This Day in Disney History

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A daily 5-minute trip through Disney parks history with Alex and Jordan. For Disneyland and Walt Disney World fans: park openings, classic attractions, Imagineering milestones, and the stories behind the magic, one date at a time. AI Generated

  1. 15h ago

    This Day in Disney History: The 100 Millionth Guest at Magic Kingdom (1979)

    On October 22, 1979, eight-year-old Kurt Miller of Maryland walked through the turnstiles at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and became the park's 100 millionth guest. Alex and Jordan tell the story of the impromptu celebration with Mickey Mouse and WDW vice president Bob Allen, the lifetime pass, and the record-setting era of EPCOT's groundbreaking and Big Thunder Mountain construction.

  2. 1d ago

    This Day in Disney History: Mary Blair, the Artist Who Colored Disney's Golden Age (1911)

    Disney Legend artist Mary Blair, born October 21, 1911, shaped the bold colors of Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, and designed it's a small world's iconic style at Disneyland plus the 90-foot mural at Disney World's Contemporary Resort. Alex and Jordan celebrate her legacy.

  3. 2d ago

    This Day in Disney History: Mickey's Christmas Carol Returns Mickey Mouse to Theaters (1983)

    On October 20, 1983, Mickey's Christmas Carol premiered — the first original Mickey Mouse theatrical cartoon in 30 years, with Scrooge McDuck's animated debut as Ebenezer Scrooge and Clarence Nash's final performance as Donald Duck. Plus: the 1982 dedication of EPCOT Center's Japan pavilion and the birthday of Disney Legend Frank Churchill.

  4. 3d ago

    This Day in Disney History: Body Wars — The EPCOT Ride That Shrunk You Inside the Human Body (1989)

    On October 19, 1989, EPCOT opened its Wonders of Life pavilion and its centerpiece thrill ride, Body Wars — a motion simulator directed by Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy with effects by Industrial Light & Magic that miniaturized guests and sent them on a seven-minute rescue mission through a volunteer's heart, lungs, and brain.

  5. 4d ago

    This Day in Disney History: The Jungle Book Premieres — Walt Disney's Final Animated Feature (1967)

    On October 18, 1967, Disney released The Jungle Book — the last animated feature Walt Disney supervised, reaching theaters ten months after his death. Alex and Jordan dig into Walt's hands-on story shaping, the all-star voice cast led by Phil Harris as Baloo and Louis Prima as King Louie, the Sherman Brothers' songs and Terry Gilkyson's Oscar-nominated The Bare Necessities, and the Beatles-voiced vultures that never happened.

  6. 5d ago

    This Day in Disney History: Walt Disney's Final Visit to Disneyland (October 17, 1966)

    Sixty years ago, Walt Disney made his last documented visit to Disneyland, recorded in his desk diaries on October 17, 1966, just weeks before his death. Alex and Jordan revisit Walt's final days at his park, the closing of the 1965 New York World's Fair that gave Disneyland It's a Small World and Carousel of Progress, and the 1998 Disney Channel premiere of Halloweentown.

  7. 6d ago

    This Day in Disney History: The Day the Walt Disney Company Was Born (October 16, 1923)

    Alex and Jordan celebrate the 103rd birthday of the Walt Disney Company, founded on October 16, 1923, when Walt and Roy Disney signed a contract with pioneering distributor Margaret J. Winkler to make the Alice Comedies at their tiny ten-dollar-a-month Kingswell Avenue studio in Hollywood, California. From forty dollars and a pilot reel to Mickey Mouse, Disneyland, and the modern Disney empire, this is the day it all began.

  8. Oct 15

    This Day in Disney History: Fantasmic! Premieres at Disney's Hollywood Studios (1998)

    Alex and Jordan celebrate 28 years since Fantasmic! debuted on October 15, 1998, at Disney's Hollywood Studios — Mickey's battle against Maleficent and Disney villains in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater, plus the 1971 Life magazine cover of Walt Disney World and the 1929 Mickey cartoon The Jazz Fool.

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A daily 5-minute trip through Disney parks history with Alex and Jordan. For Disneyland and Walt Disney World fans: park openings, classic attractions, Imagineering milestones, and the stories behind the magic, one date at a time. AI Generated

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    2026
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