Chicken Little (film, 2005)

Chicken Little (film) Computer-animated feature that presents a new twist to the classic fable of a young chicken who causes widespread panic when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky. Chicken Little is determined to restore his reputation, but just as things are starting to go his way, a real piece of …

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Illustration of Dave Smith caricatured holding a small Donald Duck out to the real Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie

About the Author: Dave Smith

With the establishment of the Walt Disney Archives on June 22, 1970, Dave Smith joined The Walt Disney Company as the director of the Archives. Perhaps no other entertainment company looks to its past as much as Disney, so as the Company’s Chief Archivist, Dave was charged with collecting and preserving all aspects of Disney …

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illustrated book cover art of Disney A to Z The Official Encyclopedia 5th Edition by Dave Smith

About Disney A to Z

Disney A to Z: The Official Disney Encyclopedia is the first of its kind, a unique reference book. When it was originally published by Disney Chief Archivist and Emeritus and Disney Legend Dave Smith in 1995, it contained over 5,200 entries in alphabetical order. The entries in the second and third editions increased significantly as …

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Disney A to Z

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Beastly Bazaar

Beastly Bazaar Shop on Discovery Island at Disney’s Animal Kingdom; opened April 22, 1998. Hats, accessories, and souvenirs were sold. It closed in August 2012 and reopened in May 2013 as Adventurers Outpost, a character meet and greet location.

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Legends of Hollywood

Legends of Hollywood Shop on Sunset Blvd. at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; opened on June 12, 1994. Formerly the name of a short-lived shop on Hollywood Blvd.; opened on January 19, 1991, and closed on March 9, 1991, to become L.A. Cinema Storage.

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Pacific Electric Pictures

Pacific Electric Pictures Shop on Hollywood Blvd. at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; opened on May 1, 1989. Guests could star in their own home video version of a Hollywood film. It closed in 1990 to become Calling Dick Tracy, tying in with the Dick Tracy film released that year.

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Carousel Inn & Suites

Carousel Inn & Suites Hotel across Harbor Blvd. from Disneyland Park, purchased by Disney on March 23, 2015. The five-story hotel features 131 rooms.

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Science Behind Pixar, The

Science Behind Pixar, The Interactive exhibit which premiered at the Museum of Science in Boston on June 28, 2015. The 10,000-square-foot exhibit showcases the science, engineering, technology, and mathematical concepts used by the artists and computer scientists at Pixar in making their award-winning animated films.

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