The Hall of Presidents - Production Notes

Production Notes

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  • The film used in the show was shot in 70mm format using a special process created by Disney Legend Ub Iwerks.
  • Through George W. Bush, all the presidents were sculpted by Disney Legend Blaine Gibson; Barack Obama's Animatronic version was sculpted by his apprentice Valerie Edwards.
  • Royal Dano was the original voice of Mr. Lincoln, as he also was in the World's Fair and early Disneyland versions. When the show was redone in 1993, Dano had become ill, and Lincoln was voiced by Peter Renaday (who also served as a narrator on The Walt Disney Story version of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and provided the narration for the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland Transit Authority from 1994 to 2009).
  • Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Barack Obama are A-100 model Audio-Animatronic figures, a line of the most advanced, lifelike, and expressive human figures WDI has ever built.

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