Jennifer, Fremont, California
The museum is a project not of the Disney Company but of the Disney family, spearheaded by Walt’s daughter Diane Disney Miller who lives in the San Francisco area. Having the museum in her backyard, so to speak, enables her to keep close tabs on it.
See moreLewis, Pago Pago, American Samoa
Walt Disney visited Pago Pago on October 22, 1962, while on a South Pacific cruise on the S.S. Mariposa. On that trip he also visited Bora Bora, Papeete, Nandi, and Honolulu.
See morePhilip, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Monorail Café at the Disneyland Hotel closed in 1999. I would assume that you have an original menu—I have not heard of any reprints. There are a number of the menus pictured on the Internet, as they come up for sale from time to time, so you can compare yours. They were sold or …
See moreRachael, Littleton, Colorado
No, the other characters have not been given middle names. The most comprehensive book on the history of the characters is John Grant’s Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters. Perhaps your local library might have it.
See moreAmanda, Durham, North Carolina
The narrator of this well-known educational film was Gloria Blondell. Miss Blondell came to the Disney Studio on July 25, 1945, to record the narration. She also occasionally did the voice of Daisy Duck, and is known for appearing on such television series as Thriller, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Life of Riley, and I …
See moreLeon, Indiantown, Florida
The Walt Disney World Preview Center, which was open from January 1970 to September 1971, was located on Preview Boulevard, now Hotel Plaza Boulevard, near the intersection of State Road 535 and Interstate 4. The building is still there, on the north side of the boulevard between the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort and the …
See moreJustin, Appling, Georgia
That would be Saludos Amigos, at 42 minutes. Normally, a film of that length would be called a featurette, but Saludos Amigos has always been counted as one of Disney’s animated feature films.
See moreBill, Veneta, Oregon
This film was also known as Born to Run, which was its TV title in the U.S. when it aired in 1979. It had been released theatrically in Australia and the U.K. as Harness Fever in 1977. We do not know who would have painted your artwork, but the film was produced in Australia, with …
See moreRobert, Chatham, Ohio
We do not have a 1990 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party pin in the Walt Disney Archives, so we can assume that none was produced, even though there was indeed a party (on December 7, 8, and 14).
See moreIan, Roselle, Illinois
Walt and Lilly Disney’s younger daughter, Sharon, was born on December 31, 1936. Later in her life, she served on the Disney board of directors for several years; she passed away in 1993.
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