John, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

I do not know about roving photographers, which did not seem to have been around Disneyland in the early days, but according to the story we have heard, Walt Disney asked Art Linkletter if he would participate in the Disneyland opening-day telecast. Since Walt was short of money, Art supposedly agreed to help; in lieu …

Jenny, Chaska, Minnesota

I assume you are referring to films that had teenage actors in the lead role, and many Disney films fit that criteria. The two you cited are from the late 1970s and early 1980s. You might include such other titles from that era as Tex, Midnight Madness, Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Return to Oz, The Journey …

Avi, Irvine, California

The original book, by Dodie Smith, features Cruella with the dual-colored hair. It gave her a distinctive look.

Robert, Kissimmee, Florida

The CALIFORNIA letters were too large and heavy for the Archives’ collection, but according to Kevin Rafferty of Walt Disney Imagineering, they have been donated to the California State Fair in Sacramento. The Archives did get the two Intolerance elephants from the entrance of Hollywood Blvd., some signage from Baker’s Field Baker and Bur-R-R-Bank Ice …

John, Haverhill, Massachusetts

The two-hour television movie was Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream, airing on December 12, 1981; it has not been released on DVD.

William, Anchorage, Alaska

You are thinking of Hans Christian Andersen’s story, The Snow Queen. It was not made into a movie by Disney, but there was a well-known Russian-made animated film in 1957 that was dubbed into English and had a wide release in the U.S. in 1959. Disney Legend Tommy Kirk provided one of the voices. There …

Gil, Lyon, Michigan

No exact numbers have never been officially published, but roughly half of the vast Walt Disney World property is composed of wetlands and environmentally sensitive areas.

Katie, Escalon, California

The Walt Disney Archives does not have biographical information on Alice Davis’ childhood, but we do know that she was born in Escalon in 1929, and moved from there to the Los Angeles area when she was four. For those who don’t know, Escalon is a small town in California’s San Joaquin Valley, not far …

Valerie, Middletown, New Jersey

The problem is that in different shading and lighting conditions in the film, the dress looks a different color. It seems to range from a pale blue to a silvery white from scene to scene. Becky Cline at the Walt Disney Archives feels that the primary color is pale blue.

Allison, San Ramon, California

Here Come the Muppets was a live show at Disney-MGM Studios that operated from May 25, 1990 to September 2, 1991. For a summary of the show, you can check here. It was superseded by a different show, in another venue in the park, called Muppets on Location—The Days of Swine and Roses. That show …