NOV 27 Disney History

2005:

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party debuts for the 2005

holiday season at Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

The Food Network airs Holidays at Walt Disney World Resort (hosted by Raven) for the first time.

1957:

The Disneyland TV series airs the episode "How to Relax."

1958:

The cast of Disney's Zorro appears (for the third time) at Disneyland.

1959:

The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs the episode "A Storm Called Maria."

1960:

Walt Disney Presents airs part 2 of "Moochie of Pop Warner Football."

1993:

Disney's stage show Beauty and the Beast is previewed

at the Music Hall Theatre in Houston, Texas.

1996:

Disney's live-action 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close & Jeff Daniels, is generally released. It breaks the record for the biggest Thanksgiving opening ever!

2002:

Disney officially releases its 42nd animated feature Treasure Planet on

this Thanksgiving Eve. Loosley based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic

novel "Treasure Island," the film has the distinction of being the first

to open in wide release, and in large-format (ie, IMAX) theaters on the same day. The

film also employs a novel technique of hand-drawn 2D traditional animation set atop 3D computer animation.

1987:

NBC-TV airs the one-hour special Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus. The program features such stars as Tony Randall, Allyce Beasley, Lisa Bonet, Tim Conway, Kim Fields, and Jim Varney.

The fountain at Epcot

Innoventions Plaza

can shoot water

150 feet in the air!

1955:

Bill Nye the Science Guy is born in Washington, D.C. Besides appearing on an episode of Disney Channel's MMC, Nye acted as a science consultant for the 1997 feature Flubber. A comedian, TV

host, science educator, and mechanical engineer, Nye appears in Ellen's Energy Adventure in Epcot. He

also provides the voice in the "antiquated" museum preshow to Animal Kingdom's Dinosaur.

1937:

The final cels for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are painted.

The film's grand premiere is less than a month away.

2008:

Thanksgiving Day

A giant inflated Buzz Lightyear makes his debut at the 82nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The cast of Broadway's Little Mermaid performs "Under the Sea" and Miley Cyrus sings the original tune "I Thought I Lost You" onboard Walt Disney's new Bolt float.