Eric, San Diego, California
This is incorrect. Lillian Disney was not entitled to give or deny approval for Disney projects. The company had purchased the rights to the name and likeness of Walt Disney from the family more than a decade before her passing in 1997.
See moreAvi, Irvine, California
Walt found out that when he started signing autographs at Disneyland, he got this huge crowd around him, and he was unable to get his work done. So he made a point of hand-signing pages from his notepads, and he would hand them out to guests on request. The signatures were authentic.
See moreLarry Gould, Lincoln, California
At various times, Walt Disney had two different vacation homes at the Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs, California.
See moreJaimie, Chilliwack, British Columbia
Cutting continuities are prepared in a very limited edition for all films after they are completed. The continuities indicate the exact length of each scene, a description of the action, and any dialogue. They are used in many different departments at Disney, such as sound dubbing, foreign releases, selecting film clips for publicity, etc. Since …
See moreBrian, Littleton, Massachusetts
Snow White’s eyes in the original film were brown. It is possible that in later uses—movie posters, books, merchandise, etc.—that she might sometimes have been given blue eyes.
See moreKim, Shelbyville, Indiana
Since there are so many possible places, we would have to know in which publication it appeared.
See moreStephie, Las Vegas, Nevada
In a 1955 Disneyland press release, King Arthur Carrousel was described as featuring “gay calliope tunes.” A 1969 issue of Disney News suggested that “The Skater’s Waltz” was played on the calliope. At some point later, Disney music was added.
See moreDana, New York
That name appeared in a 1994 book series about The Lion King, and is not recognized as an official name of the character.
See moreJeremiah, Kissimmee, Florida
The Main Street Electrical Parade returned to the Magic Kingdom in 1999 after a hiatus of eight years. For the first time, it ran year-round beginning in May 1999 until April 2001. So the only two years that it would have run during the Christmas season were 1999 and 2000.
See moreHarrison, Jenks, Oklahoma
The design of Mickey Mouse is very close to that of Oswald; in fact, if you take off the rabbit’s long ears and replace them with round ears, you pretty much have Mickey.
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