Starting on this day in 1994, visitors to Epcot who were hungry for some entertainment could head on over to the newest Audio-Animatronics® show and sample Food Rocks. This spoof of concert benefits such as World Aid and Farm Aid took on a different flavor…promoting good nutrition with a cast of top-name foods such as …
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A year after Mickey’s Toontown first drew guests into the new land, a ride opened with a new spin on “dark ride” attractions, Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin, which first spun into action on this day in 1994. This was the first ride-thru attraction which allowed guests to take control of their vehicles while following …
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Here’s some food for thought: the Kitchen Kabaret Audio-Animatronics® revue premiered at Epcot on the park’s opening day in 1982, and was a tasteful show featuring hostess Bonnie Appetit and a cast of singing foods and utensils who helped educate about nutrition with music and cheesy humor. A crooning milk carton introduced the dairy beauties, …
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When Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A New Musical premiered on Broadway it scored the biggest box office opening in the 80 year history of the Palace Theatre. But before it got to that point, the celebrated production first took to the stage for a test run in Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars. The historic …
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One visit to the Fountainview Espresso & Bakery at Epcot and you’d understand how it got its name when you see the spectacular view of the musically synchronized Fountain of Nations. Opening on this day in 1993, the bakery immediately made a splash with guests by serving up fresh baked goods, specialty desserts, and pastries. …
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T’was The Nightmare Before Christmas that debuted on this day, and proved through the years it was now here to stay. Morbid and funny, it did entertain, as it unraveled tales out of Tim Burton’s brain. Casting a spell, perhaps with a potion, it enchanted the crowd with the art of stop motion. When back …
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Ni hao! “Between every mother and daughter there is a story.” These words were proclaimed on the promotional materials for The Joy Luck Club, released on this day in 1993. The lives of three generations of Chinese women are interwoven in this story of mothers and daughters attempting to break through the barriers that often …
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Roger Rabbit was featured in a series of animated shorts following the popularity of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Trail Mix-Up was the third and last of the shorts and was run theatrically before the Disney film A Far Off Place, starring a then unknown Reese Witherspoon. In the short, Roger Rabbit is left …
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Animated television series Bonkers premiered on The Disney Channel on February 28, 1993. The show was introduced by a syndicated two-hour special, Going Bonkers. The character had been introduced in segments in Raw Toonage in the fall of 1992. Bonkers D. Bobcat becomes an off-the-wall, wildly enthusiastic recruit for the Hollywood Police Department—Toon Division. With …
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Hiya folks! The area in Disneyland behind it’s a small world had never been seen by guests up ’til this date, so Imagineers decided that’s where Mickey and all his cartoon pals had been living, and on this day in 1993 guests were first welcomed in to explore Mickey’s Toontown. Perhaps those Imagineers were right. …
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