Mission: Space rocketed into Epcot in Walt Disney World on this day in 2003. Located in Future World, it’s an incredibly realistic rocket launch experience where guests can find out what it’s like to train like real astronauts. To bring as realistic of an experience as possible, Disney spent five years of collaboration and research …
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Wish you knew what happened on this day in Disney history? On this day in 2003, the Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams fireworks show first burst into the skies high above Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. This aerial spectacular remains the biggest, brightest fireworks extravaganza in the park’s history. With the theme …
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Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), his wife Leah (Sharon Stone), and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of a previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner …
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The relationship between Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her 13-year-old daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), is a lot like many mother-daughter relationships during teenage years: strained. One night at dinner, when Anna complains about her mother’s lack of support for the rock band she plays with and Tess weighs in with her own disappointment …
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When Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was released, it achieved instant box-office success, with a worldwide gross of $653,913,918. The film also received five Academy Award® nominations. From childhood classics like Treasure Island and Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates to such classic films as The Black Pirate, The Buccaneer, and …
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Destino, the surrealistic film Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated on in 1946 but left abandoned after eight months of storyboarding, finally was premiered on this day in 2003 at the Annecy International Film Festival, a prestigious event that celebrates achievement in animation. Resurrecting and completing Destino, based originally on a story by Dali and …
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The first time the general public could “sea” Disney·Pixar’s Finding Nemo was on this day in 2003. The film made a huge splash at the box office and went on to become the highest-grossing animated film and hooked an Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Pixar’s Andrew Stanton told us how he came up with …
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Back in 2001, long before Hannah Montana hit the small screen, Disney Channel premiered a new series aimed at teens and tweens, Lizzie McGuire, and it became a smash hit. The half-hour series featured Hilary Duff in the title role, along with her animated alter ego. The series spawned a feature film, aptly titled The …
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In Holes, Shia LaBeouf plays Stanley Yelnats, a young man with a family curse that plagues him with bad luck. Sent away to the bizarre Camp Green Lake, Stanley and his camp mates are commanded by his warden to dig holes every day. Before Holes was a movie, the novel by Louis Sanchar hit a …
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Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood, er, Disneyland’s Critter Country, you’ll meet one of the most famous literary bears there ever was. Replacing the Bear Country Playhouse, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction opened on this day in 2003. Park visitors can climb inside a massive beehive and buzz through famous scenes from …
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