Jeremiah, Fairfax, Virginia

While written by Lacerda (1903-1958) and licensed by Disney, it was developed by Charles Wolcott and Lacerda was uncredited. The piece appears at the end of the Baia train sequence and just before the “Os Quindins de Ya-Ya” sequence. A pandeiro is a Brazilian version of a tambourine.

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Annette, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

This poem was created by the Disney story team for our 1954 cartoon, based on the well-known story by Ellis Parker Butler. It was indeed published in the Golden Press book, Walt Disney’s Story Land, first published in 1961 and kept in print into the 1990s.

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Cathy Sherman Freeman, Ashland, Oregon

George Sherman was a favorite of mine, and one of my first contacts at Disney back in the 1960s. I would love to read your book—you can send it to me in care of the Walt Disney Archives, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-3040.

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Larry, Walker, Louisiana

The exact details on the fireworks at Disneyland have not been released, but we know that in the 1970s and 1980s, there were 200-220 shells in each show, and these days, starting in 2000 with the Believe…There’s Magic in the Stars show, there are more.

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David, Burbank, California

Since those early auctions, the Walt Disney Archives started saving all the important, distinctive costumes and patches, so it is doubtful that any will come on the auction market.

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Jerri, Upland, California

While Disney designed some 1,200 insignia for military units during World War II, there is no record that we ever designed one for the 364th Fighter Squadron. Insignia were also designed by a number of other animation studios, and some units designed their own. There are color pictures of the insignia, which featured a crow …

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Nancy, Canton, Ohio

There are no plans to bring the Aladdin show, currently in the Hyperion Theater at Disney California Adventure, to Walt Disney World, but it is featured as evening entertainment on the new Disney Fantasy cruise ship during its Caribbean cruises.

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Tracy, Lexington, Kentucky

There was indeed serious consideration of Disney doing a project in St. Louis, but not on the scale of Walt Disney World. For more details, I suggest that you find the book, Walt Disney’s Missouri, by Brian Burnes, et al., published in 2002. There is a chapter on the St. Louis project, including copies of …

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