The Hatbox Ghost was one of the original 999 haunts of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, but mysteriously disappeared after the attraction opened. Learn more about the animatronics’ creation, history, and return to Disneyland.
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Throughout the last few decades that Pixar has been producing films, they have taken inspiration for their film locations from all around the world. Learn more about where films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Coco, and Soul are based in real life.
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Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland has several wild characters within the story. Each of the primary characters has a different origin, whether it’s someone Carroll knew in real life, or is a combination of multiple people. Learn more about the origins of the Alice in Wonderland characters.
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The Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland remains one of Disney’s most ambitious projects to date. Learn more about Walt’s time in Switzerland, the creation and construction of the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and opening day.
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Kathryn Beaumont is best known for lending her iconic voice to the roles of Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951) and as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1953). Learn more about her childhood, how she got into the acting business, her work with the Disney company, and what she’s up to today.
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Mickey’s longest running voice actor Wayne Allwine and Minnie’s iconic voice actress Russi Taylor married each other in 1991. Learn more about how they started to work with the Disney company, how they met, and moreabout their love story.
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California Adventure opened on February 8th, 2001. This year, California Adventure celebrates its 20th anniversary. Let’s take a look back on what the area was before the theme park, how the idea was created, and what the grand opening was like.
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In December 2020, Disney Parks announced that Snow White’s Scary Adventures would now become Snow White’s Enchanted Wish. Before this refurbishment, there was one in 1981 that made the original terrifying ride into a slightly less scary version. Learn more about the original ride concept and how it’s changed over the years.
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Disney made their way from VHS, to DVD, to a streaming service. Between that time, there were many special edition DVD collections that were put out by the company through the early 2000s. Do you have any of them? Check it out!
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Ever wonder when Disney made the shift from VHS to DVD? Learn more about Disney’s earliest VHS tape prototypes, what the very first home video they released was, and how they transferred over to DVD.
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Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color gives audiences a look into what Disneyland and Disney’s mind used to be like through the 1950s and 60s. In 1962, Disneyland celebrates Christmas, and looks back on the openings of the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Monorail, and Submarine Voyage.
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was a midquel to the original and was released in the direct-to-video format. Why did Disney start doing direct-to-video? What was production like? And the villain was changed last minute… why? Learn more here!
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Have you ever wanted to visit the locations in different Disney films? Well, you can visit two different versions of the house in Up. Here we explore the house that inspired the movie and a house that was built to replicate Carl and Ellie’s.
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Walt has always been credited for his work on the company - as he should - but who are we forgetting to give credit to? His righthand man since he was 18, Ub Iwerks. Ub was responsible for the creation of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphony series, and more, as he stayed loyal to Walt during many trials and failures. Learn more about Ub’s influence on the company here.
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Ever walk down Main Street USA in Disneyland and realize the candy shops and clothing stores are labelled as dentists and carpenter places? In this article you’ll learn more about the original design ideas for Main Street, what it was inspired by, and the dedication windows for people who impacted Walt and the park.
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Ever wonder who the Disney villains were modeled after? I dive into some of the most famous villains of all time and the real people behind the inspiration for them. Learn more here.
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Who are the voices behind our favorite Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story villains? Find out who each voice actor is here and what else they’ve done for the Disney company.
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Walt Disney’s love of trains carried throughout his entire life, beginning with watching his father work on the railroad, building his own train in his backyard, and then eventually creating the Disneyland railroad. Learn more about his journey from creating the Lilly Belle to an entire railroad.
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Did you know the story of Snow White had been around for over 100 years before the Disney film came out? There’s a lot of things Disney changed when retelling the story, one of them being the added kiss from the prince in the end… so how is the original told? Find out here.
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It’s not uncommon to do a double take when watching a Disney film, as some animated sequences are often recycled from old Disney movies. It forced the animators to find creative ways to implement them, and pays homage to old Disney films. Learn more and see which animations were recycled here!
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