Ethan, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Disney never had a resort named Treasure Island in the Bahamas; our only location there has been Castaway Cay. Disney’s Treasure Island was the former name of Discovery Island in Bay Lake at Walt Disney World Resort.
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The current Mickey Premium Bar (ice cream) is a Nestlé product; Nestlé first joined Disney to sponsor The Land at Epcot in 1992. Before that ice cream bar, there was an earlier one, with only the Mickey Mouse ears covered in chocolate. Gold Bond Ice Cream was licensed in 1975 for a Mouseketeer Bar; Gold …
See moreJim, Waterford, Wisconsin
The Christmas decorations begin coming down just after New Year’s Day, and are usually all removed within a week.
See moreMitchell, Roseville, California
You can find discussions of some of the cut scenes on the Internet. The production of The Black Cauldron was troubled, and its release was scheduled just about the time that Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg came to the Studio. After seeing an early version of the film, which had been started under the previous …
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No, these were completely different sets. The Ugly Dachshund was filmed at the Disney Studio in Burbank in 1965, with the back of the house and swimming pool on Stage 3. In fact, the swimming pool was built in the same tank that had held the Nautilus in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Brady …
See morePaul, Rochester, Minnesota
The Archives’ production records for Snowball Express do not give much detail of the filming in Crested Butte—just notations such as bank, garage, gas station, etc. The hotel exterior was indeed a set built at the location. It included rooms built behind the false front where the crew could warm up between takes in the …
See moreTim, Carlsbad, California
That is Dad, Can I Borrow the Car (1970), directed by Ward Kimball and narrated by Kurt Russell.
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Mitchell, Hudson, New Hampshire
Since Walt Disney was intimately involved with everything that was created at Disneyland, that would have included all the attractions that were built there during his lifetime (1955-1966). In addition, Walt was involved in the planning stages for later attractions such as Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, Hall of Presidents, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
See moreDJ, Dallas, Texas
This is hard to count. There are 24 frames per second, but some cels are held over for two frames. Also, if there are several characters in a scene, they are sometimes painted on separate cels. So Snow White, as a guess, might have had in the neighborhood of 100,000 cels.
See moreTeri, Anaheim, California
There was only one birthday put into a mural by the designers, but there is another tribute: The names of the designers are hidden on graphics as planet names in the attraction.
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