Matthew Heid

D23 Member Matthew Heid from Pasadena, Maryland, is such a die-hard Haunted Mansion fan that he has re-created the entire attraction with LEGOs in a stop-motion video on YouTube, which caught the attention of Disney Imagineers.

Step BACK in Time to a Different World: Vintage Mary Poppins Shop Windows

Take a look at these certifiably “weird” and entertaining Berlin shop windows featuring Mary Poppins.

typewritten memo dated dated July 11, 1955 from Joe Fowler to Jack Evans announcing Mickey Mouse floral for Disneyland entrance

Disneyland’s Last-Minute Addition

This memo, from the inimitable ex-Navy man Joe Fowler, then in charge of getting Disneyland built, reminds Jack Evans, brother of Disney Legend Bill Evans, an early Disneyland landscaper, that one very important welcoming aspect of Disneyland still needed to be addressed before the big day.

illustration of Mickey Mouse in Las Vengeance Des Chats

Belgian Mickey Mouse Art From the Disney Archives Depicts Our Favorite Pal Cornered by Cats

Titled “La Vengeance des Chats” [“The Revenge of the Cats”], “Dessin de Theu” [Drawing of Theu] the illustration highlights a dubious (yet comical) feline attraction to everyone’s favorite mouse.

South American Artists Shine in Scrapbook from Walt Disney’s Offices

During the 1941 “Good Neighbor” trip Walt and his artists took to South America, the clan known as “El Grupo” received many a gift from the enchanted people they studied and learned from—Walt especially. One of the gifts Walt received during the trip was a scrapbook filled with original art from some of South America’s then-premier artists.

Exploratory Art of Lee and Mary Blair

Where Mary has an immensely important place in the pantheon of Disney history, some may not know that so too does her husband, Lee.

photo of sign outside the enchanted tiki room stating under new management

An Early Script for Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

These script pages are dated December 16, 1962, and show an early version of the show’s four hosts—or “macaudios”, as they’re described here.

movie still of Davd Tomlinson hawking potions and charms in Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Discovered in a Bedknobs and Broomsticks Prop

While inspecting a prop for an Archives display, Becky Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives, and Steven Clark, head of D23 and the Walt Disney Archives, noticed a small, yellow, crumpled-up piece of paper in the bottom of a Bedknobs and Broomsticks prop.