By Jim Fanning On November 1, 1940, Mickey Mouse first sported a straw hat, twirled a cane and whistled a happy traveling tune as he waited at the Burbank, California train depot (presumably not far from the newly opened Walt Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street in that same city) to start a jaunty train …
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It’s that spooky time of year again, with Halloween just in sight like a full moon peaking out from a foggy night sky. To help set the mood, we dug up production and concept images—some frighteningly rare—from the Disney classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The film, narrated by the famous crooner Bing Crosby, is …
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If you’ve ever visited Disneyland Park, you may have noticed the tall tree in front of the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in Frontierland… a stately oak reaching up to the sky while keeping watch over the passers-by below. Every Halloween since 2007, this tree gets a very special makeover—and it’s all because of one of America’s …
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NOTE: To see the 2016 line-up, click here. Second to umpteen rides through Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland Resort, nothing puts us in the Halloween spirit better than grabbing a handful (or six) of candy corn and curling up on the couch to watch our favorite frightening films. For the 17th year, our friends at …
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Star Wars fans have been waiting a long time for a new big-screen installment of the Saga, and most fans already know where they’re going to be on December 18, when The Force Awakens opens in theaters. Lucky for us fans, Star Wars Rebels’ executive producer Dave Filoni loves that far, far away galaxy as …
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Overview D23 Members are invited to enter for the chance to win a Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack – now featuring characters, stories and worlds from Star Wars™ – along with four Disney Infinity Figures and Toy Box Expansion Games! To Enter The Disney Infinity 3.0 Fan’s Dream-Come-True-Sweepstakes is now closed. Thanks to all …
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A street-wise thief with a heart of gold. A free-spirited princess. And the hilarious, larger-than-life genie that brings them together. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Aladdin first took the world by storm Thanksgiving 1992—followed by a record-breaking home video release the next year. Now, for the first time, Aladdin will be released in a whole new …
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From a riverboat deckhand to a brave little tailor and a sorcerer’s apprentice, Mickey Mouse has taken on many roles since his first appearance in 1928. “Mickey Columbus,” a proposed but never-realized concept, would have seen our favorite animated star sailing the seas in an effort to prove that the world was round—and win the …
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By Steven Vagnini In honor of the 60th anniversary of the “E” Ticket, we thought we’d share five of our favorite facts about the ticket books that once admitted us into attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland. 1. Although Disneyland opened to the general public on July 18, 1955, ticket books weren’t …
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Like they say on the red carpet, “Who are you wearing?” But we’re, of course, not talking about an award show—we’re talking about an even bigger night of the year, Halloween! Our friends at Disney Consumer Products have introduced a (ghost) host of fabulous new costumes for 2015—for adults, kids, and even dogs! So if …
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