by Jim Smith | May 25, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
In 1928, an icon was born. Mickey Mouse – the inspiration of Walt Disney, and animated by Ub Iwerks – first endeared himself to audiences in the short film Plane Crazy. Mickey’s circular body and rubber hose limbs remained largely unchanged for the first...
by Jim Smith | May 23, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
The Walt Disney Company has been making memories since Walt and his brother Roy started the company in 1923. Since the company’s early days, Disney storytelling and entertainment have dazzled audiences worldwide. Walt Disney once said, “You can design and...
by Jim Smith | May 22, 2022 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Pocket Guides, Facts and Figment Travel Planning, Travel Planning
(A version of this article was published on Pirates & Princesses, along with similar articles on other Disney Resort Pocket Guide pieces.) Sleep under the stars on your next trip to Walt Disney World, at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground. Be one with...
by Jim Smith | May 18, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was published for Laughing Place on May 25, 2022.) For a few very rare folks, the ability to add life, character, and charm to an animated figure comes naturally. Fred Moore was one of those people – able to inject an immense amount of...
by Jim Smith | May 13, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
During the development stage of a Disney Parks attraction, the initial name of an attraction can change multiple times, until finally settling on the name fans come to know and remember. Perhaps the most well known example of this is Splash Mountain, which was...