Contrary to popular myth, Walt Disney WAS NOT cryogenically frozen when he died.
Oswald the Rabbit, Disney’s first successful cartoon, was traded for sportscaster Al Michaels in 2006.
Mickey Mouse’s original name was Mortimer Mouse, but Walt’s wife thought the name sounded “pompous.”
Neither Mickey Mouse nor the famed “Walt Disney” signature were actually ever drawn by Walt Disney himself.
Walt Disney’s last written words were apparently “Kurt Russell”
When Walt Disney revealed to the world his plans to make an animated feature length adaptation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” many film insiders thought it was going to destroy the company. They dubbed the film “Disney’s Folly.”
Walt Disney was a founding member of the “Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals,” created to defend the film industry against communist infiltration
In 1938, Walt Disney hosted Nazi propagandist and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl at his studio and gave her a tour.
Walt Disney debuted the first Audio-Animatronics at the 1964 World’s Fair
Walt’s apartment, where he often worked, is still above the firehouse on Main Street in Disneyland.
Walt never decorated his home with Disney paraphernalia since he was surrounded by it all day at the studio.
Because Walt was a man of simple tastes (due to his Midwest upbringing), the house was modest compared to the homes of other studio moguls at the time.
There is a hidden screening room built into Walt’s library.
The last film Walt worked on while living at the house was Sleeping Beauty, which he began work on in 1950.
