Today in Disney History 10/7

[vizsla]

Oct. 7, 2001 – Disneyland’s “Sleeping Beauty Walk-Through” attraction (opened since April 1957) closed for rehab. (Over time, the attraction dropped the rehab and never reopened.
Oct. 7, 2002 – “A Bug’s Land” opened inside Disney’s California Adventure, which also features “Flik’s Fun Fair.”
Oct. 7, 2002 – The Travel Channel aired “Great Hotels – Disney’s Wilderness Lodge” for the first time.
Oct. 7, 2003 – Disney’s “The Lion King” was released on a 2-disc DVD set. It included a new animated song (written by Elton John and Tim Rice) and sequence. This is the first time Disney has added a newly animated scene specifically for a DVD.
Oct. 7, 2004 – It was announced that Andrea Rivas and Rebecca Phelps were chosen to be the 2005 Disneyland Resort Ambassadors.
Oct. 7, 2004 – Disney’s one-hour drama series “life as we know it” debuted on ABC-TV. (Ended Jan. 20, 2005)
Oct. 7, 2005 – One week after leaving The Walt Disney Company, Michel Eisner hosted “The Charlie Rose Show.” His guest were John Travolta and his ex-boss-turned-rival, Barry Diller.
Oct. 7, 2006 – A baby giraffe was born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in WDW. Imara, was 6 feet tall and 110 pounds, and will be back in the savanna with her mother Aibuni.
Oct. 7, 2006 – The first in a new series of Pirates of the Caribbean sculptures, “helmsman (skeleton) pirate” debuted at the Magic Kingdom as part of the new Walt Disney Classic Collection.
Oct. 7, 2008 – Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment released the 50th Anniversary 2-Disc Platinum Edition “Sleeping Beauty.”

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[CanadianWDWFan]

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[ibrowse17]

Cool, thank you