Fisher, Carrie (1956-2016) Actress; appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Leia Organa), and on TV in Sunday Drive (Franny Jessup). She was named a Disney Legend in 2017.
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Camp Woodchuck Kitchen Restaurant in the Camp Woodchuck area of Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland; opened Nov. 22, 2016. Guests enjoy camping-style meals as they watch canoes float by on the Rivers of America.
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Camp Woodchuck Area in Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland; opened Nov. 22, 2016. Guests can meet Donald Duck and Daisy Duck in the Woodchuck Greeting Trail and experience an immersive setting inspired by the Junior Woodchucks organization created by Carl Barks. See also Junior Woodchucks.
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Wonderful World of Disney, The: Magical Holiday Celebration (television) Julianne and Derek Hough hosted a two-hour musical special from the Walt Disney World Resort, kicking off the holiday season and showcasing music performances, special appearances, and some special Disney magic moments. Aired on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2016. Guests included Trisha Yearwood, Garth …
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (film) A standalone film in the Star Wars saga. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes bands together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. Released on Dec. 16, 2016, also in 3D and 3D IMAX, …
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PizzeRizzo Opened Nov. 18, 2016, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, replacing Pizza Planet Arcade. Personal-sized pizzas, along with other Italian favorites, are served in this two-story quick-service eatery. Rizzo the Rat from the Muppets is the proprietor.
See moreBAMTech In 2016, Disney purchased a 33% stake in BAMTech, a video streaming company that had been created by Major League Baseball in order to enable the company to create and distribute a new ESPN-branded subscription streaming service
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Swap, The (television) Disney Channel Original Movie, first aired Oct. 7, 2016. Ellie O’Brien is trying to juggle rhythmic gymnastics and troubles with her best friend. Meanwhile, classmate Jack Malloy is struggling to live up to his brothers’ hockey-star legacies and his dad’s high expectations. When a text argument about whose life is easier gets …
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Lodge, The (television) Mystery/drama series with original songs on Disney Channel, premiering in the U.S. on Oct. 17. 2016, after a Sep. 23 release in the UK and Canada. Skye (15), after losing her mother, returns with her father to North Star Lodge, the family-owned country hotel where her mother was raised years ago. Eager …
See morePoint of Honor (television) Pilot film for a proposed, but never made, TV series, available Jan. 15, 2016, on Amazon. At the start of the Civil War, a prominent Virginia family makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves, pitting the family against one another and testing their strength, …
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