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December 16th in Disney History
Below is a listing of some key openings and closings on this date in Disney History. This includes theme park attration opening and closing dates, movie releases, television premieres as well as my pictures from this date over the years. If you see an important date we are missing drop us an email.

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Disney Milestones
Year Event Note
1952 WED Enterprises founded
Opened: Dec 16, 1952
72 Year Anniversary

Movie Releases & Television Premieres

Year Movie / Show Note
1977 Candleshoe
Walt Disney Pictures

Opened: Dec 16, 1977
47 Year Anniversary
2022 Avatar: The Way Of Water
20th Century Studios

Opened: Dec 16, 2022
2 Year Anniversary

Disney Parks (Attractions, Shops, Dining, Resorts & Cruise Line)

Year Attraction / Resort / Restaurant / Shop / Cruise Line Note
1983 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Opened: Dec 16, 1983
41 Year Anniversary
1989 One Man's Dream, a celebration of Walt Disney
Disneyland

Opened: Dec 16, 1989
Closed: Apr 29, 1990
35 Year Anniversary of opening
2019 Disney's Riviera Resort
Opened: Dec 16, 2019
5 Year Anniversary
2022 Disney's DuckTales World Showcase Adventure
Epcot

Opened: Dec 16, 2022
2 Year Anniversary of opening

Disney Parks Events & Festivals:

 

Disney Related Book Releases on this date:

Below are links to reviews in the Geek's Library section of books released on this date that are in my collection.

No book's published on this date in the Geek's Library

 

Disneygeek.com Disney Parks Picture Set:
Picture sets from my visits to a Disney Parks around the world on this date including Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland -

Disneyland Resort December 16, 2022
Disneyland Resort - Friday, December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022

Holiday Entertainment, Disney 100 Merchandise, and Guido with his holiday scarf highlight this relaxing visit to the Disneyland Resort.

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Walt Disney World Resort December 16, 2019
Walt Disney World Resort - Dec 10-18, 2019
Day 7 - Disney Skyliner, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Riviera Resort, Epcot, Yacht Club & Magic Kingdom
December 16, 2019

Spent some time on the Disney Skyliner today as well as a visit to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Riviera Resort that opened today. Then a Skyliner flight to Epcot and walk around the park checking out some of the construction projects. Made my way to the Yacht Club for dinner and to see the Christmas decorations then off to the Magic Kingdom for the evening.

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Disneyland Resort December 16, 2016
Disneyland Resort - Friday, December 16, 2016
December 16, 2016

A look at the new security checkpoints, ongoing projects and Christmas Festivities cold and windy fall visit.

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Walt Disney World Resort December 16, 2013
Walt Disney World Resort - December 9-16, 2013
Day 8 - Animal Kingdom
December 16, 2013

Our last day featured a quick trip to the Animal Kingdom for a few hours before waiting for the Magical Express Bus.

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Disneyland Resort December 16, 2011
Disneyland Resort - Friday, December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011

In this update I take a look at Cars Land, Buena Vista Street, as well as some random shots as I roamed the parks on this surprisingly not busy day at the Disneyland Resort.

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Walt Disney World Resort December 16, 2009
Walt Disney World Resort - December 9-16, 2009
Day 8 - Epcot & Magic Kingdom
December 16, 2009

Our last day was a partial day. The morning was filled with packing and checking out then it was off to EPCOT to spend the late morning and grab lunch before heading over to the Magic Kingdom for an early afternoon snack and to wrap up our trip.

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Walt Disney World Resort December 16, 2007
Walt Disney World Resort - December 12-18, 2007
Day 5 - Animal Kingdom & Studios
December 16, 2007

Today we started off at the Animal Kingdom then headed over to the Studios of the afternoon/evening before calling it an early night.

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Disneyland Resort December 16, 2005
Disneyland Resort - Friday December 16, 2005
December 16, 2005

Today we are breaking in a new camera and while doing so take a look around both parks (this update contains a lot of random shots as we were testing various modes, etc.. ) Also we take a brief look around the Grand Californian and Disneyland Hotel.

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Disneyland Resort December 16, 2000
Disneyland Resort - Saturday, December 16, 2000
December 16, 2000

My final update from 2000 looks at the nearly finished park and you can see some CMs testing out some attractions in the park, with a little more than a month away.

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