Melanie, Colorado Springs, Colorado

The best place these days to find out about old Disneyland merchandise is eBay.

Kobe, Delaware, Ohio

That is indeed the address for Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California, 94608.

Lauren, Austin, Texas

There is a device called an optical printer that allows filmmakers to combine two separate pieces of film—for the Alice Comedies, it would be one featuring the live-action girl and one the animated film—onto a single new strip of film, by use of two projectors and a camera. The Alice live-action bits were filmed in …

Sarah, Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Walt Disney’s biographies all mention the Disney family’s connection to Canada. Walt’s father, Elias, was born in Bluevale, not too far from Goderich. Elias’ grandfather had settled in the Goderich area years earlier, where he operated a gristmill. Elias frequently talked fondly about life in Ontario, and Walt wanted to go there sometime with his …

Wen, Shanghai, China

Walt Disney, Disney staff members, and actors appearing in Disney films collectively have won 102.

Kaitlynn, West Burlington, Iowa

Disney has released all of the animated features from Pixar Animation Studios, beginning with Toy Story in 1995; Disney purchased Pixar in 2006. While all the features from Pixar have used computer animation, and have been known as Disney/Pixar films, Walt Disney Animation Studios has done some of its own films using computers, including Chicken …

Christine, Everett, Massachusetts

He does not have a name; he is known as just Beast, or the Prince.

Louise Orlando, Florida

I am pleased that you found it. Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, so in order to have a television commercial available for showing in France before the opening, when the park was still under construction, they used one produced at Walt Disney World. The dialogue and narration of the commercial are actually in French. Michael …

Avi, Irvine, California

According to Jason Surrell in his Haunted Mansion book, “The moving bust illusion was one of [Imagineer] Rolly Crump’s so-called happy accidents. As part of their research and development for The Hall of Presidents [which had been going on since the late 1950s], Imagineers had created a mold of Abraham Lincoln’s face, an artificial life …

Paul, Evanston, Illinois

Tony Baxter and his team at Walt Disney Imagineering found that the prime Plaza Gardens area of Disneyland was underutilized and thought that it would make for a nice expansion to Fantasyland. Tony recruited Dutch ride designer Michel Den Dulk, formerly from Europa Park, to join Walt Disney Imagineering and become creative director of Fantasy …