Theresa, San Diego, California

The Walt Disney Archives does not have a lot of early photographs of the Disneyland Hotel, because initially it was owned by Jack Wrather, not Disney. Perhaps you can get some help from Don Ballard’s heavily-illustrated books on the history of the hotel.

Jaxon, Salt Lake City, Utah

The two riverboats are not the same. The Admiral Joe Fowler at Walt Disney World reached the end of its useful life and was removed from service and dismantled.

Patrick, Las Vegas, Nevada

The two words seem to be interchangeable in Disney usage.

Mickey, Ohio

The first Mickey Mouse cartoon released to the public was Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928 (the date we use as the introduction of Mickey Mouse), though audiences in one Los Angeles theater could have seen a preview of Plane Crazy as early as one day in May of that year.

Helen, Malaysia

The Walt Disney Archives currently has a number of warehouses to store its huge collection of Disney history. The items needed for frequent reference are kept at the Archives’ offices at the Disney Studio in Burbank, California. Items are selected for the collection if the staff believes they will have future use, whether it is …

David, College Station, Texas

Garden Grove was not one of the sites considered for Disneyland. The finalists in the selection, besides the chosen Anaheim one, were in La Mirada and Santa Ana.

Richard, Bend, Oregon

Vesey Walker was the first director of the Disneyland Band. Shortly before Walker retired in 1970, James Christensen took over as director. Other directors have included Jim Barngrover, Stanford Freese, and Art Dragon.

Matt, South Pasadena, California

In the film, Dreamfinder, played by Ron Schneider, who served as the original walk-around character in the park, runs through WED Enterprises facilities during the period in which EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland were being created. To our knowledge, the film never played to the public, as Magic Journeys was ready by the time Epcot opened. Portions of …

Nicole, Yorba Linda, California

It was the Willowick Golf Course in Santa Ana, which they claim is the oldest golf course in Orange County.

Larry, Sonoma, California

The Amtrak train, known as Amtrak GE P42 #156, pulled by two locomotives, was fitted out with exterior decorations and displays inside the cars, to help promote the film in 2009. Amtrak and Hewlett-Packard helped sponsor the train. At the completion of the tour, the Christmas Carol elements were removed from the train, and it …