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Happy Anniversary Walt and Lillian!
DisneyDan  Friday, July 13, 2012 10:25:26 AM
On this day in 1925, Walt Disney and Lillian Bounds married in Lewiston, Idaho.
Lillian was one of Walt's first employees, and actually did some of the ink work for one of the very first Mickey Mouse cartoons, Plane Crazy.
She was also responsible for Mickey's name, after she told Walt Mickey sounded better than Mortimer!

Let's pay tribute to them both now with some "pictures of pictures" of them enjoying life, from Disneyland Paris.

Wandering down Main Street USA

Photos of Walt and Lilly in Lilly's Boutique

Photos of Walt and Lilly in Lilly's Boutique

Dan.
Happy 35th Birthday Bernard and Bianca!
DisneyDan  Friday, June 22, 2012 3:53:19 PM
Today is the 35th Birthday of the two little mice from The Rescuers, Bernard and Bianca!
Since 1977 they have made appearances at the Disney Parks worldwide, but sadly recently have fallen into somewhat obscurity, though you can still meet them in Tokyo Disneyland regularly.

So, Happy 35th Birthday Bernard and Bianca!

Disney's All Star Basketball Game

Meeting Bernard and Bianca

Bernard and Bianca take a stroll
Happy 16th Birthday Hunchback!
DisneyDan  Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:49:26 PM
Today is the 16th anniversary of the premiere of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

So let's celebrate the characters from the movie that have appeared in the Parks, and wish Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Phoebus, Clopin and Frollo a happy 16th anniversary!

HKDL July 2011 - The Golden Mickeys

DLP June 2011 - A character filled end to a Magical Night in Parc Disneyland

DLP June 2011 - A character filled end to a Magical Night in Parc Disneyland
Happy 10th Birthday Lilo and Stitch!
DisneyDan  Saturday, June 16, 2012 7:41:03 AM
Ten years ago today Lilo and Stitch premièred in the US.
Stitch was immensely popular right from the beginning, and continues to be very popular with fans today - especially in the Asian parks!

Having fun with the Characters at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Stitch has spawned several sequel, a TV series, numerous attractions, endless merchandise and more, and I for one hope that this continues for many more years to come!

Meeting the cast and Characters of Discoveryland Celebrates!

Meeting Lilo and Stitch

Happy 10th Anniversary Stitch, from you BIGGEST fan!!

Meeting Pirate Stitch! :D

(I should also point out that of course Lilo, Dr Jumba, Pleakley and Captain Gantu who also starred in the first movie share the birthday with Stitch, and have all been characters in the Parks. The other experiments and Dr Hamsterville came in the later movies and series).

Jumba at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Rock-It Out... Stitch's Club 626 Dance Party

Stitch tries to call someone!

Meeting Lilo

The Golden Mickeys at Disney's Storybook Theater

Captain Gantu at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Happy 18th Birthday The Lion King!
DisneyDan  Friday, June 15, 2012 12:22:42 PM
On this day in 1994, Disney's beloved masterpiece, The Lion King premiered in the US.

Eighteen years later and it is as popular as ever, roaring to life recently on Blu-Ray!

So let's celebrate the magic of the Pride Lands with Timon and Rafiki in a photographic tribute!

Timon and Rafiki

The Festival of the Lion King

Disney Dreams - An Enchanted Classic

Happy 18th Anniversary The Lion King!

Happy 15th Birthday Hercules!
DisneyDan  Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:56:09 AM
Today is the 15th anniversary of the world premiere of Disney's Hercules!

Let's celebrate, as we always do here at Character Central, with a photo tribute to the characters from the movie!

Character fun at the 20 Years of Magic! event

Meeting Philoctetes

A very special version of Disney's Stars 'n' Cars

Villains Tonight!

Character fun at the 20 Years of Magic! event

Character fun at the 20 Years of Magic! event

Meeting Hercules

Happy 15th Birthday Hercules, Megara, Hades, Pain, Panic and Philoctetes!
Happy 13th Birthday Tarzan!
DisneyDan  Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:00:07 AM
On this day in 1999, the Disney's 37th Animated Classic, Tarzan had its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

Tarzan, Jane and Terk have all made it into the Disney Parks as characters, so let's celebrate now as we share some of our own memories of Tarzan!

The Tarzan Encounter

The Tarzan Encounter

DLP June 2011 - Tarzan the Encounter

The Tarzan Encounter

The Tarzan Encounter

Tarzan and Terk

Happy Birthday Tarzan, Jane and Terk!

Dan.
Happy 10th Birthday Kim and Ron!
DisneyDan  Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:12:54 PM
Today is the 10th anniversary of the Disney Channel premier of Disney's Kim Possible!
Kim and Ron (along with Rufus) saved the world from evil for 5 years before - much to many peoples sadness - leaving our screens in 2007.

WDW Sept 2008 - Meeting Ron Stoppable and Kim Possible

WDW Sept 2008 - Meeting Ron Stoppable and Kim Possible

Happy Birthday Kim and Ron!

Dan.
Happy Birthday Carl, Russel and Dug!
DisneyDan  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:05:20 PM
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the world premiere of Disney/PIXAR's feature, UP!

So, in true Character Central style, let's celebrate with a photo filled tribute of the characters - Carl, Russell and Dug - at the parks!

Meeting Carl, Dug and Russell

Meeting Russell after the Wilderness Explorer Ceremony

Dug comes out to play

Wilderness Explorer Ceremony

Meeting Russell

Meeting Russell and Carl

Happy Birthday Carl, Russell and Dug!

Dan.
Happy Belated Birthday Fantasmic!
DisneyDan  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:00:17 PM
Hi all,
I have been a little behind this week, but May 15th was the 20th Anniversary of Fantasmic! at the Disneyland Resort.
A special event was held for selected AP holders. They had an exclusive showing, which featured some really neat characters on the Mark Twain t the finale - including Roger Rabbit! yes, Roger Rabbit!!

The characters then went to the Train Station on Main Street to wave goodnight to fans as they exited.

So, here's our photo filled tribute to the awesome character filled show that is Fantasmic!

Disneyland Aug 2009 - Fantasmic!

Fantasmic!

Fantasmic!

Fantasmic!

Fantasmic!

Disneyland Aug 2009 - Fantasmic!

Happy 20th birthday Fantasmic!

Dan.
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