Theatrical releases

• March 8 - Oz: The Great and Powerful was released in theaters to mixed reviews.
• May 3 - Iron Man 3 was released in theaters to positive reviews.
• June 21 - Monsters University will be released in theaters.
• July 3 - The Lone Ranger will be released in theaters.
• August 9 - Planes will be released in theaters.
• November 15 - Thor: The Dark World will be released in theaters.
• November 27 - Frozen will be released in theaters.
• December 20 - Saving Mr. Banks will be released in theaters.

Television

• January 7 - Motorcity ends its run on Disney XD.
• January 11 - Sofia the First premiered on Disney Junior.
• March 15 - A final Wizards of Waverly Place special aired on Disney Channel.
• March 28 - Disney Cinemagic ceased operations in the United Kingdom, and was succeeded by Sky Movies Disney.
• May - Dan Sue May will premiere on Disney Channel
• May 26 - A preview of Marvel's Avengers Assemble will be seen on Disney XD.
• June 28 - Mickey Mouse will premiere on Disney Channel.
• July 7 - Marvel’s Avengers Assemble officially premieres on Disney XD.
• July 19- Teen Beach Movie will premiere on the Disney Channel.
• Summer - Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel will premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney XD.
• August 11 - Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. will premiere on Disney XD.
• A movie based on Jessie will premiere on the Disney Channel.
• Summer - Wander Over Yonder will premiere on the Disney Channel.
• September - Sheriff Callie's Wild West will premiere on Disney Junior.
• October - Toy Story of Terror will air on Disney Channel.
• Girl Meets World will premiere on the Disney Channel.

Home video

• January 8 - Frankenweenie (DVD, Blu-ray + DVD, and Blu-ray 3D + Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy)
• February 5 - Peter Pan Diamond Edition (Blu-ray + DVD; 3-disc set with digital copy, and 1-Disc DVD Edition) and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's the Wizard of Dizz
• February 19 - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Volume 6, Monsters Inc. (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)
• February 26 - Phineas and Ferb: Animal Agents (DVD)
• March 5 - Wreck-It Ralph (DVD, Blu-ray + DVD, and Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (DVD) The Weekenders Volume 1 and Volume 2 (DVD)
• March 12 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray), Brother Bear & Brother Bear II (Blu-ray), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame & The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (Blu-ray) Mulan 15th Anniversary and Mulan II (Blu-ray)
• April 2 - The Avengers (10-disc Blu-ray collection)
• April 16 - Wings of Life (DVD and Blu-Ray)
• April 30 - Goof Troop: Volume 1 and Volume 2 (DVD)
• May 7 - Finding Nemo (DVD), Monsters, Inc. (DVD), Doc McStuffins: Time for Your Check Up (DVD)
• May 21 - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Quest for the Crystal Mickey! and My Neighbor Totoro (Blu-ray)
• June - Oz: The Great and Powerful (DVD, Blu-ray + DVD, and Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)
• June 11 - The Emperor's New Groove & Kronk's New Groove (Blu-ray + DVD), Atlantis: The Lost Empire & Atlantis: Milo Returns (Blu-ray + DVD), and Lilo & Stitch & Lilo & Stitch II: Stitch Has a Glitch (Blu-ray + DVD)
• June 18 - Shake It Up: Mix It Up, Laugh It Up (DVD), and Good Luck Charlie: Enjoy the Ride (DVD)
• June 25 - The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (DVD)
• August 6 - Oliver and Company (Blu-ray + DVD), The Sword in the Stone (Blu-ray + DVD), and Robin Hood (Blu-ray + DVD)
• August 13 - The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
• August 20 - Return to Neverland (Blu-ray)
• August 27 - Super Buddies (DVD), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Blu-ray + DVD)
• Fall - Monsters University (DVD, Blu-ray + DVD, and Blu-ray 3D + Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy), Iron Man 3
• October 1 - The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition (Blu-ray + DVD; 4-disc set with digital copy, and 1-Disc DVD Edition).

Soundtracks

• Jaunary 29 - Disney Favorites, Disney's Karaoke Series: Shake It Up
• Feburary 12 - Sofia the First, Club Penguin: Party Starts Now
• March 5 - Songs & Story: Wreck-It Ralph
• March 12 - Shake It Up: I <3 Dance
• March 19 - Songs & Story: Mulan
• June 18 - Monsters University, Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is In, Songs & Story: Jake & The Never Land Pirates and Minnie's Favorites
• June 25 - The Lone Ranger
• July 16 - Teen Beach Movie

Theme parks

• January 14 - Sweet Duffy 2013 began at Tokyo DisneySea.
• January 21 - Souffle, the Disney UniBEARsity bear, based on the likeness of the Cheshire Cat was released to celebrate its 2nd anniversary.
• March 12 - The Fantasy Faire area opened at Disneyland.
• March 14 - Sweet Duffy 2013 at Tokyo DisneySea ends.
• March 18 - Mickey & Duffy's Spring Voyage 2013 began at Tokyo DisneySea.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}
• April 15 - Tokyo Disney Resort celebrates its 30th anniversary, under the theme "The Happiness Year". Happiness is Here, a parade at Tokyo Disneyland, as part of the resort's 30th anniversary celebrations, debuted on the same date. Happiness Greeting on the Sea, a nautical-themed show at Tokyo DisneySea, debuted as part of the celebrations.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}
• May 7 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue opened at Tokyo Disneyland.
• Spring - Mystic Point will open at Hong Kong Disneyland.
• Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom will start construction.

Books

NOTE: Release dates subject to change.

• January 2 - The Muppets: For the Love of Piggy
• January 8 - Alice in Wonderland, Bambi's Hide and Seek, Jasmine and the Star of Persia, Doc McStuffins: Run Down Race Car, Doc McStuffins: Bubble Trouble, Doc McStuffins: Caught Blue-Handed, Doc McStuffins: Loud Louie, Disney Fairies: In a Blink, Disney Fairies: A Space Between, Jake and the Never Land Pirates: A Noisy Treasure, Planes Junior Novelization, A Princess Easter, Jasmine: The Jewel Orchard, Mulan, Phineas and Ferb: Destination: Amazon!, Wreck-It Ralph: Candy Karts, Wreck-It Ralph: Fast Kart, Slow Kart, Peter Pan, and Peter Pan Read-Along Storybook and CD
• January 10 - Club Penguin: Agent Rookie's Secret Mission
• January 15 - Disney Princess Read-Along Storybook and CD, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Top O'The Clubhouse, and Phineas and Ferb: The Sky's the Limit!
• January 22 - Art of Oz: The Great and Powerful, Mickey & Friends: Goofy at Bat: A Rhyming Reader, Mickey & Friends: Mickey's Birthday, and Oz (Film) Junior Novel
• January 29 - Shake It Up!: Step by Step
• February 5 - Disney 5-Minute Fairy Tales and Disney It's A Small World: Around-the-World Safari, Oz: The Great and Powerful Junior Novel, The Witches of Oz, and The Muppets: Easter Eggstravaganza!
• February 12 - Disney Princess: P is for Princess and Phineas and Ferb: Boggie Down
• February 19 - Cars: Take-Along Tales, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Tales: Classic Stories , Spider-Man's Greatest Battles , and Avengers's Greatest Battles
• February 26 - The Disney Difference
• March 1 - Aladdin - Wishes Can Come True, Learn to Draw Disney's Enchanted Princesses and Aladdin: Moonlight Ride
• March 5 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates Read-Along Storybook and CD, Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Save Me, Smee!, Mickey & Friends: Goofy at Bat: A Rhyming Reader, Mickey & Friends: Mickey's Birthday, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Key to Skull Rock
• March 12 - Minnie's Bow-Toons: Blooming Bows
• March 19 -Iron Man's Greatest Battles The Story of Iron Man, and Disney Buddies: Meet the Buddies
• March 26 - How to Act Like a Kid and Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables
• April 2 - Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage, Iron Man 3 Junior Novel, Iron Man Fights Back, Iron Man : Suits of Armor, and The Muppets: Fozzie's Funny Business
• April 9 - Disney Princess: Tiara Time
• April 16 - Minnie's Big Bow Party
• May 7 - Phineas and Ferb: Doodle-Inator, Teen Beach Movie junior novel, Frankenweenie: A Graphic Novel, and Tomorrowland: A Graphic Novel
• May 14 - Monsters University junior novel, This Is Monstropolis!, Monsters University Read-Along Storybook and CD, Marvel's Iron Man 3: The Art of the Movie Slipcase, Monsters, Inc. Storybook Collection, and Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Where No Muppet Has Gone Before
• May 16 - Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World®'s Best Kept Secrets
• May 21 - The Lone Ranger junior novel
• May 28 - Doc McStuffins: All Stuffed Up and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Tales: Classic Stories
• June 4 - Disney Jake & the Never Land Pirates Yo Ho! Let's Go!
• June 11 - Mickey & Friends: Donald Takes a Trip
• June 15 - Disney Pixar: Planes: Look and Find and Sofia the FIrst: The Perfect Tea Party
• June 18 - Doc McStuffins: Engine Nine, Feelin' Fine! and Disney Infinity: Infinite Possibilities
• June 25 - Cars: Driving School
• July 2 - Doc McStuffins: The Mermaid Dives In, Disney Planes: The Essential Guide, Planes Built For Speed, Part of Their World, Planes Junior Novelization, Planes Read-Along Storybook and CD, Planes: Dusty's Great Race
• July 9 - Baby Einstein: Who Is That? and Ultimate Spider-Man: Why I Hate Gym
• July 23 - Disney Buddies: The Halloween Visitor, Jake and the Neverland Pirates: The Pirate Pup, Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Trick or Treasure?, Phineas and Ferb: Invasion of the Evil Platypus Clones / Night of the Giant Floating Baby Head, Rapunzel's Royal Wedding/Belle's Royal Wedding, Princesses and Puppies, Sofia the First: The Perfect Tea Party, Five Tales from the Road, Cars: Time Travel Mater, Disney Princess: Princesses and Puppies, Phineas and Ferb: Science Nerds Rule!, Cars: Deputy Mater Saves the Day!, Phineas and Ferb: Ghost Stories, Phineas and Ferb: Lights, Camera, Perry?, Doc McStuffins: Boomer Gets His Bounce Back, Winnie the Pooh: Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin, The Little Mermaid Junior novelization, and Princess Adventure Stories
• July 30 - The Little Mermaid Read-Along Storybook and CD ', Minnie & Daisy Best Friends Forever: Dance Jitters, Sofia the First Read-Along Storybook and CD: Once Upon a Princess, and Sofia the First: The Halloween Ball
• August 1 - Learn to Draw Disney's The Little Mermaid: Learn to Draw Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder, Ursula, and Other Favorite Characters Step by Step!
• August 6 - Jessie: New Nanny
• August 13 - Disney Buddies: Budderball's First Fair, Doc McStuffins: Brontosaurus Breath, and Sofia the First: All Croaked Up
• August 27 - The Kree-Skrull War
• September 3 - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince, Doc McStuffins Read-Along Storybook and CD: Doctoring the Doc, Shake It Up: Born to Dance, Sofia the First: Ready to be a Princess, and The Muppets: Bunsen and Beaker Save the Show
• September 10 - Christmas in the Castle, Doc McStuffins: Jingle Bell Doc, Merry Christmas, Woody, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Super Adventure, Phineas and Ferb: Not a Creature Was Stirring, Except for a Platypus, Doc McStuffins: Snowman Surprise, and Sofia the First: Holiday in Enchancia
• September 12 - Handsome Heroes and Vile Villains: Masculinity in Disney's Feature Films
• September 17 - Tiana: The Stolen Jewel, Doc McStuffins: Doctor Bag, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables
• September 24 - Sofia the First The Floating Palace and Super Buddies Junior Novel
• October 1 - Spider-Man: Spidey's New Costume, Learn to Draw Your Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters: Featuring Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Lightning McQueen, Mater, and other favorite characters, Tinker Bell: An Evolution, Frozen Junior Novelization, Frozen Read-Along Storybook and CD, Frozen: A Sister More Like Me, 5-Minute Snuggle Stories, Wreck-It Ralph: President Vanellope’s First Year, The Disney Princess Cookbook, and Disney Frozen The Icy Journey
• October 8 - Doc McStuffins: Chilly Catches a Cold, It's Your Call: Phineas and Ferb: It's Your Call: Secret Agent Showdown, Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Bucky Makes a Splash, Thor: The Dark World Junior Novel, Mickey & Friends: Goofy's Sledding Contest, and Minnie: Case of the Missing Sparkle-izer
• October 15 - Winter is for Snow
• October 29 - Jerry Bruckheimer: When Lightning Strikes: Four Decades of Filmmaking
• November 5 - Secrets of Walt Disney World
• November 12 - Phineas and Ferb: Let's Bounce!
• December 3 - Jessie: Crush Crazy
• December 17 - Disney Buddies: Puppy Love and Minnie: Minnie's Valentine

Video games

• March 14 - Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (in Japan)
• Summer - DuckTales Remastered
• August 6 - Planes (3DS, DS, Wii U, Wii)
• August 13 - Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff (Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, DS, 3DS)
• August 18 - Disney INFINITY (Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, IOS, PC/Mac, 3DS, PlayStation 3)
• September 10 - Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX (In North America and Europe) (PlayStation 3)

People

Deaths

• January 6 - Huell Howser (television personality)
• January 7 - David R. Ellis (director and stuntman)
• January 30 - Patty Andrews (singer)
• February 1 - Ed Koch (lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and television reality show "judge"/arbitrator)
• March 1 - Bonnie Franklin (actress)
• March 28 - Richard Griffiths (actor)
• March 30 - Phil Ramone (recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer)
• April 2 - Jane Henson (puppeteer and wife of Jim Henson)
• April 4 - Roger Ebert (journalist, film critic, and screenwriter)
• April 8 - Annette Funicello (Actress, singer, Mousketeer)
• April 11 - Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor and artist)
• April 15 - Richard LeParmentier (actor)
• May 7 - Ray Harryhausen (effects creator, writer and producer)
• May 12 - Constantino Romero (Spanish dub actor)

Merchandise

• March - The "Chogokin (Super Alloy) King Robot Mickey & Friends" figure will go on sale, only in Japan.^[25]

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Events

• May 11 - Merida joined the Disney Princess Line-up with a coronation ceremony.^[27]
• October 12-14 - The D23 Expo will be held at the Tokyo Disney Resort.^[28]

Character Debuts

• Janaury 13 - Prince Hugo, Minimus
• January 21 - Souffle
• Feburary 1 - Goodwin the Great, Winifred
• Feburary 22 - Princess Vivian, Crackle
• March 1 - Lyla Lolliberry, Professor Bannister
• March 8 - China Girl, Oscar Diggs, Evanora the Wicked Witch of the East, Finley, Glinda the Good Witch of the South, Theodora the Wicked Witch of the West, Winged Baboons, Winkie Guards
• March 15 - Mermando
• May 3 - The Mandarin, Aldrich Killian, Maya Hansen
• Summer - Wander, Sylvia, Lord Hater, Peepers
• August 9 - Chug, Dusty Crophopper, Dottie, Leadbottom, Ned & Zed, Skipper Riley, Ripslinger
• November 27 - Anna, Elsa the Snow Queen, Kristoff, Hans, Olaf, Sven

References