedicated to providing youths, known as Dreamers, with experiences at the Walt Disney World Resort which allow them to explore possibilities that can turn their dreams into reality. In a four-day program, the Dreamers engage in a …
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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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