Walt Disney’s Animation Innovations – Part 1

Johnsciacca.webs.com I love Walt Disney, and I’m doing my darnedest to instill that love into Lauryn as well. We recently took her to her first trip to Disney World where we spent three great days at the parks. And several months ago our family went on a Disney Cruise.

On top of it being a wonderful vacation (thanks, dad!) filled with great food and tons of activities, there was one “activity” that appealed to the more hardcore geeks aboard the cruise.

It was a top ten countdown of Walt Disney’s greatest achievements in the entertainment industry. I knew I was in for some serious stuff when I arrived and there were desks arranged in a semi-circle with sheets of paper and pencils laid out “in case anyone wants to take some notes.” (Challenge accepted!)

So, with Brave about to be released – no doubt employing the most cutting-edge, state-of-the-art computer animation techniques from the wizards at Pixar – I thought it would be a good time to look back at things that Disney did to improve entertainment. Here's a countdown of numbers 10 to 6.