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vizsla
11-18-2009, 05:09 AM
Nov. 18, 2003 – The Magic Kingdom at WDW unveiled 75 6-foot tall statues of Mickey Mouse in honor of his 75th birthday. The “Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations,” were brought together by Disney Legends, artist, actors, athletes, and musicians.
Nov. 18, 2003 – The Disney Channel was launched in Japan.
Nov. 18, 2003 – Michelle Williams (of Destiny’s Child) joined the Broadway cast of Disney’s “Aida.” Williams took over the lead role from Toni Braxton, and would appear in the show for the next ten weeks.
Nov. 18, 2005 – “Club Cool,” sponsored by Coca-Cola, officially opened in Epcot at WDW.
Nov. 18, 2006 – The holiday show “Mickey’s Night Before Christmas” began performances for the holiday season in the Magic Kingdom at WDW.
Nov. 18, 2006 – The five-thousand square foot interactive exhibit “Too Small to See” opened at Epcot’s Innoventions. Developed by Cornell University and supported by the National Science Foundation, the exhibit surrounds visitors with things at the atomic scale and exposes them to some important concepts in nanotechnology.
Nov. 18, 2007 – Kenny Ortega, director of “High School Musical” and “High school Musical 2” was honored as Best Director, Comedy/Musical at the 15th annual Diversity Awards, held at Universal Studios’ Globe Theatre.
Nov. 18, 2007 – The popular Playhouse Disney character “Handy Mandy” began making regular meet-and-greet appearances at Disney-MGM Studios at WDW.
Nov. 18, 2008 – The Disney/Pixar animated feature “WALL-E” was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
Nov. 18, 2008 – The Walt Disney Co. LTD (Japan) and JCB Co. LTD, a pioneer in Japan’s credit card business announced they started accepting applications for the Disney-JCB credit card.

BMan62
11-18-2009, 07:39 AM
Thanks, Vince! :thumbsup:

Joannelet
11-18-2009, 07:44 AM
Thanks Vince!!
Just so you know its Handy Manny :)

Jeff
11-18-2009, 08:29 AM
:thumbsup:

CanadianWDWFan
11-18-2009, 10:49 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

ibrowse17
11-18-2009, 11:21 AM
Thank you:thumbsup:

pdrlkr
11-18-2009, 09:22 PM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

BluewaterBrad
11-19-2009, 02:38 PM
Thanks Vince!:mickey: