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All of Walt Disney World literally sparkles with magic and whimsy, but the Disney Magic Kingdom is certainly the most special part of the Disney World complex. While many refer to the entire Disney resort as the Magic Kingdom, indeed, there is one special park that bears the name. The Disney Magic Kingdom was the very first park to open at the Orlando, Florida resort. Modeled after the original Disneyland Park, which opened in Anaheim, California in 1955, Florida's Disney Magic Kingdom arrived in 1971 boasting new and better attractions, a larger castle, and much, much more. When the pa...

Tinkerbell was the jealous pixie/fairy who glowed brightest for Peter Pan. Her voice sang like a tinkling bell and a sprinkle of her pixie dust could make you fly. Tinkerbell is traditionally staged as a flying point of light beamed from offstage. She was called Tinker Bell because she mended the pots and kettles, a tinker is a tin worker, and with her magic wand led Peter Pan through the ins and outs of Never Never Land reminding us of a time in everyone's childhood when danger and adventure lured us into the possibilities of the imagination to believe in Fairies, to this day she is one o...

Beast is, in my opinion, one of the very finest pieces of Disney character animation. A complex and interesting character, he was bought into being by Glen Keane, a Supervising Animator who has since worked on the characters of Aladdin and Pocahontas, and is currently scheduled to do lead animation for the forthcoming Tarzan. So why do I reckon that Beast is such a great example of Keane's work? Well, great animation is largely about emotion - evoking and building that emotional response in an audience. When you see a piece of animation for the first time, you have no earlier referen...

Belle, the go-it-alone, independent heroine and salvation of Beast was animated by James Baxter. Receiving a series of 'battlefield promotions' during production on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and later on Beauty and the Beast, this moved Baxter into the animation of a major character. Belle's appearance was developed from a sketch by story man Roger Allers, slightly modified to give her 'a more European look' - the shape and angle of her eyes, in particular, were intended to give her a more mature appearance than earlier heroines. Inspiration for angle and perspective - cruc...

Featuring the voices of: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Bradley Michael Pierce, Rex Everhart Directors: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Producer: Don Hahn Screenplay: Linda Woolverton Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman U.S. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney's 1991 instant classic, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, is not only the finest animated movie ever made, but deserves a prominent position on any list of all-time greats. Although not the highest grossing Disney production, nor the best-remembered by...

Once upon a time . . . as a merchant set off for market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but the third, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all, said to her father: "All I'd like is a rose you've picked specially for me!" When the merchant had finished his business, he set off for home. However, a sudden storm blew up, and his horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale. Cold and weary, the merchant had lost all hope of...

[Gaston:] The Beast will make off with your children. [Mob:] {gasp} [Gaston:] He'll come after them in the night. [Belle:] No! [Gaston:] We're not safe till his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast! [Mob:] Kill him! [Man I:] We're not safe until he's dead [Man II:] He'll come stalking us at night [Woman:] Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite [Man III:] He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free [Gaston:] So it's tim...

[Belle:] Is he gone? Can you imagine? He asked me to marry him. Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless . . . "Madame Gaston!" Can't you just see it? "Madame Gaston!" His "little wife" No sir! Not me! I guarantee it I want much more than this provincial life I want adventure in the great wide somewhere I want it more than I can tell And for once it might be grand To have someone...

[Belle:] Little town It's a quiet village Ev'ry day Like the one before Little town Full of little people Waking up to say: [Townsfolk:] Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! [Belle:] There goes the baker with his tray, like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Ev'ry morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this poor provincial to...

So this is love, Mmmmmm So this is love So this is what makes life divine I'm all aglow, Mmmmmm And now I know The key to all heaven is mine My heart has wings, Mmmmmm And I can fly I'll touch ev'ry star in the sky So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of Mmmmmm Mmmmmm So this is love

Smith If I never knew you If I never felt this love I would have no inkling of How precious life can be And if I never held you I would never have a clue How at last I'd find in you The missing part of me In this world so full of fear Full of rage and lies I can see the truth so clear In your eyes So dry your eyes And I'm so grateful to you I'd have lived my whole life through Lost forever If I never knew you Pocahontas If I never knew you I'd be safe but half as real Never knowing I could feel A love so strong and true I&...

Following the leader, the leader, the leader We're following the leader wherever he may go We won't be home till morning, till morning We won't be home till morning Because he told us so Tee dum, tee dee A teedle ee do tee day We're out for fun And this is the game we play: Come on, join in And sing your troubles away With a teedle ee dum A teedle do tee day We're following the leader, the leader, the leader We're following the leader wherever he may go We won't be home till morning, till morning We won't be home till morning ...

There's something sweet And almost kind But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined And now he's dear And so I'm sure I wonder why I didn't see it there before She glanced this way I thought I saw And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw No it can't be I'll just ignore But then she's never looked at me that way before New and a bit alarming Who'd have ever thought that this could be? True that he's no Prince Charming But there's something in him that I simply didn't see Well, who'd have though...

Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner! Be our guest Be our guest Put our service to the test Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie And we provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d'oeuvres hy, we only live to serve Try the grey stuff, it's delicious Don't believe me? Ask the dishes They can sing They can dance After all, Miss, this is France And a dinner here is never second b...

Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities Old Mother Nature's recipes That brings the bare necessities of life Wherever I wander, wherever I roam I couldn't be fonder of my big home The bees are buzzin' in the tree To make some honey just for me When you look under the rocks and plants And take a glance at the fancy ants Then maybe try a few The bare necessities of life will come to you They'll come to you! Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget...

Look at me I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see That if I were truly to be myself I would break my fam'ly's heart Who is that girl I see Staring straight Back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide Who I am Though I've tried When will my reflection show Who I am inside? When will my reflection show Who I am inside?

This is what you give me to work with? Well, honey, I've seen worse We're going to turn this sow's ear Into a silk purse We'll have you Washed and dried Primped and polished till you glow with pride Trust my recipe for instant bride You'll bring honor to us all Wait and see When we're through Boys will gladly go to war for you With good fortune and a great hairdo You'll bring honor to us all

Tinker Bell is the jealous pixie who glows brightest for Peter Pan. Her voice sings like a tinkling bell and a sprinkle of her pixie dust can make you fly. But this sprite can turn spiteful if she suspects that Peter's attentions are diverted to anyone but herself. It's bad enough that she has to compete with Never Land's other adoring females (the mermaids and Princess Tiger Lily), but now Peter's brought back this Wendy person from London. Tink would lay down her life for Peter, but he's too busy playing Wendy's hero to care. Somehow she'll find a way to settle th...

Peter Pan is back, courtesy of Disney Television Animation, in a new theatrical feature film as part of Disney's quest to turn its classics into animated sequels. While most animated sequels go direct to video, Disney is giving some -- like Peter Pan: Return to Never Land -- a widescreen release first. For this rendition of the story, Wendy is all grown up with children of her own, and as the Blitzkrieg rages, she calms them with tales of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. Wendy's stubborn 12-year-old daughter, Jane, has no patience for such nonsense… until Captain Hook hims...

In 1992, Disney's animated film "Aladdin" opened to great critical acclaim and boffo box office biz (as they say in the industry). "Aladdin" has since become one of the most successful animated movies of all time. Success breeds success, so it should come as no surprise that Disney has opted to turn "Aladdin" into a Broadway-style musical. But, unlike the wildly popular "Beauty and the Beast" that become a favorite on the Great White Way, Disney has ignored Broadway in favor of a new locale: Disney's California Adventure. That's right. Disney's "Aladdin-a Musical Spectacula...