Surprise Visits from Mickey Mouse to Delight His Biggest Fans around the World
November 01 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
To Celebrate His Birthday, Disney’s
Brightest Star Will Visit Fans in England, China, Japan and Other
Destinations, Culminating with an Appearance on “Good Morning
America.”
To celebrate his upcoming birthday, Mickey Mouse is surprising
some of his biggest fans in eight locations around the globe.
Leading up to the big day—November 18—Mickey will take off to such
exciting destinations as Japan, Chile, Canada, China, England and
the United States. These magical moments will be captured and
shared on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Facebook and Instagram pages.
Mickey will bring a few more surprises when he visits the Good
Morning America studios in New York City on November 15. Fans are
encouraged to join the fun on social media using
#HappyBirthdayMickey.
Disney Stores and shopDisney.com
In honor of the occasion, Disney’s e-commerce site
shopDisney.com will feature special Mickey birthday merchandise
from November 16–23, and on November 18, all Disney Stores in the
U.S. will host celebrations throughout the day with entertainment
and activities.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
On Mickey’s birthday, the Disneyland and Walt Disney World
Resorts, as well as Disney Stores in the United States, will be
distributing commemorative “Happy Birthday, Mickey!” buttons.
Disneyland Park in Anaheim will host a special cavalcade featuring
some of Mickey’s friends along with the Disneyland Band; and at
Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, FL, characters and
performers will dance in a special birthday-themed song during Move
It! Shake It! Dance & Play It! There will also be commemorative
merchandise, treats and photo locations throughout both resorts.
Celebrations will also take place at all of Disney’s international
theme parks including Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo
Disney Resort and Shanghai Disney Resort.
Disney Channel and Disney Junior
Special marathons of Mickey and the Roadster Racers and Mickey
Mouse Clubhouse will air throughout the weekend of November 17 on
Disney Channel and Disney Junior, and a new Mickey Mouse-themed
Disney Junior Music Nursery Rhymes short entitled “Happy Birthday”
debuts November 17 on Disney Junior YouTube. On November 18, Disney
Channel will air Mickey Mouse shorts every half hour throughout the
day, starting with the premiere of “The Birthday Song,” a new short
in which Minnie Mouse loses the notes to Mickey’s birthday song and
needs to recover them to save the festivities.
Disney’s Digital Worlds
In addition, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, Oh My Disney,
Babble and other Disney sites will be posting Mickey-related
videos, galleries, stories, crafts, recipes and shareables leading
up to and on his birthday. And a selection of Disney games and apps
will feature special Mickey-themed content and giveaways, including
Disney Magic Kingdoms, Kingdom Hearts Union Cross, Disney Tsum
Tsum, Disney Magical Dice, Disney Story Central, Disney Jigsaw
Puzzles! and Color by Disney.
Mickey’s birthday is celebrated in honor of the release of his
first theatrical film, Steamboat Willie, on November 18, 1928, at
the Colony Theatre in New York City. Since then, he has starred in
more than 100 cartoons and can currently be seen on Disney Channel
in the Mickey Mouse cartoon series and on Disney Junior in Mickey
and the Roadster Racers.
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The Walt Disney CompanyJeffrey Epstein,
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