- January 31
- The Professor Barnaby Owl's Photographic Art Studio shop opens at the exit of Splash Mountain in Disneyland. [228.401] [1300.346]
- (month unknown)
- Joe Haidar presents his idea for the Disney studio to make an animated feature film of Hercules. [229.164]
- February 2
- Disney's Dixie Landings Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It includes the Boatwright's Dining Hall restaurant, and Fulton's General Store. [10] [228.62,142,198]
- February 4
- Maldives issues fourteen postage stamps depicting Disney characters around the world. [655.588]
- February 5
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nomination of Beauty and the Beast for a Best Picture award. This is the first time in the history of the Motion Picture Academy that an animated feature has been nominated in this category. [11] [39.686] (February 19 [352.C15])
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Sound. [39.686]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Score. [39.686]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Beauty and the Beast" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song. [39.686]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Belle" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song. [39.686]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Be Our Guest" from the film Beauty and the Beast for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song. [39.686]
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- February 6
- Disney releases the film The Parent Trap on laserdisc in the US, for US$40. [15]
- Disney releases the film The Love Bug on laserdisc in the US, for US$35. [15]
- February 7
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Medicine Man to theatres. [85.322] [110.17] [112.477] [228.316]
- February 11
- Grenada issues twelve postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in thrill sports. [653.426]
- February 13
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A character in a bath tub slips happily beneath the suds, like in a scene from Pretty Woman. [821]
- February 14
- Disney releases the animated film The Jungle Book on laserdisc for US$30-40. [15]
- February
- Sierra Leone issues twelve postage stamps depicting Disney characters on world tour. [656.984]
- Disney buys the Family Fun magazine. [351.D4]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Loaded Weapon for educational use. [228.294]
- Crockett's Tavern restaurant opens at Euro Disneyland. [60.5]
- Uganda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters. [617.680]
- The Hotel Cheyenne opens at Euro Disneyland. [60.5]
- February 22
- The NBC TV network airs the last Walter and Emily show. [501.597]
- March 6
- Disney abandons plans for an amusement park at Long Beach, California, and cancels its lease on the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose attractions. [353.49]
- Disney re-releases the short film Frankenweenie to theaters. [228.195]
- Disney generally releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Blame it on the Bellboy to theatres in the US. [85.322] [110.192] [112.446] [1378.83]
- March 12
- Disney releases the film The Rocketeer on videocassette, and laserdisc for US$40-50. [15] [501.475]
- March
- Euro Disneyland test opens, allowing employees and the families of major sponsors to visit. [12] (April [60.5])
- March 16
- Antigua & Barbuda issues twelve postage stamps depicting Disney characters and the Barcelona Summer Olympics. [629.379]
- March 19
- The Parkside Wagon food location opens in Tokyo Disneyland. [55.42]
- March 20
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Amblin live-action feature film Noises Off to theatres. [85.322] [110.34] [112.483] [228.361]
- March 23
- The Disney Channel premieres the series Disney's Adventures in Wonderland. [228.138]
- March 26
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A movie title is shown: Honey, I Hit a School Bus, a humorous reference to Disney's film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Another movie title is Ernest vs. the Pope, a humorous reference to Disney's four films with titles starting Ernest .... [822]
- March 28
- The syndicated TV special Newsies! Newsies! See All About It airs. [228.357]
- March 30
- Disney agrees to swap Los Angeles TV station KCAL-TV in exchange for 45% of Pinelands, Inc., which owns New York's WWOR-TV station. [354.1]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Original Song) to Howard Ashman and Alan Menken for the song "Beauty and the Beast" from the film Beauty and the Beast. [11] [38.838] [39.686] [369.185]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Original Score) to Alan Menken for the film Beauty and the Beast. [11] [38.838] [39.686] [369.185]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific and Technical, Scientific and Engineering Award) to the Walt Disney Feature Animation Department for the "CAPS" production system for feature film animation. [38.838] [39.686] [241.13]
- April 1
- The Company D cast member store opens in Epcot at Walt Disney World. [1378.149]
- April 3
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Straight Talk to theatres. [85.322] [110.43] [112.498] [501.527]
- April 8
- The Gambia issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Chicago. [653.42]
- The Gambia issues ten postage stamps depicting Mickey Mouse as Christopher Columbus. [653.42]
- April 9
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A scene shows a television show parody of Disney's Dinosaurs show. A Simpsons' character notes how similar the Dinosaur family is to the Simpson family. Also, a scene shows a woman in a bathtub slip under the water, similar to a scene in Disney's Pretty Woman. [823]
- April 10
- Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Newsies to theaters. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$4 million.) [85.302] [85.321] [110.44] [112.481] [228.356] [232.84] [579.50]
- The Grand Inauguration of the hotels at Euro Disneyland takes place. [60.5]
- April 11
- Euro Disneyland opens for VIPs and press preview. [12] [60.5]
- The CBS TV network airs The Grand Opening of the Euro Disney Resort. [228.216]
- The Beauty and the Beast stage show begins performances at the Videopolis in Disneyland. [1378.65]
- April 12
- The Euro Disney Resort, featuring the Euro Disneyland park, opens in Marne-la-Vallée, France, east of Paris. The US$4 billion complex has six hotels with 5200 rooms, and is staffed by 14,000 "cast members". Euro Disneyland park has 29 attractions in five themed lands: Adventureland, Discoveryland, Fantasyland, Festival Disney, Frontierland, and Main Street. 500,000 visitors were expected, but only 50,000 are admitted on opening day. [2] [12] [18] [22] [34.280] [60.1] [62] [209.30] [225.72] [226.180] [228.136] [308.S5.6] [321.26] [355.A1] [1073.161] (6,000 attend [745.128]) (20,000 attend [238.282] [1074.283])
- The Adventureland area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, Les Cabane des Robinson attraction, Adventure Isle area, Captain Hook's Galley restaurant, Blue Lagoon Restaurant, Aux Epices Enchantees restaurant, Café de la Brousse restaurant, and Explorer's Club restaurant. [228.170,389] [1378.7,49,85,109,117]
- The Discoveryland area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Star Tours attraction, Orbitron - Machines Volantes attraction, Videopolis stage, Cinémagique theater showing the film Captain Eo, Café Hyperion restaurant, and Café des Visionnaires restaurant. [228.374] [501.521,587] [1378.110,117,139]
- The Fantasyland area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Les Pirouettes du Vieux Moulin ferris wheel attraction, Peter Pan's Flight attraction, Mad Hatter's Tea Cups attraction, Alice's Curious Labyrinth maze attraction, Dumbo Flying Elephants attraction, It's a Small World attraction, Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains attraction, Les Voyages de Pinocchio attraction, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant attraction, Le Carrousel de Lancelot attraction, Toad Hall Restaurant, Auberge de Cendrillon restaurant, Au Chalet de la Marionnette restaurant, and the Pizzeria Bella Notte restaurant. [60.6] [228.87,154,259,302,385,389] [501.560,589] [1378.21,47,83,129]
- The Festival Disney area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, L.A. Bar and Grill restaurant, Key West Seafood restaurant, and Annette's Diner restaurant. [93.26] [228.26,72,273,279] [1378.36,103]
- The Frontierland area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Cottonwood Creek Ranch Critter Corral attraction, Mark Twain Riverboat attraction, River Rogue Keelboats attraction, Pueblo Trading Post shop, Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery attraction, Indian Canoes attraction, Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing attraction, Phantom Manor attraction, Silver Spur Steakhouse restaurant, Cowboy Cookout Barbecue restaurant, Fuente del Oro Restaurante, Lucky Nugget Saloon restaurant, Thunder Mesa Mercantile Building, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction, and Last Chance Café restaurant. [228.198,254,282,297,311,387,402] [501.472,480,500,557] [1378.78,156,159]
- The Main Street area at Euro Disneyland opens. It includes Coffee Grinder restaurant, Cookie Kitchen restaurant, Fire Truck vehicle, Omnibus vehicle, Horse-Drawn Streetcars, Cable Car Bake Shop, Boardwalk Candy Palace shop, Disney & Co. shop, Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour, Market House Deli shop, Casey's Corner shop, Plaza East Boutique shop, Plaza West Boutique shop, Harrington's Fine China & Porcelains shop, Ribbons & Bows Hat Shop, Harmony Barber Shop, Storybook Store, Glass Fantasies shop, Walt's - An American Restaurant, Victoria's Home-Style Cooking restaurant, and Plaza Gardens Restaurant. [228.82,128,186,205,206,228,242,312,369,390] [501.469,526,586,598] [1378.87,109,123,145,153]
- The Emporium store opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.164]
- The Disneyland Hotel opens at Euro Disneyland. [228.136]
- The Hotel New York hotel opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.243]
- The Hotel Santa Fe hotel opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.243]
- The Newport Bay Club hotel opens at Euro Disneyland. [228.356]
- Le Visionarium Circle-Vision attraction opens in Discoveryland at Euro Disneyland. [501.588]
- The Circle-Vision film From Time to Time opens in the Visionarium theater at Euro Disneyland. [228.197]
- The Steakhouse restaurant opens in the Disney Village at Euro Disneyland. [501.522]
- The Autopia attraction opens in Discoveryland in Euro Disneyland. [1378.49]
- The Disney Clothiers shop opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.130]
- The Disneyana Shop opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.133]
- The Big Thunder Mountain attraction opens in Euro Disneyland. [228.54]
- The Camp Davy Crockett campground opens at Euro Disneyland. [1378.112]
- April 13
- Lesotho issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Spanish costumes. [655.337]
- April 15
- Maldives issues five postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Chicago, Illinois. [655.588]
- Maldives issues five postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Grenada. [655.588]
- April
- St. Vincent issues five postage stamps depicting Disney characters visiting Chicago, Illinois. [656.779]
- The Main Street Electrical Parade begins running in Euro Disneyland. [228.306]
- The #1 locomotive, the W.F. Cody, begins operation at Euro Disneyland. [328.397]
- The #2 locomotive, the C.K. Holliday, begins operation at Euro Disneyland. [328.397]
- The #3 locomotive, the G. Washington, begins operation at Euro Disneyland. [328.397]
- Lesotho issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters as native Americans. [655.337]
- Disney releases the film One Hundred and One Dalmatians on videocassette (VHS) for US$25. (Almost 16 million copies sell.) [11] [15] [228.372] [238.189] [511.42]
- Walt Disney Company stock is split, four for one, following approval by shareholders. [11] [356.D5]
- Disney releases the film I'm No Fool in a Car on videocassette for educational use. [228.251]
- Disney releases the film I'm No Fool in an Emergency on videocassette for educational use. [228.251]
- Disney releases the film I'm No Fool in Unsafe Places II on videocassette for educational use. [228.251]
- The Grenadines of St. Vincent issues five postage stamps depicting Disney characters as Spanish explorers in the New World. [656.809]
- April 20
- The Disney Channel premieres the animated TV series Goof Troop. [85.300] [228.211] (March [383.235])
- April 24
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Passed Away to theatres. [110.53] [112.485] [228.380]
- April 26
- The Beauty and the Beast show The Enchanted Book Shoppe gives its last performance at Plaza Garden in Disneyland. [228.164]
- April 27
- The TravelPort attraction in Communicore East at EPCOT Center closes. [501.568]
- April 28
- St. Vincent issues five postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Spanish military uniforms. [656.779]
- (month unknown)
- French theater director Ariane Mnouchkine calls Euro Disney a "cultural Chernobyl". [701.72]
- May 6
- The Philadelphia Orchestra Association files a US$60 million lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company and Buena Vista Home Video, claiming their consent was not sought in releasing the film Fantasia on video and laserdisc. [42.611] [357.C17]
- May 9
- NBC airs the final episode of Disney's The Golden Girls TV show. [1357]
- May 13
- The Fantasmic! outdoor music and pyrotechnics show debuts in Frontierland at Disneyland. [26.29] [225.31] [228.174] [757.40] [1300.159]
- May
- Disney releases the film Alice in Wonderland on laserdisc in the US, for US$37. [15]
- May 22
- Hollywood Pictures releases the live-action feature film Encino Man to theatres. [85.322] [110.65] [112.458] [228.164]
- May 27
- The Sequoia Lodge hotel opens at Euro Disneyland. [501.492]
- May 29
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Sister Act to theatres. [85.322] [110.67] [112.495] [501.502]
- May 31
- The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Still Not Quite Human. [501.524]
- June 4
- Euro Disneyland reports that since opening, it has received 1.2 million visitors, averaging 30,000 per day. [2]
- June 11
- The film Beauty and the Beast is released to theaters in Australia. [890]
- June
- Disney releases the film Pinocchio to theatres. [13] [25] [42.1665] [85.298] [228.388] (1993 [11])
- Disney releases the film AIDS: You've Got to Do Something. [1378.13]
- Disney releases the film No Big Deal for educational use. [228.360]
- June 19
- The World According to Goofy parade debuts at Disneyland. [26.29] [501.620]
- The Phantasticks Wagon shop opens in Tokyo Disneyland. [55.42]
- June 20
- The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the TV show The Torkelsons. [501.565]
- June 26
- French farmers park 300 tractors across highway entrances to Euro Disneyland, to protest American demands for European Community subsidy cuts. [358.3]
- (month unknown)
- Disney Dollars debut at the Disney Stores. [245.68]
- Disney releases the film Candleshoe on videocassette. [228.77]
- Disney releases the film Frankenweenie on videocassette. [228.195]
- Disney releases the film Treasure Island on videocassette and laserdisc, in its original version. [13] [501.569]
- Disney releases the film The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective to theaters. Original release name was The Great Mouse Detective. [25] [85.287] [228.218] [1378.11]
- Disney releases the film Cinderella on laserdisc in Japan, for 15450 Yen. [15]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Picture, Comedy or Musical) for the film Beauty and the Beast. [369.187]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Original Score) to Alan Menken for the film Beauty and the Beast. [369.187]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Original Song) to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for the song "Beauty and the Beast", in the film Beauty and the Beast. [369.187]
- Sponsorship of the It's a Small World attraction at Disneyland changes from Bank of America to Mattel. [228.258]
- The Gambia issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Goofy. [653.43]
- Disney releases the film Encino Man on videocassette. [228.165]
- Disney's animation vice president of creative affairs proposes producing an animated feature film of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. [193.53]
- Disney releases the film Passed Away on videocassette. [228.381]
- The American Institute of Architects awards a national Honor Award to the Team Disney Building at Walt Disney World, the first major architectural award for Disney. [222.97]
- Disney's Home Improvement TV show wins an Emmy award for Electronic Lighting Direction. [228.239]
- The Disney Channel's Mark Twain and Me wins Emmy awards for Best Children's Program and Best Makeup. [228.311]
- Disney releases the film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on videocassette. [228.226]
- Disney re-releases the film The Apple Dumpling Gang on videocassette. [228.27]
- The Los Angeles Film Critics Association grants the Animated Film award to Disney for the film Beauty and the Beast. [369.187]
- Disney releases the 16-mm educational film Big Brother Blues. [1378.76]
- A convention center opens at Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort hotel at Walt Disney World. [228.216]
- Disney releases the film Blame it on the Bellboy on videocassette. [228.59]
- Disney releases the film Medicine Man on videocassette. [228.316]
- Disney releases the film Billy Bathgate on videocassette. [228.56]
- Walt Disney Records releases the music CD The Sherman Brothers: Walt Disney's 'Supercalifragilistic' Songwriting Team, with 26 tunes written by them. [257.53]
- Disney releases the film Ernest Scared Stupid on videocassette. [228.168]
- Jimmie Dodd is named a Disney Legend. [228.131,142]
- Bill Evans is named a Disney Legend. [228.131]
- Annette Funicello is named a Disney Legend. [228.131,198]
- Joe Grant is named a Disney Legend. [228.131]
- Jack Hannah is named a Disney Legend. [228.131]
- Winston Hilber is named a Disney Legend. [228.131]
- Ken O'Connor is named a Disney Legend. [228.131,365]
- Roy Williams is named a Disney Legend. He worked at the Disney studio since 1930, working in a variety of jobs. He designed the Mickey Mouse Club ears; and was an adult Mouseketeer known as the Big Mooseketeer. [501.613]
- Disney releases the film Father of the Bride on videocassette. [228.176]
- Disney releases the film The Doctor on videocassette. [228.142]
- The Beauty and the Beast stage show debuts on stage at the Videopolis in Disneyland. [26.29]
- Disney re-releases the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People on videocassette. [228.116]
- Disney releases the film Deceived on videocassette. [228.121]
- Disney re-releases the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on videocassette. [501.575]
- The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Hairdressing) to the Disney Channel TV series Disney's Adventures in Wonderland. [228.138]
- Disney re-releases the film Freaky Friday on videocassette. [228.195]
- Disney re-releases the film In Search of the Castaways on videocassette. [228.253]
- The Disney Channel begins airing the animated New Kids on the Block. [383.360]
- The Disney Channel ceases airing the animated series The Raccoons. [383.398]
- Disney re-releases the film Kidnapped on videocassette. [228.274]
- Disney re-releases the film The Love Bug on videocassette. [228.296]
- Disney releases the film Night Crossing on videocassette. [228.358]
- Disney releases the film Straight Talk on videocassette. [501.527]
- Disney releases the film Noises Off on videocassette. [228.361]
- Disney re-releases the film Old Yeller on videocassette. [228.367]
- Disney releases the film Paradise on videocassette. [228.379]
- Disney re-releases the film The Parent Trap on videocassette. [228.379]
- Disney re-releases the film Return to Snowy River on videocassette. [501.469]
- Disney releases the film Sister Act on videocassette. [501.502]
- Disney releases the film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men on videocassette. [501.525]
- Disney releases the film True Identity on videocassette. [501.573]
- Disney releases the film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken on videocassette. [501.612]
- Capcom releases the Darkwing Duck video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. [799.93]
- The Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes attraction in Tokyo Disneyland is renamed Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes. [1378.176]
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