It was a case of Christmas in October when Mickey’s Christmas Carol premiered in England on this day in 1983. The film was historic for Disney, marking Mickey Mouse’s triumphant return to film for the first time in 30 years. An adaptation of the well-known classic Charles Dickens story, this version features Mickey as the …
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With no huffing, puffing, or blowing houses down, the live-action adventure film Never Cry Wolf, PACKed audiences into theaters on this day in 1983. Wolf expert Sam Palahnuk gave D23 some insight into how this film helped shift the myths away from beliefs of real-life “big bad wolves.” “The truth about wolves is far less …
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The live action adventure film Never Cry Wolf, had it’s premiere in Toronto on this day in 1983. Wolf expert Sam Palahnuk gave us some insight into how this film helped shift the myths away from beliefs of real-life “big bad wolves.” “The truth about wolves is far less dramatic. Firstly, there’s never been a …
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Originally built to look like a medieval fair, with banners and flags decorating the attraction entrances, Fantasyland received a dramatic makeover in 1983 when Walt Disney Imagineering gave Walt Disney’s “happiest kingdom of them all” a fairy-tale transformation. The attraction facades were given much more than paint touch-ups. Each entrance was completely remodeled to reflect …
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Pictured: Heather O’Rourke and Lance Sloan. To promote Disneyland’s completely remodeled Fantasyland with entirely renovated and additional attractions, Believe You Can… And You Can! aired on television on this day in 1983. In the story, little Heather (Heather O’Rourke) is sad about moving away to Minneapolis. Her brother brings her to Disneyland but leaves her …
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Disney Studio Showcase is a title given to a group of films which first aired in 1983 and were produced under the supervision of Disney’s feature film division. This unique collection of movies featured such fondly remembered films as Beyond Tron, a look at Disney risk-taking through the years from Alice cartoons to Tron, and …
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On this day in 1983, the Disney Channel began broadcasting for the first time. To celebrate this day in Disney history, we thought it would be fun to find someone who was working there at the very second that it all started and located Joanne Crawford Duner. Joanne was kind enough to channel us into …
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After the success of the American Disney Parks, many different countries made entreaties to Disney about building their own version of Walt’s Magic Kingdom. Of all the requests, Japan’s seemed most eminently feasible. The Oriental Land Company had some land reclaimed from the Tokyo Bay, which had to be used for a recreational purpose, and …
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When Walt Disney World opened its doors on October 1, 1971 and introduced the second generation of Disney theme park entertainment, no one could have imagined how popular this worldwide destination would become. Covering 40 square miles, Walt Disney World Resort is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan islands. Carrie Stahl went …
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Imagine this… just a few months after the opening of EPCOT Center, as the Walt Disney World park was then called, a new attraction opened in Future World on this day in 1983. Journey into Imagination introduced the world to the characters of the human Dreamfinder and the lovable, purple dragon-like creature named Figment, voiced …
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