Chicken Plantation Restaurant

Chicken Plantation Restaurant In Frontierland at Disneyland, sponsored by Swift, from July 17, 1955 to January 8, 1962. The popular restaurant on the shores of the Rivers of America lasted until its space was needed for the expansion of Frontierland and the building of New Orleans Square when it was torn down. In the early …

Chief

Chief Amos Slade’s dog in The Fox and the Hound; voiced by Pat Buttram.

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote (television)

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote (television) Television show; aired on October 15, 1961. Directed by Walter Perkins. A witness to his mother’s death at the hand of a man, the coyote, Chico, has learned to hate and fear him. Taken into captivity and exhibited in a small desert roadside zoo, he learns much but never loses …

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant In Fantasyland at Disneyland, from August 29, 1955 to 1969. It then became Captain Hook’s Galley until 1982. Originally, the ship was made entirely of wood, but with the wood sitting in water for so long, it began to rot. Over the years the wood was partially …

Chicken Little (film)

Chicken Little (film) Special cartoon, released on December 17, 1943. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Foxey Loxey cons the farmyard chickens and dim-witted Chicken Little into believing his cave is the only safe place when the sky is falling. Once they enter, the chickens are devoured. Originally this film was planned to have definite wartime connotations—the …

Chicken in the Rough (film)

Chicken in the Rough (film) Chip ‘n’ Dale cartoon; released on January 19, 1951. Directed by Jack Hannah. Chip and Dale, picking acorns, come across a nest of eggs. A baby chick hatches from one of the eggs and Dale, in trying to stuff the chick back into the egg, gets involved with the rooster …

Chevalier, Maurice

Chevalier, Maurice (1888-1972) Actor; appeared in In Search of the Castaways (Professor Paganel) and Monkeys, Go Home! (Father Sylvain), and sang the title song in The Aristocats. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 2002.

Chicago

Chicago City where Walt Disney was born, on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, a home that had been built by his father, Elias. (The houses on Tripp Avenue have been renumbered, and the Disney birthplace is now 2156 Tripp, at the corner of Palmer.) Elias started out as a carpenter in the city …

Chester & Hester’s

Chester & Hester’s Area in Dinoland U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom consisting of Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures, a gift shop opening April 22, 1998, and Chester & Hester’s Dino-Rama! consisting of TriceraTop Spin, Primeval Whirl, and Midway games, all of which opened November 18, 2001, except for Primeval Whirl, which opened April 18, 2002.

Chester, Yesterday’s Horse (television)

Chester, Yesterday’s Horse (television) Television show; aired on March 4, 1973. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. A Belgian draft horse in Oregon is retired, but proves he still has value when he helps save a man trapped in a burning truck. Stars Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Russ McGubbin.