The first Disney film to feature Tinker Bell in a speaking role.
The movie was considered to be around 80% finished when Pixar Animation Studios merged with The Walt Disney Company. Pixar's John Lasseter demanded significant changes to the movie's plot. The original version was set in London, where Never Land had disappeared, and all the children had lost their imagination. The movie would have ended with the fairies going to see a band called "The Pixies Chicks".
The song that plays on the ballerina music box that Tinker Bell delivers to young Wendy is "You Can Fly," which is featured in Peter Pan (1953), as well as Wendy herself.
John Lasseter is listed as executive producer in the ending credits. John is well known for wearing Hawaiian print shirts and when his name appears, there are fairies using a Hawaiian shirt as a sail.