Six Facts About the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
There is something magical about a carousel. No matter your age, you can feel young again simply by taking a spin on a carousel horse and losing yourself to the organ music. Add the magic of Disney and you have something altogether more wondrous. The Prince Charming...
Ten Facts About Sterling Holloway
In the pantheon of Disney history, perhaps only Ed Wynn has a voice as distinct and beloved as that of Sterling Holloway. Over 36 years, he worked as a voice actor and narrator for Disney features and short films. He became a Disney Legend in 1991, the first to...
Ten Things You May Not Know About Nemo
Finding Nemo...In Other Movies Finding Nemo was released in 2003, but that wasn’t the first appearance of everyone’s favorite orange fish. If you looked carefully, you could spot a stuffed toy Nemo on a couch in Boo’s room in Monsters, Inc. Nemo would go on to make...
The Unlikely Partnership of Disney and Dali
Walter Elias Disney, more commonly known as Walt Disney or even “Uncle Walt”, hailed from the midwest. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol, known to most as Salvador Dali, was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. One made animated...
Ten Things You May Not Know About Alice in Wonderland
1. The Disney animated classic Alice in Wonderland was released in 1951, but Walt Disney’s interest in Alice went all the way back to 1923. That’s when Walt created an animated short called Alice’s Wonderland. The film combined live action with animation, and though...
New 2018 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Merchandise
The 2018 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival kicked off on Feb. 28, bringing an extra layer of color and beauty to the park. But besides the topiaries, special gardens, seminars, outdoor kitchens and live music, the festival offers up something else that...
The Epic Career of Ub Iwerks
1. Kansas City The son of a German immigrant, Iwerks was born in 1901 in Kansas CIty, Missouri. While working for the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio, he met a young Walt Disney and the two started a business called Iwerks-Disney Studio Commercial Artists. The...
10 Things You May Now Know About Rapunzel
1. Rapunzel’s origins go back much farther than Tangled of course, all the way back to 1812 in fact. That’s when the Brothers Grimm included her story as part of a collection called Children’s and Household Tales, or Grimm’s Fairy Tales as they are commonly known...
Remembering Harriet Burns
Harriet Burns holds a special place in Disney history. She earned the distinction of being the first woman hired to Walt Disney Imagineering in a creative capacity. She also became the first woman given a window on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland. In honor of...
10 Things You May Not Know About Belle
The character of Belle was based on that of Beauty, the eldest daughter and main character from the 1740 fairy tale La Belle et la Bête written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Contrary to what you might think, “Belle” does not mean “Beauty”...