Post by Dave on May 15, 2014 11:15:01 GMT -5
1974: Card Walker, Disney president and chief operating officer, announced to a meeting of the American Marketing Association that Walt Disney Productions was
moving ahead "in a phased program" with the development of Walt Disney's concept for EPCOT. The process of taking Walt's EPCOT (an idea for a real city) apart and concocting something different with the pieces had begun.
1995: The California Grill restaurant opened on the 15th floor of the Contemporary Resort (former site of Top of the World) at Walt Disney World. Located on the resort's top floor, the restaurant offers dining guests a spectacular view of the nightly fireworks extravaganza at the nearby Magic Kingdom.
2008: Then Florida Governor Charlie Crist applauded Walt Disney World Resort for its achievement of 100 percent of its lodging properties earning the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection’s Green Lodging Program designation - covering all 23 of its resort hotels plus Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. Launched in 2004 by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Green Lodging Program established environmental guidelines for hotels and motels to conserve natural resources and prevent pollution.
The MGM content in The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios continues to be used (despite the park no longer being called Disney-MGM Studios) because the copyright holder of many of the films is actually Warner Bros. Although originally MGM films, Singin’ in the Rain and Wizard of Oz are now owned by Warner Bros., along with the entire pre-1986 library of MGM movies. (Other films featured in the attraction include Footlight Parade and The Public Enemy - both Warner Bros. productions.)
