Disneyana Fan Club's Newsletter (Disneyana Dispatch Newsletter)

The Disneyana Fan Club's official publication, the Disneyana Fan Club's Newsletter, includes exciting photos, news and information on the world of Disney, as well as various information on Club news and events.   This fantastic publication is truly a valuable perk of Club Membership, and will delight Disneyana Collectors, Disney History buffs, and Disney Theme Park Visitors alike with its recounting of  special excursions (like our Club trip to Tokyo Disneyland Resort), guest speakers at Club Events (such as Bill Farmer and Margaret Kerry), and exciting interviews.   The Disneyana Fan Club's Newsletter also devotes pages to classified ads, where Club Members can seek to buy, trade or sell items of Disney memorabilia.  Advertising in the Classified section is free to Club Members. You may download a preview of our publication by clicking here.

Become a Club Member today to enjoy current as well as online
back issues of this exclusive, beautiful, publication!

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Issue 102 - July / August / September 2024 Newsletter

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• Disneyland Park Expansion:
  • Walt Disney - A Magical Life
  • Tiana's Bayou Adventure
  • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
• Disney California Adventure Expansion:
  • Avengers Infinity Defense
  • Stark Flight Lab
  • Coco
  • Avatar Experience
• Star Wars & SDI: Defending the Galaxy At The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
• Oogie Boogie Bash - A Disney Halloween Party at Disney California Adventure
• Preview of DFC Expo Fall 2024 Weekend - October 5 - 6, 2024
  • Jim Shull - Disneyana Fan Club's Disney Legend
  • Dennis Tanida - Disneyana Fan Club's Heritage Award
  • Rick Law - Disneyana Fan Club President's Award
  • Saturday's Presenters: Susanne Blakeslee, Kensington Tallman, Darren Yasay, Jimmy Mulligan and Stacia Martin
  • Preview of Silent Auction Items

Issue 101 - April / May / June 2024 Newsletter

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• Animation Meets Artistry: A Recap of the 2024 Annie Awards
• Special Event Recap: DFC Expo Spring 2024
• Dapper Day and Expo
• Norwegian Exposure: The History and Legacy of EPCOT's Maelstrom
• Better Together: A Pixar Celebration
• Preview of DFC Expo Fall 2024
• DFC Expo Fall 2024 Registration Form

Issue 100 - January / February / March 2024 Newsletter

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• Book Reviews: "The Disney Monorail: Imagining a Highway in the Sky" and "The House of the Future: Walt Disney, MIT and Monsanto's Vision of Tomorrow"
• Special Event Recap: DisneyanaMania / DFC Expo Fall 2023
  • DFC's Disney Legends Kim Irvine, Leota Toombs-Thomas, Stacia Martin
  • Presentation By Bambi Moé, Terri Hardin
• Special Event Preview: DFC Expo Weekend Spring 2024
  • DFC's Disney Legend Rebecca Cline
  • DFC's Heritage Award Jeffrey Barnes
  • Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily
  • Kaitlyn Robrock, Voice Talent
  • Michael Vargo, D23

Issue 99 - October / November / December 2023 Newsletter

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• "Oogie Boogie Bash - A Disney Halloween Party"
• At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: "Churro Sestina"
• 100th Happy Haunting Orange County: Walt Disney and the Anaheim Halloween Festival
• "Once Upon A Studio" - Disney's Centennial Spectacle
• Photo Essay: Goofy's Kitchen - Dining With Character
• Photo Essay: "Disney Festival of the Holidays" at Disney California Adventure Park

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​Issue 98 - July / August / September 2023 Newsletter

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• Book Review: "A Portrait of Walt Disney World - 50 Years of the Most Magical Place on Earth"
• Book Review: "Delicious Disney - Walt Disney World - Recipes and Stories From The Most Magical Place on Earth"
• A Purple People Pleaser - 40 Years of Figment
• A Timeless Story of a Hero - The Steve Rogers Story
• Photo Essay: Rogers - The Musical
• Happy Haunts Materialize! Behind the Scenes of Disney's Haunted Mansion Movie
• Preview: DisneyanaMania - DFC's Disney Legends Award and Special Event, October 2023

​Issue 97 - April / May / June 2023 Newsletter

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• Photo Essay: Disneyland's Splash Mountain
• "A Conversation in Pictures - An Afternoon of Animators, Artists, Authors and an Ambassador" - Our May 2023 Special Event Brief Summary
• From Merrie to Muppets: The 2023 Turner Classic Movie Film Festival
• Photo Essay: Celebrating "The Little Mermaid" Live Movie at Disneyland
• Hocus Pocus - A Fan Rejoice! A Fan's Impressions of Monster Palooza in Pasadena
• Photo Essay: Disneyland's After Dark Star Wars Nite
• Photo Essay: Disney;and's After Dark Throwback Nite

​Issue 96 - January / February / March 2023 Newsletter

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• Book: The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age
• Book: From Hollywood to Disneyland
• Mickey Mouse in "Perfect Picnic" Premiere
• Magic Comes To Life: Disneyland's "Magic Happens" Parade
• Photo Essay: Disney California Adventure's Food and Wine Festival

​Issue 95 - October / November / December 2022 Newsletter

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• Inside Stories
  • Marceline Memories
  • At The Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros
  • The Perfect Food Novelty Gift Basket
  • A Rumble in the Jungle: The History and Legacy of Disney's The Jungle Book
  • Celebrating 25 Years of Holidays Around the World: "it's a small world" Anniversary Holiday Overlay
  • Photo Essay: Disney's Festival of Holidays and Flavors of Wakanda at Disney California Adventure

Issue 94 - July / August / September 2022 Newsletter

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• Inside Stories
  • 50 Years of Electric Magic
  • DFC Pumpkin Carving
  • At the Corner of Fantasy and Main
  • Honoring a Legend: TMC - Floyd Norman
  • Culinary Sorcerers of Disneyland

Issue 93 - April / May / June 2022 Newsletter

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• Special Opportunity From Explorer Travel Service to Our Members: Tokyo Disneyland's 40th Anniversary Trip Information!
• Jungle to Jungle: The History and Evolution of Disneyland'sJungle Cruise Attraction
• Disney Bounding: The "Fan-tastic" Fashion Statement
• Photo Essay: Disney California Adventure's Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration - Year of the Tiger
• Local Chapter Event: World Chapter - Florida Premiere of "Peter Pan's Magical World of Neverland" Brunch and Fundraiser

Issue 92 - Special May Event Newsletter

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• Disneyana Fan Club is back in person! Join our May Event
• Guest Speakers:
  • Bob Gurr, Former Walt Disney Imagineer, and a 1997 Disneyana Fan Club Legand
  • Garner Holt, Founder of Garner Holt Productions, and a 2016 Disneyana Fan Club Legend
  • Terri Hardin, Former Walt Disney Imagineer
  • Kim Irvine, Walt Disney Imagineer, daughter of Imagineer Leota Toombs Thomas who passed away on December 21, 1991

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Issue 91 - October / December 2021 Newsletter

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• Disneyana Fan Club's Walt Disney World 50th Celebration Luncheon
• Space 220: An Out Of This World Experience
• Jingle All The Way: The Popularity of the Jungle Cruise Holiday Ovrelay
• "We Wish You the Merriest, the Marriest..."
• The "Dappiest" Place on Earth
• Bob and Chris First Walt Disney World Resort Trip Photo Gallery
• This Is Halloween...

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Issue 90 - July / September 2021 Newsletter

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• Digging Up The Past: Disney's Delightful Dinosaurs
• Assembling An Avenging Land
• The Best of Friends: A Review of "Frank and Ollie (1995)"
• DFC's Local Chapter News

                              Aqualand Chapter, Wisconsin
                              Land of Mickey Chapter, Illinois

• DFC's Local Chapter Presidents Series

                              Ron King - Studio Chapter, California​
                              Warren Harmon - Star of the North Chapter, Minnesota
                              Barb and Jim Cieslak - MountainEars, Washington

Issue 89 - April / June 2021 Newsletter

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• Disneyland Ticket Books
• Mythical, Magical, Monstrous... Disney's Dragons
• Spotlight on Thomas Price, Disneyana Staff Writer
• When The Night Ignites... Disneyand's Fantastic Fantasmic
• Disney Park Puzzles
• DFC's Local Chapter Presidents Series

                              Arlen Miller - World Chapter, Florida​
                              Fred Brogle - Aqualand Chapter, Wisconsin
                              Joann Borek - Land of Mickey Chapter, Illinois

Issue 88 - January / March 2021 Newsletter

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• Gone, But Not Forgotten: Retired Attractions of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom
• Early Walt Disney World Memories
• "Dragons, Unicorns and Griffons, Oh My!" - The Story of Animal Kingdom's Never-Built Beastly Kingdom
• Member's Showcase:  A Tailor-Made Hero -  Schwartz Leads Collection of Cost, Food and Donations
• 12 Books For Year 2021
• Celebrating 50 Years of Magic - Details of the Disneyana Fan Club's upcoming trip to Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary, October 1, 2021
• Meet the Board Members

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Issue 87 - December 2020 Newsletter

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• "Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks - Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter" Book Review
• Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam!
• The Happiest Cruise (2019 AP After Hours Event)
• When Holidays Collide
• EPCOT Storytellers
• Celebrating the Disney Way - Photo Essays with Our Club Members' Various Ways of Celebrating the Holidays
• Holiday Decorating at the Disney Parks - Photo Essay by Our Club Members
• Meet the Board Members

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Issue 86 - October / November 2020 Newsletter

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• DFC's Anniversary Plans for Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary
• "50th Anniversary of the Disney Archives" Exhibit at the Bowers Museum
• The Fun of "Floydering" - Floyd Norman, DFC's Disney Legend
• Walt Disney's Colorado Connection
• Disneyana Fan Club Presents - Virtual Video Presentation Series
• Donations to the Ryman Arts Foundation and the Disneyana Fan Club
• Meet the DFC Board Members
• Looking Back at Some Our Disneyana Fan Club's Disney Legend Award Recipients
• News from Local Chapters - The Studio Chapter

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Issue 85 - July / September / August 2020 Newsletter

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• Membership Extended for All and Reduction of Fees
• Autumn Road Trip to Solvang and Pea Soup Andersen's (with a Disney Twist)
• Looking Back at Our Disneyana Fan Club's Disney Legend Award
• DFC's Disney Legend Award Recipients
• A Review of the Disney Franchise Books in the 1930's and 1940's
• Meet The DFC's Board of Directors Members
• DFC's Early Anniversary Plans for Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary

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Issue 84 - April / May / June 2020 Newsletter

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• Disneyana Fan Club's Plans for Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary
• Mickey Goes To Hollywood
• Greetings From Your New Editor-in-Chief
• DFC's Calendar of Events
• Local Chapter News: Land of Mickey
• A Legend Lunch With The Original Tinkerbell - Margaret Kerry, Legend Extraordinaire!
• A Tribute To The Annies: Animation's Highest Awards
• Upcoming Events
• Disneyana Collectible Show and Sale

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Issue 83 - November / December 2019 Newsletter

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• "A Mermaid's Voice... A Beast's Soul..." Celebrating the Legacy of Howard Ashman
• Our First Trip With Adventures By Disney
• October's Disneyana Collectible Show and Sale Vendors​

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Issue 82 - September / October 2019 Newsletter

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Issue 81 - July / August 2019 Newsletter