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19 unusual facts about Disney


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# Gummi Bears - Suburban Legends

Chad Beguelin

He wrote the book and lyrics for Wicked City, which was produced at the American Stage Company and the Mason Street Warehouse, and he wrote the books for Disney's Aladdin and On the Record.

Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge

She begins her vengeful plot by taking over the palace with a spell and kidnapping Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) and the Sultan; she then commands the guard's captain Razoul (Jim Cummings) to bring Aladdin (Scott Weinger) to her.

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The player assumes control of three total characters in the game: Aladdin, Abu, and Princess Jasmine.

Disney's All-Star Sports Resort

It is one of five Resorts in the Value Resort category, along with Disney's All-Star Music Resort, Disney's All-Star Movies Resort, Disney's Pop Century Resort, and Disney's Art of Animation Resort.

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is a resort hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort that opened on August 1, 1997.

Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding

In this game, players are able to play as either Goofy or Max, from the Disney animated TV series, Goof Troop.

Disney's Halloween Treat

The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt with music by John Debney.

Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade

In Mid-June 2010, Maleficent suddenly fell from the float and landed on her neck, due to her harness and seat structure snapping in half.

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On the right-hand side, Maleficent and the Wicked Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sends daunting looks at guests.

Disney's One Too

In most markets, UPN affiliates used the network's recommended scheduling for the block (3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Sundays) – though some stations (such as New York City's WWOR-TV, Los Angeles's KCOP-TV and Denver's KTVD-TV) aired the weekday block in the morning-only hours, running from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Disney's Sequoia Lodge

Surrounding the hotel are thousands of trees which were imported from the West Coasts of the United States and Canada, among with hundreds of Sequoias.

Disney's Yacht Club Resort

The resort's distinctive grey siding with red and white striped awnings distinguish itself from the light blue motif of Beach Club.

Goofy Gymnastics

This cartoon was also shown in September 2002 as part of the "Salute to Sports" episode of Disney's House of Mouse.

Jymn Magon

He created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Quack Pack and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Marc Levoy

Greenberg and he suggested to Disney that they use computer graphics in producing animated films, but the idea was rejected by several of the Nine Old Men who were still active.

Panchito Pistoles

The merchandise location at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World is named Panchito's Gifts and Sundries, and features Panchito's likeness on its sign.

Robert Stanton

Robert Stanton (animator), American animator, storyboard artist and art director for Walt Disney Feature Animation's John Henry

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

Following its debut in 1979, the movie aired regularly as part of the Disney's Halloween Treat/A Disney Halloween special until the 1990s when that block was replaced.


'Twas the Night

This was the most recent Disney Channel Christmas themed movie, until Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! in 2011.

Alex Grossi

Alex has had music placed in multiple T.V. shows and motion pictures including the Quincy Jones produced film The Smokers, the FX hit series Sons of Anarchy as well as the Walt Disney/Touchstone picture The Proposal and the VH1 series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

That bold walk-out caused a delay in the release of Disney's The Fox and the Hound that was in mid-production at the time.

Barbara Robertson

Additionally, Robertson has performed in many film and TV productions, including The Company, Straight Story, Will of Their Own, Disney's Mother's Courage, Paramount's The Untouchables, and Early Edition.

Bryan Brandenburg

In 1994, Brandenburg started another game company, Software Arts International that was acquired in 1996 by Engineering Animation, Inc., where he was the Executive Producer for the public company's Interactive Division, producing titles for Disney, Mattel, Hasbro Interactive and Sierra On-Line.

By the Time This Night Is Over

Kenny G's two previous #1 singles on the adult contemporary chart were "Missing You Now" (credited to Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G) and "Forever in Love", while Bryson's previous #1s were "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" and "A Whole New World", a duet with Regina Belle that was the theme for the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.

Calling All the Monsters

"Calling All the Monsters" is the second single released from the soundtrack A.N.T. Farm (2011), for the television series of the same name on Disney Channel.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

The songs for the film were performed by Brooke Allison, and while a true soundtrack was never released, all the songs were included on the compilation album Disney's Princess Favorites, which was released shortly before the film.

Comparison of the Java and .NET platforms

Rather than using Java, HD DVD (the defunct high definition successor to DVD) used a technology jointly developed by Microsoft and Disney called HDi that was based on XML, CSS, JavaScript, and other technologies that are comparable to those used by standard Web browsers.

Disney animators' strike

Toward the end, Disney accepted a suggestion by Nelson Rockefeller, then head of the Latin American Affairs office in the State department, that he make a tour of Latin America as a goodwill ambassador.

Disney English

A typical center will have 5 to 10 classrooms, each themed with a specific Disney property, for example: Snow White, The Lion King, Cars, Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Winnie The Pooh, and Toy Story.

Edward Payson Ripley

Disneyland Railroad locomotive number 2, a 4-4-0 built in 1954 by the Disney shops, was named E. P. Ripley in his honor.

Epenow

Native Canadian actor Eric Schweig portrayed Epenow in Disney's 1994 live action adventure drama film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.

George Probert

Between 1954 to 1969, he played in the Firehouse Five Plus Two Dixieland revival band, an ensemble formed by animators from Walt Disney Studios, and recorded with Disney composer George Bruns in 1957 and again in 1968.

Gloria Blondell

For Daisy Duck's second appearance as a Disney cartoon character, Gloria Blondell took over, marking the debut of Daisy's "normal" voice.

Golden dream

Golden Dreams, a film about California's history at Disney's California Adventure

Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

Lincoln's speech was compiled by James Algar (yet another Disney Legend), who was also the main writer and producer of the show.

Green museum

For instance, Disney's Animal Kingdom cites Richard Louv's Nature Deficit Disorder as one justification for their Kids' Discovery Clubs, which focuses on encouraging children to not only learn about animals but also find out what they can do to help wildlife.

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Currently, the Resort is overseen by Managing Director Andrew Kam who reports to Bill Ernest, President and Managing Director, Disney Parks & Resorts, Asia.

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In an effort to avoid cultural friction similar to what happened when Euro Disney Resort opened in France, Disney has taken efforts to make this new park reflect the local culture.

Jack Blumenau

As the Bell Rings (2007 episodes O Romeo and A Touch of Class, Disney Channel UK) - Tinker

Jan Broberg Felt

Some of her film credits include: Slaughter of the Innocents (HBO), Poof Point (Disney), Message in a Cell Phone (Disney), The Secret Keeper (Columbia TriStar), Bug Off, The ButterCream Gang, (Feature Films for Families), Hope For Troubled Teens, Nadir, Family First, Little Secrets (Columbia TriStar), Mobsters and Mormons, and The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey.

Jesse Nilsson

Nilsson was cast as Eric Singer, one of the central characters in the Disney TV movie Model Behavior, which was released on 12 March 2000 in the USA.

John Cohn

Cohn frequently takes his traveling "Jolts and Volts" electricity show to schools, community groups, universities and museums across the US including such diverse venues as the New York Hall of Science, The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and frequent shows at Disney's Epcot Center in Florida.

Joyce Carlson

Carlson created a pen-and-ink portfolio of her sketches several months after she began working at Disney, and presented it to her employers.

Kerri Strug

Shortly after her feat, Strug participated in the Ice Capades and Disney's World On Ice, then announced her retirement and enrolled in UCLA where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Kia Asamiya

He maintains a website with news and information about his studio, TRON (named after the Disney film Tron).

Kirk Demorest

Demorest was the editor for Walt Disney Television Animation's “Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas” where he worked for months alongside world-renowned animator Andreas Deja in crafting the first Computer-generated imagery animation versions of Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

KLKN

On January 16, 2012, KLKN, along with all Citadel stations (including WLNE-TV in Providence and KCAU-TV in Sioux City), began carrying Disney/ABC's Live Well Network, replacing the Retro Television Network on its subchannel and cable channels.

Luca Dirisio

In September 2006, Luca was chosen to sing "Se Provi a Volare", the Italian adaptation of "Breaking Free", main theme of Disney High School Musical.

Marc Musso

He is the younger brother of Disney actor and singer Mitchel Musso and the lead singer of Metro Station Mason Musso.

Nik Ranieri

Soon after that he moved to Disney's feature animation studio in Glendale, CA where he animated on The Little Mermaid (working primarily on the character of Ursula the sea witch, under supervising animator Ruben Aquino).

Peter Emmerich

These stamps feature many well known and loved Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Cinderella, and The Lion King to name a few.

Philippe Gas

After studying law at Panthéon-Assas University and spending two years with General Motors, Philippe Gas joined Disney in 1991 as finance controller and served on the team that opened Disneyland Paris in April 1992.

Pop 'til You Drop!

It was released as an American only release on June 18, 2002, in the hype of the promotion of the first single, the Elvis Presley cover "Can't Help Falling in Love", which was part of the soundtrack of Disney's movie Lilo & Stitch.

Rex Allen, Jr.

(born August 23, 1947) is an American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy and the narrator of many Walt Disney films.

Rob McClanahan

McClanahan was played by Nathan West in the 2004 Disney movie Miracle, which starred actor Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks and which told the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold medal win.

Ron Tarrant

While at the Range, Tarrant presented Walt Disney Studio's with their radio trailer for the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian providing the voice over and production.

Rui Torres

Since October 2008, Neil Buchanan (program creator) has worked as presenter in the Latin American dubbed version by Disney Channel.

Santiago Ziesmer

He has supplied his voice to a number of Disney productions, including the German dub of DuckTales as Dewey and the Winnie-the-Pooh series as Piglet, and Beauty and the Beast as LeFou.

Share A Dream Come True Parade

Other villains surrounding the float include Jafar from Aladdin, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

Shenzi

Shenzi (The Lion King), a hyena character from Disney's animated film The Lion King and the Broadway musical of the same name.

SoapCity

However the channel would never air after being beaten to the market by ABC/Disney's SoapNet, and because of distribution problems with Sony's Game Show Network.

The Bare Necessities

In the 1994 live-action Disney film Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, Dr. Julius Plumford exclaims "The bare necessities of life!" in the ballroom scene.

TRON command

The TRON command entered popular culture when it was used as the name of the 1982 Disney movie, "TRON." It has been subsequently included in a sequel movie, "TRON: Legacy," a television series, "TRON: Uprising," and two video games, "TRON: Legacy," and "TRON: Evolution."

True-Life Adventures

In 2007, Disney established a new nature film label called Disneynature.

TTFN

In Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, a 1968 Disney featurette, the voice of Tigger was performed by Paul Winchell, whose wife Jean Freeman suggested that he ad-lib the line.