2003:
A preview of the new Disney/Pixar feature The Incredibles airs during "The Wonderful
World of Disney" on ABC-TV.
The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter at Walt Disney World's
Tomorrowland closes forever at the end of this day.(It will be replaced with Stitch's Great Escape.)
1955:
Ticket books (at a cost of $2.50 per adult, $2.00 per junior, & $1.50 per child) are
available for the very first time at the new Disneyland theme park. They contain three A,
two B, and three C tickets (D tickets won't be added until the following year and E tickets in 1959).
The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Guest Star Day.
1956:
The Muppets make their first network television appearance on "The Steve Allen Show." (Decades later, the Muppets will become part of the Disney family.)
1959:
The Rainbow Caverns Mine Train attraction closes in Disneyland's Frontierland.
1962:
Actress Joan Cusack, the voice of Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl in the 1999 Toy Story 2, is born in New York City. Her Disney credits also include the 2005 live-action Ice Princess as Joan Carlyle and the 2005 animated feature Chicken Little as the voice of Abby Mallard.
1985:
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, the star of Disney's 2005
Ice Princess, is born in New York City.
1986:
Animator and Disney Legend David Hand passes away in San Luis Obispo, California. He joined The Walt Disney Studios as its 21st animator in 1930. Hand later became production supervisor of the studio and directed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
1987:
Part 2 of "The Journey of Natty Gann" airs on
The Wonderful World of Disney.
1998:
A benefit performance of the Disney stage musical Elaborate Lives: The Legend Of Aida (for the Elton John Aids Foundation) takes place at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. For holders of tickets at $1,000 a piece, John (who wrote the show's music) is on hand for a greet and meet at a pre-show VIP cocktail party/buffet at the Woodruff Arts Center.
2006:
Disney Vacation Club announces that it is building a new timeshare resort on Walt Disney World property to meet ongoing demand for its unique vacation-ownership. Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas (part of Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge) will feature intricate African-inspired details and home-like amenities.
1995:
Delos Records releases the theme park album Beauty and the Beat!
- featuring Disney tunes in steelband style.
Walt Disney World has the largest working wardrobe on Earth with more than 1.5 million operational garments in use and over 7,000 different garment types. In addition there are over 2 million pieces of entertainment costumes. (That's a lot of dry cleaning!)
1968:
Apollo 7 (the first manned mission in the Apollo program) is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 11-day earth-orbital mission. The crew consists of Commander Wally Schirra, Command Module Pilot Donn Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot Walter Cunningham. Around the wrist of Schirra ... is a Mickey Mouse watch!
2005:
Walt Disney Records releases Cheetah-Licious Christmas, a holiday album by The Cheetah Girls. The collection includes such holiday songs as "Santa Claus is Coming To Town," "Last Christmas," and "Feliz Navidad."
Also released is Disney's Princess Christmas Album.
2008:
A Russian-language version of the live Disney musical Beauty and the Beast opens at Moscow's MDM Theatre. Heading Disney's first theatrical production in Russia, are Igor Ivanov as The Prince and Natalia Bystrova and Ekaterina Guseva, who share the role of Belle. Ivanov landed his role via a reality TV competition entitled "Find Your Prince."
OCTOBER 11
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1991:
Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy Ernest Scared Stupid starring Jim Varney. It is the fifth film to feature Varney's character Ernest P. Worrell.
1953:
Stage, television, and film actor David Morse, the voice of President George Washington in Disney World's updated The Hall of Presidents, is born in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He portrayed Washington in the HBO min-series John Adams - for which he received an Emmy nomination.
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