The Disney Look... to the Past! (January 10-16)
Hello Orlando Theme Park News Readers, and welcome to the newest edition of the weekly feature known as "The Disney Look... to the Past!"
As always, we hope you will enjoy reading all of the following interesting facts about the Walt Disney Parks, Resorts, Movies, and more. If you have any questions about this material, feel free to contact us or leave a message at the end of this post. Thank you!:
As always, we hope you will enjoy reading all of the following interesting facts about the Walt Disney Parks, Resorts, Movies, and more. If you have any questions about this material, feel free to contact us or leave a message at the end of this post. Thank you!:
This Week in Disney History: January 10 - 16
Jan. 15, 1999 - Disney’s All-star Movies Resort opens at the Walt Disney World Resort
Families first checked into Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort Jan. 15, 1999. This value resort was the third in the All-Star Resorts family with 1,920 rooms. Dogs, a car and more are the stars of its 10 buildings with themes from five classic Disney films: “Fantasia,” “101 Dalmatians,” “The Love Bug,” “The Mighty Ducks,” and “Toy Story.” Guests staying here may find themselves eclipsed by a 47-foot-tall Buzz Lightyear, 35 foot-tall ballerina and 2,000-pound hockey sticks and more. But they can relax reel-time with two swimming pools; a 1,500-square-foot playground; food court; merchandise location; and arcade.
Jan. 13, 1930 - The first Mickey Mouse comic strip appears
After appearing in 15 successful animated shorts, Mickey made his debut in the first ever Mickey Mouse comic strip series in 1930. The first comic features Mickey Mouse and the great aviator Col Lindbergh, who appears in one of Mickey’s daydreams while he relaxes on a comfy straw bale. The original strip was credited to Walt Disney, the art to Ub Iwerks and the inking to Win Smith. Disney eventually brought Floyd Gottfredson on the team after both Iwerks and Smith resigned their positions. The complimentary combination of comedy and adventure found in the artwork brought Mickey to various comic books and comic strips throughout the 20th and 21st century. In addition to Gottfredson, other artists that left their mark on the strip over the years included Roman Arambula, Rock Hoover, Jim Engel, Bill Wright and others.
Also this week in Disney History:
Jan. 10
1930 - Roy E. Disney (Walt’s nephew and company director emeritus) is born in Los Angeles, Calif.
1932 - King Features begins syndicating Mickey and Silly Symphony comics in color
1982 - Walt Disney World Resort switches completely to passport-style admission tickets
1997 - Hollywood Pictures releases “Evita”
2001 - Disneyland Paris welcomes its 100 millionth guest
Jan. 11
1929 - The first Mickey Mouse Club meeting is held at the Fox Dome Theater in Ocean Park, Calif.
1990 - Leaders officially open International Gateway at Epcot
2002 - Superstar Limo closes at Disney California Adventure Park
2012 - Jolly Holiday Bakery Café officially opens at Disneyland ParkDWTW
Jan. 12
1999 - Disney and the search portal Infoseek officially launch the Go.com network
2001 - The Downtown Disney District officially opens at the Disneyland Resort
2003 - Disney leaders preside over the groundbreaking ceremony of Hong Kong Disneyland
Jan. 13
1930 - The first Mickey Mouse comic strip appears
1934 - “The China Shop” (Silly Symphony) debuts
2001 - “Disney’s House of Mouse” debuts on ABC
2007 - “Johnny and the Sprites” debuts on Disney Channel
Jan. 14
1949 - “Pueblo Pluto” (short) debuts
1955 - “No Hunting” (Donald Duck cartoon short) debuts
1990 - The first of two four-story dolphins are placed atop the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Jan. 15
1969 - The Adventure Tower (originally the Marina Tower) opens at the Disneyland Hotel
1975 - Space Mountain opens at Magic Kingdom Park
1975 - Carousel of Progress opens at Magic Kingdom Park
1986 - The Living Seas opens at Epcot
1999 - Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort opens at the Walt Disney World Resort
Jan. 16
1930 - “Summer” (Silly Symphony) debuts
1970 - The Walt Disney World Preview Center opens to the public
1994 - The inaugural Walt Disney World Resort Marathon begins at 6 a.m. in the Epcot parking lot
1998 - Touchstone Pictures releases “Kundun”
2003 - “Disney’s Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular” premieres at Disney California Adventure Park
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