Atlantic Dance

Atlantic Dance Nightclub at the BoardWalk Resort at Walt Disney World; opened July 1, 1996. The club has experimented with different dance styles, including Latino and swing.

Atlantis: Milo’s Return (film)

Atlantis: Milo’s Return (film) Milo, Kida, and their crew gear up for more action in this direct-to-video sequel to Atlantis: The Lost Empire, with the story beginning just a few months after the original film’s conclusion. While Kida—now Atlantean queen—and explorer Milo Thatch have set about rebuilding the city and restoring greatness to the Atlantean …

Atlantic Wear & Wardrobe Emporium

Atlantic Wear & Wardrobe Emporium Shop in the Beach Club Resort at Walt Disney World, opened on November 19, 1990. Gifts and souvenirs are themed to the Beach Club atmosphere. It closed on January 5, 2005, to be remodelled and reopened, on March 24, 2005, as Beach Club Marketplace (including grab ‘n go food service).

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (film)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (film) In 1914, an inexperienced young museum cartographer and linguistics expert, Milo Thatch, joins up with a group of daredevil explorers in an expedition funded by an eccentric billionaire, Preston B. Whitmore, to find the legendary lost empire of Atlantis. Milo is continuing a quest begun by his late grandfather. Utilizing …

Atkinson, Rowan

Atkinson, Rowan Actor; voiced Zazu in The Lion King.

At the Movies (television)

At the Movies (television) New title for Ebert & Roeper and the Movies. The motion picture review show changed to At the Movies with a new set and format beginning September 6, 2008, starring Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz. New critics took over on September 5, 2009—A.O. (Tony) Scott of the New York Times and …

At Home with Donald Duck (television)

At Home with Donald Duck (television) Television show, aired on November 21, 1956. Directed by Jack Hannah. A compilation of cartoons for Donald’s birthday. Includes a segment with Cubby O’Brien and the Firehouse Five Plus Two. A rerun in 1976 was titled Happy Birthday Donald Duck, and substituted footage from the new Mickey Mouse Club …

Atencio, Francis X.

Atencio, Francis X. (1919-2017) He joined Disney in 1938 as an in-betweener and became an assistant animator on Fantasia. He worked on the inventive Noah’s Ark, Jack and Old Mac, and A Symposium on Popular Songs, using stop-motion animation in collaboration with Bill Justice. In 1965, he moved to WED Enterprises, where he worked on …

Astin, Sean

Astin, Sean Actor; appeared in Encino Man (Dave Morgan), and on television in The B.R.A.T. Patrol. He provided the voice of Oso in Special Agent Oso.

Astuter Computer Revue

Astuter Computer Revue Show in Epcot Computer Central sponsored by Sperry, from October 1, 1982 to January 2, 1984. Superseded by Backstage Magic. Attempted to explain the workings of computers, by utilizing animation and the actual computers used to operate many of the Epcot attractions.