The Disneyana of Central Florida Club

07/01/2026

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04/12/2026

Back before the advent of the home movie experience, there was still one way to enjoy your favorite movies at home: Disneyland Records.Full video series: htt...

04/12/2026

02/04/2026

02/01/2026

Learn about the Disney luminaries that consulted on 'Disneyland Handcrafted,' like Pixar's Pete Docter, Disney Legend Don Hahn, and Becky Cline, Director of the Walt Disney Archives.

12/21/2025

On This Day in Disney History: December 21
Today, we remember the day we lost Leota Toombs Thomas (1925–1991) to cancer—34 years ago today—a pioneering Disney Imagineer whose face and spirit live on in one of the most iconic attractions ever created.

Starting as a teenager in Disney's Ink and Paint department in 1940, Leota contributed to classic animation before joining Imagineering in the 1960s. She helped bring magic to life in attractions like It's a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Haunted Mansion.

But her most famous role? Lending her likeness (and voice for "Little Leota") to the floating head of Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion's séance room. Every time you hear "Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat... call in the spirits, wherever they're at," you're seeing Leota herself!

Posthumously honored as a Disney Legend in 2009, her legacy continues through her daughter, Imagineer Kim Irvine.

Thank you, Leota, for the timeless magic. 💫🕯️❤️

12/21/2025

If you haven’t watched Christmas With Walt Disney on Disney+ yet, I HIGHLY recommend it!! 50 minutes of pure joy.

In an original production for The Walt Disney Family Museum directed by Don Hahn, view Disney family home movies and holiday segments from Walt’s shorts and feature films as Walt’s daughter, Diane, shares her Christmas memories alongside Disney family home movies, holiday segments classic Disney films, and vintage Disneyland footage.

This is the kind of content that we’ve been BEGGING Disney to add to Disney+. If we all stream it, they’re likely to add more stuff like this. Go put it on now, before you forget!