<P> The "Disney Vault" is the term used by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment for its policy of putting home video releases of Walt Disney Animation Studios's animated features on moratorium . Each Disney film is available for purchase for a limited time, after which it is put "in the vault" and not made available in stores for several years until its re-release . </P> <P> The practice is the modern version of Disney's practice of re-releasing its animated films in theaters every ten years which began with the reissue of 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . During the 1980s and 1990s, when the home video market was dominated by VHS systems, Disney films would be reissued every ten years (a time gap equal to that of their theatrical reissues). With the transition to DVD technology, the moratorium period was continued . Television commercials for Disney home video releases will alert customers that certain films will be placed on moratorium soon, urging them to purchase these films before they "go back into the Disney Vault", in the words often spoken by Mark Elliot . Some direct - to - video Disney films, among them Bambi II, have also been released with a pre-established window of availability . </P>

How long does disney keep movies in the vault