Tag: Missouri
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Tickets Now on Sale For D23 Premiere Event – Disney100: The Exhibition in Kansas City, MO
Disney100: The Exhibition in Kansas City will soon be welcoming guests to the Union Station to explore the history and legacy of The Walt Disney Company. To kick off the opening of this exhibit and its arrival in Kansas City, D23 is hosting a premiere event on May 24, 2024. The event will include early…
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Disney100: The Exhibition to Open in May 2024 at Union Station in Kansas City
Walt Disney’s roots can be traced back to Chicago, Marceline, and Kansas City, but it’s in Kansas City where Walt walked as a young boy and again as a budding entrepreneur. Recently, Union Station officials, alongside representatives from the Walt Disney Archives, announced the opening date for the Kansas City run of Disney100: The Exhibition – presented…
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D23 Members to Return to Marceline, Missouri
The Disney100 Celebration continues throughout the year with many special events to celebrate this magical milestone. D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will celebrate a century of storytelling with a return to Walt Disney’s hometown, Marceline, Missouri! Walt’s childhood memories in this small town provided a fount of inspiration during his career. “I’m glad I’m…
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Thank You Walt Disney, Inc. Receives $2 Million Grant for Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Thank You Walt Disney, Inc. has received a $2 million grant to help bring what was once Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio back to life. The grant was announced by U.S. House Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. Cleaver, the former mayor of Kansas City said that the city has to do everything it can to honor one of…
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Laugh-O-Gram Studios Looks to Start $7 Million Renovation Project in 2023
Walt Disney’s original studio, the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri is hoping to begin a $7 million renovation project in 2023. The non-profit, Thank You Walt Disney Inc. is working to renovate the property that was a part of the early career of Walt Disney. The property, found on Troost Avenue, has been under…
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Celebrate Walt Disney’s Marceline with D23
Marceline, Missouri is one of those places that should be on every Walt Disney fans’ bucket list to visit. This is the small town that inspired not only Walt’s career but of course, Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland as well. Walt once said, “I’m glad I’m a small-town boy, and I’m glad Marceline was my…
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Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-gram Studio Restoration Hit By Car
Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio restoration has hit a setback. A car hit the building where Walt Disney founded his first studio. Thank You Walt Disney, Inc has been working towards “saving Walt Disney’s Kansas City history and providing a place for art and animation study, while encouraging confidence and entrepreneurial individualism.“ In a Tweet this…
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Interview with Peter Whitehead, the Creative Director of the Walt Disney Hometown Museum at the D23 Expo
Marceline, Missouri is the town that Walt Disney considered home. Take a walk down Main Street, USA at Disneyland and you see the recreation of Marceline’s downtown in Walt Disney’s idealized form. Walt Disney always continued to have a connection with Marceline and returned throughout his life and also made some donations to the town. This…
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Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri
Although only in use for a couple of years by Walt Disney, the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri played a pivotal role in his life and the history of the Walt Disney Company and legacy. Founded in 1921, Laugh-O-Gram Films was where Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks found the inspiration for what would become Mickey Mouse.…
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Bring Marceline Home
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Last month, Marceline, was screened in front of D23 members who visited to Marceline, Missouri as a part of the Disney D23’s Journey to Marceline event. Following the success of the screening of Marceline in Marceline, Andy and Sara Neitzert have now made this wonderful documentary available…
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Marceline – a Movie Review by Mr. DAPs
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Marceline, Missouri is an almost mythical place to Disney fans. Those who know the history of Walt Disney know that this is that place he associated with his childhood. It was the place he fashioned Main Street, USA after at Disneyland. Some in Marceline even say that…
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Hand Paint Haunted Mansion Parasol Part of Raffle for Thank You Walt Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion Costume Ball”
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Thank You Walt Disney, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri in an order to preserve an important part of Walt Disney’s life and history. On October 15, 2011 they will be hosting “The Haunted Mansion Costume Ball” at…