- January 17
- Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer sign a five-year film-making agreement with Disney. The pair had previously made films including Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Flashdance, and Beverly Hills Cop. [273.D3]
- January 18
- Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film White Fang to theaters in the US. [85.302,320] [109.10] [112.507] [501.608]
- January 20
- The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Bejewelled. [1378.69]
- January 21
- The ABC TV network airs the special New Kids on the Block at Walt Disney World - Wildest Dreams. [228.354]
- January 26
- The ABC TV network airs Tag Team, a pilot for a series. [501.537]
- February 1
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Run to theatres. [85.321] [109.152] [112.492] [501.478]
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- February 2
- Bhutan issues 28 postage stamps depicting Disney characters and wonders of the World. [629.796]
- February 4
- Grenada issues eleven postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the film Fantasia. [653.425]
- February 11
- Tanzania issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters. [617.375]
- February 13
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Julia Roberts for her role in the film Pretty Woman for an Oscar Award in the category Actress. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Green Card for an Oscar Award in the category Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Al Pacino for his role in the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Supporting Actor. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Cinematography. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Art Direction - Set Decoration. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Sound. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design. [39.680]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Dick Tracy for an Oscar Award in the category Make-up. [39.680]
- February 14
- The Gambia issues eleven postage stamps depicting scenes from The Sword in the Stone. [653.41]
- February
- The cover of the March issue of GamePro magazine features Mickey Mouse. [1082]
- February 16
- NBC airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Fanelli Boys. [228.173]
- The stage show Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double-Cross at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World gives its last performance. [1378.184]
- February 22
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Scenes from a Mall to theatres. [85.321] [109.22] [112.493] [501.487]
- February 25
- The Bearly Asleep shop in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes. [228.45]
- The Bearly Country shop in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes. [1378.63]
- February 26
- The Prairie Outpost Supply shop opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [228.399]
- March 1
- Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Shipwrecked to theaters in the US. [85.302,320] [109.193] [112.494] [501.496]
- March 9
- The CBS TV network airs the last show of the series Lenny. [228.286]
- March 15
- The Disney Afternoon Avenue exhibit area debuts in Fantasyland at Disneyland. [26.29] [1300.130]
- The Baloo's Dressing Room attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland. [1300.65] [1378.57]
- The Plane Crazy musical show opens at the Videopolis in Disneyland. [228.390]
- The Fantasyland Autopia at Disneyland is temporarily renamed Rescue Rangers Raceway. [228.175,413] [1300.164]
- The Motor Boat Cruise at Disneyland is temporarily renamed Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen. [1300.295]
- March
- In New York City a preview of the film Beauty and the Beast is held. [745.119]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Return to Sender for educational use. [501.468]
- Disney releases the 16-mm eductional film Fitness Fun, featuring Goofy. [228.186]
- Capcom releases the Mickey's Dangerous Chase for the Game Boy in the US. [799.93] [1082.38]
- The name of the Patented Pastimes shop in Disneyland is changed to Great American Pastimes. [1300.321]
- Disney releases the film Paying the Price for educational use. [228.381]
- The Central Reservations Office starts taking reservations for the Euro Disney Resort in France. [60.4] [308.S5.28]
- March 16
- The Electronic Forum in EPCOT Center closes. [228.158]
- March 17
- The World News Center area opens in Communicore East at EPCOT Center. [501.620]
- March 20
- A Los Angeles jury awards Peggy Lee more than US$3.8 million in videocassette profits for her singing and songwriting in Disney's 1955 animated film Lady and the Tramp. (A judge later reduces the award to 2.3-million.) [274.S4.7] [275.B24] [1357]
- March
- Mary Costa files a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Disney for a share in profits from the film Sleeping Beauty, in which she supplied the voice of the princess. [274.S4.7]
- March 25
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Art Direction - Set Decoration) to Richard Sylbert and Rick Simpson for the film Dick Tracy. [32] [38.800] [39.680] [369.183]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Original Song) to Stephen Sondheim for the song "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from the film Dick Tracy. [32] [38.800] [39.680] [369.183]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Make-up) to John Caglone, Jr. and Doug Drexler for the film Dick Tracy. [32] [38.800] [39.680] [369.183]
- March 28
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. An amusement park has a large sign: "DIZ-NEE-LAND: not affiliated with Disneyland, Disney World, or anything else from the Walt Disney Company". [818]
- March 31
- The NBC TV network airs the two-hour pilot The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. [228.371]
- The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Perfect Harmony. [228.129,383]
- (month unknown)
- Capcom releases the Who Framed Roger Rabbit video game for the GameBoy in the US. [667.52] [799.93]
- Bandai releases the Dick Tracy video game for the GameBoy in the US. [667.68]
- Capcom releases The Little Mermaid video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. [667.38] [797.72] [799.93]
- Disney creates Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books for Children, Disney Press, and Mouse Works imprints. [228.64,132]
- Disney Software releases the Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit for personal computers. Price is US$19.95. [619.8]
- Disney Software releases the Mickey & Minnie's Funtime Print Kit for personal computers. Price is US$19.95. [619.8]
- April 1
- The Costume Shop opens on New York Street at Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World. [1378.156]
- April 5
- Disney announces plans to produce a lottery TV show for the Lottery Innovations Corporation, an association of 22 state lottery officials. [307.27]
- The NBC TV network begins airs the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. [228.371]
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film The Marrying Man to theatres. The film cost US$23 million to make. [85.321] [109.36] [112.477] [228.312] [1074.245]
- April 6
- The Disney Channel begins airing the animated series Darkwing Duck. [85.300] [383.153] [1378.172]
- April 12
- The Grand Opening day of Euro Disneyland is announced: April 12, 1992. [60.4]
- April 15
- The NBC TV network airs the Disney movie She Stood Alone. [501.495]
- The Disney Party Gras Parade premieres in Tokyo Disneyland. [55.41]
- April
- Disney releases the 16-mm film D.A.R.E. to Care: A Program for Parents for educational use. [1378.172]
- April 16
- The Disney-produced TV series STAT first airs. [501.522]
- April 17
- Henson Associates files a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, charging theft of its characters in merchandise, attractions, and advertising. [316.D19]
- April 19
- Disney releases the film The Party Tilyadrop Tour on videocassette. [228.380]
- April 20
- The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [501.488]
- April 22
- Grenada Grenadines issues eleven postage stamps depicting various Disney characters and ecology themes. [653.459]
- April 26
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Oscar to theatres. [85.321] [109.42] [112.484] [228.375]
- The ABC TV network begins airing the series Dinosaurs. [1378.186]
- April 27
- Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D film premieres at Walt Disney World. [210.18] [502.44]
- April
- Disney retires the films Peter Pan and The Little Mermaid from their home video releases. [305.C24]
- April 29
- The Disney Development Company unveils plans for Celebration, Florida, to have 20,000 people living in four villages. [371.52]
- April 30
- Disney and Henson Associates announce an agreement for Disney to use certain Muppet characters. Disney will pay for an 18-month license for two movies at the Disney-MGM Studios, and three years for characters in Walt Disney World. [317.D4]
- (month unknown)
- At Disneyland, Macaulay Culkin and Disney president Jack Linquist perform opening ceremonies of the Videocade. [726.91]
- May 3
- Steve Jobs accepts a deal for Pixar Animation Studios to make three feature films for the Walt Disney Company for 12.5 percent of gross revenue of theater and video sales. [1323.221]
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film One Good Cop to theatres. [85.321] [109.46] [112.484] [228.371]
- Disney releases the film The Jungle Book on videocassette. Price is US$24.99. (Nearly ten million copies sell.) [11] [238.189] [305.C24] [511.42]
- May 6
- Grenada issues eleven postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Japanese festivals. [653.426]
- Grenada Grenadines issues twelve postage stamps depicting various Disney characters demonstrating Japanese arts, crafts, and industries. [653.459]
- The Walt Disney Company is first listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. [228.150] [1073.161]
- May 9
- In the Walt Disney Story theater in Disneyland, Disney unveils plans for a proposed WESTCOT center. It would be similar to EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. Included are the Disneyland Resort, and other new hotels and attractions. [243.42] (May 8 [306.D5])
- May
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Zort Sorts for educational use. [501.630]
- May 16
- The Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3-D film opens at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World. [1245.28] (May 16, 1983 [414.25])
- May 17
- Disney's Port Orleans Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It has 1008 guest rooms. It includes Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory food court, Jackson Square Gifts and Desires shop, and Bonfamille's Cafe restaurant. [10] [228.261,397] [501.485] [1378.89]
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film What About Bob? to theatres. [85.321] [109.50] [112.506] [501.604]
- May 20
- The Disney TV special The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic airs. [1378.73]
- May 21
- The last episode of STAT airs. [501.522]
- May 22
- Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Japanese costumes. [648.756]
- May 24
- Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken to theaters in the US. The film is based on the book A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Webster Carver. [85.302,320] [109.58] [112.507] [501.612]
- May 26
- The Disney TV movie Plymouth airs. [228.394]
- The NBC TV network airs the last show of the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. [228.371]
- May 29
- Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 100-millionth guest. [22] [55.41] [61.2]
- Uganda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Japan. [617.679]
- May 31
- Disney Press publishes its first book, 101 Dalmatians: A Counting Book. [228.132] [322.84]
- June 4
- The Company D cast member store opens in the Team Design Building at Walt Disney World. [1378.149]
- June 10
- Lesotho issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Japan. [655.336]
- June 15
- The Studio Pizzeria restaurant opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [501.528]
- June 19
- The TV show Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air airs in syndication. [501.475]
- June 21
- Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Rocketeer to theaters in the US. [15] [85.302] [85.320] [109.66] [112.491] [276.D20] [501.474]
- The Celebration U.S.A.! parade debuts at Disneyland. [26.29] [1378.126]
- June 27
- The Mickey's Mart store in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes. [228.327]
- June 28
- The Mickey's Star Traders shop opens in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [228.328]
- June 29
- Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters demonstrating Japanese martial arts. [629.378]
- (month unknown)
- Walt Disney Productions/Touchstone announces that it will no longer produce the TV show The Golden Girls. [59.305]
- Disney re-releases the film Robin Hood on videocassette. [501.473]
- Disney releases the laserdisc Disney's Talespin Volume 1 for US$30. It includes From Here to Machinery, The Balooest of Blue Bloods, Stormy Weather, Mommy for a Day. [15]
- Disney releases the laserdisc Disney's Talespin Volume 2 for US$30. It includes A Touch of Glass, Her Chance to Dream, Jumping the Guns, Mach One for the Gipper. [15]
- Disney releases the laserdisc Disney's Talespin Volume 3 for US$30. It includes Idol Rich, Polly Wants a Treasure, Flight of the Snow Duck, Flight School Confidential. [15]
- Disney releases the laserdisc Disney's Talespin Volume 4 for US$30. It includes Molly Coddled, The Sound and the Furry, For Whom the Bell Klangs. [15]
- Disney releases the film One Good Cop on videocassette. [228.371]
- Disney cancels the Port Disney marine theme park planned for Long Beach, California, writing off US$20 million that had been spent on the planning stage. [56.83]
- Capcom releases the Tale Spin video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. [799.93]
- The Los Angeles Film Critics Association grants the Animated Film award to Disney for the film The Rescuers Down Under. [369.184]
- The show Mickey's Nutcracker premieres on stage at the Videopolis in Disneyland. [26.29]
- Disney releases the film The Brave Little Toaster on videocassette. [11]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Picture, Comedy or Musical) for the film Green Card. [369.184]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Actor, Comedy or Musical) to Gerard Depardieu for the film Green Card. [369.184]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Actress, Comedy or Musical) to Julia Roberts for the film Pretty Woman. [369.184]
- Disney re-releases the film Pete's Dragon on videocassette. [11] [228.386]
- Disney releases the film The Prince and the Pauper on videocassette. [11] [228.400]
- Disney releases the film Arachnophobia on videocassette. [228.28]
- Disney releases the film Green Card on videocassette. [228.219]
- Ken Anderson is named a Disney Legend. Anderson began working at Disney in 1934 as an animator and designer, contributing to many movies, animated short films, and theme park attractions. [1378.31]
- Julie Andrews is named a Disney Legend. Andrews was an actor, narrator, spokesman. [1378.31]
- Carl Banks is named a Disney Legend. Banks was a longtime Disney comic book artist. [1378.60]
- Mary Blair is named a Disney Legend. She started at the Disney studio in 1939. [228.59,131]
- Claude Coats is named a Disney Legend. Coats worked in animation on many early films, then shifted to WED Enterprises and workrd on designing many park attractions. [1378.144]
- Don DaGradi is named a Disney Legend. DaGradi was a writer of classic Disney short and feature animated films, and scripts for some live-action films. [1378.168]
- Sterling Holloway is named a Disney Legend. [228.131]
- Fess Parker is named a Disney Legend. [228.131,380]
- Bill Walsh is named a Disney Legend. He joined the Disney company in 1943, as a writer for the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He produced the Davy Crockett and Mickey Mouse Club TV shows, and many live-action movies. [501.592]
- Disney releases the video souvenir A Day at the Magic Kingdom. [1378.177]
- Disney releases the film Ducktales: the Movie, Treasure of the Lost Lamp on videocassette. [228.153]
- The Disney Channel begins airing Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. [383.166]
- Dick Nunis becomes chairman of Walt Disney Attractions. [228.363] [409.2]
- Disney releases the film Lantern Hill on videocassette. [228.281]
- Disney releases the film Looking for Miracles on videocassette. [228.295]
- Disney releases the film The Marrying Man on videocassette. [228.312]
- Disney releases the film Mr. Destiny on videocassette. [228.336]
- The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Costume Design) to Pat Field for the Disney Channel film Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme. [228.343]
- Disney re-releases the film Peter and the Wolf on videocassette. [228.385]
- Disney releases the film Run on videocassette. [501.478]
- Disney releases the film Shipwrecked on videocassette. [501.497]
- The Team Disney Building is completed on Buena Vista Drive in Orlando, Florida. [651.54]
- Disney releases the film Taking Care of Business on videocassette. [501.538]
- Disney releases the film Three Men and a Little Lady on videocassette. [501.555]
- Disney releases the film What About Bob? on videocassette. [501.604]
- Disney releases the film White Fang on videocassette. [501.608]
- Disney releases the film Willie the Operatic Whale on videocassette. [501.614]
- Shirley Slesinger Lasswell sues the Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles, claiming that the Slesinger rights to A.A. Milne's Pooh characters include video sales, and demanding millions in royalty payments. [915.51]
- Mary Blair is named a Disney Legend. Blair worked as a color stylist for films and theme parks. [1378.83]
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