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05-21-2012, 04:59 AM
May 21, 1998 – The newly renovated Tomorrowland was unveiled at Disneyland.
May 21, 1999 – “Disney Presents: Bill Nye the Science Guy” won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Series.
May 21, 2001 – Disney turned the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, anchored in Hawaii, into a party ship and outdoor movie theater for 2000 guests for the premiere of the summer blockbuster “Pearl Harbor”.
May 21, 2005 – Howard Morris, the voice of Gopher in Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh features, passed away in Los Angeles, Ca. (Since the early 1960’s, he has been a main staple of the Hanna-Barbera Productions vocal team, offering hundreds of voices for The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. As a director Morris was responsible for the classic black-and-white pilot of TV’s Get Smart.)
May 21, 2007 – Actress Scarlett Strallen returned to the title role of the West End Production of “Mary Poppins.” She had first joined the London show at the end of 2005 to replace original cat member Laura Michelle Kelly. (In 2008 Strallen would play ‘Mary’ on Broadway)
May 21, 2007 – The first annual “Disney Collector Featuring Pirates of the Caribbean” began at the Contemporary Resort at WDW. (3-day event)
May 21, 2008 – Disney’s VirtualMagicKingdom.com shut down at 10pm. The free social gaming site, also known as VMK, let players choose and style avatars, chat with other players and play games – all in a virtual theme park environment.
May 21, 2008 – During the season finale of American Idol, Jordin Sparks, last year’s winner, announced that “The American Idol Experience,” a theme-park version of the show, will open at Disney Hollywood Studios at WDW in Jan. 2009.
May 21, 2009 – ASIFA-Hollywood celebrated the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation’s “The Little Mermaid,” with an evening of lively discussion with some of the animators and crew members t the Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium at Woodbury University (in Burbank, Ca.)
May 21, 2010 – The first of four “Star Wars Weekends” returned to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (5/21-5/23), (5/28-5/30), (6/4-6/6), (6/11-6/13).
May 21, 1999 – “Disney Presents: Bill Nye the Science Guy” won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Series.
May 21, 2001 – Disney turned the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, anchored in Hawaii, into a party ship and outdoor movie theater for 2000 guests for the premiere of the summer blockbuster “Pearl Harbor”.
May 21, 2005 – Howard Morris, the voice of Gopher in Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh features, passed away in Los Angeles, Ca. (Since the early 1960’s, he has been a main staple of the Hanna-Barbera Productions vocal team, offering hundreds of voices for The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. As a director Morris was responsible for the classic black-and-white pilot of TV’s Get Smart.)
May 21, 2007 – Actress Scarlett Strallen returned to the title role of the West End Production of “Mary Poppins.” She had first joined the London show at the end of 2005 to replace original cat member Laura Michelle Kelly. (In 2008 Strallen would play ‘Mary’ on Broadway)
May 21, 2007 – The first annual “Disney Collector Featuring Pirates of the Caribbean” began at the Contemporary Resort at WDW. (3-day event)
May 21, 2008 – Disney’s VirtualMagicKingdom.com shut down at 10pm. The free social gaming site, also known as VMK, let players choose and style avatars, chat with other players and play games – all in a virtual theme park environment.
May 21, 2008 – During the season finale of American Idol, Jordin Sparks, last year’s winner, announced that “The American Idol Experience,” a theme-park version of the show, will open at Disney Hollywood Studios at WDW in Jan. 2009.
May 21, 2009 – ASIFA-Hollywood celebrated the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation’s “The Little Mermaid,” with an evening of lively discussion with some of the animators and crew members t the Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium at Woodbury University (in Burbank, Ca.)
May 21, 2010 – The first of four “Star Wars Weekends” returned to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (5/21-5/23), (5/28-5/30), (6/4-6/6), (6/11-6/13).