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 It was superseded by a different show, in another venue in the park, called Muppets on Location—The Days of Swine and Roses.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 …

Mark, Virginia Beach, Virginia

That is technically correct, but the middle two saw limited usage. The original name was spelled with caps: EPCOT Center.

Michael, Savannah, Georgia

Thanks, Michael. One of my favorite questions, though unanswerable, was “How much does Walt Disney World weigh?” There were many questions that took a long time—sometimes I would spend several hours searching for an answer, then have to give up when my search proved fruitless. I have been frustrated in not being able to find …

Ross, Aurora, California

I can think of no instance when Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck appeared in a film with cartoon characters from another studio, except in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

John, Thousand Oaks, California

Peter Martin, with Marc B. Ray, wrote several of the introductory songs for the different days of the week for the 1970s version of The Mickey Mouse Club. Composers listed for the complete shows were Buddy Baker, Robert Brunner, and Will Schaefer.

Melanie, Northfield Center, Ohio

This program is still being offered at the Walt Disney World Resort, at both the Hollywood Brown Derby and the Flying Fish Café at the Boardwalk Resort. For more information, click here.

Karen, Clifton Park, New York

You may be thinking of A Christmas Adventure in Disneyland, published in Family Circle magazine in December 1958.

Chris, Alameda, California

No specific evidence turned up in the Walt Disney Archives that Walt or his designers ever visited Children’s Fairyland, but he, along with Nat Winecoff and C.V. Wood, did fly to San Francisco on Disneyland business on April 17, 1954. It is possible that they headed over to Oakland. It is indeed true that Walt …