Phineas and Ferb officially premieres.
It's a Small World opens at Hong Kong Disneyland.
An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 2008.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 1 - Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
- February 14 - Step Up 2 The Streets (Touchstone Pictures)
- March 7 - College Road Trip is released to negative reviews.
- April 11 - Smart People (Miramax Films)
- May 16 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- June 27 - WALL-E is released to universal acclaim.
- August 1 - Swing Vote (Touchstone Pictures)
- September 26 - Miracle at St. Anna (Touchstone Pictures)
- October 3 - Beverly Hills Chihuahua is released to mixed reviews.
- October 17 - Morning Light
- October 24
- November 21 - Bolt is released to universal acclaim.
- December 25 - Bedtime Stories
Shorts[]
Theme parks and resorts[]
- January 1 - Journey into Narnia: Creating the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe closes at Disney's MGM Studios.
- January 7 - The Disney MGM Studios park is renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort.
- January 8 - A portion of a parade float collapses in Tokyo Disneyland during "Disney Dreams on Parade". 24 performers and 1 guest are injured.
- January 31 - Disneyland Dream Suite opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
- February 15 - Spaceship Earth reopens for the fourth renovation in Future World at Epcot, with a new narrator, Judi Dench; a year since the soft-opening date on December 6, 2007.
- March 14 - Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance has its final performances at the Tokyo Disneyland.
- March 22 - Stitch Live! opens in Production Courtyard at Walt Disney Studios Park.
- March 30 - Seasons of the Vine closes at Disney's California Adventure.
- April 15 - The Tokyo Disney Resort begins its 25th anniversary celebration, while Tokyo Disneyland celebrates its 25th anniversary.
- April 22 - Disney's Animal Kingdom celebrates its 10th anniversary.
- April 28 - It's a Small World opens in Fantasyland at Hong Kong Disneyland.
- May 31 - Toy Story Midway Mania! and Pixar Place opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
- June 17 - Toy Story Midway Mania! opens in Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure.
- June 27 - Journey into Narnia: Prince Caspian opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
- July 8 - The Tokyo Disneyland Hotel opens at the Tokyo Disney Resort, as part of Tokyo Disney Resort's 25th Anniversary celebration.
- September 27
- Pocahontas and her Forest Friends closes in Camp Minnie-Mickey at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- Pleasure Island closes permanently at Walt Disney World Resort.
- October 20 - Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar opens in Golden State at Disney's California Adventure.
- November 27 - Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough reopens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- December 31 - The Year of a Million Dreams promotion ends.
Cruise ships[]
- February 7 - Disney Cruise Line celebrated its 10th anniversary.
- April 10 - Toy Story: The Musical premiered on the Disney Wonder.
Television[]
- January 7 - Higglytown Heroes airs its series finale.
- January 19 - Johnny and the Sprites Season 2 premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- January 25 - Minutemen premieres on the Disney Channel.
- January 26 - The second season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- February 1 - Phineas and Ferb officially premieres on the Disney Channel as a whole month event known as "Phineas and Ferb-ruary", starting with the episode "Flop Starz".
- February 18 - Power Rangers Jungle Fury debuts and becomes the last Power Rangers series to air on Toon Disney and Jetix.
- March 10
- The Little Einsteins episode "The Treasure Behind the Little Red Door" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- The second and final season of The Replacements premieres on the Disney Channel.
- April 19 - Johnny and the Sprites airs its final episode.
- June 20 - Camp Rock premieres on the Disney Channel.
- August 16 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh concludes its first season on Playhouse Disney.
- August 22 - The Cheetah Girls: One World premieres on the Disney Channel.
- August 31 - Wizards of Waverly Place concludes its first season.
- September 1 - The Suite Life of Zack & Cody airs its final episode.
- September 6 - Imagination Movers premieres on Playhouse Disney and Stanley gets cancelled.
- September 12
- Cory in the House airs its final episode.
- The second season of Wizards of Waverly Place premieres.
- September 26 - The Suite Life on Deck (the sequel to The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) premieres on the Disney Channel.
- September 27 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh Season 2 premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- October 8 - Stitch! premieres on TV Tokyo and Disney Channel Japan.
- October 12 - Hannah Montana ended its second season.
- October 27 - Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales premieres.
- November 2 - Hannah Montana begins its third season on the Disney Channel.
- November 3 - Power Rangers Jungle Fury airs its final episode on Toon Disney through Jetix.
- November 8
- Tasty Time with ZeFronk premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- BunnyTown airs its final episode.
- November 20 - The Emperor's New School airs its final episode on the Disney Channel.
- December 8 - The 22-minute version of Wiggle and Learn (TV Series 6) premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- December 17 - A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa premieres on NBC.
- December 25 - The 26th annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade premieres on ABC.
Albums[]
- January 29 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Comics[]
- November - Gemstone Publishing loses the Disney comic license and stops publishing Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge.
Reprint collections[]
- January 31 - DuckTales: Scrooge's Quest
- March 6 - Walt Disney Treasures - Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special
- November 20 - DuckTales: The Gold Odyssey
Books[]
- May 6 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Battle of the Labyrinth
- June 24 - Disney Lost and Found: Exploring the Hidden Artwork from Never-Produced Animation
- August 5 - Disney Channel Rocks!: A Companion to All Your Favorite Shows
- August 26 - Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn
- October 14 - Disney's Dogs
Video games[]
- January 8 - Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition
- February 5 - Turok
- February 26 - Disney Friends
- March 1 - Cars: Rev It Up In Radiator Springs for V.Smile
- April 4 - The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Circle of Spies
- June 24 - WALL-E
- August 7 - Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
- August 13 - The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom
- October 21 - Disney Sing It
- November 7 - Disney TH!NK Fast for PlayStation 2
- November 18
- Kingdom Hearts coded is released only on mobile phones in Japan
- Bolt: The Video Game for PC, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS
- November 25 - Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
- December 2 - Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories is released in the United States
- December 18 - Disney TH!NK Fast for Wii
DVD and Blu-ray releases[]
- January 8
- Eagle vs Shark
- Golden Door
- January 22 - The Game Plan
- January 29
- Hannah Montana: One in a Million
- Twitches Too: Double Charmed Edition
- February 5
- The Aristocats: Special Edition
- Snow Buddies
- February 12
- Becoming Jane
- Gone Baby Gone
- February 19
- Handy Manny: Fixing It Right
- Little Einsteins: Race for Space
- March 4
- 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Friendly Tails
- March 11
- Dan in Real Life
- No Country for Old Men
- March 18
- Enchanted
- Greek: Chapter One
- Johnny and the Sprites: Meet the Sprites
- April 29 - Classic Caballeros Collection
- May 20
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets
- The Muppet Show: Season Three
- May 27
- Minutemen
- Cory in the House: Newt & Improved Edition
- June 10
- Army Wives: The Complete First Season (Lifetime)
- Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season and Final Season (Touchstone Television)
- June 17
- The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
- The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Lip-Synchin' in the Rain
- July 15
- College Road Trip
- Step Up 2: The Streets: Dance-Off Edition (Touchstone Home Entertainment)
- July 29
- Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas
- Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
- August 5
- Little Einsteins: Flight of the Instrument Fairies
- Handy Manny: Manny's Pet Roundup
- August 12
- August 19
- August 26
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
- September 2
- Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fourth Season
- Eli Stone: The Complete First Season
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Storybook Surprises
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt
- September 9
- Grey's Anatomy: Season Four
- Ugly Betty: The Complete Second Season
- September 16
- 101 Dalmatians
- 102 Dalmatians
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure: Special Edition
- 101 Dalmatians: The Ultimate 4-Movie Collection
- Private Practice: The Complete First Season
- Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete First Season
- September 23
- Schoolhouse Rock!: Election Collection
- High School Musical 2: 2-Disc Deluxe Dance Edition
- Brothers & Sisters: The Complete Second Season (ABC Studios)
- Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)
- October 7
- Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
- The Santa Clause 3-Movie Collection
- October 14 - Little Einsteins: The Christmas Wish
- October 21 - Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas
- October 28 - Tinker Bell
- November 11
- November 18
- Hannah Montana: Season 1
- Hannah Montana DVD Game
- High School Musical DVD Game
- WALL•E
- December 2 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- December 9 - Lost: The Complete Fourth Season
- December 16
- The Cheetah Girls: One World: Extended Music Edition
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea: Special Edition
- The Little Mermaid Trilogy box set
- Peter Pan: 3-Movie Collection box set
Events[]
- January 10 - The Little Mermaid opens on Broadway.
- January 12 - Mary Poppins closes in the West End after a three year run.
- March 19 - EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is held runs until June 1, which is celebrated its 15th Anniversary.
- June 27 - Pixar films begin using the current Walt Disney Pictures logo starting with WALL-E.
- September 26 - EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival is held runs until November 9.
- November 18 - Mickey and Minnie Mouse celebrate their 80th birthdays.
- November 27 - The Buzz Lightyear balloon makes its debut in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- November 28 - EPCOT Holidays Around the World is held runs until December 30.
- December 8 - Disney announces to increase its ownership of Jetix Europe from 74% to 96%, and later eventually purchase the remainder of the company and have them delisted from the Euronext.
- December 24 - Walt Disney Pictures parts ways with Walden Media over the distribution of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the next film in the Chronicles of Narnia series, citing the weak box-office performance of Prince Caspian and an inability to come to a mutual agreement with Walden over the financial terms of the next film. (Dawn Treader would eventually be picked up by Fox in January 2009).
Character debuts[]
- January 21 - Smoke
- January 25 - Zeke Thompson
- January 28 - Badfoot
- February 1 - Mrs. Johnson, Marty the Rabbit Boy
- February 2 - Vivian Garcia-Shapiro
- February 3 - Eliza M. Feyersied
- February 4 - Baljeet Tjinder
- February 5
- Lawrence Fletcher
- Adam Bilson, Jean George III, Shasta
- February 6 - Brobots
- February 8 - Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, Farmer and Farmer's Wife
- February 10 - Mindy
- February 16 - The Bettys
- February 17 - Charlene Doofenshmirtz, Carl Karl, Dr. Hirano
- February 22 - Balthazar Horowitz
- February 23 - Betty Jo Flynn, Clyde Flynn
- February 24 - Buck Buckerson
- February 29 - Pinky the Chihuahua
- March 1 - Peter the Panda, Carl Karl
- March 8 - Love Handel, Johnny
- March 10 - Dr. Scorpius
- March 21 - Earl Ray Stewart
- March 23 - Roger Doofenshmirtz
- April 6 - Dr. Evilini, Professor Crumbs
- April 12 - Talking Zebra, Agent E
- April 19 - Jeffery, Norm
- May 2 - Iron Man, Pepper Potts, James Rhodes, Happy Hogan, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Howard Stark, Maria Stark
- May 16 - Miraz, Sopespian, Caspian X, Trumpkin, Reepicheep, Hag and Werewolf, Old Narnians, Trufflehunter, Tyrus, Bultitude, Asterius, Nikabrik, Glozelle, Glenstorm, Dr. Cornelius, Prunaprismia, Windmane, Wimbleweather, River God, Pattertwig
- May 24 - Suzy Johnson, Coltrane, Hildegard Johnson, Jeremy's unnamed drummer
- June 13 - The Incredible Hulk, Betty Ross, Thaddeus Ross, Abomination, Doc Samson, Dr. Samuel Sterns
- June 14 - Reginald Fletcher, Winifred Fletcher, Charles Pipping IV
- June 15 - Kelbo Russo
- June 20 - Mitchie Torres, Shane Grey, Tess Tyler, Caitlyn Gellar, Ella Pador, Margaret Dupree, Barron James, Sander Loya, Lola Scott, Nate Grey, Jason Grey
- June 27 - WALL-E, EVE, GO-4, M-O, AUTO, Captain B. McCrea, Hal, John, Mary, Shelby Forthright, SECUR-T, SUPPLY-R, BURN-E, PR-T, Garbage Truck Robot, WALL-A, Presto DiGiotagione, Alec Azam
- July 5 - Lexi Adams
- July 7 - Terry Otter
- July 19 - Coach Little, Dana Wohl
- July 25 - Manu, Mahina, Waha Nui, Hau'oli
- July 26 - Captain Jumps-a-Lot
- August 2 - Big Bad Wolf
- August 11 - Tiffany Willson
- August 18 - Ranger Ron
- August 26 - Queen Athena, Marina Del Rey, Benjamin, The Catfish Club Band, Stevie, Electric Eels
- September 6 - Imagination Movers, Nina, Warehouse Mouse
- September 8 - Sweet Pea, Marina
- September 12 - Joey
- September 26 - Bailey Pickett, Emma Tutweiller, Woody Fink, Padma Shinivasanviswanathan
- October 3 - Giant Floating Baby Head, Vivian Ashe, Rachel Ashe Lynn, Sam Cortez, Vasquez, Rafferty, Jesus Ramirez, Chloe, Delgado, Papi, El Diablo, Rafa, Montezuma, Chico, Manuel, Chucho, Sebastian, Bimini
- October 8 - Yuna Kamihara, Penny, Kenny, Taro, Kijimunaa
- October 17 - Kirby Morris, Beppo Brown, Dr. Gevaarlijk
- October 18 - Kijimunaa
- October 24 - Tiara Gold, Jimmy Zara, Donnie Dion, Addison
- October 26 - Ronald Longcape Sr., Ronald Longcape Jr.
- October 28 - Rosetta, Fawn, Silvermist, Iridessa, Clank, Bobble, Fairy Mary, Terence, Vidia, Queen Clarion, Cheese
- November 8 - Woodpecker
- November 21 - Bolt, Mittens, Rhino, Penny, Penny's Mom, Dr. Calico, Penny's Father (actor), Mindy Parker, Agent, The Director, Joey, Vinnie, and Bobby, Blake, Tom, and Billy, Officer Ester, Officer Martin, Thug Actor, Dr. Calico's Cats, Kabuto
- December 14 - Donna Dontzig
- December 17 - Claire, Frank Meany, Beaker's girlfriend, Joy
- December 25 - Skeeter Bronson, Jill Hastings, Violet Nottingham, Aspen, Wendy Bronson, Patrick, Marty Bronson, Bobbi
People[]
Births[]
- March 14 - Abby Ryder Fortson (actress)
- April 25 - Wesley Kimmel (actor and voice actor)
- August 1 - Emma Berman (voice actress)
- September 25 - Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (actor)
- October 1 - Jack Stanton (actor and voice actor)
- December 6 - Jordyn Curet (actress)
- December 11 - Chloe Coleman (actress and voice actress)
- December 22 - Madeleine McGraw (actress and voice actress)
Deaths[]
- January 19 - Suzanne Pleshette (actress and voice actress)
- January 22 - Heath Ledger (actor)
- April 5 - Charlton Heston (actor and voice actor)
- April 14 - Ollie Johnston (animator)
- May 29 - Harvey Korman (actor and comedian)
- June 22 - George Carlin (stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author)
- July 25
- Bruce Adler (actor, voice actor, and singer)
- Harriet Burns (artist and designer)
- September 1 - Don LaFontaine (voice actor)
- September 15 - Richard Wright (musician, composer, singer, and songwriter)
- September 26 - Paul Newman (actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and activist)
- December 25 - Eartha Kitt (singer, actress, dancer, activist, author, and songwriter)
2008