Colleen, Buffalo, New York
Perhaps he was thinking of the offerings in the old Tomorrowland Terrace, the former name of Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café. Besides a Space Dog and a steak sandwich, back in the late 1970s guests could order a Moon Burger (a cheeseburger)—95¢; an Orbit Burger (a regular hamburger)—80¢; or a Gemini Burger (double beef patties)—$1.25.
See moreLeo, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
If you want to send a scan of it to the Walt Disney Archives, they can give you their opinion as to whether it is Walt Disney’s signature. Contact them at Disney.Archives@disney.com.
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Avi, Irvine, California
Yes, there were some songs cut. Demos of some of them are on the two-disc CD containing the Frozen soundtrack.
See moreLouis, Rego Park, New York
That episode of the old Disney radio show aired on the NBC radio network on February 27, 1938. That would make it a dozen years before we made our Cinderella feature film. We do not have voice credits for that episode, but there have been Internet postings noting that Verna Felton was the Fairy Godmother.
See moreJames, Westport, Connecticut
You can write directly to the D23 team here.
See moreLouise, Laguna Niguel, California
The only Donald Duck giveaway coin at Disneyland that I can think of was released during the park’s 45th anniversary celebration in 2000. There was a Character of the Month Collector’s Coin, and Donald Duck was in July. The coins sold for $12, or were free with a $50 purchase in the Disneyana Shop or …
See moreJeremiah, 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.
See moreAnnette, 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.
See moreCathy 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.
See moreLarry, 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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