Sam, Los Angeles, California
There is a photo of the plan in Beth Dunlop’s book on Disney architecture, Building a Dream. Walt soon realized that there was not enough room on the six-acre plot of land to build all he wanted to build, so in 1953 he hired the Stanford Research Institute to find a larger site for Disneyland—their …
See moreShelly, Great Falls, Montana
Disney did not make the Lucky Luke films, but only obtained the rights to release them on videocassette in the United States. Besides the Daisy Town video, there is one titled The Ballad of the Daltons. They were originally released on VHS in 1984 and reissued in 1990 (when they were also released on laserdisc). …
See moreKenny, Lithonia, Georgia
The Muppets, Pixar, and Marvel have their own Archives; those archives have not been integrated into the Walt Disney Archives.
See moreTing, Baltimore, Maryland
There is no archive at Walt Disney World, though there is a research center for cast members. Contact the Walt Disney Archives at Disney.Archives@disney.com and they can provide more information.
See moreScott, Remlap, Alabama
That short film was first called Mickey’s Audition, then the name was changed to Mickey’s Big Break. It was made in 1991, and has been shown several places at the Walt Disney World Resort—in a temporary attraction in a soundstage at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios), and in the Magic Kingdom in the Main …
See moreJennifer, Fremont, California
The museum is a project not of the Disney Company but of the Disney family, spearheaded by Walt’s daughter Diane Disney Miller who lives in the San Francisco area. Having the museum in her backyard, so to speak, enables her to keep close tabs on it.
See moreLewis, Pago Pago, American Samoa
Walt Disney visited Pago Pago on October 22, 1962, while on a South Pacific cruise on the S.S. Mariposa. On that trip he also visited Bora Bora, Papeete, Nandi, and Honolulu.
See morePhilip, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Monorail Café at the Disneyland Hotel closed in 1999. I would assume that you have an original menu—I have not heard of any reprints. There are a number of the menus pictured on the Internet, as they come up for sale from time to time, so you can compare yours. They were sold or …
See moreRachael, Littleton, Colorado
No, the other characters have not been given middle names. The most comprehensive book on the history of the characters is John Grant’s Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters. Perhaps your local library might have it.
See moreAmanda, Durham, North Carolina
The narrator of this well-known educational film was Gloria Blondell. Miss Blondell came to the Disney Studio on July 25, 1945, to record the narration. She also occasionally did the voice of Daisy Duck, and is known for appearing on such television series as Thriller, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Life of Riley, and I …
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