Avi, Irvine, California

Supposedly the special effect never worked well enough. His current location has never come to light, which means that most likely he was destroyed. [An all-new Hatbox Ghost was introduced to the Haunted Mansion in May 2015.]

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Norway, Manteca, California

I am always most pleased seeing on display the items that I found for the Archives’ collection, such as the handwritten letter from Ronald Reagan suggesting that a postage stamp be issued to honor Walt Disney. When I inventoried Walt’s offices at the Disney Studio, the one item that impressed me the most was the …

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Jenny, Portland, Oregon

Snow White’s prince is simply referred to as The Prince. Despite many Internet postings, Disney does not use the name Ferdinand for the prince. In Cinderella, the prince is Prince Charming.

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Andrew, Miami, Florida

In the script when they mentioned the “third eye,” the characters Mr. Davis, Corwin, and Ahri plastered gag fake eyes to their foreheads.  They said that the Lucifer Fall Festival was the only carnival with a “super duper supernatural third eye.”

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George, Anaheim, California

I do not find that any of the Karen in Cartoonland segments of the Mickey Mouse Club from 1956 have been released on videotape or DVD.

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Patrick, Phoenix, Arizona

There would be many hundreds. Music has always been an integral part of the Disney parks.  Individual attractions have music, but there is also background and atmospheric music almost everywhere one goes—in shops, in restaurants, and throughout the various lands. Outdoors, speakers for the music are usually judiciously hidden—behind landscaping, in faux boulders, and in …

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Summar, Henderson, Nevada

Penner was a storyman at the Disney Studio from 1935 to 1956. To sell any memorabilia of his, you might try a dealer who handles such material, such as Howard Lowery (HowardLowery.com).

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Craig, Dubuque, Iowa

That film, produced in 1951 (revised 1956), was widely distributed on 16 mm for showing in schools nationwide. We do not know an actual number of how many were made.

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Allison, San Francisco, California

Meg Crofton, Walt Disney World president, stated in a 2007 press release: “The new name reflects how the park has grown from representing the golden age of movies to a celebration of the new entertainment that today’s Hollywood has to offer—in music, television, movies, and theater.” The change was also made due to the ending …

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