Disney, Roy Oliver

Disney, Roy Oliver Older brother of Walt Disney, who founded the Disney company in partnership with Walt in 1923. Born June 24, 1893; died December 20, 1971. Served as president of Walt Disney Productions from 1945 to 1968 and chairman of the board from 1964 until 1971. Roy was recuperating in Los Angeles from tuberculosis …

Disney, Lillian Bounds

Disney, Lillian Bounds Wife of Walt Disney. She was born in Idaho in 1899 and came to work for Walt as a secretary shortly after he founded the Disney company. He married her in 1925, and they had two children, Diane and Sharon. After Walt’s death, she married John L. Truyens in 1969 but survived …

Disney, Elias

Disney, Elias Father of Walt Disney, born in Bluevale, Ontario, Canada, on February 6, 1859, the son of Irish immigrants. While still in his teens, he moved with his family to the United States, where they settled in Ellis, Kansas. A few years later, when a neighbor family named Call moved to Florida, Elias went …

Discovery Island

Discovery Island Nature preserve at Walt Disney World; opened on April 8, 1974 as Treasure Island; name changed in 1977. It closed on April 8, 1999. An 11.5-acre island paradise, Discovery Island was home to many exotic birds and animals. Originally the island was themed to the Disney film Treasure Island, and a wrecked ship …

Disney, Herbert A.

Disney, Herbert A. Eldest brother of Walt Disney, born in Florida on December 8, 1888, and died on January 29, 1961. He was a mailman.

Disney, Flora

Disney, Flora Walt Disney’s mother, born Flora Call in Steuben, Ohio, on April 22, 1868. Her mother’s family was of German ancestry. Flora died on November 26, 1938.

Disney, Diane M

Disney, Diane M. Older daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney; born on December 18, 1933. With Pete Martin, she wrote a biography of her father in 1956. She married Ronald W. Miller, who later served as president of Walt Disney Productions, and they had seven children. She inspired the CD-ROM Walt Disney: An Intimate History …

Disney, Edna Francis

Disney, Edna Francis Wife of Roy O. Disney. She was born in 1890 and met Roy in Kansas City. They married in 1925 in uncle Robert Disney’s home. The couple had one son, Roy E. Disney. Edna passed away in 1984 at the age of 94. She was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 2003.

Discovery Day

Discovery Day Thursday on the new Mickey Mouse Club.

Discovery Arcade

Discovery Arcade Located behind the Main Street shops at Disneyland Paris, on the Discoveryland side of the street.