2006:
Ashley Brown gives her final performance as Belle in Disney's Broadway hit Beauty and the Beast. She has been cast in the title role of the forthcoming Disney/Cameron Mackintosh
musical Mary Poppins.
It's A Small World at Disneyland celebrates its 40th anniversary!
1966:
The It's A Small World attraction (direct from the World's Fair) opens in
Fantasyland at Disneyland. The ride (sponsored by Bank of America) features
297 animated children, 256 toys, and a canal filled with 233,000 gallons of water.
It is the park's first continually loading high capacity ride. The day is marked by
special ceremonies attended by Walt Disney.
2005:
The Disney Magic is welcomed to the west coast during a ceremony at San Pedro, California.
1953:
Disney's first ever 3-D cartoon released in the U.S. premieres at
the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, California. It is a short distributed by RKO titled
Melody (Adventures in Music). Written by Dick Huemer, it will later be shown in the Fantasyland Theater
at Disneyland as part of the 3D Jamboree.
1960:
Disneyland's Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland & Art of Animation both open.
1961:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs the segments
"Disneyland '61" and "Olympic Elk."
1988:
Gulf Coast Room (one of the select Walt Disney World restaurants that required jackets for men) closes in the Contemporary Resort Hotel.
1993:
Groundbreaking begins for the Tower of Terror attraction at Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park in Florida.
1994:
Disney's Wilderness Lodge (located at 901 Timberline Drive)
opens at Walt Disney World. The 728-room lakeside deluxe
resort (inspired by the beautiful early American National
Parks) features an 80-foot tall fireplace in its lobby.
1999:
A new Main Street Electrical Parade makes its debut at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. (The parade was first brought to life at Disneyland in Anaheim, California from 1972 to 1996.) The preview party is attended by 5,000 Floridians and celebrity guests like actors LeVar Burton, Lacey Chabert, Carrie Fisher, Jonathan Lipnicki and Judge Reinhold. (Longtime Walt Disney World fans may recall a version of the Main Street Electrical Parade that performed at the
Magic Kingdom beginning in 1977.)
2002:
Disney releases Rascal, The Journey of Natty Gann, and Cheetah all on DVD.
Eastman Kodak Company announces that it signed a multi-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company that renews the company's long-standing relationship as the exclusive imaging supplier of film and related products at world-renowned Disney theme parks and resorts in the U.S and Paris, as well as for the Disney Cruise Line.
2004:
The 3rd of 5 consecutive Star Wars Weekends kicks off at the Disney-MGM Studios. Special celebrity guests over the next 3 days include Anthony Daniels (who played C-3PO) and Andy Secombe (who portrayed Watto).
The animated Disney short Lorenzo has its nationwide release, playing in front of Raising Helen. Lorenzo, about a fat cat whose haughty manners become the cause of his own undoing, is based upon pencil sketches and a story idea created by Disney veteran Joe Grant 20 years ago.
Disney Channel premieres the That's So Raven episode "Leave It to Diva."
This episode is directed by actress Donna Pescow (best known to Disney
Channel fans as Eileen Stevens of Even Stevens).
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1996:
The soundtrack to Disney's animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame is released on Walt Disney Records. It features songs by Alan Menken (music) and Stephen Schwartz (lyrics).
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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!
2007:
Today is Memorial Day.
Disney learns that their Pirates 3 has surpassed $400 million in ticket sales around the world in its first six days of release.
1986:
Alice in Wonderland becomes the fifth "Walt Disney Classic" to be released on video.
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Disneyland's It's A Small World opens
2009:
Academy Award-nominated animation producer Don Hahn appears at the Glendale Americana Barnes & Noble in California. He discusses the recently published Drawn To Life two-volume set; a collection of Walt Stanchfield's lectures and notes from over 20 years of teaching animation at the Walt Disney Studios.
Samuel Jacobo, a graduate of Summit High School, becomes the five millionth guest to pass through the gates of Disneyland for a Grad Nite ... an all-night tradition that began in 1961! As Mr. 5 Million, Jacobo receives a $500 Disneyland Resort gift card, 4 passes to come back and hop between the 2 parks, and a one-night stay at the Disney Dream Suite. (Disney’s Grad Nite 2009 has been running since May 14.)
