In the mid-1990s, The Walt Disney Company planned to build a history-themed park, to be called Disney's America, in Haymarket, but the plan was scrapped due to opposition from a variety of groups, including one led by noted historian David McCullough.

Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin in his book The Disney Films, states, " Darby O ' Gill and the Little People is not only one of Disney's best films, but is certainly one of the best fantasies ever put on film.

Disney historian Jim Fanning notes Scamp likely is " the only strip written by the original author of the work from which it sprang ".

It is for this reason Disney historian Jim Korkis has dubbed him " Donald Duck's Other Daddy.

Disney and animation historian Michael Barrier has cited it as " an extremely valuable record, one that can no longer be duplicated, given the deaths of most of the interview subjects.

Originally the restaurant was to feature live entertainment but Disney historian Jim Korkis reported after a dress rehearsal and trial dinner in 1966 Walt Disney declared " In this restaurant, the food is going to be the show, along with the atmosphere ".

Animation historian Michael Barrier reports that Miller, in August 2007, sent a fax to a number of executives at the Walt Disney Company, denouncing Neal Gabler's biography of Walt Disney published in 2006, titled Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, as " a monstrous piece of libelous junk.

In September 2006, Dark Horse Comics published The Gremlins: The Lost Walt Disney Production, a faithfully restored and updated version of The Gremlins including an introduction by acclaimed film historian Leonard Maltin as well as creating a series of Gremlin-inspired toys and figurines, that were patterned after the original Dahl-inspired characters.

The school has also nurtured a long list of historians including Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, archaeological historian and former Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, Ernest Gellner, an anthropological historian, Professor Malcolm Schofield of St John's College, Cambridge, and more recently Justin Pollard, a TV historian, and Peter Sarris, a specialist on the Byzantine Empire and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The legal trademark on the term " Muppet " is currently held by The Muppets Studio, a wholly owned division of the Walt Disney Company, although Sesame Workshop and the Jim Henson Company continue to occasionally use the term on their characters with certain permissions from Disney.

In early 1977, Jim Jimirro of Walt Disney Productions brought forth the idea of a cable television network with material from the studio.

Films produced by current Disney subsidiary The Jim Henson Company have also aired on Disney Channel in the past, although most of them are not presently owned by Disney, including The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Buddy, The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets From Space, The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

Other notable residents include Carl E. Vuono, four star general and Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army ; Jim Jimirro, founder of the Disney Channel ; Fred Cox, all-time leading scorer for the Minnesota Vikings and inventor of the Nerf ball ; and Dr. Ronald V. Pellegrini, a world renowned cardiothoracic surgeon based in Pittsburgh.

The hiring of Wein has been championed by the comic book creative community as an alternative to the much disliked former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, who had made a favorable impression when interviewed by Disney management.

The character now belongs to The Muppets Studio, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, after Disney bought the franchise from The Jim Henson Company.

Among the artists working on the Disney comic strips were Floyd Gottfredson ( Mickey Mouse, Treasury of Classic Tales, holiday ), Roman Arambula ( Mickey Mouse ), Rick Hoover ( Mickey Mouse, Gummy Bears ), Manuel Gonzales ( Mickey Mouse ), Bill Wright ( Mickey Mouse, Uncle Remus ), Ted Thwaites ( Mickey Mouse ), Riley Thomson ( Uncle Remus ), Chuck Fuson ( Uncle Remus ), John Ushler ( Treasury of Classic Tales, Scamp, Uncle Remus, holiday ), Carson Van Osten ( Mickey Mouse ), Al Taliaferro ( Donald Duck ), Frank Grundeen ( Donald Duck ), Al Hubbard ( Donald Duck ), Kay Wright ( Donald Duck ), Ellis Eringer ( Donald Duck ), Dick Moores ( Uncle Remus ), Paul Murry ( Jose Carioca, Uncle Remus ), Daan Jippes ( Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse ), Tony Strobl ( Donald Duck, holiday ), Jim Engel ( Mickey Mouse ), Ken Hultgren ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends ), Julius Svendsen ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends, Treasury of Classic Tales ), George Wheeler ( True Life Adventures ), Jesse Marsh ( Treasury of Classic Tales ), Richard Moore ( Winnie the Pooh ) and Bob Grant ( Merry Menagerie ).

According to the Disney Encyclopedia, the character was voiced by Jim Cummings, however the character is also listed in the voice credits of Peter Cullen.

Voiced by Jim Cummings and physically modeled on Disney animator Bruce Talkington.

Disney, who had acquired the distribution rights, later released the film only in a few foreign markets, leaving Jim Lee frustrated.

The handprints of Jim Varney in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs ( portrayed by puppets ), was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Productions in association with Walt Disney Television and distributed by Buena Vista International, Inc.

An article in IGN in 2001 also mentioned an upcoming Disney release with the title Bears as did Jim Hill of Ain't It Cool News.

In 1996, The Walt Disney Company purchased Jim Jinkins ' company, Jumbo Pictures, along with the rights to Doug.

In the 1967 Disney animation The Jungle Book, Kaa, voiced by Sterling Holloway ( and later, by Jim Cummings after Holloway's death ), is markedly different from his original counterpart.

Many of the original CGL team now forms the elite of the CG and computer world with members going on to Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, Cisco, NVIDIA and others, including Pixar President Ed Catmull, Pixar co-founder and Microsoft Graphics Fellow Alvy Ray Smith, Pixar co-founder Ralph Guggenheim, Walt Disney Feature Animation Chief Scientist Lance Williams, Dreamworks Animator Hank Grebe, Netscape and Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark ( James H. Clark ), Microsoft Graphics Fellow Jim Blinn, Thad Beier, Andrew Glassner and Tom Brigham.

A Disney film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, based on reports of the cryptid, starring William Katt was released in 1985.

Disney gave them a large studio at WED enterprises ; they studied reports of hauntings and Greek myths and monster movies, eventually making quite a show in their private studio.

Kalogridis reports to Al Weiss, president of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

There have been some reports that the Disney film describes this as an actual suicidal action by the lemmings, but the narrator in the film states that the lemmings are likely not attempting suicide, but rather are migrating and upon encountering water, attempt to cross it.

Composer André Previn reports in his book No Minor Chords that he was approached by Disney to work on a sequel, but declined after he learned that the soundtrack was, at that point, conceived of as an orchestration of songs by The Beatles.

There were reports in 2011 that Disney Music Group would start an independent US distribution arm for its label's releases, but as of February 2012, those plans have yet to be enacted.

Disney Security personnel in Florida have investigated traffic accidents and issued accident reports.

The chairman of the group is Ken Bunt, who reports to Alan F. Horn, the chairman of the Walt Disney Studios.

Catmull reports to Walt Disney Company President & CEO Bob Iger as well as Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn.

Staggs reports to Disney CEO Robert Iger.

In the wake of reports from Israeli business newspaper Globes and industry newswire Amusement Management that Disney itself would be involved in the project's development, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts clarified to Fast Company that Disney did not have any plans to involve itself in the building of the park.

Currently, the Resort is overseen by Managing Director Andrew Kam who reports to Bill Ernest, President and Managing Director, Disney Parks & Resorts, Asia.

On 14 June 2012, the Hong Kong Economic Times reports that the Government of Hong Kong is hoping to start discussion with Hong Kong Disneyland about building a second Disney theme park for the resort.

The managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is Andrew Kam, who reports to Bill Ernest, President and Managing Director, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, Asia.

Ernest reports to Al Weiss, president of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

WDTA is headed by Eric Coleman, Vice President of Original Series of WDTA, he reports to Carolina Lightcap, president of Disney Channel.

He reports for Travel Channel and, in the past, hosted Disney Channel, Hot Wired, an educational programme for Channel 4 and Glory ball for Challenge.