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 …

Barbara, Oroville, California

This is a shortened version of a Disney cartoon, possibly Orphan’s Benefit (1934), in which Donald is forcibly removed from a stage by a hook. These shortened films were retitled and released by Hollywood Film Enterprises for use on home projectors; they are not rare. As I write this, a print of Getting the Hook …

Emily, Selden, New York

No, he did not take her to the park; her escort was Bill Dover, head of the Disney Studio’s Story Department.

Marie, Serris, France

The white gloves were added to Mickey’s hands in When the Cat’s Away (1929), the film made after The Opry House. John Grant, in his Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters, quotes Walt Disney as saying, “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands, because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave …

Lynnean, Palatine, Illinois

Ward Greene, the author of the story which was published just before the film came out, only says “there lived in a white and green house on a pleasant street a cocker spaniel named Lady.” The filmmakers probably just decided to make the American town very generic from an era “not so long ago but …

Nicholas, Wyandotte, Michigan

Albert Hurter was a sketch artist, who was constantly drawing, sketching, and doodling, so it is possible that there are drawings of his out there. As a tribute to Hurter after he died, Disney artists compiled a book of his drawings, entitled He Drew as He Pleased (Simon & Schuster, 1948). There is also some …

John, San Diego, California

I am unaware of any such appearances, though Walt did filmed TV interviews with Fletcher Markle of the Canadian Broadcasting Co., and Bob Wright of KNBC (Los Angeles). Video or transcripts of scripts are available on the Internet.

Brant, Broadway, Virginia

The classic Mustangs were indeed given, one each at four Grad Nites in 1964 (June 11, 12, 18, 19) and 1965 (June 11, 16, 17, 18). The winners’ names were not mentioned in Disneyland press releases, nor in the newspaper clippings about the events. One release in 1965 mentioned the prize being a gold and …