tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79270813499803527442024-03-13T07:02:57.823-03:00The History of DisneyMarcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-72341908716740027462016-01-02T11:46:00.000-02:002016-01-02T11:46:05.129-02:00Design Ideas for the Tower of Terror Props<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Adelle Sans W01', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Imagineers looked at photographs of many elaborate buildings from the right era for their design ideas and then scoured Hollywood auction houses for the actual props. Some came from lavish estates of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. One set of chairs was 400 years old; other chairs came from the exclusive Jonathan Club, a well-known Los Angeles landmark built in the 1920s.</span></div>
Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-84680424228958709242016-01-02T11:40:00.002-02:002016-01-02T11:40:50.530-02:00Vintage Disney Ticket Books<div class="post-top" style="background: rgb(238, 247, 252); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px; margin: 0px -29px 0px -32px; outline: 0px; padding: 21px 29px 0px 32px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 613px; z-index: 20;">
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A few weeks ago, I shared <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/03/vintage-walt-disney-world-whats-your-ticket/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">my very first ticket</a> to <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/?CMP=SOC-DPFY13Q3VintageWaltDisneyWorldAnAAttractionOrAnE000109-05-13" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Walt Disney World Resort</a>. This prompted blog reader Skip to ask if we had any photographs of the old A to E tickets used at <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/magic-kingdom/?CMP=SOC-DPFY13Q3VintageWaltDisneyWorldAnAAttractionOrAnE000209-05-13" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Magic Kingdom Park</a>. With the help of my friends at the Walt Disney Archives, I was able to track them down.</div>
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<br />Want to take a ride on the Omnibus on Main Street, U.S.A.? Grab your A ticket and enjoy the double-decker view!</div>
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<br />Don’t know what to do with your B ticket? Climb aboard a Mike Fink Keel Boat and sail around the Rivers of America.</div>
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<br />That C ticket you’re holding would have been perfect to take a spin aboard Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.</div>
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<br />Already ridden on the Omnibus and a Mike Fink Keel Boat? Why not make it a trifecta with a voyage aboard the Admiral Joe Fowler with your D ticket?</div>
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<br />Use that E ticket wisely. Take a dive underwater on <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/10/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-history-is-celebrated-at-new-fantasyland-event/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</a>.</div>
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Although all-inclusive passport tickets were introduced at Walt Disney World Resort and <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/?CMP=SOC-DPFY13Q3VintageWaltDisneyWorldAnAAttractionOrAnE000309-05-13" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Disneyland</a> park in June of 1981 in advance of ticket books being phased, we still often lovingly refer to attractions by their ticket letter.<br /><br /><br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Check out these posts for more “Vintage Walt Disney World”:</strong></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/05/vintage-walt-disney-world-a-look-back-at-magic-kingdom-park-parades/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Vintage Walt Disney World: A Look Back at Magic Kingdom Park Parades</a></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/vintage-walt-disney-world-growing-character-at-epcot/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Vintage Walt Disney World: Growing Character at Epcot</a></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/vintage-walt-disney-world-a-wild-dedication-for-disneys-animal-kingdom/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #056287; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;" target="_blank">Vintage Walt Disney World: A Wild Dedication for Disney’s Animal Kingdom</a></li>
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<span class="teal"><b>05.10.11 - </b></span> The password is "Safari," and Summertime visitors to Disneyland will be validating their passports, stepping aboard tropical steamers and sailing off on a brand new tropical adventure that may set jungle exploration back to the days of "Dr. Livingston, I presume." </div>
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The Summer 1962 edition of <i>Vacationland</i> took a through-the-binoculars look at the 1962 expansion of Adventureland.</div>
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For Disneyland's brand new Jungle River Cruise — part of another $7 million expansion at Walt Disney's Anaheim wonderland — has been designed as a combination "you are there" exploration and fun-filled laugh provoking adventure whose "actors" are elephants, tigers and many more beasts of the jungle. <br />
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Starting with a proven success — the true-life jungle cruise has been one of Disneyland's most popular attractions since opening — Walt Disney is adding a jungle-full of animated animals — startlingly life-like — and making the explorer's voyage longer and full of humor. <br />
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Top highlight is sure to be the Indian elephants — big ones and "little squirts" — who will frolic, splash and swim in a unique "elephant bathing pool." Their trunks loaded with watery surprises (for unwary animals <i>and</i> explorers), nearly two dozen of the full-size elephants will eventually call Disneyland "home," all brought to life through the marvels of Disneyland animation. <br />
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The emphasis in new attractions is on Adventureland, with (1) the "world's largest" Tree House, (2) a "Big Game Safari" shooting gallery, (3) a colorful African motif for portions of the bazaar shops and stores in Adventureland, and (4) the fabulous "Stouffer's in Disneyland" dinner-show restaurants. <br />
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The Swiss Family Tree House will tower 70 feet above the jungle. Spreading its branches 80 feet in width, it will include three separate "homes" at different levels — the living room, parents' room and boy's room, all inspired by Walt Disney's motion picture "Swiss Family Robinson." <br />
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For the youngsters, "the climb's the thing," but adults are sure to enjoy the "never before" panoramic view over much of Disneyland offered by this "species Disneydendron giganteum" of 150,000 leaves and 50,000 blooms. <br />
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Walt Disney's "Enchanted Tiki Room," one of three new restaurants at "Stouffer's in Disneyland" and Disney's first "by reservation only" dining spa, may steal the spotlight from the other new attractions. For Walt Disney is bringing together all the talents of his "imagineers" to create a complete dinner show performed by an exotic collection of birds, flowers and Polynesian Tikis that actually sing, talk and act! <br />
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Many new animation techniques, developed exclusively for Disneyland, will "bring to life" the birds, idols and flowers. And, lest you should think it's not possible for inanimate objects to sing and act, just remember that this dinner-show is based upon legends and myths treasured for centuries by the natives of the South Pacific. <br />
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Stouffer's, one of America's foremost restaurateurs, will also open European and American Kitchens in its Plaza Pavilion (facing Main Street) and a Tahitian Terrace overlooking Adventureland. The latter will feature nightly dancing and South Seas entertainment. <br />
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If you're a marksman, the new "Big Game Safari" is for you. While it's based on a time-tested shooting gallery tradition, this jungle hunt is an authentic Disney creation — a one-of-a-kind rapid-fire adventure where you'll shoot at all kinds of jungle animals and birds, each handcrafted for Disneyland. <br />
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So it all adds up to another big "bonus" in entertainment this Summer at Disneyland where the new adventures Walt Disney adds each year are the frosting on a $40 million entertainment "cake!" </div>
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<i>From the Summer 1962 edition of </i>Vacationland<i> magazine, published by Disneyland.</i> </div>
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"Whether we like them or not," said Disney's Director of Studio Publicity Tom Jones in a 1972 interview, "villains are a necessary evil." "For example, most of Walt Disney's animated cartoons are morality plays -- that is, good triumphs over evil. To draw a definite contrast between the two extremes, the hero/heroine is the epitome of all that is good and brave in comparison to the villain/villainess, who personifies all that is unscrupulous, dastardly, and evil. Before the fadeout, the villain gets his/her comeuppance while the hero emerges triumphant."<br />
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In the 1956 "Disneyland" television episode "Our Unsung Villains," the Slave in the Magic Mirror boasts, "Take away the villain and what have you got? Everybody's happy. No problems. Nothing to worry about. All in all, a pretty dull story."</div>
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From the earliest Mickey Mouse shorts, villains were as prominent as the sympathetic leading characters. Because of Walt's deep roots as a storyteller, he understood the fundamental truth that great triumph can only result from great struggle -- and great heroism from great menace. </div>
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In the Mickey Mouse shorts and Silly Symphonies, there were various broad menaces such as skeletons ("The Haunted House," 1929), a nameless gorilla ("The Gorilla Mystery," 1929), an unnamed spider ("The Spider and the Fly," 1931), and a nonspecific woodland witch ("Babes in the Woods," 1932). Nuanced and fleshed-out villains such as Pete (the burly cat who forever tormented Mickey and Minnie Mouse) and the pig-taunting Big Bad Wolf were far more threatening, although typically buffoonish and played for laughs.</div>
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It wasn't until 1934, when development was underway for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," that Disney's animation team turned their focus on characters without a whiff of laughter or the slightest hint of irony -- serious cinematic villains with a threatening presence of true malice. </div>
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The film's initial designs and story took time to evolve beyond the coy cuteness and comical simplicity common within the brief structure of an animated short. As the creative team began seeing the real potential of their animated feature, they realized that the longer format gave them time to unfold a story, pace situations and events, and increase the sophistication of the script and music. This, in turn, enhanced their efforts to animate lifelike humans, credible movement, and personality performance from their cast of characters. </div>
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The core of the story became a more balanced mix of story attitudes and timbre that brought out true "heart" rather than simple situations punctuated by visual and audio "gags." Walt later recalled, "Without that heart, you see, I don't think anything will laugh. In other words, with any laugh, there must be a tear somewhere. I believe in that. The thing with Chaplin is his pathos, you know? That's it. That is humor, I think. I had it in 'Snow White.' I mean, you felt sorry for her. You felt sorry for the dwarfs when she died."</div>
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In order to gain that "heart," the little princess' tormentor underwent a significant evolution. A heavy-set, daffy, oblivious, and egotistical comedy queen gave way to a cold and heartless, but elegant, stately, and beautiful monarch modeled after the ageless ice goddess ("She who must be obeyed"), from the 1935 film adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's tale "She."</div>
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The result was a legendary screen villain -- and one that still ranks high in the pantheon of cinematic evil. An urban legend (that may or may not be true) is that either the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles or New York City's Radio City Music Hall had to replace all of their seat upholstery during their runs of "Snow White." It seems that young children were so frightened by Snow White's nightmarish chase through the forest and the transformation of the wicked Queen that a certain visceral reaction was commonplace.</div>
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"I showed 'Snow White' to my own two daughters when they were small," Walt recalled. "And when they came to me later and said they wanted to play witch, I figured it was all right to let other kids see the film." Walt's daughter Diane confessed that she hid her face in her hands when the Queen's scenes played out.</div>
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In following films, Walt's villains were typically terrifying -- the droll or antic villain was a rarity. In "Pinocchio," the comic business of J. Worthington Foulfellow and Gideon the Cat barely offset the terror of Monstro the Whale, the shock of the sinister, leering Coachman, or the blazing temper of Stromboli.</div>
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The sheer, overwhelming, profane power of Chernabog in "Fantasia" remains an example of villainous excellence in design, staging, and movement. In "Bambi," the constant and underlying threat of Man in the forest is a forceful, sinister presence.</div>
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Lady Tremaine's quiet hostility and jealous antagonism in "Cinderella" was a masterpiece of ominous understatement, while the theatrical flair and phenomenal graphic design of Maleficent (in both human and dragon form) has made the "Sleeping Beauty" evil fairy a legendary scoundrel.</div>
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In their classic 1993 book "The Disney Villain," Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston wrote, "Our own personal impressions of Walt are that his great ability to observe and his fantastic memory helped furnish a reservoir of ideas for his miraculous imagination. When we would see his face screwed up, eyes half closed, trying to figure out what villainous act would do the most harm, we felt he had experienced much of that from bullies in his own childhood. He certainly met much villainy throughout his life. The greater his success, the more conflict he encountered as others tried to take it away from him." There was a deep understanding of the dark side of life that Walt used to create heroes in his films.</div>
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Even in a film as seemingly benign as "Mary Poppins," the villain was omnipresent, but not a person. Although Walt was never a fan of banks or bankers in general, the bank isn't the villain in this story. It's the absence of parents (the father in particular, due to Mr. Banks's work at the bank), that creates an overarching threat to the stability of the Banks' household -- and to the security of the Banks children. </div>
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Walt's friend and "Mary Poppins" star Dick Van Dyke recalled, "Walt once said, 'What I understand about kids [that nobody else understands] is that they think it's delicious to be frightened. Kids love to be scared. They love ghost stories.' And he always put the witch or something in there, to give them that delicious goose bump. He knew." </div>
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10 years as a Disney employee, and has written more than twenty books, dozens of magazine articles, and scores of blog columns about Walt Disney, his life, and his work. </div>
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Pirates of the Caribbean, long one of the most popular attractions at Disneyland, opened its doors in Florida for the first time last December. Located in the brand-new Caribbean Plaza in Adventureland, the new show literally plunges adventurers into the 17th-century world of a Spanish seaport besieged by marauding buccaneers.</div>
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Once through the portals of the new attraction, guests find themselves in the musty dungeons of “El Castillo” — an old Spanish fortress. As they wander past arsenals en route to the landing dock where their flat-bottomed boats await them, the clank of steel and the occasional cry of a pirate echoes through the passageways.</div>
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Flickering lights on the walls of shadowy coves and an ancient ship riding at anchor on a moonlit bay greet seafarers as they prepare to cast off from the dock. The gentle sound of the surf and the lilting cries of seabirds are punctuated by the raucous laughter of unseen pirate crews, undoubtedly burying their ill-gotten loot.</div>
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Once underway, guests immediately find themselves in a misty grotto where a ghostly voice warns: “Dead men tell no tales!” And so it seems to be, for everywhere the eye can see rest skeletons in various stages of repose, some skewered through bony ribs with rusty knives of battles past, others collapsed alongside emptied treasure chests. A seagull, nesting on the cranium of his eyeless host, squawks angrily at the passing spectators.</div>
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As the boats pass into Hurricane Lagoon, howling winds, rain, and flashes of lightning startle even the most intrepid seafarers. And, as the eye adjusts to the spasmodically illuminated scene, a figure emerges at the wheel of a ship — steering no doubt into eternity, for his bones have lost all earthly thrust.</div>
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Suddenly, without warning, passengers plummet into a subterranean grotto and, as they disappear through a narrow cave-like passage, sinister voices warn them to “proceed at your own risk” for “ye may not survive to pass this way again!”</div>
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Once done cannot be undone, however. And for better or for worse, visitors who have ventured thus far soon will experience eye-to-eye confrontations with the rowdiest assembly of plundering blackguards since Blackbeard twirled his whiskers in ports of the Spanish Main.</div>
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Brought to life through the genius of the Disney-invented Audio-Animatronics® (an electronic system for animating three-dimensional figures), pirates of every description, Spanish grandees and winsome damsels, and a bevy of barnyard and domesticated beasts join together in an incredible re-creation of the sack of a portside town.</div>
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Guns thunder and pirates roar as a pirate galleon attacks a Spanish fort. With shells whistling around their heads and fizzles of steam escaping where hot shots hit the water near boats, guests drift through the initial battle for the taking of the town.</div>
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“Strike yer colors, ya bloomin’ cockroaches!” yells the pirate captain from the afterdeck of his ship.</div>
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“Aye! Take that you greengo peegs, you!” answers the Spanish defender of the fort.</div>
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The battle still rages as guests pass on to the next scene, where the magistrate of the town is being dunked unceremoniously in a well by pirates who want him to tell where the treasure is hidden.</div>
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“Do not tell heem, Carlos!” screams his wife from an upstairs window, hastily closing the shutters as pirates let go a shot in her direction.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Other pirates guard bound townsmen, still in their nightclothes, and one boisterous buccaneer pipes away at his flute, keeping time as the mayor bobs up and down in the town-square well.</span><br />
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In other parts of the city, the pirates are engaged in commerce of a dubious sort and other sport involving the fairer denizens of the city. One scene depicts a gaily bedecked rogue, blithely auctioning off the none-too-reluctant maidens of the town. In the foreground, a gorgeous redhead advertises her own charms, much to the chagrin of her less-endowed sisters.</div>
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“We wants the redhead! Pipe the redhead aboard!” yell his revelous mates, while goats, chickens, and a donkey add their comments to the occasion.</div>
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Laughing, singing, and shooting their guns into the air in sheer exuberance, the roistering pirates chase squealing maidens, harmonize with pigs, and try to tempt hissing cats to join in the fun.</div>
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But not all the pirates are so fortunate. As the strain of the pirates’ theme song fades with the view of the burning city, guests find themselves in the dungeon area. Here, while charred beams overhead threaten to collapse, a group of jailed brigands attempt to get the keys from a friendly dog, which wags his tail and stands his ground, key ring held firmly in his mouth.</div>
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Swiftly, the boats pass through the town’s arsenal and into the brightest scene of all. For here, where two Spanish guards sit firmly trussed together, is the enormous treasure of the town. Triumphant pirates sit midst towering heaps of glittering jewels, golden coins, and ropes of milky pearls.</div>
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The pirate’s expedition has ended in triumph, and as guests depart the final scene, a peg-legged, one-eyed pirate parrot with a tattoo on his close-clipped chest, warns disembarking adventurers to “keep a lookout for the movin’ gangplank! Steady as she goes, lubbers! Ye’ll be needin’ yer sea legs on that rollin’ gangplank!’</div>
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<b>From Walt Disney World Vacationland Magazine, Spring 1974.</b></div>
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What had been a tranquil scene during the day
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We had no new attraction opening that summer of 1992, so I was asked
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We researched all kinds of water-related special effects, and we
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animation footage on the water looked absolutely spectacular! By
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Jennings Osborne, the creator of the Osborne Family Spectacle of
Dancing Lights, passed away on Wednesday and we extend our condolences
to the family. His creativity has influenced many guests, cast members
and fans of Walt Disney World, and that includes me. In fact, I
consider the years I worked with the Osborne family the highlight of my
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Christmas time and the holiday season at <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q3osborne28-07-11@0001">Walt Disney World</a>
can be a truly wondrous time, so many sights and sounds to fill you
with the Spirit of the Season. Back in 1995, I was part of a creative
team charged with developing such a holiday experience for <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/hollywood-studios/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q3osborne28-07-11@0002">Disney’s Hollywood Studios</a>
(called the Disney-MGM Studios back then). I remember sitting in a
staff meeting when I was told that a vice president had seen a brief
news report about a businessman in Little Rock, Arkansas who had a
Christmas lights display so big that his neighbors took him to court to
have it turned off. He fought it all the way to the Arkansas Supreme
Court and lost. I was asked to contact him and find out if he would
like to bring his display to the Studio and put it on Residential Street
on the backlot. I tracked down his business phone number and gave him a
call. Little did I know that was the beginning of a 16 year magical
holiday ride for me, the Studio and millions of our guests. </div>
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The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights has become a holiday
tradition to rival any experience at Walt Disney World. The display was
the vision and passion of Jennings. In 1986, his daughter, Breezy,
asked for some Christmas lights. He put up 1 million. When his next
door neighbors complained, he bought their houses and put lights on
them, too. With the support of his wife, Mitzi, and to the delight of
Breezy, the display was THE holiday experience in all of Arkansas and
beyond….until he had to turn it off. And that’s when Disney stepped in
and Jennings could say, “I’m going to Disney World!” As it turned out,
Jennings, Mitzi and Breezy were huge Disney fans and had visited the
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Indeed, they bought the nativity scene that is in the display to this day at the <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/italy-pavilion/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q3osborne28-07-11@0003">Italian Pavilion</a> in <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q3osborne28-07-11@0006">Epcot</a>.
All the original icons are still part of the display: the giant globe,
the 100 flying angels, the twirling carousels, the flying Santas and
reindeer, the red canopy of lights, the 70 foot tree and all the other
figurines of elves, snowmen and carolers.<br />
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Now, you may think that a man who creates such a spectacular display
on his house would be an extrovert and over the top. Jennings was the
opposite. He was a quiet man although there was certainly a twinkle in
his eye. He and his family came to Disney every year at Christmas time.
He would spend hours on the street, talking to guests and chatting
with the crew. The local press in Arkansas is calling him a great
philanthropist, and indeed, he was. He donated holiday light displays
to over 20 towns in Arkansas. He decorated hospitals, museums and the
local zoo. He threw giant charity barbecues that fed 2,000 people at a
time or more. He was a great proponent of committing “a random act of
kindness.” As he used to say to me, “John, I like creating memories
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I think that was his driving force, creating memories. I remember
standing underneath the red canopy with him one year. I asked him how he
came up with the idea for it. He said, “I want the people to feel like
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Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-20536216635606040372012-05-28T01:01:00.010-03:002012-05-28T01:01:00.489-03:00Celebrating 45 Years of Laughter and Hope at Disneyland Park<div class="post-title"><h1><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/05/celebrating-45-years-of-laughter-and-hope-at-disneyland-park/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Celebrating 45 Years of Laughter and Hope at Disneyland Park"></a></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">posted at the Disney Parks blog on May 27th, 2011 by <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/author/james/" title="Posts by Jim Ames">Jim Ames, Manager, Food and Wine Events, Disneyland Resort</a></span></div></div><hr /><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, May 28, marks the anniversary of one of the most endearing attractions to ever open at a Disney park when “<a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/its-a-small-world/?name=itsasmallworldAttractionPage&int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0002">it’s a small world</a>” celebrates 45 happy years at <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0001">Disneyland</a> park.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">When he originally imagined this attraction for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, Walt Disney tasked a talented team of Imagineers, including artist and Disney Legend Mary Blair, to bring his vision of brotherhood and friendship to life. Mary’s concept was that of a “pop-up book” that looked like the children within the story had designed their worlds themselves.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Mary Blair also designed the iconic facade when the attraction was moved to its new home at Disneyland park. With whimsical representations of the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Big Ben and the Taj Mahal, the exterior is no less impressive than the ride itself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course it is the playful music, by legendary songwriting team Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman that keeps us humming long after we have exited the attraction. Walt asked the duo to write a simple piece that could be repeated and sung in different languages. The Sherman Brothers succeeded creating quite possibly the catchiest Disney attraction theme song of all time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1966, Walt Disney presided over the opening ceremonies of the attraction in its new home at Disneyland park. Children representing countries from around the world came together to pour water from all seven continents into the “Rivers of the World.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since that moment, more than 233 million Disneyland park guests have joined “the happiest cruise that ever sailed” – enough to circumnavigate the Earth more than 190 times. “it’s a small world” has opened in the <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0003">Magic Kingdom park</a> at <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0006">Walt Disney World Resort</a>, <a href="http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/index.html?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0007">Tokyo Disneyland park</a>, <a href="http://www.disneylandparis.com/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0008">Disneyland Resort Paris</a> and <a href="http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage&int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY11Q345Years27-05-11@0009">Hong Kong Disneyland Resort</a>, proving that “though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide, it’s a small world after all.”</div><br />
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Mad props to you Mom from the 1983 version of <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/spaceship-earth/?int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY12Q2VintageWDWMoms10-05-12@0002">Spaceship Earth</a>
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night before bed. (Not to mention letting millions of guests peer into
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World of Motion Mom, kicking it in the front seat,
joining her family, and sharing in their joy of watching new flying
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Finally, thanks Horizons Mom for always making sure your child never floated away.</div>
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A big Happy Mother’s Day to all of the great moms of this world – real or Audio-Animatronic. </div>Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-35563007661080345502012-04-13T01:01:00.001-03:002014-08-28T00:23:35.865-03:00New Orleans Square Officially Opens - One of the Last Times Walt E. Disney was on Film<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The footage you are about to see is bittersweet. It shows one of the last times Walt was on film enjoying his park. The day was July 24, 1966 (Walt died later that year). Walt and New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro officially opened New Orleans Square. It was the first time since opening day in 1955 that a new land had opened. It was also the only area at the park named after a real city. Guests enjoyed shopping, dining and music, and Pirates of the Caribbean opened the following year.</div>
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Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-41259592379258634432012-03-15T08:20:00.000-03:002014-08-28T00:32:47.545-03:00Disneyland Guest CountThe <b style="color: #bf9000;">1 millionth</b> guest to Disneyland in California was on September 8, in the year of 1955. The name was Elsa Marquez.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000;">10 Millionth</span></b> Guest: Leigh Woolfenden December 31, 1957<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">25 Millionth</b> Guest: Dr. Glenn C. Franklin April 19, 1961<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">50 Millionth</b> Guest: Mary Adams August 12, 1965<br />
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000;">100 Millionth</span></b> Guest: Valerie Suldo June 17, 1971<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">200 Millionth</b> Guest: Gert Schelvis January 8, 1981<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">250 Millionth</b> Guest: Brook Charles Arthur Burr August 24, 1985<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">300 Millionth</b> Guest: Claudine Masson September 1, 1989<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">400 Millionth</b> Guest: Minnie Pepito July 5, 1997<br />
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<b style="color: #bf9000;">450 Millionth</b> Guest: Mark Ramirez March 15, 2001<br />
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“I’m completely stunned and speechless!” said Mark
Ramirez of Texas, Disneyland’s 450 millionth guest to pass through the
turnstiles and step into Walt Disney’s original magic kingdom. “I’m so
excited, I’m shaking!” he laughed. “This is the most exciting thing that
has ever happened to us.” Ramirez was on vacation with his wife, Donna
and their three daughters Nina, Ariana, and Alexandria when his
milestone entrance granted him a celebration ceremony, a lifetime pass
to the Disneyland Resort, a stay at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and
a merchandise gift pack. And the best gift of all was that he became a
part of Disneyland history. Ramirez got to officially change the
attendance sign on the Disneyland Train Station from 400 million to 450
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000;">500 Millionth</span></b> Guest: Australian Bill Trow January 12, 2004<br />
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Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-81322925583397285342012-03-02T17:37:00.000-03:002012-03-02T17:37:20.981-03:00Disney Studio Store<div class="entry-body">
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Following the success of Disney’s <em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</em>,
Walt Disney saw a need to increase the size of his studio. Using the profits from <em>Snow White</em>, Walt
made a deposit on 51 acres of land in Burbank, California in 1940 and
began work on a modern studio specifically designed for the making of animated films. </div>
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Walt was
personally involved in every aspect of the studio’s conception and he
ensured that the studio would be a self-sufficient facility that provided everything his team would need for the
entire production process.</div>
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There was the Animation Building in the center, which housed
the artists and animators, the Inking and Painting buildings across the
way, and the Camera buildings next door, where the completed artwork was
photographed. Walt had a number of the
buildings linked together by an underground tunnel so that even in bad
weather, the production process would not be interrupted.</div>
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This new Burbank studio would be the production site of several of Disney’s most prominent animated features, including <em>Bambi</em>, <em>Cinderella</em>, <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>, and <em>Peter Pan</em>. </div>
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On October 15, 1995, Walt Disney Studios welcomed its very own Disney
Store to the lot, named the Studio Store. This Disney Store was created with the intention of providing Cast Members
with a home store to purchase the exclusive and unique products Disney offers
in Stores everywhere. Located next to the Hyperion Bungalow, an
original building from the studio’s first location in Hollywood, the
Studio Store was redesigned in 2011 to display a beautiful new interior
design of a Disney historical timeline, featuring the major milestones
and famous characters that define the extensive history of the Walt
Disney Company.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c01676348cc7a970b-pi"><img alt="Disney Studio Store Interior" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a013481198b41970c01676348cc7a970b" src="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c01676348cc7a970b-500wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Disney Studio Store Interior" /></a><br /><em><strong></strong></em></div>
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<a href="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c016302545718970d-pi"><img alt="Disney Studio Store Product Displays" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a013481198b41970c016302545718970d" src="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c016302545718970d-500wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Disney Studio Store Product Displays" /></a><br /><em><strong></strong></em></div>
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<em><strong> <a href="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c0168e84b4cea970c-pi"><img alt="Studio Store Exterior" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a013481198b41970c0168e84b4cea970c" src="http://blog.disneystore.com/.a/6a013481198b41970c0168e84b4cea970c-500wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Studio Store Exterior" /></a></strong></em></div>
To learn more, visit Liz, the Official Disney Store Blogger: <a href="http://blog.disneystore.com/blog/2012/03/flashback-friday-disney-studio-store-history.html">http://blog.disneystore.com/blog/2012/03/flashback-friday-disney-studio-store-history.html</a></div>
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</div>Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-39293532669713973032011-12-20T11:14:00.001-02:002011-12-20T11:14:49.114-02:00Disney Legend Richard Sherman Shares His Memories of Walt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many virtues define a true legend, but divine talent is what differentiates "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/legends/find-legends?int_cmp=dcom_ins_legends_insider_111213_articletext_DisneyLegends__intl">Disney Legends</a>." For the second segment of our "Lunch with a Legend" series, the Insider broke bread with Disney Legend <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/legends/richard-sherman?int_cmp=dcom_ins_legends_insider_111213_articletext_RichardSherman__intl">Richard Sherman</a> who (along with brother <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/legends/robert-sherman?int_cmp=dcom_ins_legends_insider_111213_articletext_RobertSherman__intl">Robert</a>) was half of the only songwriting-composing team ever to work on staff for The Walt Disney Company. From "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/movies/mary-poppins?int_cmp=dcom_ins_movies_insider_111213_articletext_MaryPoppins__intl">Mary Poppins</a>" to "<a href="http://disney.go.com/pooh/?int_cmp=pooh_dcom_insider_111213">Winnie the Pooh</a>,"
this award-winning duo is known the world over – if not by name, then
by song. Though Richard admits he's shared them a "million times," the
master showman was thrilled to recount some of his most poignant
memories. <br /><br />
<b>Meeting Walt Disney</b><br /><br />
"Here's how it all began for my brother Bob and myself ... we were freelance pop songwriters and a little girl named <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/legends/annette-funicello?int_cmp=dcom_ins_legends_insider_111213_articletext_AnnetteFunicello__intl">Annette Funicello</a>
sang a song we'd written called 'Tall Paul,' which became a really big
hit. We started writing songs specifically for her, and had hits with
'Pineapple Princess' and 'Jo Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy' – big rockers back
in 1959/1960. Little did we know Annette was Walt Disney's very favorite
Mouseketeer ... he listened to all her songs and liked what he was
hearing."<br /><br />
Things changed when Walt wanted Annette to sing in a TV movie called
"The Horsemasters" since her records were so popular – and requested
that the brothers write the song. "Jimmy Johnson [head of the record
company] asked if we wanted to give it a shot, so we wrote 'The
Strumming Song.' Jimmy liked it, but said Walt would have the final
word. We asked 'Walt who?'" After learning that the Walt in question was
Walt Disney, Richard wanted to demo the song with a female singer
before the meeting, but was told Walt likes hearing things the way they
were written.<br /><br />
With trepidation, the brothers brought their song up to Walt's office.
"Now picture this ... Walt was sitting behind his desk signing pictures.
I'll never forget it because it was our first meeting with the great
man. He looked up and asked if we were really brothers because there
were a lot of brother acts in vaudeville with people who weren't really
brothers. I said 'No, we actually have the same parents!'"<br /><br />
When Walt began discussing "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/movies/the-parent-trap?int_cmp=dcom_ins_movies_insider_111213_articletext_ParentTrap__intl">The Parent Trap</a>,"
both brothers immediately knew he was talking about the wrong film. "I
was dying, but my brother Bob was brave enough to say that we were there
with Annette's song for 'The Horsemasters.' I mean, how do you tell an
icon he's telling you the wrong story?" After what Richard calls the
most brutal performance of "The Strumming Song," Walt said, "That'll
work," and gave them a script to see what they could come up with for
"The Parent Trap." Richard and Robert were completely bewildered and
thought the worst. "Jimmy said, 'Are you kidding? He bought one song and
gave you another assignment!' We didn't even realize he LIKED what we
had done. So that was our very first encounter with the man who changed
our lives forever."<br /><br />
From there, they went on to write songs for "The Parent Trap," "Zorro,"
"Texas John Slaughter," and many other films and television shows. "Walt
kept giving us assignments – he was testing us. He'd always say,
'That'll work,' and give us another assignment. Jimmy told us to keep'em
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Little did they know their careers would be thrown into overdrive when Walt asked "<a href="http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/the-boys-the-sherman-brothers-story.html">The Boys</a>"
(his nickname for the brothers) if they knew what a nanny was. Their
reply? "Yeah, it's a goat! We thought he wanted us to write a song for a
nanny goat!" But Walt asked them to read P.L. Travers' book "Mary
Poppins," and let him know what they thought. "He threw the gauntlet
down and wanted to see what we'd do with it. So Bob and I read these
very charming stories, but panic struck when we realized there was no
storyline – it was strictly about a nanny who flies in on the east wind,
takes the Banks' children on wonderful adventures, and flies out when
the west wind comes along."<br /><br />
Not knowing where to start, they selected six chapters to loosely base a
story on – and the chosen adventures inspired scenes like "Jolly
Holiday" and "Feed the Birds." Richard recalls the follow-up meeting
with Walt. "Walt was as excited as we were! He fell in love with 'Feed
the Birds,' which became his favorite song. When we were done, he asked
to see our notes, which were pretty dog-eared from underlining and
highlighting. We gave him our book and then he pulled out his copy. He
had underlined the same six chapters – that was gooseflesh time. It
really, really was amazing."<br /><br />
Walt then invited Richard and Robert to work at Disney. "We said YES,
we'd love to work here! He already had a contract written up and told us
we'd have an office down the hall. Walt wanted us to develop the story
with screenwriters Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, but called it our
'backburner project' because he planned on giving us lots of work. And
that was the turning point in our lives ... two beloved stories that I
vividly recall, and both involved Walt Disney."<br /><br />
Aside from "Mary Poppins," the Academy-Award®-winning duo (they garnered
two for "Mary Poppins" alone!) wrote songs and scores for countless
Disney classics, including "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/movies/the-jungle-book?int_cmp=dcom_ins_movies_insider_111213_articletext_JungleBook__intl">The Jungle Book</a>," "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/movies/the-aristocats?int_cmp=dcom_ins_movies_insider_111213_articletext_Aristocats__intl">The Aristocats</a>," "<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/history/movies/bedknobs-and-broomsticks?int_cmp=dcom_ins_movies_insider_111213_articletext_BedknobsAndBroomsticks__intl">Bedknobs and Broomsticks</a>,"
and the "Winnie the Pooh" short films. Though Richard says they were
always creatively connected to Walt, their time with him was limited but
intense. "We started with Walt in 1960 until 1966. Walt was very, very
thoughtful and kind to us ... if he liked what you were doing, he'd
never gush. You'd always hear from someone else that he flipped for
whatever it was you did. When he died, we worked at the studio for
several years, but it just wasn't the same. We've had a wonderful career
thanks to Walt Disney."<br /><br />
Richard is currently working on his second album of instrumental music,
which he calls a cross between pop and semi-classical. "I've always been
a happy person. I'm very positive and so was Walt ... that's what he
liked. If our music makes people feel good about themselves and gives
them hints about how to act, I think we were very lucky to write those
songs. It's a nice feeling to know the rest of the world responds to
your material."</div>Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-61555787703801780352011-12-18T01:01:00.005-02:002011-12-18T01:01:00.366-02:00Did you miss it? Davy Crockett’s Window in Frontierland<div style="text-align: justify;">Have you seen the window in <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/listing?name=DisneylandParkAttractionsListingPage&int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY09Q4DidYouMissItPetrifiedTree20-10-09@0001&CMP=SOC-intDPFY09Q4DavyCrockettWindowFrontierland16-12-09@0003">Frontierland</a> dedicated to Fess Parker, the man known to millions of baby-boomers as legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett?</div><br />
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Five years ago this week, Fess Parker received the highest honor <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage&bhcp=1&int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY09Q4DavyCrockettWindowFrontierland16-12-09@0001">Disneyland Resort</a> bestows when the park unveiled a tribute window. Parker’s salute included an entirely rethemed building facade which paid tribute to Parker’s portrayal of Davy Crockett, along with his sidekick Georgie Russel, played by the late actor Buddy Ebsen. Parker and Ebsen were featured stars at the grand opening of Disneyland on July 17, 1955.<br />
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In his role as Davy Crockett, Fess Parker helped promote and open <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/landing?name=DisneylandParkLandingPage&CMP=SOC-intDPFY09Q4DavyCrockettWindowFrontierland16-12-09@0002">Disneyland Park</a>. In the photos below, you’ll see Davy Crockett walking through a yet-to-be finished Disneyland park and later with Walt Disney riding a horse on Main Street, U.S.A.<br />
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The tradition of honoring individuals with a personalized decorative window was started on Main Street by Walt Disney himself and has continued throughout Disney parks worldwide.Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-63387507135454507652011-12-16T01:01:00.007-02:002011-12-16T01:01:02.142-02:002 years without Roy E. Disney<div class="post-title"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/12/roy-e-disney-key-figure-in-revitalizing-the-walt-disney-company-disneys-animation-legacy-dies-at-age-79/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Roy E. Disney, Key Figure in Revitalizing The Walt Disney Company, Disney’s Animation Legacy, Dies at Age 79">Roy E. Disney, Key Figure in Revitalizing The Walt Disney Company, Disney’s Animation Legacy, Dies at Age 79</a></h1><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">posted on December 16th, 2009 by <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/author/tsmith/" title="Posts by Thomas Smith">Thomas Smith, Social Media Director, Disney Parks</a></div></div><hr /> <div style="text-align: justify;">Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away today (12/16/09) at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, following a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old. Disney was a successful businessman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and award-winning sailor, who played a key role in the revitalization of The Walt Disney Company and Disney’s animation legacy. He was associated with the Company over a 56-year period, and from 1984 – 2003, served as vice chairman of the Company’s board of directors, and chairman of the Studio’s Animation Department. In recent years, he held the title of director emeritus and consultant for the Company.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">As head of Disney Animation, Disney helped to guide the Studio to a new golden age of animation with an unprecedented string of artistic and box office successes that included “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” and “The Lion King.” He personally executive produced “Fantasia/2000,” a sequel to the 1940 Disney classic, and served in a similar capacity on a number of recent animated shorts, including the 2004 Oscar®-nominated “Destino,” based on storyboards and original art by the iconic artist Salvador Dali. In the area of live-action films, Disney and his wife, Leslie DeMeuse Disney, most recently executive produced the 2008 feature documentary, “Morning Light,” which followed a group of young sailors as they competed in the grueling Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">His philanthropic activities included sponsorship of the Roy E. Disney Center for the Performing Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center, part of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, is scheduled to open in spring, 2010.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Commenting on the announcement, Bob Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said, “On behalf of everyone at Disney, we are saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague Roy E. Disney. He was much more than a valued 56-year Company veteran – Roy’s true passion and focus were preserving and building upon the amazing legacy of Disney animation that was started by his father and uncle. Roy’s commitment to the art of animation was unparalleled and will always remain his personal legacy and one of his greatest contributions to Disney’s past, present and future.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, added, “I first met Roy when I was still an animation student at CalArts. Not only did I consider him a personal friend, but he was a great man who believed deeply in the art of animation. He put his heart and soul into preserving Disney’s legendary past, while helping to move the art of animation into the modern age by embracing new technology. Roy was a visionary and passionate supporter of the art form, and he was all about quality. I was always impressed that he would make time for someone like me when I was fresh out of college, and he continued to support and encourage me throughout my career.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stanley Gold, president, Shamrock Holdings, said, “Roy and I enjoyed a 35-year friendship and partnership that was simply special. We faced many business challenges together, had fun in the process, and enjoyed a wide variety of professional successes. Roy was a man who was steadfastly loyal to his principles and to his friends. He was a gracious, humble gentleman who could make the tough decisions life sometimes requires. He carried the torch high and proud, and the world is a better place for his tireless efforts. I will miss him greatly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Roy Edward Disney was born in Los Angeles on January 10, 1930 to Roy O. Disney and Edna Francis Disney. His father and his uncle, Walt Disney, co-founded the Disney entertainment business in 1923.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">After attending Harvard School and Pomona College, Disney launched his entertainment industry career in 1952, working as an assistant film editor on the “Dragnet” TV series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">He joined The Walt Disney Studios in 1953 as an assistant film editor, where his credits included the landmark Academy Award®-winning True-Life Adventures features, “The Living Desert” and “The Vanishing Prairie.” As a writer and production associate, he received Oscar® nominations for his work on the short subject, “Mysteries of the Deep” in 1959, and in 2003 for his work as executive producer for “Destino.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Disney produced and directed some 35 other TV and theatrical production, including the landmark 1968 documentary, “Varda, the Peregrine Falcon,” before leaving in 1977 to become an independent producer and investor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1978, Disney founded Shamrock Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned family enterprise headquartered in Burbank, California, which specializes in private equity, real estate, and public equities investing. He served as chairman of the company, which has approximately $1.5 billion of capital committed to funds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">An avid competitive sailor, Disney holds several elapsed-time records for offshore races in the Pacific Ocean, including multiple wins in the 2,225-mile Transpac.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among his many professional and philanthropic activities, Disney served on the board of trustees of California Institute of the Arts, the advisory board of St. Joseph Medical Center, and the board of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles, Inc. Additionally, he was an advisory member of the board of directors of the United States Committee for UNICEF, chairman emeritus of the board of directors of the Peregrine Fund, a member of the board of trustees of Ronald McDonald House charities, and a member of the board of trustees of the American Ireland Fund.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1993, he received the Winsor McCay Award (a special “Annie Award”) from ASIFA-Hollywood (The International Animated Film Society). The McCay Award is for lifetime achievement in animation. In 1997, Disney was awarded the first “Mort Walker Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cartoon Industry,” by the Boca Raton International Museum of Cartoon Art.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Disney received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from his alma mater Pomona College in 1998. In 2002, he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Mercy College in New York. The following year, he was presented with the Trustees’ Award and honorary Doctor of the Arts degree from CalArts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among his other honors, Disney was named a recipient of the 1999 National Catholic Education Association Elizabeth Ann Seton Award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to children and education. In April 1999, Disney received the Henry Bergh Humane Award from the ASPCA, and in spring 2000, he was awarded the Inaugural Environmental Leadership Award from the Audubon Society.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Disney is survived by his wife, Leslie, and four children from his marriage to Patricia Dailey Disney – Tim Disney, Roy Patrick Disney, Abigail Disney, and Susan Disney Lord. He is also survived by 16 grandchildren.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Funeral services will be private, followed by cremation. His ashes will be scattered at sea. Plans for a Life Celebration will be announced shortly. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.</div>Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-63546262305374949462011-12-08T11:35:00.001-02:002011-12-08T11:35:48.138-02:00Walter Cronkite - Narrator's voice in Spaceship Earth and IllumiNations Special Christmas Finale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From May 26, 1986 to August 15, 1994, he was the narrator's voice in the <b>EPCOT</b> attraction, <b>Spaceship Earth</b>, at Walt Disney World. </div>
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In 1989 he featured in a 9-minute film entitled <b><i>Back to Neverland</i></b>, at the former MGM Studios, (written and directed by Jerry Rees whose include directing the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Pre and Post videos with Aerosmith and the new version of Epcot's "Oh Canada" film, and more) served as the intro to the Magic of Disney Animation Attraction, the walking tour of Disney’s Animation facility.<br />
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Since november, 1999 he is the voice wishing Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men, at the <i><b>I</b><b>llumiNations Special Christmas Finale</b></i>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://marciodisney.blogspot.com/2009/12/illuminations-special-christmas-finale.html">Click Here to see the post about the IllumiNations Special Christmas Finale.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/28612/remembering-walter-cronkite">Click Here to see the slideshow by Life Magazine.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/walter-cronkite">Click Here to see the Walter Cronkite personal blog.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.kruegerbooks.com/books/sig/cronkite-walter.html">Click Here to see the signature of Walter Cronkite.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/walter-cronkite">Click Here to see the Archive of American Television interview with Cronkite.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/us/18cronkite.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">Click Here to see the article at The New York Times when he died.</a></span></div>
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During a 43-year Hollywood career, which spanned the
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David Low, the late British political cartoonist, called Disney “the
most significant figure in graphic arts since Leonardo.” A pioneer and
innovator, and the possessor of one of the most fertile imaginations the
world has ever known, Walt Disney, along with members of his staff,
received more than 950 honors and citations from throughout the world,
including 48 Academy Awards® and 7 Emmys® in his lifetime.</div>
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Walt Disney’s personal awards included honorary degrees from Harvard,
Yale, the University of Southern California, and UCLA; the Presidential
Medal of Freedom; France’s Legion of Honor and Officer d’Academie
decorations; Thailand’s Order of the Crown; Brazil’s Order of the
Southern Cross; Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle; and the Showman of
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The creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney
World was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1901. His father,
Elias Disney, was an Irish-Canadian. His mother, Flora Call Disney, was
of German-American descent. Walt was one of five children, four boys
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Raised on a farm near Marceline, Missouri, Walt early became
interested in drawing, selling his first sketches to neighbors when he
was only seven years old. At McKinley High School in Chicago, Disney
divided his attention between drawing and photography, contributing both
to the school paper. At night he attended the Academy of Fine Arts.</div>
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During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military
service. Rejected because he was only 16 years of age, Walt joined the
Red Cross and was sent overseas, where he spent a year driving an
ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was
covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with drawings
and cartoons.</div>
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After the war, Walt returned to Kansas City, where he began his
career as an advertising cartoonist. Here, in 1920, he created and
marketed his first original animated cartoons, and later perfected a new
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In August of 1923, Walt Disney left Kansas City for Hollywood with
nothing but a few drawing materials, $40 in his pocket and a completed
animated and live-action film. Walt’s brother Roy O. Disney was already
in California, with an immense amount of sympathy and encouragement,
and $250. Pooling their resources, they borrowed an additional $500 and
constructed a camera stand in their uncle’s garage. Soon, they
received an order from New York for the first “Alice Comedy” short, and
the brothers began their production operation in the rear of a Hollywood
real estate office two blocks away.</div>
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On July 13, 1925, Walt married one of his first employees, Lillian
Bounds, in Lewiston, Idaho. They were blessed with two daughters —
Diane, married to Ron Miller, former president and chief executive
officer of Walt Disney Productions; and Sharon Disney Lund, formerly a
member of Disney’s Board of Directors. The Millers have seven children
and Mrs. Lund had three. Mrs. Lund passed away in 1993.<br />
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Mickey Mouse was created in 1928, and his talents were first used in a silent cartoon entitled <em>Plane Crazy</em>.
However, before the cartoon could be released, sound burst upon the
motion picture screen. Thus Mickey made his screen debut in <em>Steamboat Willie</em>, the world’s first fully synchronized sound cartoon, which premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York on November 18, 1928.</div>
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Walt’s drive to perfect the art of animation was endless.
Technicolor® was introduced to animation during the production of his
“Silly Symphonies.” In 1932, the film entitled <em>Flowers and Trees</em> won Walt the first of his 32 personal Academy Awards®. In 1937, he released <em>The Old Mill</em>, the first short subject to utilize the multiplane camera technique.</div>
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On December 21 of that same year, <em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</em>,
the first full-length animated musical feature, premiered at the
Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Produced at the unheard of cost
of $1,499,000 during the depths of the Great Depression, the film is
still accounted as one of the great feats and imperishable monuments of
the motion picture industry. During the next five years, Walt completed
such other full-length animated classics as <em>Pinocchio</em>, <em>Fantasia</em>, <em>Dumbo</em> and <em>Bambi</em>.</div>
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In 1940, construction was completed on Disney’s Burbank studio, and
the staff swelled to more than 1,000 artists, animators, story men and
technicians. During World War II, 94 percent of the Disney facilities
were engaged in special government work including the production of
training and propaganda films for the armed services, as well as health
films which are still shown throughout the world by the U.S. State
Department. The remainder of his efforts were devoted to the production
of comedy short subjects, deemed highly essential to civilian and
military morale.</div>
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Disney’s 1945 feature, the musical <em>The Three Caballeros</em>, combined live action with the cartoon medium, a process he used successfully in such other features as <em>Song of the South</em> and the highly acclaimed <em>Mary Poppins</em>. In all, 81 features were released by the studio during his lifetime.</div>
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Walt’s inquisitive mind and keen sense for education through
entertainment resulted in the award-winning “True-Life Adventure”
series. Through such films as <em>The Living Desert</em>, <em>The Vanishing Prairie</em>, <em>The African Lion</em> and <em>White Wilderness</em>,
Disney brought fascinating insights into the world of wild animals and
taught the importance of conserving our nation’s outdoor heritage.</div>
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Disneyland, launched in 1955 as a fabulous $17 million Magic Kingdom,
soon increased its investment tenfold and entertained, by its fourth
decade, more than 400 million people, including presidents, kings and
queens and royalty from all over the globe.</div>
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A pioneer in the field of television programming, Disney began
production in 1954, and was among the first to present full-color
programming with his <em>Wonderful World of Color</em> in 1961. <em>The Mickey Mouse Club</em> and <em>Zorro</em> were popular favorites in the 1950s.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Roy and Walt visit Marceline, Missouri in 1956, taking time to stand under the tree Walt used to sit beneath, dreaming of the future.</span></div>
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But that was only the beginning. In 1965, Walt Disney turned his
attention toward the problem of improving the quality of urban life in
America. He personally directed the design on an Experimental Prototype
Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT, planned as a living showcase for the
creativity of American industry.</div>
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Said Disney, “I don’t believe there is a challenge anywhere in the
world that is more important to people everywhere than finding the
solution to the problems of our cities. But where do we begin? Well,
we’re convinced we must start with the public need. And the need is not
just for curing the old ills of old cities. We think the need is for
starting from scratch on virgin land and building a community that will
become a prototype for the future.”</div>
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Thus, Disney directed the purchase of 43 square miles of virgin land —
twice the size of Manhattan Island — in the center of the state of
Florida. Here, he master planned a whole new Disney world of
entertainment to include a new amusement theme park, motel-hotel resort
vacation center and his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
After more than seven years of master planning and preparation,
including 52 months of actual construction, Walt Disney World opened to
the public as scheduled on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center opened on
October 1, 1982.</div>
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Prior to his death on December 15, 1966, Walt Disney took a deep
interest in the establishment of California Institute of the Arts, a
college level, professional school of all the creative and performing
arts. Of Cal Arts, Walt once said, “It’s the principal thing I hope to
leave when I move on to greener pastures. If I can help provide a place
to develop the talent of the future, I think I will have accomplished
something.”</div>
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California Institute of the Arts was founded in 1961 with the
amalgamation of two schools, the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and
Chouinard Art Institute. The campus is located in the city of Valencia,
32 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Walt Disney conceived the
new school as a place where all the performing and creative arts would
be taught under one roof in a “community of the arts” as a completely
new approach to professional arts training.</div>
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Walt Disney is a legend, a folk hero of the 20th century. His
worldwide popularity was based upon the ideas which his name represents:
imagination, optimism and self-made success in the American tradition.
Walt Disney did more to touch the hearts, minds and emotions of
millions of Americans than any other man in the past century. Through
his work, he brought joy, happiness and a universal means of
communication to the people of every nation. Certainly, our world shall
know but one Walt Disney.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>from D23 </i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">“I’m here to invite you to a celebration in our village… so put on
your best smile, set free your imagination, and come with us to Mother
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Have you ever wondered where Santa Claus gets all the wonderful toys he gives at Christmas? According to <em>Babes in Toyland</em>
(1961), Walt Disney’s magical mix of music, laughter, and fun, it’s
Toyland’s lovable Toymaker who creates the soon-to-be-treasured
playthings Santa delivers on Christmas Eve. In this charming fantasy,
Walt’s first live-action musical, all of Mother Goose Village is
celebrating two of its most beloved citizens, lovely Mary Contrary and
handsome Tom Piper, who are about to wed—only the dastardly Barnaby
seeks to stop their happiness. In a tuneful, colorful adventure that
leads to merry, magical Toyland, our heroes team up with their young
friends, including Bo Peep and Willie Winkie, to help the Toymaker meet
his Christmas deadline. <em>Babes in Toyland</em> is a cherished holiday
tradition, and this year D23 celebrates the feature as a 50 and
Fabulous film. Let’s pack up the enchanted sleigh and take a look back
at all the wonders of Walt Disney’s <em>Toyland</em>.</div>
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“The music for our motion picture <em>Babes in Toyland</em> is based
on Victor Herbert’s original score, which he wrote more than half a
century ago,” Walt explained in 1961. “We have updated the music and
lyrics to fit current trends, but the melodies remain the same.”
Combining classic Mother Goose characters with an entrancing vision of a
Toyland where wooden soldiers come to life, Herbert’s musical fantasy
is an audience favorite. Much as he had done with Tchaikovsky’s classic
ballet for Walt’s animated version of <em>Sleeping Beauty </em>(1959),
Disney composer George Bruns adapted Herbert’s score, changing the tempo
of many songs, making new arrangements, transforming some themes into
complete songs, and composing three new tunes—all to enliven Disney’s
version of the timeless stage show.</div>
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While there had been many theatrical productions of this evergreen
musical before Walt mounted his spectacular big-screen adaptation, there
had also already been a screen version of the show, released in 1934
and starring Laurel and Hardy. Produced by comedy maven Hal Roach, this
black-and-white film—re-titled <em>March of the Wooden Soldiers</em> in
1961 so as not to compete with the Disney release—also featured several
“live” versions of Disney animated characters. (Roach personally sought
Walt’s permission to use Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs, and he
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“About 1958 or ’59,” recalled animator/director Ward Kimball, one of
Walt’s fabled Nine Old Men, “Walt called me up to his office and
explained he had the rights to <em>Babes in Toyland</em>. Walt wanted to
know if I’d like to take a crack at it because it would go into the
public domain in 1960. There had already been two or three attempts at
the Disney Studio to write some sort of story, but Walt figured that
maybe I would have a different angle on it. I never agreed with the
original Victor Herbert plot structure because the relationships between
the characters seemed confusing. I forgot about what had been done
before and worked out a plot where there was no doubt about what Barnaby
was up to. Then I sat down with [veteran story artist] Joe Rinaldi and
we did the storyboards. That’s what Walt saw and he liked it. Next, I
got Mel Leven to write some new ‘Gilbert and Sullivan’ type lyrics. Walt
always thought that a song should advance the plot. That was the big
change in <em>Babes</em>, and Walt liked it.”</div>
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The sweet star of <em>Babes in Toyland</em> is Annette Funicello—Disney’s “girl next door” from TV’s <em>Mickey Mouse Club—</em>then at the crest of her success as a recording star. Though one might assume <em>Babes in Toyland</em>
was planned as an Annette vehicle, Walt actually mused for some time
about who to cast as Mary Contrary. Finally assistant to the producer
Lou Debney said, “Well, Walt, in my opinion, if Columbia or Universal
were making this, they’d probably be calling you, saying, ‘Can we borrow
Annette?’” In fact, Annette remembered “all these redheaded gals coming
to the studio for years being auditioned for the part of Mary. One day,
however, Walt Disney walked up to me and said, ‘Follow me to the
hairdressing department. I want to see how you look as a redhead.’ I
guess he liked the way I looked because I got the role. For me it was a
dream come true. People ask me what is my favorite film that I have
done, and I have to admit, this is it.”</div>
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Annette’s vocal performances of the film’s songs are lovely, even
though she considered Victor Herbert’s light opera melodies the most
difficult she ever attempted. “Tommy Sands had a magnificent voice,”
noted Annette, “he never had any problems, but I was a little shy about
singing those beautiful songs.”</div>
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Teen idol Tommy Sands stars opposite Annette as Mary’s sweetheart,
Tom Piper. The young singer was a national sensation since his starring
role in <em>The Singin’ Idol</em>, a 1957 presentation on NBC’s Kraft
Television Theatre, in which he was cast at the behest of admirer Elvis
Presley. “I was doing a film with Fabian called <em>Love in a Goldfish Bowl</em> (1961) at Paramount,” related Tommy. “There were actually several of us up for the role in <em>Babes</em>—James
Darren, Michael Callan, and myself—but one day Walt asked if he could
come over and see the dailies. I was a bit concerned. I had my hair
bleached blonde for <em>Goldfish Bowl</em>, so I would contrast with
Fabian, but after Walt saw the dailies, he told my manager I had the
part. I signed the contract and was thrilled.”</div>
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For the comically villainous Barnaby, Walt made the offbeat choice of Ray Bolger, beloved as the Scarecrow in MGM’s <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>
(1939). Walt cast Ray because, Lou Debney recalled, “he said, ‘I
remember Ray Bolger when I was taking a trip to Hawaii on a boat. Ray
Bolger was there, and after dinner, why, he would perform. God, that guy
can dance.’” Returning to the screen after an eight-year absence in
which he starred on Broadway and television, Ray essayed his most
unusual role as the scheming Barnaby. “I’ve never done a part like this
before, and I couldn’t resist the challenge,” admitted Ray. “He enjoyed
playing Barnaby,” recalled Ward Kimball, “and played it in an
old-fashioned melodrama kind of way.” Walt said, “Here’s a guy who can
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Longtime comedy favorite Ed Wynn was deliciously cast as the
befuddled Toymaker. “It was Walt’s challenge to recapture something we
laughed at 30 years ago that intrigued me. That something is a
combination of the dramatic, together with parts of <em>The Perfect Fool</em> and <em>The Fire Chief</em> characters I played on stage and radio that long ago.” Ed’s newly found status as a movie actor in such films as <em>Marjorie Morningstar</em> (1958) and <em>The Diary of Anne Frank</em>
(1959) even caused him to be mobbed at the Dallas airport on a
publicity tour. “Nowadays, I have almost as many fans as Elvis Presley,”
laughed Ed. “Only difference is that when they swoon, they have a hard
time getting up again.” “Ed Wynn was always ‘on,’” commented co-star
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Based on the young actor’s popularity in films ranging from <em>Old Yeller</em> (1957) to <em>Swiss Family Robinson </em>(1960), Walt found a role for Tommy Kirk whenever he could. In <em>Babes in Toyland</em>,
Tommy plays the daffy inventor Grumio. “Tommy was very talented,”
observed Annette. “He never realized what a fantastic comedian he was.”
Another Disney favorite, Kevin “Moochie” Corcoran is joined by his
bother Brian as two of the titular <em>Babes</em>. Kevin and Brian
appear as Boy Blue and Willie Winkie respectively. Like his older
brother, 10-year-old Brian was under Studio contract and was seen in
such Disney TV mini-series as <em>Elfego Baca</em>, <em>Texas John Slaughter,</em> and <em>Daniel Boone</em>.
Doing a hilarious Laurel and Hardy-like turn as Barnaby’s henchmen,
Gene Sheldon (one of America’s foremost pantomime artists) and Henry
Calvin steal the show, just as they had done on the <em>Zorro </em>TV series. Interestingly, Henry performed as Oliver Hardy opposite Dick Van Dyke’s Stan Laurel on a classic episode of TV’s <em>The Dick Van Dyke Show</em>.</div>
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Singer Ann Jillian made her motion picture debut in <em>Babes in Toyland</em>. This talented young actress went on to appear in <em>Gypsy</em> (1962), the 1980s TV series <em>Jennifer Slept Here,</em> and for Disney, the well-loved <em>Sammy the Way-Out Seal</em> on <em>Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color </em>in 1962. “Working in <em>Babes</em>
was like living out a fairy tale,” remembered Ann. “Ray Bolger taught
me how to tango while we were both in costume one day. It’s such a
blessing, as a child, to be encouraged to pretend. It fascinated me that
people were actually paid to make up all those wonderful sets. Yes, it
really was like living out a fairy tale.”</div>
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Three Disney soundstages were utilized to house the fanciful film’s
enormous sets. These candy-colored backdrops, designed by legendary art
directors Carroll Clark and Marvin Davis, set a whimsical stage for the
lively action, creating a cartoon-like world of fantasy. “We had
carpenters who’d worked all those years on the <em>Mickey Mouse Club,</em>
and they could make anything,” revealed Ward Kimball. “There was also a
certain cartoon quality that we tried to go for. Originally, they were
thinking of doing <em>Babes</em> as a cartoon, but when you’re doing a
feature cartoon, you’re talking about two years of work. There was the
time element involved here. Doing it as a live-action film, we could do
it quickly. Walt also had his stable of stars available at that time.”</div>
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“The <em>Babes</em> sets were a fun place to be when you’re a kid,”
recalled Kevin. “The Pumpkin House and Mother Hubbard’s shoe were set up
like living rooms with little tables and chairs, dollhouse furniture.
Walt was very particular in what he did, and he didn’t do anything
halfway—he wanted to do it right or not do it.” Filling a stage longer
than two football fields, the spooky Forest of No Return included
smoke-like fog, cobwebs, and 100 fiberglass trees, hauntingly
highlighted by blue and purple spotlights and backed by a 180-degree
cyclorama-like painting. For the singing-and-dancing sentinel trees,
special effects artist Robert Mattey fashioned tubular foam rubber into
trunks, sculptured with burners and spray-painted for a weathered look.
Movable eyes, arms, and mouths were operated by dancers inside the tree
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Grumio’s “poof” gun, eye-popping oversize versions of many of the
Toymaker’s shop’s sets and props—including furniture, toys, and an
immense birdcage—were crafted. Among the most elaborate of the film’s
fantastical props is the wacky Toymaking machine. It took 28 Disney
stage electricians to control its operation from a panel of 400
switches. Composed of everything from Lucite globes, glass tubing, steel
pipe, rubber hoses, and oscilloscopes to neon lights, multi-colored
cellophane, balloons, and ping-pong balls, the contraption even included
a childlike design complete with robotic face. “It looks great,” said
Walt. “But if it could only work, really work, we could revolutionize
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One of the movie’s most delightful props is actually one of its most
lovable characters: Sylvester (“my friends call me Silly”) Goose, a
puppet voiced by director Jack Donahue. “Mary McCarty as Mother Goose
held this puppet,” explained Ward Kimball,” and right out of sight
behind her was Jimmy Macdonald, head of our Sound Effects department. He
made the goose’s mouth move, synchronizing it with the dialogue, by
reaching his hand up Mary’s arm.” Mel Leven recalled that in the
“Floretta” number, “it was my gag when the gypsy picked up the goose’s
foot to read its palm and sang, ‘I see in your palm you are lonesome for
Tom’ [to the goose instead of Mary]. Well, Walt thought that was so
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Oscar®-winner Bill Thomas designed the lavish costumes including
Mary’s holiday-themed hand-embroidered red-velvet robe with white fur
stole and matching muff. This elegant cloak was worn over Mary’s
exquisite winter-white wedding dress. Annette was so thrilled with
Bill’s costumes that he designed the bridal gown for her real-life
fairy-tale wedding in 1965. The Walt Disney Archives proudly counts
Mary’s Christmas ensemble and Tom’s wedding outfit, as well as their
magical sleigh, among its treasures.</div>
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Disney special effects sparkle throughout <em>Babes in Toyland,</em>
from the animated stars that emanate when Tom is hit on the head with a
mallet to the ever-deepening pool of Roderigo’s crocodile tears during
the “Slowly He Sank to the Bottom of the Sea” number. Another highlight
is “I Can’t Do the Sum,” in which Ms. Funicello splits into a series of
multi-colored Annettes, forming a chorus in which she sings with
herself, echoing the famed “Annette sound” of overlaid vocals. “‘I Can’t
Do the Sum’ was actually one of my favorite scenes,” Annette said,
citing the movie magic throughout the number. “I was working on wires
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The film’s climax is the rousing “March of
the Wooden Soldiers” sequence, in which a miniaturized Tom leads a toy
battalion against Barnaby. Ward Kimball, who was also an avid toy
collector, headed the special unit set up for the making of the more
than 100 toys created especially for this dynamic scene. Many of the
toys incorporated working parts from store-bought playthings, converted
to fit the enchanting sequence’s uniquely designed characters. Disney’s
resident stop-motion animation experts, Bill Justice and X. Atencio,
with an assist from master sculptor Yale Gracey and Ted Tillman, of the
studio property department, handled the creation and “animotion” (the
Disney-created term for stop-motion animation) of the individual
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The toy soldiers were made with interchangeable sets of arms and legs
so that the stop-motion camera could capture their parading. “The
marching sequence was all on a 12-beat,” explained Bill, “which meant
the toy soldiers would each take a step every 12 frames. Each one of
those soldiers—we had 40 in some scenes—had 12 sets of legs that had to
be changed every frame in order to make a complete step.” The soldier
figures were about 12 inches high with bodies cast out of hollow
fiberglass. <em>Babes in Toyland</em>‘s red-uniformed toy solders became
the breakout stars of the film and have been featured in holiday
parades at Disney theme parks ever since the movie’s premiere.</div>
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<em>Babes in Toyland</em> marked the first time Disney’s licensees
had the opportunity to manufacture toys that were actually seen in a
movie. The Fairy Princess doll played with by Annette in the endearing
“Just a Toy” number was designed especially for the film by Uneeda Doll
Co., and 367 separate fun-filled <em>Babes in Toyland</em> items,
including puzzles, puppets, Colorforms, costumes, and games were
manufactured by 45 companies participating in the giant Christmas
promotion.</div>
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Feature stories ran in <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>Life</em>,
but the most spectacular celebration of the film came courtesy of Walt
Disney himself. Originally colorcast on December 17, 1961, on <em>Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color</em>, “Backstage Party” featured Walt inviting his viewers to the <em>Babes in Toyland</em> wrap party. The principal <em>Toyland </em>stars
performed songs and comedy routines, accompanied by such Disney
staffers as composer George Bruns on trombone, lyricist Mel Leven on
ukulele, and sound effects expert Jimmy Macdonald on drums.
Choreographer Tom Mahoney danced, director Jack Donohue took some
good-natured ribbing, and Tommy Kirk presented Ed Wynn with a “Mousecar”
award commemorating Ed’s 60th anniversary in show business.</div>
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Released on December 14, 1961, <em>Babes in Toyland</em> was
showcased as the Christmas attraction at Radio City Music Hall where Ray
Bolger, coincidentally, had danced at the great theater’s grand opening
in 1932. This <em>toy</em>-riffic tune film was honored with two
Academy Award® nominations: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (George
Bruns) and Best Costume Design (Color) (Bill Thomas). So colorful and
fascinating in themselves were the film’s ornate settings that an
elaborate exhibit of <em>Toyland</em> sets were displayed at
Disneyland’s Main Street Opera House from December 1961 through
September 1963. The movie made its television premiere in two parts on <em>The Wonderful World of Disney</em>,
on December 21 and December 28, 1969, where Mary Contrary herself,
Annette, introduced the merry musical as a Christmas event. Since then,
after multiple yuletide airings and its first release on home video in
1982, this kaleidoscopic collage of holiday treats has become a seasonal
tradition in many homes.</div>
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<em>By D23′s Jim Fanning</em>Marcio Disneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496039646670161448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927081349980352744.post-66095247444027018252011-11-03T01:01:00.002-02:002014-08-28T00:46:00.286-03:00Project Application Report (PAR) for Shanghai Theme Park Project<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<b>BURBANK, Calif.</b> – November 3, 2009 – The Walt Disney Company today announced that the Project Application Report (PAR) for a Disney theme park in the Pudong district of Shanghai has received approval from the relevant authorities of the central government of China.</div>
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“China is one of the most dynamic, exciting and important countries in the world, and this approval marks a very significant milestone for The Walt Disney Company in mainland China,” said Robert A. Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.</div>
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The PAR approval will enable Disney and its Shanghai partners to move forward toward a final agreement to build and operate the park and begin preliminary development work. Upon completion of the final agreement, the project’s initial phase would include a Magic Kingdom-style theme park with characteristics tailored to the Shanghai region and other amenities consistent with Disney’s destination resorts worldwide.</div>
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<b>About The Walt Disney Company China</b><br />
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a diversified international family entertainment enterprise with five business segments and is a Dow 30 company with revenues of nearly $38 billion in its most recently reported fiscal year. Our first animation screened in China in the 1930s and today our long association continues with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou with over 600 employees.</div>
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<b>About Walt Disney Parks and Resorts</b><br />
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Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are where families experience and enjoy the magic of Disney’s beloved characters and where dreams come true. More than 50 years ago, Walt Disney created a new kind of entertainment families could experience together, immersed in detailed atmospheres and vibrant storytelling. His vision now includes a collection of five of the world’s leading family vacation destinations – <b>Disneyland Resort</b>, Anaheim, Calif.; <b>Walt Disney World Resort</b>, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; <b>Tokyo Disney Resort</b>, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan; <b>Disneyland Paris</b>, Marne-la-Vallée, France; and <b>Hong Kong Disneyland Resort</b>, located on Lantau Island. In addition, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts includes the world-class <b>Disney Cruise Line</b>; <b>Disney Vacation Club</b>, with 10 resorts and more than 400,000 members; <b>Adventures by Disney</b>, a guided group vacation experience to some of the world’s most popular destinations; and <b>Walt Disney Imagineering</b>, which creates and designs all Disney parks, resorts and attractions.</div>
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