2006
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[edit] Events
- February 7 - After 26 years, the last Disney movie released on VHS was Bambi II.
- July 7 - Walt Disney Pictures introduced its current logo in front of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
[edit] Theatrical Releases
- February 17 - Eight Below
- March 10 - The Shaggy Dog, the remake starring Tim Allen, opens to theaters. Reviews were very mixed, and was at a time on the Bottom 100 movies list on the Internet Movie Database and it maintains a 3.4/10 rating as of September 15, 2006.
- April 14 - The Wild
- June 9 - Cars
- July 7 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- November 3 - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
[edit] Theme Park Happenings
- Jaunary 23 - Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! opens in the space of Superstar Limo at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort.
- April 7 - Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort.
- July 13 - Autopia opens at Hong Kong Disneyland.
- July 25 - Matt Ouimet steps down as president of the Disneyland Resort to become president of the Hotel Group of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Ed Grier, former executive managing director of Walt Disney Attractions Japan, takes over as president of the Disneyland Resort.
- July 31 - Disney announces the demise of the "Sword in the Stone" show in the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland as part of the "Year of a Million Dreams" promotion (it will be replaced by another show called the Royal Court Academy).
- August 19 - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! at Disney-MGM Studios closes, almost two years to the day that its Disney's California Adventure counterpart closed.
- September 30 - The Happiest Homecoming on Earth celebration ends. Club Buzz Stage at Disneyland reopens as Tomorrowland Terrace.
- October 2 - The Year of a Million Dreams celebration starts.
[edit] Business
- January 24 - The Walt Disney Company announced that it will acquire Pixar Animation Studios. As part of the merger, Steve Jobs (the owner of Pixar) becomes the chief shareholder in the company. Shortly thereafter, the Feature Animation department is reopened (having been shut down two years earlier), and John Lasseter is put in charge of Imagineering in the theme parks.
- February 9 - The Walt Disney Company regains rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBC Universal, as part of a deal which sent sportscaster Al Michaels from Disney’s ABC and ESPN to NBC Sports.
[edit] Television
- January 20 - High School Musical premieres on Disney Channel and draw an astonishing 7.8 million viewers for its' premiere.
- September 2 - ABC Sports becomes "ESPN on ABC", utilizing ESPN graphics.
