Animation
Released back in 1928, this short film created by Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks was the first Disney animation to feature synchronized sound. Its most famous scene depicts the then unknown character Mickey Mouse whistling as he steers a ship along a river.
What is Steamboat Willie
In 2003, this popular Disneyland ride was turned into a blockbuster movie starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Kiera Knightly and started a whole franchise. The movies were so popular that the ride was updated in 2006 in order to incorporate some of the characters from the films into the attraction.
What is Pirates of the Caribbean
This park that makes up part of Walt Disney World in Florida doubles as both a theme park as well as zoo. Because of the fact that it hosts a wide variety of different animals, very special precautions are taken to secure their comfort and safety, including shorter operation hours and the fact that none of its night time shows contain fireworks.
What is Disney's Animal Kingdom
Pixar made history when it released this film back in 1995, its first full length film as well as the very first 3D animated feature film in history.
What is Toy Story
While he was being trained to drive ambulances for the Red Cross, Walt Disney met Ray Kroc, who later went on to become CEO of this popular fast food chain.
What is McDonald's
This movie released by Disney back in 1938 was the very first full length animated film ever released. Dubbed "Disney's Folly", it defied expectations and became a huge success that is still loved by audiences today.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Using a script written by the author of the book that it was based on, Holes was released in 2003 and starred this actor in his first role in a full length feature film.
Who is Shia LeBeouf
This location is the first "themed land" that guests see when entering Disneyland. Some of the inspirations for it include Walt's hometown of Marceline, Missouri and Fort Collins, Colorado.
What is Main Street, USA
This man, who is most well known for being the founder of Apple, also founded Pixar Animation Studios in 1986 and remained its CEO until it was officially acquired by Walt Disney Studios in 2006.
Who is Steve Jobs
Though he tried as hard as he could to hide it from the public, Walt Disney was a heavy smoker. Unfortunately, this most likely lead to his death in 1966 from this.
What is lung cancer
This animated Disney film was the last one that Walt Disney had a hand in creating before his death in 1966. It follows the character of Mowgli as he is raised by a group of animals including a panther named Bagheera and a bear named Baloo.
What is The Jungle Book
The 2004 Disney film Miracle tells the true underdog story of a team of men who defied the odds and won the gold medal in this sport at the 1980 Winter Olympics, defeating the heavily favored USSR team in the first game of the medal round by the score of 4-3.
What is ice hockey
If you keep your eyes peeled while walking around any of the Disney parks, you might notice a collection of three circles forming the Disney company mascot, commonly referred to as these.
What are Hidden Mickeys
The Pixar movie Inside Out follows the story of a young girl named Riley as she deals with moving to a new home in California. At the same time, these two emotions find themselves lost in Riley's mind and need to find a way back to headquarters.
Who are joy and sadness
"Feed the Birds" from this Disney film was said to be Walt Disney's favorite song. We would regularly invite Richard Sherman into his office and have him play it for him whenever he got depressed.
What is Mary Poppins
After releasing a series of less successful films, this movie released in 1989 started the era known as the Disney Renaissance and follows princess Ariel as she longs for a life on land and outside the ocean. It was also the first Disney film that composer Alan Menken worked on, starting a long standing relationship between the musician and the studio.
What is The Little Mermaid
In the 2006 movie Invincible, Vince Papale attends an open tryout for this Philadelphia based NFL team and, despite the odds against him, ends up securing a spot on their roster.
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles
In 2017, the Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout ride opened in Disney's California Adventure, replacing this attraction that was there previously using the same drop tower premise.
What is The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
An Easter egg that shows up in every Pixar movie, this alphanumeric sequence is a reference to a classroom number at California Institute of the Arts where many of the animators are alumnus.
What is A113
One of the many rumors that surrounds Walt Disney was the thought that after his death, his body was preserved using this method. In actuality, his body was cremated and then buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.
What is cryogenics or cryogenically frozen
This sequel film released by Disney in 2019 is the highest grossing animated film of all time.
What is Frozen 2
In an attempt to compete with the Harry Potter film franchise produced by Warner Brothers Studios, Disney started turning this author's Chronicles of Narnia series into live action adaptations, starting with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 2005. Unfortunately, it never quite reached the same level of popularity and they never finished the franchise, with their last attempt being The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 2010.
Who is C.S. Lewis
Wanting to make a theme park that the entire family could go to and enjoy together, Walt Disney's work finally paid off when he opened Disneyland on July 7th of this year.
What is 1955
Considered to be Pixar's good luck charm, John Ratzenberger has at least one line in every film released by the studio. One of the hardest movies to recognize his voice was Coco due to the fact that his only line was this one Spanish word that he uttered after being allowed to cross over into the Land of the Living when it was discovered his picture was placed on his orthodontist's ofrenda.
What is "gracias"
Walt Disney was a man of simple tastes, with this being his favorite food. He was known to travel with suitcases filled with cans of it and would ask chefs in fancy hotels to heat it up for him, much to their chagrin.
What is chili