Fabray, Nanette

Fabray, Nanette (1920-2018) Actress; appeared in Amy (Malvina). Fabray found it easy to relate to the young boys and girls recruited from the California School for the Deaf in Riverside to act in the film; she herself suffered from a hearing loss that stemmed from a hereditary disease. She underwent several operations spanning two decades …

Facts of Life Reunion, The (television)

Facts of Life Reunion, The (television) Aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 18, 2001. A reunion of the stars from the 1979-1988 sitcom finds Natalie’s two boyfriends arriving for Thanksgiving dinner, so Blair, Tootie, and Mrs. Garrett have to attempt to keep the peace. Stars: Lisa Whelchel (Blair), Kim Fields (Tootie), Mindy …

Eyes in Outer Space (film)

Eyes in Outer Space (film) Featurette; released on June 18, 1959. Directed by Ward Kimball. Winner of the 1960 Thomas Edison Foundation Award, this featurette explores satellites’ future ability to forecast the weather. 26 min. Later shown on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1962 as part of the episode Spy in the Sky.

Eyewitness to History: The Events (film)

Eyewitness to History: The Events (film) Educational film; released in September 1978. Famous events from history are shown through newsreel footage.

Eyewitness to History: The Life Styles (film)

Eyewitness to History: The Life Styles (film) Educational film; released in September 1978. A glimpse at life in our century, from newsreel accounts.

Eyewitness to History: The People (film)

Eyewitness to History: The People (film) Educational film; released in September 1978. Newsreel cameramen capture mini-portraits of famous people from history.

Fa Zhou

Fa Zhou Mulan’s father in Mulan; voiced by Soon-Tek Oh.

Explorer’s Club

Explorer’s Club Restaurant in Adventureland at Disneyland Paris, opened on April 12, 1992. It closed in March 1994, reopening a month later as Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Outpost. Also at Hong Kong Disneyland, opening May 17, 2013. Guests explore the globetrotting exploits of Lord Henry Mystic by dining in rooms themed to exotic décor from Egypt, …

Expo Robotics

Expo Robotics Robot demonstration in Communicore West at Epcot, from February 13, 1988, to October 3, 1993. The intricate movements of the robotic arms amazingly performed various programmed tricks. Some robots were set up to draw a picture of a guest’s face, taken from a video monitor. This was an expansion of the popular Bird …

ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, The

ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, The Attraction in Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World, from Disney and George Lucas, opened on June 20, 1995. Housed in the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center was the laboratory of X-S Tech, a corporation from a distant planet intent on demonstrating its interplanetary teleportation apparatus. But the demonstration was …