The Tiki Room Celebrates 50 Years
Disney historian Jim Fanning looks back at Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room, a musical fantasy with an astonishing cast of Audio-Animatronics® personalities.
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Behind the Scenes of Walt’s Last Dream
In these rare photographs, you can see the filmmakers and Walt setting up for production of the “EPCOT Film.”
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Walt Disney’s Proposed Theme Park in Burbank
Years before Disneyland opened, Walt Disney and his staff considered building an amusement enterprise right across the street from their Burbank studio.
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Those Who Knew Annette Best
In celebration of naming The Walt Disney Studios’ Soundstage 1 as the “Annette Funicello Stage,” author and friend Lorraine Santoli talks with those who knew the beloved Disney Legend best.
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George Lucas Goes to Oz
In this behind-the-scenes production photo, we see a young Fairuza Balk on the set of Return to Oz (1985) with George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars universe.
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The Ghost Relations Department
Disney Legend Wally Boag wrote a ghoulish promotion about a man trapped in the Haunted Mansion’s basement in 1966.
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Before Hinges Creaked In Doorless Chambers
This early script for the Haunted Mansion might sound familiar, but its Ghost Host had a slightly different spiel.
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Donald Duck Arrived in Print Three Years Ealier Than His On-Screen Appearance
The Walt Disney Archives showcases a rare instance when a character named Donald Duck appears in a storybook published earlier than the 1934 animated short The Wise Little Hen, where Donald Duck appeared for the first time.
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The Inspiration for Frozen
Find out how ice hotels, rugged mountain men, reindeer, and just about everything in Norway influenced Disney’s next animated feature.
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A Disney Afternoon Show That Almost Was
Check out this concept art for a never-produced show, a “duck” spin-off using the characters Darkwing Duck and Gizmo Duck from the series’ Darkwing Duck and Duck Tales.
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