Post by Dave on Jun 24, 2014 8:56:21 GMT -5
1893: Roy Oliver Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. The middle of 5 children, he along with his younger brother Walt started what is today The Walt Disney Company. Roy guided the business side of the Disney company leaving his brother, Walt, free to produce and create. Roy served as president of Walt Disney Productions from 1945 to 1968 and chairman of the board from 1964 until his death in 1971. A modest man, it was Roy's idea to change the name of the Florida park from simply Disney World to Walt Disney World (after the death of his brother in 1966). Married to Edna Francis in 1925, Roy was the father of Roy E. Disney. Today there is a statue of Roy O. Disney seated on a park bench beside Minnie Mouse at the Town Square section of Main Street, U.S.A., at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida, and outside the Team Disney building at Disney's corporate headquarters in Burbank, California.
1998: Jacqueline D'Ambrosi, a 9-year-old from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, became the 600-millionth person to walk through the turnstiles of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. With a click of the turnstile at 7:37 a.m., Jacqueline was immediately mobbed by Mickey Mouse and a cast of other Disney characters. She was awarded lifetime passes to the Florida park, and to Disney's 3 other theme parks, for her and her family.
Walt Disney received 32 Academy Awards personally over his lifetime. Along with members of his staff, more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world (including 7 Emmys) were received during Walt's 65 years.
In the middle of Disney World's Tower of Terror (between the two lift shafts) there is a service room in which staff can have their breaks. When the lifts drop, the walls of the service room appear to 'breathe' as the compressed air beneath the falling lift is blasted out of the shaft.
There is a hidden floor in the main building of Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. It is used by celebrities, newly married couples and others who want total privacy. Has anyone ever heard this before?
1998: Jacqueline D'Ambrosi, a 9-year-old from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, became the 600-millionth person to walk through the turnstiles of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. With a click of the turnstile at 7:37 a.m., Jacqueline was immediately mobbed by Mickey Mouse and a cast of other Disney characters. She was awarded lifetime passes to the Florida park, and to Disney's 3 other theme parks, for her and her family.
Walt Disney received 32 Academy Awards personally over his lifetime. Along with members of his staff, more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world (including 7 Emmys) were received during Walt's 65 years.
In the middle of Disney World's Tower of Terror (between the two lift shafts) there is a service room in which staff can have their breaks. When the lifts drop, the walls of the service room appear to 'breathe' as the compressed air beneath the falling lift is blasted out of the shaft.
There is a hidden floor in the main building of Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. It is used by celebrities, newly married couples and others who want total privacy. Has anyone ever heard this before?