Chapter 39: Disney

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1. Everyone's favourite rubbish-compactor, Wall-E, was named after Walter Elias Disney.

2. the sorcerer in Fantasia is called 'Yen Sid', which may ring a bell if read backwards.

3. Dumbo is an elephant of few words - none, in fact - which makes him the quietest central character of them all. Hot on his heels is Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, who gets a mere 18 whole lines of dialogue, and just 18 minutes of screen time in her own film.

4. Sulley from Monsters Inc has more than 2.3 million individual hairs, which are all carefully animated. This explains why a single frame of the big blue fella took an average of 12 hours to produce.

5. Mickey Mouse was the first animated character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

6. The two minute storm in The Little Mermaid took 10 special effects artists over a year to finish.

7. Mickey was also the first animated character to talk. His first words, in 1929 cartoon The Karnival Kid, were 'Hot dog!'

8. Contrary to rumours, Disney's daughter has assured the press he wasn't cryogenically frozen.

9.Bambi, the cute little deer whose mother got shot and killed, is also the namesake of this other not-officially-recognized complex. People affected by the Bambi Complex are very sentimental and sympathetic towards wildlife and wild animals. They usually have very strong feelings against hunting, controlled fires, and any other inhumane treatment of animals, especially the cute ones like deer.

10. The Walt Disney World Resort is about the same size as San Francisco.

12. The actors who played Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married.

13. The daughter of the Frozen songwriters got to sing in the movie

Married songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez were the masterminds behind stunning music for Frozen. They credit part of their success to being the parents of two daughters and seeing the magic of a sisterly bond firsthand. One of their daughters, Katie, can be heard singing the first verse of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" as young Anna.

14.You can have your own fairytale wedding at the Cinderella Castle

That's all for today. I'm so sorry this chapter is shorter than usual, but I've been really busy. The next chapter will be longer then this one.

See you in the next chapter!

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