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16 unusual facts about Disney


Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge

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 Contemporary Resort

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his famous "I am not a crook" speech in a ballroom at the Contemporary in front of reporters from the Associated Press during the 'Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association'.

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 Nine Old Men

Les did many scenes throughout the years, animating up until Lady and the Tramp.

Davis was responsible for character design for both the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland.

Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade

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

It features the song "Just Like We Dreamed It" written by Sunny Hilden and performed by Renee Sands & Ruben Martinez, plus orchestral music arranged by Steve Sidwell.

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 Port Orleans Resort

Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter features the Doubloon Lagoon 225,000 gallon swimming pool which has a sea-serpent themed water slide named Scales that is jockeyed by King Neptune.

Disney's Really Short Report

The show was launched in 2007 to replace the long running Mike's Super Short Show which was hosted by Michael Alan Johnson and Alyson Stoner, which had ended its run in December 2006.

Disney's Villains' Revenge

The gameplay is a simple interactive "point-and-click" method in various forms, featuring the player helping Jiminy Cricket save the happy endings of several of the Walt Disney Company's animated films from the vengeful Disney Villains.

Goofy Gymnastics

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

Jostens

Jostens also produced photobook products for Disney's PhotoPass photography service offered at Disney theme parks and resorts.

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.


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.

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.

Condorman

Following Disney's acquisition of Marvel Comics in 2009, The Amazing Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker lobbied to have Condorman brought into the Marvel Universe.

Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia

Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia is the official encyclopedia of The Walt Disney Company.

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'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.

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.

Gary Hoey

As writer, producer, and guitar player, Hoey's clients have included Disney, ESPN, and No Fear, and he has performed the National Anthem for the New England Patriots, San Diego Padres, and the Boston Red Sox.

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.

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.

High School Musicale

Patrick Evans and Joseph Myers are the DJ and production duo most notable for producing covers of the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical in late 2005 and early 2006 under the alias of High School Musicale.

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.

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

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 Carnochan

Upon completion of The Lion King, many employees left Disney with President Jeffrey Katzenberg to work at DreamWorks Animation.

Kenneth Moraleda

Notable theatre credits include creating the role of Roger Chan in Nick Enright’s A Man With Five Children for the Sydney Theatre Company directed by George Ogilvie and most recently playing Banzai in the Australian/Asian Tour of Disney’s The Lion King directed by Julie Taymor.

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).

Krystal Harris

In 2002, she released the song "The Kid in You" for Disney's The Country Bears soundtrack as well as appearing in the film as herself.

Livent

By 1997, the company was losing money (a loss of $44.1 million that year alone), and in June, 1998, shareholders approved a deal which saw American actors' agent and ex-Disney executive Michael Ovitz take charge.

LSU School of Music

The LSU A Cappella Choir was the featured university choral group at the finale concert for the ACDA Annual Convention at the Walt Disney Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

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.

Marge Champion

Marge Champion's first marriage was to Art Babbitt (1907–1992), a top animator at Disney and creator of Goofy.

Mi Chico Latino

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Wetten Dass, Party in the Park, Much Music, Patrice Lecuyer Show, Hey, Hey It's Saturday, Musica Si and Club Disney.

Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

Disney's event caters to a traditional family atmosphere, whereas Universal's has more of a "fright-centered" event with their monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.)

Natalie Gregory

She also starred in the Disney, animated film Oliver & Company (1988) as the speaking voice of Jenny Foxworth and appeared in other films.

Nightmare Theatre

For most of its run, the late-night program opened with a shot of a mist-shrouded castle (in actuality, a touched-up Addams Family Haunted House Aurora model kit), accompanied by sound effects borrowed from Walt Disney's Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House and music pilfered from Neal Hefti's score for the 1966 Roddy McDowall film Lord Love a Duck.

Nomads of the North

The 1961 Disney production Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961–70; F6.3499) is also based on James Oliver Curwood's novel, but the plots of the two films are not similar.

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.

Platform Post-production

In 2008 renowned VFX editor and colourist John Cryer also bought a share in the business and now works at the facility in DS Nitris, finishing all range of productions for clients including BBC, The Foundation, RDF Television, Lion TV, Five, Channel Four, Nickelodeon and Disney.

PreviewNetworks

Preview Networks partners with entertainment content companies including Sony, Fox, Disney, Warner, Universal, and Paramount.

Raya Abirached

Raya also regularly collaborates as a celebrity journalist with several TV stations like Entertainment Tonight in the US, Star TV in Switzerland, ZDF in Germany, ORF in Austria and Telecine in Brazil and is often requested to do generic interviews for major movie studios like Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount.

Rick Emerson

According to his semi-biography "Bigger Than Jesus" ( directed by Joni DeRouchie), he found out about KCNR's new programming by tuning in one morning while getting ready for work, and finding it playing music, followed by Radio Disney liners.

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.

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.

Shawn Stockman

He has written the songs "Forever", "Hot Thing", and "Let It Go"; the latter of which was played during the Disney movie Seventeen Again.

Sigma Delta Tau

Christy Carlson Romano - (Gamma Tau, Columbia/Barnard) actress on Disney's hit television show "Even Stevens"

Superchick

Since then, their music has appeared in several movies and television shows, including the movie Legally Blonde, the made for TV Disney movie Cadet Kelly, and the recent movie To Save a Life.

The Terrible Dogfish

In the anime manga series MÄR, Pinocchio's Guardian ARM Fastico Galleon is a giant whale-like creature based on Monstro from the Disney movie.

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.

Walt Disney Treasures

In 2006, Gemstone Publishing published the first of two Walt Disney Treasures comic albums: "Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation", reprinting approximately 160 pages of vintage international comics in chronological order.

What's Up!

In addition, they sang the Swedish language version of the theme song of a Disney production entitled Camp Rock under the title "Här är jag" in Swedish.

Willie Morris

One of Morris' books, Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood was made into a TV movie for Public Television by Disney and PBS Wonderworks and later re-titled The River Pirates in 1988 not far from where Morris lived.It starred Richard Farnsworth, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dixie Wade, Ryan Francis, Caryn West and Richard E. Council.