Post by Dave on Aug 5, 2014 17:58:45 GMT -5
Walt Disney World begins to decorate for Christmas around November 15th ... so the property will be ready in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. In 2008, Disney World converted 430,000 incandescent holiday lights to LEDs, saving an estimated 1.1 million kilowatt hours throughout the holiday season, which is enough to power 61 homes annually.
1955: The 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Exhibit opened in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. The walk-through exhibit featured props and set pieces from the 1954 blockbuster release 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Guests could view the exterior of the Nautilus, Professor Aronnax's cabin, the pump room, the chart room, the diving chamber, the wheelhouse and the famous organ, which now resides in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ballroom. The exhibit remained open until August 28, 1966.
1981: At Walt Disney World, site work began on Horizons, an attraction in the not yet open EPCOT Center. Actual construction on Horizon's building began in January 1982, and both the attraction and EPCOT opened the following October.
1992: Walt Disney World welcomed its 400-millionth guest Brandon Adams, a 10-year-old from Maryland. Amid the clang of bells and a shower of confetti, the sixth-grade student from Baltimore danced joyously with Mickey Mouse after stepping through the turnstiles at Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park just after 10 a.m. Brandon and his family were given lifetime passes to all Disney parks worldwide.
2005: In July Neil Armstrong took part in the re-opening of Disneyland's space Mountain. An astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator - Armstrong flew aboard Gemini 8 in 1966 and Apollo 11 in 1969.
