Post by Dave on Jun 1, 2014 13:37:45 GMT -5
Eastern Airline wings were distributed free of charge during the 1970s to guests of Walt Disney World's ‘If You Had Wings’ attraction.
1933: The first Mickey Mouse watch was sold by Ingersoll-Waterbury, a Connecticut clock maker on the verge of bankruptcy. The sale of the watches saved the company.
1935: The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its 2-year association with Disney.
1981: At Disney World, the EPCOT Preview Center, located in the Magic Kingdom, had the first showing of the film A Dream Called EPCOT. (EPCOT opened in October 1982.)
1987: Disney World's ‘If You Had Wings’, a Tomorrowland attraction sponsored by Eastern Airlines (at one time the official airline of Walt Disney World) closed forever. With Eastern Airlines (under new CEO Frank Lorenzo) in dire financial straits, it opts not to extend its 15-year sponsorship of the attraction. (Five days later the attraction reopened as ‘If You Could Fly’.)
1989: Walt Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon - featuring one of the world's largest wave pools in the U.S. - officially opened. The centerpiece of the park is Miss Tilly, a shrimp boat impaled upon a mountain named Mount Mayday that erupts a 50-foot geyser of water every half hour! The park features a mascot named Lagoona Gator.
2000: The original Main Street Electrical Parade began its season of nightly performances in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
2002: Journey Into Imagination (featuring Figment) reopens in Epcot's Future World. (Personal comment – It’s still not as good as when it was first opened).
2004: It was reported that Disney's Magic Kingdom ranked number 1 in the first ever U.S. Family Travel Guide (published by Zagat Survey & Time Inc.'s Parenting magazine).
1933: The first Mickey Mouse watch was sold by Ingersoll-Waterbury, a Connecticut clock maker on the verge of bankruptcy. The sale of the watches saved the company.
1935: The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its 2-year association with Disney.
1981: At Disney World, the EPCOT Preview Center, located in the Magic Kingdom, had the first showing of the film A Dream Called EPCOT. (EPCOT opened in October 1982.)
1987: Disney World's ‘If You Had Wings’, a Tomorrowland attraction sponsored by Eastern Airlines (at one time the official airline of Walt Disney World) closed forever. With Eastern Airlines (under new CEO Frank Lorenzo) in dire financial straits, it opts not to extend its 15-year sponsorship of the attraction. (Five days later the attraction reopened as ‘If You Could Fly’.)
1989: Walt Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon - featuring one of the world's largest wave pools in the U.S. - officially opened. The centerpiece of the park is Miss Tilly, a shrimp boat impaled upon a mountain named Mount Mayday that erupts a 50-foot geyser of water every half hour! The park features a mascot named Lagoona Gator.
2000: The original Main Street Electrical Parade began its season of nightly performances in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
2002: Journey Into Imagination (featuring Figment) reopens in Epcot's Future World. (Personal comment – It’s still not as good as when it was first opened).
2004: It was reported that Disney's Magic Kingdom ranked number 1 in the first ever U.S. Family Travel Guide (published by Zagat Survey & Time Inc.'s Parenting magazine).
