Walt Disney - The Man The Myth The Legend
The lamp in Walt’s apartment above the Disneyland firehouse remains lit for this symbolic reason.
What is “to signify that Walt is always present in spirit”?
This was the character Walt lost in 1928, leading to the creation of Mickey Mouse.
Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
Disney’s first full-length animated feature.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Opened in 1959, this was the world’s first tubular steel roller coaster.
What are the Matterhorn Bobsleds?
Michael Eisner and Frank Wells began their tenure leading The Walt Disney Company in this year.
What is 1984?
After being rejected from the U.S. Army for being too young, Walt joined this World War I organization and served overseas.
What is the American Ambulance Corps (Red Cross)?
Before the word Imagineering existed, Walt temporarily referred to the Disneyland design group as this experimental team.
What is WED Enterprises?
Walt personally funded this animation technology after the board refused.
What is the multiplane camera?
The first international Disney theme park opened in 1983 in this country.
What is Japan?
This 1985 animated film was such a critical and financial failure that it nearly shut down Disney’s animation studio.
What is the Black Cauldron?
This distributor controlled Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, leading to Walt losing the character in 1928.
Who is Charles Mintz?
Also acceptable Who is Universal?
He was the animator who led the 1941 Disney studio strike.
Who is Art Babbitt?
Before Snow White, this film was originally planned as Disney’s first animated feature.
What is Alice in Wonderland?
This attraction creates a faster-than-freefall sensation by using a pull-down elevator system instead of relying on gravity, making its drops uniquely intense among Disney thrill rides.
What is the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror?
Under Eisner, this Disney-owned label produced more mature PG and PG-13 films, allowing the company to reach adult audiences.
What is Touchstone Pictures?
This 1927 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, long considered lost, was rediscovered in Norway in 2014.
What is “Empty Socks”?
This surrealist artist collaborated with Walt Disney on the short film Destino.
Who is Salvador Dali?
This Marc Davis–designed villainess transforms into a fire-breathing dragon during her film’s climax.
Who is Maleficent?
This massive animatronic—once the largest Disney had ever built—was switched to “disco mode” after Imagineers found that its powerful hydraulic lunges were causing cracks in the ride’s support structure inside the mountain.
What is the Yeti?
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Who is Betty the Yeti?
After Frank Wells' fatal 1994 helicopter accident, this executive expected to be promoted—and ultimately left the company when the role instead went to Michael Ovitz.
Who is Jeffrey Katzenberg?
During the secret land acquisitions for EPCOT, Walt operated through shell companies such as Ayefour, Reedy Creek Ranch, and Latin-American Development & Management Corp., as well as this punny disguised entity.
What is M.T. Lott?
The MVP of Super Bowl XXI said this now-famous line, created by Jane Eisner, which went on to become one of Disney’s most iconic advertising slogans.
What is "I'm going to Disney World!"?
This Disney character was drafted into World War II in 1941 and was honorably discharged by the United States Army in 1984 with the rank of sergeant.
Who is Donald Duck
Inspired by Jules Verne and meant to sit along Disneyland’s Rivers of America, this unbuilt Tony Baxter land would have featured steampunk inventors, airships, and a massive showpiece called Professor Marvel’s Gallery.
What is Discovery Bay?
This longtime Disney figure spearheaded the 2003–2005 “Save Disney” campaign, which ultimately led to Michael Eisner’s resignation as CEO.
Who is Roy E. Disney?