Disney Characters
This character was created by Walt Disney in 1928 and is considered the mascot of the Disney Company.
Mickey Mouse
Having lost both parents at a young age, this Princess is forced to work as a scullery maid in her own château.
Cinderella
This movie depicts is a lonely princess who eventually wins the friendship of seven miners who protect her from her wicked step-mother.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
This park opened on July 17, 1955, is the only theme park designed and built to completion under the direct supervision of Walt Disney.
Disneyland
Walt Disney graduated High School in 1918.
False. Walt Disney dropped out of high school in 1918 in order to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corp in World War I.
Dressed in a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie, this character is most famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous and temperamental personality.
Donald Duck
This Princess' life is doomed when the Evil Queen's Magic Mirror declares he r to be the "fairest of them all."
Snow White
The movie is about an old wood-carver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet who is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish".
Pinocchio
This theme park, dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, technological innovation and international culture,is often referred to as a "permanent world's fair"
Epcot
Because Disney was so dedicated to his work, he neglected his family and was the subject of a tell-all book written by one of his daughters.
False. Despite the fact that he had drivers, a live-in housekeeper, and a number of other staff members at his disposal, Disney took great pleasure in driving his two daughters to school every day. He also spoiled them unabashedly.
This close friend of Mickey and Donald usually wears a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora and is extremely clumsy and somewhat dimwitted.
Goofy
The evil fairy Malefacent foretells that the Princess will die on her 16th birthday by pricking her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle.
Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Released in 1940, this movie does not actually have a plot, instead it is a compilation of classical music pieces performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Fantasia
This zoological theme park is the largest theme park in the world, covering 580 acres and opened on Earth Day, April 22, 1998
Animal Kingdom
Walt Disney was responsible for his mother's death.
False. But Disney thought it was true. When his parents needed something repaired, Walt's personal repairmen from the themepark were sent over but did not correctly rapair the furnace, and Flora Disney died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Disney blamed himself.
This character's personality is cute, playful, musical and flirtatious and she was originally designed to be Mickey's love interest.
Minnie Mouse
This Princess of an underwater kingdom is blessed with a beautiful voice and longs to become part of the human world.
Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
In this movie that started it all, Mickey Mouse pilots a river sidewheeler, suggesting that he himself is the captain. He cheerfully whistles "Steamboat Bill" and sounds the boat's three whistles.
Steamboat Willie
Sadly, Walt Disney did not live to see the opening of this Disney theme park since it opened 5 years after he died.
Disney World
Walt Disney's housekeeper for thirty years died peniless. The Disney family did not find out until many years later.
False: As part of her annual Christmas gift, the Disneys gave her stock in the company. By the time she died in 1994, she was worth $4.5 million.
his character is teased and ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings.
Dumbo
In order to save her father, this Princess offers her own freedom to a cold-hearted beast, who she eventually learns to love.
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
In this movie, a legendary female warrior disguises herself as a man to take her aged father's place in the army. In the end, she fought for twelve years and gained high merit, but she refused any reward and retired to her hometown.
Mulan
ormerly known as Euro Disney when it opened in April of 1992, This site is the most visited theme park in Europe
Disneyland Paris
Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen and his remains are at a facility in Sacramento California.
False: Walt was cremated and buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.