by Jeff Dixon | Apr 24, 2012 | Disney Trivia
Walt Disney once said, “Courage is the main quality of leadership. Courage to initiate something and keep it going, a pioneering spirit, and adventurous spirit, the courage to blaze new ways in our land of opportunity.” Walt was not perfect as a leader to...
by Jeff Dixon | Apr 15, 2012 | Disney Trivia
One of Walt Disney’s most memorable creations was “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln”The 1960s found Walt Disney busy creating and dreaming up concepts and ideas for the World’s Fair. These creations have become the stuff and story of...
by Jeff Dixon | Apr 10, 2012 | Disney Trivia
In the developmental days of Disneyland the Disney studios was a busy place. Working on film, television, and theme parks meant there was never a dull moment in the world of Disney. Artist and Imagineer Marc Davis was hard at work on an audio-animatronic figure for...
by Jeff Dixon | Apr 4, 2012 | Disney Trivia
Walt Disney was on a first named basis with everyone. That was the way he wanted it. He made sure that the people around him called him “Walt” and he called them by their first name. Why did he insist on this? Great question. The history of Walt’s...
by Jeff Dixon | Mar 26, 2012 | Disney Trivia
There is no place like a Disney theme park during the holidays. If you have ever been there you realize that the lights, the decorations, and the atmosphere make these amazing places even more magical than usual… as hard as that is to believe. During the early...
by Jeff Dixon | Mar 20, 2012 | Disney Trivia
In the Key to the Kingdom, I tried to explore some of the history and life of the man, Walt Disney. Here is a story that many often don’t think about when they remember his story… The year was 1923 when Walt Disney boarded a train for Los Angeles with some...
by Jeff Dixon | Mar 13, 2012 | Disney Trivia
Walt Disney had an amazing knack for finding, inspiring, and developing creative talent. There are a lot of reasons for this…Walt was a visionary, Walt wasn’t afraid to push and challenge you, and Walt was always pushing himself to go beyond where he had...
by Jeff Dixon | Mar 7, 2012 | Disney Trivia
Walt Disney knew and understood how to tell a good story. He told stories that people would remember, talk about, and many of them became classics. Walt wanted to do whatever it took to tell the story the best he possibly could. The Davy Crockett production is one...
by Jeff Dixon | Mar 1, 2012 | Disney Trivia
In 1931 Walt Disney released a Mickey Mouse cartoon called Traffic Troubles. The animation director for the film was a man named David Hand. After finishing one sequence for the cartoon he sat down with Walt Disney and watched the pencil drawn screen test. After the...
by Jeff Dixon | Feb 24, 2012 | Disney Trivia
Years ago when the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction was being built at Disneyland, Walt Disney noticed that one of the construction workers on the project was from the Louisiana bayou country. The Louisiana bayou is the setting of the first part of the attraction....
