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5/10 and fact for the day
On its initial release Snow White brought in over $8.5 million – an
unbelievable feat when you consider that the average
admission price at that time was 25 cents, and children, who made
up the bulk of the audience, paid only a dime!
2012:
Disney costume designer Alice Davis is honored with a window (next to her late husband Marc's window) at Disneyland. The 83-year-old Disney Legend designed park costumes, including many of the 150 or so dolls in the "it’s a small world" ride and those of the animatronic characters in the
Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Her window sits above the Disneyana shop along Main Street, U.S.A.
On its initial release Snow White brought in over $8.5 million – an
unbelievable feat when you consider that the average
admission price at that time was 25 cents, and children, who made
up the bulk of the audience, paid only a dime!
2012:
Disney costume designer Alice Davis is honored with a window (next to her late husband Marc's window) at Disneyland. The 83-year-old Disney Legend designed park costumes, including many of the 150 or so dolls in the "it’s a small world" ride and those of the animatronic characters in the
Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Her window sits above the Disneyana shop along Main Street, U.S.A.
5/11 and fact for the day
Since February 1997, Walt Disney World has sponsored a series of
special Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme
park (originally called Disney-MGM). The festival first began in 1997 but
wasn't held again until 2000, 2001, and then annually since 2003.
Since February 1997, Walt Disney World has sponsored a series of
special Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme
park (originally called Disney-MGM). The festival first began in 1997 but
wasn't held again until 2000, 2001, and then annually since 2003.
5/12 and fact for the day
Animator Ollie Johnston's lifelong hobby was steam trains. Starting in 1949, he built a 1" scale backyard railroad, with three 1/12th scale locomotives. His railroad was one of the inspirations for Walt Disney to build his own backyard railroad!In the 1960s Ollie acquired and restored a full-size narrow-gauge Porter steam locomotive, which he named the "Marie E." - after his wife!
2011:
The first Grad Nite of the 2011 season kicks off at 11:30PM at the Disneyland Resort. A long-running tradtion for high school seniors, Grad Nite will also take place May 19, May 26, June 2, June 8, June 9, and June 16.
Animator Ollie Johnston's lifelong hobby was steam trains. Starting in 1949, he built a 1" scale backyard railroad, with three 1/12th scale locomotives. His railroad was one of the inspirations for Walt Disney to build his own backyard railroad!In the 1960s Ollie acquired and restored a full-size narrow-gauge Porter steam locomotive, which he named the "Marie E." - after his wife!
2011:
The first Grad Nite of the 2011 season kicks off at 11:30PM at the Disneyland Resort. A long-running tradtion for high school seniors, Grad Nite will also take place May 19, May 26, June 2, June 8, June 9, and June 16.
5/13 and fact for the day
5/13/2012 Happy Mothers Day
Herbie, also known as The Love Bug, is an L87 pearl white 1963 Volkswagen Type 1 Deluxe Sunroof. The car wears a yellow-on-black California license plate OFP 857. Bill Walsh, producer of The Love Bug,came up with Herbie's
number 53 from Dodger baseball player Don Drysdale's uniform.
5/13/2012 Happy Mothers Day
Herbie, also known as The Love Bug, is an L87 pearl white 1963 Volkswagen Type 1 Deluxe Sunroof. The car wears a yellow-on-black California license plate OFP 857. Bill Walsh, producer of The Love Bug,came up with Herbie's
number 53 from Dodger baseball player Don Drysdale's uniform.
5/14 and fact for the day
In 1987 George Lucas joined forces with Disney for Disneyland's launch of Star Tours, an innovative attraction based on his Star Wars films. Only the third film ever made by Lucas, the 1977 Star Wars set new standards for
sophistication in film visuals and sound,and garnered eight Academy Awards.
(Lucas' 2nd film was a little low-budget picture called American Graffiti.)
2011:
D23′s Destination D Event at Walt Disney World kicks off for the next two days to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney's "Project Florida". Held at Disney's Contemporary Resort, among the guest speakers are D23 Head Steven Clark, Walt Disney World's first ambassador Debbie Dane Brown, archives founder Dave Smith, and Imagineer Tony Baxter.
Guests at Disney's Hollywood Studios get an opportunity to ride the revamped Star Tours attraction before its official reopening. The unannounced preview allows Disney to test the ride before it reopens to the public May 20, which is also the first day of Star Wars Weekends.
Over at Disneyland, the fifth annual Gumball Rally (organized by MiceChat) takes place. Teams of two to four people fan out across the Disneyland Resort to ride as many rides as they can in one day. The winning team is Safety Third #2 (made up of Tracey Dun, Kate Chieffo, Chase Coburn and Taylor Triglia) with 43 attractions ridden in 12 hours!
In 1987 George Lucas joined forces with Disney for Disneyland's launch of Star Tours, an innovative attraction based on his Star Wars films. Only the third film ever made by Lucas, the 1977 Star Wars set new standards for
sophistication in film visuals and sound,and garnered eight Academy Awards.
(Lucas' 2nd film was a little low-budget picture called American Graffiti.)
2011:
D23′s Destination D Event at Walt Disney World kicks off for the next two days to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney's "Project Florida". Held at Disney's Contemporary Resort, among the guest speakers are D23 Head Steven Clark, Walt Disney World's first ambassador Debbie Dane Brown, archives founder Dave Smith, and Imagineer Tony Baxter.
Guests at Disney's Hollywood Studios get an opportunity to ride the revamped Star Tours attraction before its official reopening. The unannounced preview allows Disney to test the ride before it reopens to the public May 20, which is also the first day of Star Wars Weekends.
Over at Disneyland, the fifth annual Gumball Rally (organized by MiceChat) takes place. Teams of two to four people fan out across the Disneyland Resort to ride as many rides as they can in one day. The winning team is Safety Third #2 (made up of Tracey Dun, Kate Chieffo, Chase Coburn and Taylor Triglia) with 43 attractions ridden in 12 hours!
5/15 and fact for the day
Plane Crazy was the first animated film to use a camera move.
The point-of-view shot from the plane makes it appear
as if the camera is truc-king into the ground. In fact, when the
scene was shot, books were piled under the spinning
background to move the artwork closer to the camera!
2011:
Epcot's 18th International Flower & Garden Festival comes to a close.
Disneyland cast members and their select guests preview Star Tours - The
Adventure Continues. The revamped Tomorrowland attraction based on Star Wars will open June 3.
Disney's The Lion King at Mandalay Bay celebrates its second anniversary on the
Vegas Strip. Following this evening's performance, the show's cast and crew gather to celebrate the
occasion with champagne and a spectacular Lion King cake standing four feet tall and weighing 75 pounds in
a magnificent portrayal of Simba's mask and body.
Plane Crazy was the first animated film to use a camera move.
The point-of-view shot from the plane makes it appear
as if the camera is truc-king into the ground. In fact, when the
scene was shot, books were piled under the spinning
background to move the artwork closer to the camera!
2011:
Epcot's 18th International Flower & Garden Festival comes to a close.
Disneyland cast members and their select guests preview Star Tours - The
Adventure Continues. The revamped Tomorrowland attraction based on Star Wars will open June 3.
Disney's The Lion King at Mandalay Bay celebrates its second anniversary on the
Vegas Strip. Following this evening's performance, the show's cast and crew gather to celebrate the
occasion with champagne and a spectacular Lion King cake standing four feet tall and weighing 75 pounds in
a magnificent portrayal of Simba's mask and body.
5/16 and fact for the day
Muppet*Vision 3D first opened (on this day) at Disney-MGM Studios.
A second version was opened at Disney's California Adventure in Hollywood Pictures Backlot on February 8, 2001. The late Jim Henson directed the film and supplied the voices for Kermit the Frog, Waldorf and the Swedish Chef.
Muppet*Vision 3D first opened (on this day) at Disney-MGM Studios.
A second version was opened at Disney's California Adventure in Hollywood Pictures Backlot on February 8, 2001. The late Jim Henson directed the film and supplied the voices for Kermit the Frog, Waldorf and the Swedish Chef.
5/17 and fact for the day
Instead of Disney's California Adventure, Disney originally
considered building a West Coast version of Epcot!
WestCOT was announced to the public in 1991 ... but
scrapped in 1995. WestCOT would have been the first
Disney theme park of its kind to have resorts actually
on its property.
Instead of Disney's California Adventure, Disney originally
considered building a West Coast version of Epcot!
WestCOT was announced to the public in 1991 ... but
scrapped in 1995. WestCOT would have been the first
Disney theme park of its kind to have resorts actually
on its property.
5/18 and fact for the day
Artist, toy designer & collector Mel Birnkrant's
home and personal museum - in upstate New
York - is packed with thousands of vintage
Mickey Mouse items!
2012:
Starting on this day, the power of the Force and magic of Disney come together for
the first of many Star Wars Weekends of the 2012 season. The event will be held every Friday,
Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10 at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This weekend's special guests are Ray
Park (Darth Maul - Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace) and Dee Bradley Baker (voice of
Clone Captain Rex and Clone Commander Cody - Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
Artist, toy designer & collector Mel Birnkrant's
home and personal museum - in upstate New
York - is packed with thousands of vintage
Mickey Mouse items!
2012:
Starting on this day, the power of the Force and magic of Disney come together for
the first of many Star Wars Weekends of the 2012 season. The event will be held every Friday,
Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10 at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This weekend's special guests are Ray
Park (Darth Maul - Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace) and Dee Bradley Baker (voice of
Clone Captain Rex and Clone Commander Cody - Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
5/19 and fact for the day
Disney Legend James Macdonald created a prop that made a
"clackety-clack" sound that was perfect for recreating a train car.
He mounted wheels on a track that one could spin around with a
handle. It can be heard every day at Disneyland's Thunder Mountain
Railroad, when the train circles the mountain in the distance!
2011:
Hundreds of Star Wars fans (many of them in costumes) become the first to ride at midnight "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue" at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The all-new 3D attraction is set to officially debut tomorrow May 20.
Disney Legend James Macdonald created a prop that made a
"clackety-clack" sound that was perfect for recreating a train car.
He mounted wheels on a track that one could spin around with a
handle. It can be heard every day at Disneyland's Thunder Mountain
Railroad, when the train circles the mountain in the distance!
2011:
Hundreds of Star Wars fans (many of them in costumes) become the first to ride at midnight "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue" at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The all-new 3D attraction is set to officially debut tomorrow May 20.
5/20 and fact for the day
Instead of Disney's California Adventure, Disney considered
building DisneySea - a contrasting park to Disneyland, to be built in
Long Beach next to the RMS Queen Mary (which Disney at the time
owned). The park was to have led to a permanent
West Coast ship in the Disney Cruise Line.
2011:
Star Wars Weekends returns to Walt Disney World for the 2011 season, the same day the much anticipated Star Tours attraction reopens with a grand ceremony. More than 50 story combinations are possible for guests to experience aboard Star Tours, so guests can enjoy the attraction multiple times without ever experiencing the same adventure. (There will be 4 Star Wars Weekends in all: May 20 to 22, May 27 to 29, June 3 to 5 and June 10 to 12.)
Over in Anaheim, guests get the public’s first glimpse of Disneyland's revamped Star Tours. (The attraction will open to the general public on June 3.)
Opening in U.S. theaters on this day is Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is joined by Angelica (Penélope Cruz) in his search for the Fountain of Youth, confronting the infamous, real-life, legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane).
Instead of Disney's California Adventure, Disney considered
building DisneySea - a contrasting park to Disneyland, to be built in
Long Beach next to the RMS Queen Mary (which Disney at the time
owned). The park was to have led to a permanent
West Coast ship in the Disney Cruise Line.
2011:
Star Wars Weekends returns to Walt Disney World for the 2011 season, the same day the much anticipated Star Tours attraction reopens with a grand ceremony. More than 50 story combinations are possible for guests to experience aboard Star Tours, so guests can enjoy the attraction multiple times without ever experiencing the same adventure. (There will be 4 Star Wars Weekends in all: May 20 to 22, May 27 to 29, June 3 to 5 and June 10 to 12.)
Over in Anaheim, guests get the public’s first glimpse of Disneyland's revamped Star Tours. (The attraction will open to the general public on June 3.)
Opening in U.S. theaters on this day is Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is joined by Angelica (Penélope Cruz) in his search for the Fountain of Youth, confronting the infamous, real-life, legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane).
5/21 and fact for the day
Walt Disney first leased the 708-acre Golden Oak Ranch (just north of their
Burbank studio) in the late 1950s as a film location for the "Spin and Marty"
segments of the Mickey Mouse Club. In 1959, Disney purchased Golden Oak
Ranch, and over the years acquired additional land which brought the
total to just under 900 acres!
Walt Disney first leased the 708-acre Golden Oak Ranch (just north of their
Burbank studio) in the late 1950s as a film location for the "Spin and Marty"
segments of the Mickey Mouse Club. In 1959, Disney purchased Golden Oak
Ranch, and over the years acquired additional land which brought the
total to just under 900 acres!
5/23 and fact for the day
Winnie-the-Pooh's name was hyphenated in the A.A. Milne books, but lost its hyphens in the Disney incarnation! Interestingly, Milne didn't write the Pooh stories and poems for children, but instead intended them for the child within us.
2012:
The construction walls surrounding the Carthay Circle Theatre on Buena Vista Street
at Disney California Adventure are taken down. For the first time, park visitors get a chance to see
the details of the mosaic tile in the entrance foyer, as well as the menu for the restaurant and lounge. The inside of
the building remains closed to visitors, who will officially be allowed in June 15.
Winnie-the-Pooh's name was hyphenated in the A.A. Milne books, but lost its hyphens in the Disney incarnation! Interestingly, Milne didn't write the Pooh stories and poems for children, but instead intended them for the child within us.
2012:
The construction walls surrounding the Carthay Circle Theatre on Buena Vista Street
at Disney California Adventure are taken down. For the first time, park visitors get a chance to see
the details of the mosaic tile in the entrance foyer, as well as the menu for the restaurant and lounge. The inside of
the building remains closed to visitors, who will officially be allowed in June 15.
5/25 and fact for the day
There is a radio studio located in Disney's Hollywood Studios. It originally
housed the first children's radio network Radio Aahs (in the days when
the park was called Disney-MGM) - but was replaced with Radio Disney in 1996.
Disney later moved Radio Disney to new headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The once
bustling Disney Studios Florida radio studios are now used as remote studios
for radio shows that are visiting Disney or the Orlando area and need a
broadcast facility.
2012:
Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic sets sail from New York City, offering voyages north to Canada and south to the Bahamas. On this day guests head out for an 8-night Bahamian cruise (with an opportunity to spend a day at Walt Disney World as the ship will dock for one night at Port Canaveral, Florida).
There is a radio studio located in Disney's Hollywood Studios. It originally
housed the first children's radio network Radio Aahs (in the days when
the park was called Disney-MGM) - but was replaced with Radio Disney in 1996.
Disney later moved Radio Disney to new headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The once
bustling Disney Studios Florida radio studios are now used as remote studios
for radio shows that are visiting Disney or the Orlando area and need a
broadcast facility.
2012:
Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic sets sail from New York City, offering voyages north to Canada and south to the Bahamas. On this day guests head out for an 8-night Bahamian cruise (with an opportunity to spend a day at Walt Disney World as the ship will dock for one night at Port Canaveral, Florida).
5/26 and fact for the day
Mickey's Toontown opened in Disneyland in 1993. It is themed on the Toontown seen in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. At Disney World, a Mickey's Toontown
Fair first opened as Mickey's Birthday land in 1988. Its story line portrayed the land as the holiday home for the characters who reside at Mickey's Toontown in
California.
Mickey's Toontown opened in Disneyland in 1993. It is themed on the Toontown seen in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. At Disney World, a Mickey's Toontown
Fair first opened as Mickey's Birthday land in 1988. Its story line portrayed the land as the holiday home for the characters who reside at Mickey's Toontown in
California.
5/27 and fact for the day
hen the Star Tours attraction officially opened at Disneyland in 1987, it marked the first time an aerospace simulator was used in a theme park.
A Star Tours opened in Disney-MGM Studios (today know as Disney's Hollywood
Studios) in December 1989.
hen the Star Tours attraction officially opened at Disneyland in 1987, it marked the first time an aerospace simulator was used in a theme park.
A Star Tours opened in Disney-MGM Studios (today know as Disney's Hollywood
Studios) in December 1989.
5/28 and fact for the day
On the standby line at WDW's Rock 'n Roller Coaster, there are metal grates along the wall in the queue. The grates allow air from the indoor
attraction to escape ... thus cooling off guests who are waiting outside!
2012:
Today is Memorial Day, a federal holiday observed annually in the
United States on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a day of remembering
the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
On the standby line at WDW's Rock 'n Roller Coaster, there are metal grates along the wall in the queue. The grates allow air from the indoor
attraction to escape ... thus cooling off guests who are waiting outside!
2012:
Today is Memorial Day, a federal holiday observed annually in the
United States on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a day of remembering
the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.