Jeannie, Stockton, California

I wasn’t having any success in finding an answer until I discovered that the Duncan National Yo-Yo Contest was held, not at Disneyland park, but across the street at the Disneyland Hotel, which was owned by Jack Wrather. The first contest, with Donald Duncan Jr. in attendance, was held at the hotel in 1962, with …

Joshua, Accomac, Virginia

Right now the main ones are Indiana Jones and Star Wars, unless you also want to count the various films featured in The Great Movie Ride or Cinemagique (at Walt Disney Studios Park, Paris). An Avatar attraction has been announced for the future. But, no, these films will never be considered Disney movies.

Dennis, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Disney personnel records do not show a Rudolf Petersson ever working for Disney.

Richard, Punta Gorda, Florida

Roy was one Disney artist who really loved interacting with the guests at Disneyland. His quick sketches from the park are fairly common, and I do not believe they are especially expensive when sold.

Ethan, New York City, New York

Famed jazz trombonist Edward “Kid” Ory (1886-1973) started performing at Disneyland with Johnny St. Cyr and his Young Men from New Orleans in the September 30, 1961 Dixieland at Disneyland show. That was the show filmed for Disneyland After Dark, airing on television in 1962. Ory, while not a cast member, was fond of appearing …

Ron, Forney, Texas

There are film vaults at the Disney Studio in California, plus negatives and protection master prints are stored in a salt mine in Kansas (preferable because of a constant cool temperature and dry humidity).

Pat, Doraville, Georgia

The process is called lenticular printing. Several of the Cinderella lenticular prints from 2005 sold on eBay recently for $25 each. A sericel, on the other hand, is a cel made with a silk-screen process (i.e. not painted by hand).

Edmond, Oklahoma

I am unaware of one, and we do not have one in our large Disney coin collection in the Walt Disney Archives. Do you think your family might have been referring to a Figment pressed-penny?

Laura, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Yes, we do have photos. According to his desk diary, Walt Disney went to the party at 2:00 that afternoon. The Quiz Kids did a broadcast from the Disney Studio.

Debra, Manalapan, New Jersey

Disney has generally not publicized the actors whose voices have been used in the park attractions, though some of the Haunted Mansion actors have indeed become well-known: Paul Frees, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Eleanor Audley, to name three. Royal Dano provided the voice of Abraham Lincoln for attractions at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and …