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Welcome back to the Disney’s Magic Makers Series here at Netcot. This time, we’ll focus on Milt Kahl, the eighth of Disney’s Nine Old Men… Milt Kahl was born on March 22, 1909, in San Francisco, California. He dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of becoming an illustrator for a magazine or [...]

This week’s episode is sponsored by: Main Street Travel Co. News from this week’s show include: Layoffs continue at Walt Disney World. The Magical Express bus service will continue at least until 2016 at WDW. Spoodles, a restaurant at Disney World’s Boardwalk Resort, will soon be renamed and feature a new menu and celebrity chef [...]

In January, the Walt Disney Company said that it was buying out 600 executives, including 300 at Walt Disney World. Now, more jobs are being cut according to the Tampa Tribune. “We are in the middle of a domestic reorganization to our backstage operations.” Mike Griffin, vice president of communications for Walt Disney World Resort [...]

As Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge resort continues to undergo the expansion of a new set of DVC (Disney Vacation Club) rooms, several exterior changes are underway as well. In the last few months construction began on a new security guard station on the road leading to the Animal Kingdom Lodge resort, which is speculated to [...]

1901: Animator, and Disney Legend, Ub Iwerks is born Ubbe Ert Iwerks in Kansas City, Missouri. 1907: Composer Leigh Harline (Pinocchio, Snow White) is born in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1909: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of the “Nine Old Men”, Milt Kahl is born in San Fransisco, CA. 1912: Actor Wilfrid Brambell (Willie Bannock in The Three [...]

1883: Actor Colin Campbell (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland) is born in Scotland. 1892: Actor Don Barclay (Cinderella, Mary Poppins, 101 Dalmatians, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan) is born in Ashland, Oregon. 1904: Actor J. Pat O’Malley (Robin Hood, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, Son of Flubber, The Adventures of Spin [...]

1900: Writer Ted Sears (Sleeping Beauty, Disneyland-the TV series, The Vanishing Prairie, The Living Desert) is born in Massachusetts. 1905: Actor Richard Haydn (Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland) is born in London, England. 1909: Animator Jules Engel (Fantasia, Bambi, and others) is born in Budapest, Hungary. 1911: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of Walt’s Nine Old Men, John [...]

Welcome to part seven of nine focusing on Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men. This week, we’re focusing on Ward Kimball. Content: Before the Studios At the Studios After the Studios Before the Studios : Ward Kimball was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 4, 1914. His fascination with drawing and railroads began at a young [...]

This week’s episode is sponsored by: Main Street Travel Co. News from this week’s show include: “Are you 23″ finally revealed itself. DisneyGallery.com has been updated to ArtOfDisneyParks.com Disney’s Corporate Responsibility Report has some ambitious goals. Gas on WDW property is some of the least expensive in the area. Downtown Disney’s (WDW) Virgin Megastore will [...]

For what has seemed like months, Disney’s D23 site has been mysterious, only showing “Are You 23?” and then flashing to Tinkerbell and a countdown until March 10. Yesterday, at Disney’s Annual Shareholder Meeting, CEO Bob Iger announced the details of Disney’s Official Fan Club: What is it? D23 is Disney’s official fan community. The [...]

The nationwide release of Disney’s hand-drawn “The Princess and the Frog” has been moved from Christmas Day to December 11, 2009, according to Variety. In New York and Los Angeles, the film will have premieres on November 25. The film would have faced “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel” on its old date. Now, it [...]

At the 2009 Walt Disney Company Annual Shareholders Meeting, CEO Robert Iger made a plethora of announcements (like moving the opening date of “The Princess and the Frog”). He also unveiled the names of the two new Disney Cruise Lines ships: the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Both ships [...]

According to the Examiner, ‘Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Show Spectacular’ will be closed March 14th and 15th for the UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship Competition.  The stage and seating will be used for over 22,000 cheerleaders performing in the competition.

1910: Actor David Niven (Candleshoe, No Deposit No Return) is born James David Graham Niven in London, England. 1914: Animator, and one of the Nine Old Men, Ward Kimball (Fantasia, Pinocchio, Dumbo) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1930: Animator Ub Iwerks leaves Disney to start his own Studios, only to return a few years later. 1932: Administrator, and Disney [...]

1895: Actor Edward Brophy (Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo) is born in New York City. 1908: Actor, and Disney Legend, John Mills (Father Robinson in Swiss Family Robinson, Father to Hayley Mills of Parent Trap fame) is born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. 1913: Actor Jim Backus (the Mayor in Pete’s Dragon) is born [...]