Teri, Anaheim, California

There was only one birthday put into a mural by the designers, but there is another tribute: The names of the designers are hidden on graphics as planet names in the attraction.

Keith, Port Orchard, Washington

There has been no book that shows them all, but many can be seen in Walton Rawls’ book, Disney Dons Dogtags: The Best of Disney Military Insignia from World War II (Abbeville, 1992).

Constantine, Melbourne, Australia

There is no record of the number.

Dean, Nampa, Idaho

The names of the first artists to draw the characters are unknown, but we can tell you the first animators to actually animate them in their debut cartoons: It was Tom Palmer doing Goofy in Mickey’s Revue, and Art Babbitt and Dick Huemer doing Donald in The Wise Little Hen.

Jeremiah, Fairfax, Virginia

The official music source at Disney simply lists this song as “traditional,” developed by Ed Plumb. Plumb was credited with the English lyrics on the published sheet music.

Andrew, St. James, New York

Dean Jones once said in an interview that he didn’t think the script was up to the quality of that of the first film. It is explained in the film, which starred Helen Hayes as Herbie’s new owner, that Herbie’s former owner, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), had gone to Europe.

Cindy, Holly Hill, Florida

During World War II, the Disney Studio was asked to help contribute to the war effort by designing propaganda and promotional posters for the military, the Red Cross, government agencies, and other entities. There were many of them. In addition to the posters, Disney artists designed more than 1,200 insignias for military units.

Michael, Irvine, California

There were actually 115 Academy Award nominations given for Disney films during Walt Disney’s lifetime, plus honorary and technical awards. I count 59 of those nominations being to Walt Disney personally, which includes the Mary Poppins Best Picture nomination. Walt personally won a total of 32 Academy Awards (one of those, for Winnie the Pooh …

Matthew, North Hollywood, California

The Disney parks’ costumed Mickey helped present an award in 1978 with Jodie Foster and Paul Williams, and an animated Mickey interacted with Tom Selleck as a presenter at the 1988 Academy Awards ceremony and with Jennifer Garner in 2003. Those were the only times for Mickey, though other Disney characters appeared in the 1990s. …

Heather, Santa Clarita, California

The two tile murals were covered over in 1986 and 1997. According to Imagineering’s Marty Sklar, “Mary Blair’s murals were not damaged or painted on, but the decision was made for cost reasons to leave them in place—hidden treasures at Disneyland!”