Deep Disney History
This character was originally meant to star in Steamboat Willie before Mickey was created.
Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
In Frozen II, Elsa hears the call of this type of spirit.
What is the Voice of the Forest / Ahtohallan spirit?
This actress voiced two Disney princesses: one from the ’90s and one from the 2010s.
Who is Ming-Na Wen?
Composer Alan Menken has won the most Oscars for film music, totaling this number.
What is 8?
This Imagineer designed the Doom Buggies used in The Haunted Mansion.
Who is Bob Gurr?
Walt purchased the land for Disneyland using this fake company name.
What is Retlaw Enterprises?
In Zootopia, the dangerous flower used to turn animals savage is known as this.
What are Night Howlers?
This actor’s uncredited role in The Lion King was the singing voice of adult Simba.
Who is Joseph Williams?
This lyricist, who died in 1991, wrote songs for Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
Who is Howard Ashman?
Expedition Everest’s gigantic Yeti animatronic is classified as this letter in Imagineering terminology.
What is an A-mode animatronic?
This 1959 film was the first Disney film to use the Super Technirama 70 process.
What is Sleeping Beauty?
In Encanto, this family member is the only non-magical Madrigal aside from Mirabel.
Who is Antonio?
This Broadway legend provided the singing voice for Mulan.
Who is Lea Salonga?
The Lion King’s original score was written by this composer, not Elton John.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
The EPCOT geodesic sphere uses this architectural design principle popularized by Buckminster Fuller.
What is a geodesic dome design?
This animator, known as one of the “Nine Old Men,” created the famous “12 Principles of Animation.”
Who are Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston?
In Big Hero 6, this language is used for signs throughout “San Fransokyo.”
What is a hybrid of English and Japanese (San Fransokyo signage)?
This actor voiced both a Disney villain and a Marvel villain under Disney ownership.
Who is Josh Brolin?
"He’s a Tramp” from Lady and the Tramp was sung by this legendary vocalist.
Who is Peggy Lee?
Tokyo DisneySea’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth” uses this type of ride system originally created for The Indiana Jones Adventure.
What is an enhanced motion vehicle (EMV)?
This rare 1920s Walt Disney short is considered the “holy grail” of lost films.
What is Alice’s Day at Sea?
In Moana, Gramma Tala’s manta ray tattoo symbolizes this ancestral belief.
What is the belief in ancestral return (manta ray spirit)?
This voice actor is the only person other than Walt to officially voice Mickey Mouse for films and TV for over 30 years.
Who is Wayne Allwine?
This song from Pocahontas is the only Disney song to win both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award while beating a song from Toy Story.
What is “Colors of the Wind”?
This early Imagineer invented the “multiplane camera,” foundational to animation and theme-park design.
Who is Ub Iwerks?