Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Background

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 through MCA DiscoVision as "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". In 1980, Disney content was made available on videocassette under its own division known as "Walt Disney Home Video". Prior to 1981, their first releases were only live action films such as Pete's Dragon and The Love Bug. Starting in 1981 with Dumbo, they began releasing their animated films and cartoons on video. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when it was once again named "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". Starting in the late 1990s, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. Since 2007, it is known as "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment".

1st Logo (December 1978-July 16, 1986; October 6, 1987)

The 1978 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
The 1981 Walt Disney Home Video logo.
The Disney’s Cartoon Classics variant.
The Walt Disney and You promo variant.
The "Also available from WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" variant.
The rare Italian variant.
The rare Swedish variant.
The Disney Channel variant.
The 1978 theatrical variant.
The Italian version of the theatrical variant.

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Nicknames: "There is Only One Disney", "The Beautiful Disney Castle", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney", "Disney Castle", "The Happiest Place on Earth"

Logo: We start out with clips from Disney movies. It differs depending on the country or era the DVD was released in, but the first 3 always remain the same: Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, and The Princess Diaries. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from Disney movies, both animated and live-action, old and new. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom out and fade out. Then, all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle as usual, then "DiSNEY", in the famous script, fades in below.

Trivia: The appearance and positioning of the "DiSNEY" text would be used to replace the "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" text on current films starting in 2011 with The Muppets, only it would appear out of the pixie dust coming out of the castle gate, instead of simply fading in.

Variants:

March 4, 2008- : The logo is cut-short and starts off when the castle is formed. This was found on some UK DVDs before 2009 and on the bonus discs on US DVDs and Blu-rays since 2008. As of 2014, this now appears on the main features on DVDs and Blu-rays.
November 16, 2010- : The 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo is used. This first appeared, in its original version, on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release of A Christmas Carol, and was used as a home video logo sporadically for a time afterwards; the 2011 variant became the official home video logo, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Brave. All Pixar DVD and Blu-ray releases since Brave use this variant. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of Mickey's Christmas Carol and Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year.
2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "WALT DiSNEY" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath.
On Blu-ray releases, there's no text on the logo at all. Just a still of the castle with the river flowing. Only appears as a loading screen when the Blu-ray starts.
The clips may differ depending on the country or era the DVD or Blu-ray was released in.
On most releases with the 2007 variant of this logo, a black screen briefly advertising many of the films featured in the logo appears after it ends.
There is an uncommon closing variant seen at the end of Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies, Spooky Buddies and the World of Wonder demo disc where the logo reads "WALT DiSNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT", on the WOW demo disc, "STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT" appears below the "WALT DiSNEY" text.
There is a Christmas variant with Christmas lights decorating the castle, a darker sky and the "DiSNEY" text glowing.
On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "DiSNEY" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo.
2014- : The 2008-present variant fades in.

FX/SFX: All modern and beautiful effects.

Music/Sounds:

November 6, 2007-2009: The overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (also used as the theme of the 1991 Morgan Creek logo). On the Pirates of the Caribbean clip, we hear Jack Sparrow say "We have our heading", and on the Peter Pan clip, we hear the titular character say "Here we GOOOOO!" After the Peter Pan clip, an announcer says "From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one Disney." After the announcer finishes speaking, the fanfare rises to a beautiful, triumphant state and ends with a majestic climax.
March 4, 2008-2013: Just the end of the fanfare, sometimes in low-pitch.
November 16, 2010-: The full 2006 theme.
2011-2012: The logo is silent.
2014- : Just the end of the 2006 theme.

Availability: Current. First appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ratatouille. A few DVD and Blu-ray releases after Ratatouille like Cinderella II: Dreams Come True continued to use the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo until February 5, 2008. This can be seen on the main feature on both DVDs and Blu-rays as of 2014. Not used on Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm Ltd., ABC Studios, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures releases as they just use their own logo, and in the case of Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3, also use Paramount Home Media Distribution's Paramount DVD (DVD releases) and Paramount High Definition (Blu-ray) logos. It also appears on Volumes 1-2 of Goof Troop and Volume 3 of TaleSpin on DVD.

Editor's Note: None.