Original Beauty and the Beast voice actors Paige O'Hara (Belle) and Richard White (Gaston) appear as the Librarian and Baker, respectively, during the "Belle" musical number. Original Belle animator Mark Henn is the animator sitting at the desk that Rita Moreno's Narrator stands next to. Original Beauty and the Beast composer Alan Menken appears as the pianist during Shania Twain's "Beauty and the Beast" performance.
A two-box side-by-side "picture-in-picture" effect was used for the initial commercial segments. A larger picture on the upper left showed the commercial advertising and a smaller picture on the lower right showed various behind-the-scenes vignettes of actors and crew rehearsing and preparing for the production.
Although titled "A 30th Celebration", the animated Disney film that this production is a remake of was actually 31 years old at the time of the original airing.