🧒 Reason: I’ve never been a Disney princess kinda girl, so it was all about the animals for me: 101 Dalmatians, Dumbo, The Aristocats… But The Lion King easily reigned supreme. Georgie – Executive Editor Photo credit: Archives du 7eme Art / Photo12 via AFP You’ll find original artwork from all four of these films – Mulan (1998), The Jungle Book (1967), Toy Story (1995), and The Fox and the Hound (1981) – at Disney100: The Exhibition.

The fact I live in the countryside with two dogs (though, alas no fox) definitely can’t be because of this film…can it? Also, animation didn’t hold back on scary back then – that bear was intense. I still remember my little heart hammering away when they faced off against the giant bear and took a tumble down the waterfall (spoiler alert). Princess films and flouncy romances be damned, I wanna see hunting dogs and orphaned fox become besties and embark on adventures together in the woods. My memory is pretty useless, so I can’t pinpoint what exactly made this my childhood obsession, but aside from my love of dogs, I’m a sucker for a good buddy movie, so it makes sense. 🧒 Reason: To anyone who knows me, a dog-related film will come as no surprise, and my brother and I used to watch this pretty religiously. Chloe – Staff Writer Photo credit: Archives du 7eme Art / Photo12 via AFP I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time I heard the musical masterpiece that is You’ve Got A Friend In Me and I still to this day believe that my toys came to life every time I left the room (at least that’s the story I’m sticking to as an excuse for why my bedroom was always in a state of utter chaos). 🧒 Reason: Sure, princesses are pretty magical and talking animals are quite cool, but toys that actually come to life?! Mind-blowing. I remember it making me very excited to move to India and see some of these animals in the jungle for real! Alas, we never saw a tiger or a sloth bear, but we did see a leopard, a python and plenty of elephants in the year or so we lived there – so that was good enough for me! Katie, Staff Writer Intern Photo credit: Archives du 7eme Art / Photo12 via AFP I love a good villain, and the posh Shere Khan and Kaa the snake (‘my sinusssessssss’) were firm favourites of mine, but I also loved Bagheera, Baloo, and all of the elephants singing along to ‘Colonel Hathi’s March’. I remember sitting down and watching The Jungle Book at my grandparents house in Norfolk and being absolutely enthralled by it. 🧒 Reason: When I was about six years old, my family was posted out to Tamil Nadu in Southern India because my dad was in the military. Sam – Senior SEO Writer Photo credit: WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS / – / Collection ChristopheL via AFP I’ll Make a Man Out Of You is an absolute banger, and Reflections is the ultimate shower song.

🧒 Reason: There’s a few reasons that Mulan was my all-time favourite growing up, I mean, for starters, Eddie Murphy as Mushu is reason enough already – but I just bloody loved the adventure of it all. See original artwork from The Little Mermaid (1989) at Disney100: The Exhibition.Īs for the rest of the Secret London team, here are their favourites – what do these Disney films that defined their childhood say about them? Laura – Managing Editor Photo credit: WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS / – / Collection ChristopheL via AFP As a child, I would watch the VHS (lol) on repeat however, I used to fast forward through the Ursula parts when watching it on my own, as I was a little scaredy cat. Which of the Disney films defined your childhood?Ī hard question, right? For me, after back and forth between Alice In Wonderland (1951) and The Little Mermaid (1989), The Little Mermaid just inches it. Personally, I can’t wait to see how the magic was made – and maintained for 100 years. The exhibition will feature an array of props, original costumes, and moving stories, and you’ll even get a look at the Disney parks, and the newer members of the Disney universe, like Pixar, Star Wars, and MARVEL. On October 13, Disney100: The Exhibition will open at London’s ExCeL, giving us all a look behind the scenes of some of the most iconic stories and characters. Photo credit: Walt Disney Pictures / Photo12 via AFPįor the last 100 years, Disney has enchanted generations with tales of good versus evil, talking animals, magic, and mice, creating films that have defined the childhood of many.

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