2001

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[edit] Events

• Disney Interactive acquired Saban Interactive.
• Buena Vista Games founded, with Disney Interactive being a children's division of BVG.

[edit] Theatrical Releases

• February 16 - Recess: School's Out
• June 8 - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• August 3 - The Princess Diaries
• November 2 - Monsters, Inc.

[edit] Theme Park Happenings

• January 9 - Downtown Disney opens at the Disneyland Resort.
• February 8 - Disney's California Adventure opens.
• May 6 - A tree in Disneyland's Frontierland, which had been there since the park open falls over, injuring 29 people.
• September ] - Tokyo DisneySea opens.
• September 11 -September 12 - Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort close due to the terrorist attacks in the northeast. All hotels remain open.
• September 13 - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! premieres at Disney's California Adventure to very low crowds due to the terrorist attacks halting travel two days before.