- July
- Disney releases the film Robin Hood on videocassette in the US. [11]
- July 24
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Doctor to theatres in four American cities. The film is based on the book A Taste of My Own Medicine by Doctor Ed Rosenbaum. [85.321] [109.75] [112.456] [228.142]
- July 26
- Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film V.I. Warshawski to theatres. [85.321] [109.76] [112.504] [501.584]
- (month unknown)
- Walt Disney Computer Software introduces the Arachnophobia game for personal computers. Price is US$49.95. [315.C7] [636.91]
- Disney releases the film Scenes from a Mall on videocassette. [501.487] [1120.C18]
- August 1
- Disney releases the film Robin Hood on laserdisc in the US, for US$30-40. [15]
- August 2
- Disney generally releases the film The Doctor to theaters. [228.142]
- August 6
- Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from The Little Mermaid. [648.756]
- August 7
- Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters playing golf. [629.378]
- August 11
- The Disney TV special Queen: The Days of Our Lives airs. [228.405]
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- August
- Disney releases the 16-mm educational film Everything You Wanted to Know About Puberty ... for Boys. [228.169]
- Disney releases the 16-mm educational film Everything You Wanted to Know About Puberty ... for Girls. [228.170]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Donald's Fire Drill for educational use. [228.147]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film What's Wrong with This Picture? for education use. [501.605]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film It's Not My Fault for educational use. [228.259]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Rescue Rangers Fire Safety Adventure for educational use. [228.412]
- Disney releases the 16-mm educational film Drawing Conclusions. [228.151]
- The Davy Crockett Ranch test opens at Euro Disneyland. [60.4]
- August 17
- The CBS TV network airs the pilot Acting Sheriff. [1378.7]
- August 18
- Suncoast, through Prodigy Services network, offers Fantasia on pre-order for US$16.99. [1124.C20]
- August 19
- The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co.. [1378.119]
- August 22
- The Gambia issues twelve postage stamps depicting various Disney characters playing Japanese games and sports. [653.41]
- August 23
- Buena Vista Distribution releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film True Identity to theatres. [85.321] [109.89] [112.503] [501.573] [1122.C11]
- August 28
- The Gambia issues twelve postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories". [653.41]
- Judson Green is named new president of Walt Disney Attractions, succeeding Richard Nunis, who is promoted to chairman of Walt Disney Attractions. [228.218] [1123.D4]
- August 30
- The last episode of the TV series The Challengers airs. [1378.127]
- August 31
- The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the animated series New Kids on the Block. [383.360]
- (month unknown)
- Disney releases the film Oscar on videocassette. [228.375] [1124.C20]
- Walt Disney Computer Software introduces the Mickey's Jigsaw Puzzles game for personal computers. Price is US$49.95. [315.C7] [637.8]
- September 2
- The Here Come the Muppets show at the Disney-MGM Studios makes its last performance. [228.233]
- September 5
- Disney announces an agreement to buy the assets of Discover magazine from Family Media Inc. [314.D15] [351.D4]
- September 7
- The animated Darkwing Duck TV series begins airing on ABC and in syndication. [383.153] [1378.172]
- September 8
- The syndicated TV special The Darkwing Duck Premiere and Back to School with the Mickey Mouse Club air. [1378.172]
- The Fox TV network begins airing the Herman's Head series. [228.233]
- The Baloo's Dressing Room attraction at Disneyland closes. [1300.65] [1378.57]
- September 9
- The Disney Channel premieres the series Secret Bodyguard. [501.490]
- Disney and Paramount Pictures announce they will jointly produce a film based on the book "Alive" about a rugby team's plane crash in the Andes Mountains. [1126.D17]
- September 13
- The Walt Disney Company acquires Discover magazine. [1378.186]
- September 14
- The Main Street Electrical Parade makes its last run in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [228.306]
- The NBC TV network debuts the series Nurses. [228.363]
- September 15
- The NBC TV network begins airing the series Pacific Station. [228.378]
- September
- The Rocketeer Gallery display at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park closes. [501.475]
- September 16
- The live show Muppets on Location - The Days of Swine and Roses performs at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [228.346]
- September 17
- The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced TV show Home Improvement. [225.40] [228.238] [1125.S2.48]
- September 18
- Disney first shows the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Paradise in select theatres in New York. [85.321] [109.92] [112.485] [228.379]
- September 21
- The NBC TV network debuts the Disney TV show The Torkelsons. [501.565] [1125.S2.48]
- September 22
- The Surprise Celebration Parade begins performances in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [501.531]
- September 24
- The stage show Hollywood's Pretty Woman begins. [228.238]
- September 25
- The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series Good and Evil. [228.209]
- September 26
- The Dinosaurs Live parade begins at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [1378.186]
- The Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano restaurant opens at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. Former name of the restaurant was Studio Pizzeria. [228.308] [501.528]
- Hyperion Books publishes its first book: Amazing Grace. [228.248]
- September 27
- Disney releases the film Simply Mad About the Mouse on videocassette. [501.501]
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Deceived to theatres. [85.321] [109.99] [112.454] [1378.178]
- September 29
- The Studio Showcase attraction opens at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [501.528]
- September
- Disney shows an unfinished print of the film Beauty and the Beast, as a work in progress, at the New York Film Festival. [15] [85.292] [238.196] [745.120]
- (month unknown)
- Walt Disney Software releases The Rocketeer game for personal computers. [638]
- October 1
- The Spectromagic parade replaces the Electric Light Parade in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [210.18] [501.516]
- The Vacation Club Resort hotel opens at Walt Disney World. [501.584]
- October 3
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. The episode title "Three Men and a Comic Book" is a reference to previous Disney releases Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady. [819]
- October 4
- Disney generally releases the film Paradise to theaters. [228.379]
- October 7
- The ABC TV network begins exclusive airing of Disney's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. [228.293]
- October 8
- The #20 locomotive, the Mississippi, begins operation at Tokyo Disneyland. [328.396]
- October 11
- Touchstone Pictures releases the live-action feature film Ernest Scared Stupid to theaters in the US. [109.171] [112.458] [228.168] [370.284,320]
- October
- Disney unveils Sleeping Beauty Castle at the Euro Disneyland site in France, and gives the press a sneak preview of the park. [308.S5.6]
- Disney begins publishing the Disney Adventures monthly digest, intended for children aged 7-11. [314.D15] (October 1990 [351.D4])
- October 25
- CBS TV airs The Dream is Alive: 20th Anniversary Celebration at Walt Disney World. [228.151] (Disney World's 20th Anniversary Celebration [386.127])
- October 31
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A gravestone is labeled "Walt Disney". [820]
- The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series Good and Evil. [228.209]
- (month unknown)
- Walt Disney Software releases the Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure game for personal computers. Price is US$39.95. [639.8] [641.62]
- Disney Software releases the Hare-Raising Havoc game, starring Roger Rabbit, for personal computers. Price is US$49.95. [639.8]
- Disney releases the film V.I. Warshawski on videocassette. [501.584]
- November 1
- The CBS TV network airs the first episode of The Carol Burnett Show. The series started on NBC as Carol & Co.. [1378.119]
- Disney releases the film Fantasia on videocassette for US$24.99, and on laserdisc for US$40-100. (Nearly 15 million copies are sold.) [11] [15] [42.612] [56.233] [238.191] [350.C22] [511.42] [745.106] [1124.C20] [1125.S2.30]
- November 3
- The stage show Hollywood's Pretty Woman ends. [228.238]
- November 10
- The Disney Afternoon Avenue exhibit area in Disneyland closes. [1300.130]
- The Rescue Rangers Raceway at Disneyland is renamed back to Fantasyland Autopia. [228.175,413] [1300.164]
- The Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen at Disneyland is renamed back to Motor Boat Cruise. [1300.295]
- November 11
- The Walt Disney Company and Mattel announce an agreement to extend their 1987 agreement for Mattel to develop and sell toys based on Disney characters. The extension includes Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo, It's a Small World, and the Autopia. [271.D4]
- Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Billy Bathgate to theatres. The film cost almost US$60 million to make. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$26 million.) [85.321] [109.116] [112.445] [579.50] [1074.264] [1378.79]
- November 13
- The animated feature film Beauty and the Beast premieres in theaters in New York City. [890] [1378.65]
- November 15
- Disney releases the film The Rescuers Down Under on videocassette, and laserdisc for US$30-40. [15] [228.413] [1125.S2.30] (October [11])
- The animated feature film Beauty and the Beast opens at the El Capitan theater in Los Angeles, and the Cinema One theater in New York City. [11] [270.C19]
- November 16
- The NBC TV network begins airing the Walter and Emily show. [501.597]
- November 18
- St. Vincent issues 16 postage stamps depicting scenes from The Prince and the Pauper. [656.778]
- St. Vincent issues 16 postage stamps depicting scenes from The Rescuers Down Under. [656.778]
- The Grenadines of St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting Walt Disney Company Christmas cards. [656.809]
- November 22
- The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Mark Twain and Me. [228.129,311]
- Disney generally releases the animated feature film Beauty and the Beast to theaters in the US and Canada. It cost US$30 million to produce. (North American theater gross receipts: US$146 million.) [8] [15] [22] [25] [34.279] [85.320] [109.122] [112.444] [191] [532.83] [552.42] [745.121] [890] [1378.65] (November 23 [11])
- The Beauty and the Beast stage show begins performances at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World. [1378.65]
- November 24
- The Celebration U.S.A.! parade at Disneyland makes its last run. [1378.126]
- November 28
- The Beauty and the Beast show The Enchanted Book Shoppe begins performing at Plaza Gardens at Disneyland. [228.164]
- December 2
- In France, a government labor inspector lodges a formal complaint against Euro Disneyland regarding its strict appearance code in employment contracts. [311.48]
- December 12
- Guyana issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Olympic sports. [653.551]
- Disney decides which of its two large California projects it will go ahead with. It will develop the site adjacent to Disneyland for its next theme park. The project is called the Disneyland Resort, which will include Westcot Center, hotels, a lake, and a shopping mall. [309.D1]
- December 14
- The ABC TV network airs the film Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too. [501.615]
- December 16
- Lesotho issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters playing games. [655.337]
- The two-hour Disney-produced film In the Nick of Time airs on TV. [228.253]
- December
- Disney's Old Key West Resort opens at Walt Disney World Resort, part of the Disney Vacation Club Resorts, operated by Disney Vacation Developments, Inc. [86.18]
- Tanzania issues ten postage stamps depicting old Walt Disney Christmas cards. [617.376]
- December 17
- Guyana issues 26 postage stamps depicting various Walt Disney Company Christmas Cards. [653.551]
- December 18
- Disney and Jim Henson Productions sign an agreement for Disney to distribute Henson film productions on home video, for the next five to six years. [310.D1]
- December 20
- Touchstone Pictures releases the live-action feature film Father of the Bride to theaters. [85.321] [109.139] [112.459] [228.176]
- The film Beauty and the Beast is released to theaters in the Philippines. [890]
- December 23
- St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting Walt Disney Company Christmas cards. [656.779]
- December 24
- Sierra Leone issues fifteen postage stamps depicting Walt Disney Company Christmas cards. [656.984]
- December 27
- The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show. [1378.119]
- December 31
- Mongolia issues twelve postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of Fantasia. [655.878]
- Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 110-millionth guest. [55.41]
- Year
- North American theater market share by ticket revenue: Disney is #1 (tied) with 14 percent. [456.71]
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