Disney Afternoon Avenue at Disneyland.
Muppet*Vision 3D opens at the Disney-MGM Studios park.
Simply Mad About the Mouse
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 18 - White Fang
- February 1 - Run (Hollywood Pictures)
- March 1 - Shipwrecked
- April 5 - The Marrying Man (Hollywood Pictures)
- April 26 - Oscar (Touchstone Pictures)
- May 3 - One Good Cop (Hollywood Pictures)
- May 17 - What About Bob? (Touchstone Pictures)
- May 24 - Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
- June 21 - The Rocketeer
- July 12 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians (final re-issue)
- October 11 - Ernest Scared Stupid (Touchstone Pictures)
- November 22 - Beauty and the Beast is a huge financial success and is released to critical acclaim.
- December 20 - Father of the Bride (Touchstone Pictures)
Television
- February 22 - Adventures of the Gummi Bears airs its final episode.
- March 31 - Darkwing Duck premieres on the Disney Channel. It would begin running in syndication and on ABC on September 7.
- April 26 - Dinosaurs, a co-production between Walt Disney Television and Jim Henson Productions, premieres on ABC.
- August 8 - TaleSpin airs its final episode.
- December 14 - Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too premieres on ABC.
Video games
- Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse for Sega Genesis
- Mickey's Runaway Zoo for Commodore 64
- TaleSpin for NES
- Fantasia for Sega Genesis
- The Little Mermaid for NES
- The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck for Game Gear
- May - Mickey's Dangerous Chase for Game Boy
- December 19 - Quackshot for Sega Genesis
Theme park happenings
- Walt Disney World celebrates its 20th anniversary.
- March 15 - Disney Afternoon Avenue opens at Disneyland.
- May 16 - Muppet*Vision 3D opens at the Disney-MGM Studios.
Albums
- October 1 - Simply Mad About the Mouse
Comics
- April - Disney Comics adds a regular TaleSpin title to their line-up.
- August - Goofy Adventures is canceled
- September - DuckTales, Mickey Mouse Adventures, and Roger Rabbit are cancelled
- October - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Roger Rabbit's Toontown, and TaleSpin are canceled
Books
VHS releases
- February 6 - Taking Care of Business (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- March 6 - Arachnophobia (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- March 15 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
- May 3 - The Jungle Book
- May 8 -
- Three Men and a Little Lady (Touchstone Home Video)
- Mr. Destiny (Touchstone Home Video)
- June 7 -
- June 12 -
- Green Card (Touchstone Home Video)
- White Fang
- June 28 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Volume 6: All's Well That Ends Well and Volume 7: King of the Beasties
- July 12 -
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (re-issue)
- Mary Poppins (re-issue)
- Pete's Dragon (re-issue)
- Robin Hood (re-issue)
- Dumbo (re-issue)
- Alice in Wonderland (re-issue)
- The Sword in the Stone (re-issue)
- July 17 -
- Shipwrecked
- Run (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- July 19 - The Brave Little Toaster
- August 9 - TaleSpin (4 VHS)
- August 14 - Scenes from a Mall (Touchstone Home Video)
- September 11 -
- September 20 - The Rescuers Down Under
- October 2 - The Marrying Man (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- October 10 - One Good Cop (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- November 1 - Fantasia
- November 6 - What About Bob? (Touchstone Home Video)
- November 13 - V.I. Warshawski (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
Direct-to-video releases
- September 27 - Simply Mad About The Mouse
- The Magic of Christmas at Walt Disney World
- A Day at Disneyland
Business
- December 18 - Disney buys the distribution rights to the Jim Henson Company library.
People
Births
- January 18 - Britt McKillip (actress and musician)
- January 28 - Calum Worthy (actor and musician)
- February 10 - Emma Roberts (actress, model and singer)
- February 17 - Bonnie Wright (actress, fashion model, screenwriter, director and producer)
- February 21 - Rose Reynolds (actress)
- February 28 - Sarah Bolger (actress)
- March 19 - Garrett Clayton (actor)
- March 28 - Amy Bruckner (actress and singer)
- April 3 - Hayley Kiyoko (actress and singer)
- April 10 - Amanda Michalka (actress and singer)
- May 15 - Mollee Gray (actress and singer)
- May 19 - Jordan Pruitt (singer)
- June 18 - Willa Holland (actress and model)
- June 29 - Tajja Isen (Canadian actress and singer-songwriter)
- July 5 - Jason Dolley (actor)
- July 9 - Mitchell Musso (actor)
- July 15 - Emily Roeske (actress
- August 6 - Kacey Rohl (actress)
- August 13 - Nikita Hopkins (actor)
- August 16 - Yūki Tokiwa (Japanese voice actor) and G.E.M. (Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter, music producer, actress)
- August 17 - Austin Butler (actor, singer and model)
- August 27 - Kasha Kropinski (actress)
- August 28 - Kyle Massey (actor and singer)
- September 7 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
- September 9 - Kelsey Chow (actress)
- September 17 - Mena Massoud (actor)
- September 20 - Spencer Locke (actress)
- October 6 - Roshon Fegan (actor, singer and dancer)
- November 18 - Rory Thost (actor and voice actor)
- November 30 - Sydney White (actress)
- December 26 - Eden Sher (actress)
- December 27 - Chloe Bridges (actress)
Deaths
- January 2 - John Raring (singer, musician and choral arranger)
- January 30 - John McIntire (character actor)
- February 1 - Jimmy MacDonald (voice and sound effects artist)
- February 3 - Nancy Kulp (actress)
- March 14 - Howard Ashman (lyricist)
- April 28 - Ken Curtis (singer and actor)
- May 6 - Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor)
- September 4 - Tom Tryon (film and television actor)
- September 24 - Dr. Seuss (writer, poet and cartoonist)
- September 27 - Floyd Huddleston (composer)
- September 29 - Ronald Lacey (actor); Lou Nova (boxer, actor)
- November 5 - Fred MacMurray (actor)
- November 25 - Eleanor Audley (actress)
- December 21 - Leota Toombs (artist and Imagineer)
- December 29 - Tony Strobl (comics artist and animator)
Character debuts
- April 7 - Honker Muddlefoot, Professor Moliarty
- April 21 - Tuskernini
- April 28 - Ammonia Pine
- May 5 - Bushroot
- May 12 - Jambalaya Jake
- June 1 - Steelbeak
- July 6 - Megavolt
- September 6 - Taurus Bulba, Hammerhead Hannigan, Hoof and Mouth
- September 28 - Morgana Macawber
- October 1 - Quackerjack
- October 2 - Negaduck
- November 22 - Belle, Beast, Gaston, Lumière, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip Potts, LeFou, the Bimbettes, Maurice, Monsieur D'Aquire, Wardrobe, Sultan, Palanquin, Fifi
1991