Walt Disney

Walt Disney is the brand/person/place that we all know.

Walt Disney Actually dropped out of school at the age of 16
hoping to join the army but he wasnt welcome as he was
under age. He searched for a job and ended up being an
ambulance driver for the Red Cross. Shortly before Walt
Disneys death, he had planned to build a ski resort but
after he died they decided to carry on with
Walt
Disney world. The last film that Walt
Disney
saw was the Jungle book before his death
of
lung cancer. Did you know that Walt
actually played the role as Peter Pan in a
school
play? And Walt Disneys favourite
character was Goofy?
In 1927, Walt Disney was struggling. But then he hit it big
with a character named Oswald the Rabbit. He sold the
rights of the character to Universal and it became Disneys
biggest success at that time, rivaling
contemporary cartoons Krazy Kat and Felix
the Cat. In 1928, Disney went to negotiate a
better contract for the rabbit and his
animators, but Universal had other plans. They wanted
Disney to take a twenty percent cut. Negotiations fell
through and Oswald the Rabbit, since his rights were
actually owned by Universal, became property of Universal.
Fast-forward 79 years: NBC (owned by Universal) had just
acquired the rights to broadcast the huge property of
Sunday Night Football and they needed someone to call the
games. They looked to hire Al Michaels, who was under
contract at ESPN (owned by ABC, which was owned by
Disney) . So Disney and Universal made a deal. Universal

would get Al Michaels and Disney would receive the nearly

80 year old cartoon, Oswald the Rabbit.
A few years later Walt made Mickey.
Mickey Mouse is a funny animal
cartoon character and the official
mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
He
was created by Walt Disney and Ub
Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in
1928.
An anthropomorphic mouse who
typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white
gloves, Mickey has become one of the most
recognizable cartoon characters in the
world. A long came a romance with a girl
Mickey Mouse called Minnie. Minerva "Minnie"
Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character
created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. She
was first drawn by Iwerks in 1928, as was
Mickey Mouse. The comic strip story "The
Gleam" by Merrill De Maris and Floyd
Gottfredson first gave her full name as Minerva
Mouse, although this is seldom used.
Did you know that Walt Disney did know that he would be
making Walt Disney World but he died of lung cancer in the
making of it? He also made the park on land that people
had been selling for only a hundred pounds.
As he died the Walt Disney World seemed to get bigger and
bigger and bigger until now when everyone seems to know
it and ever since they were a kid they wanted to go. Most
people around the parks wear were mickey or Minnie head
bands with little ears poking out. I know I have got one!

Full
name:
Walter
Elias
Disney
Date and place of birth: December 5th 1901
Chicago,
Il.
Parents:
Elias
Disney
and
Flora
Call
Spouse: Lilian Bounds - married June 12th 1925
Daughters: Diane Marie and Sharon Mae
Date of death: December 15th 1966 from a
terrible process of un suspected lung cancer.

Did
1. Walt Disney World Resort encompasses 30,500 acres,
you
making it approximately the same size as San Francisco.
When Disneys Magic Kingdom Park first opened its doors
know?
on October 1, 1971, adult admission cost $3.50.
2. The opening day crowd at Disneys Magic Kingdom Park
was approximately 10,000 guests.
3. The estimated annual attendance at Disneys Magic
Kingdom Park is 17.5 million, followed by Epcot with 11
million, Disneys Hollywood Studios with 9.9 million and
Disneys Animal Kingdom with 9.9 million.
4. Cinderella Castle is the tallest structure in Disneys
Magic Kingdom Park at 189 feet, followed by Space
Mountain at 183 feet.
5.Both the Carousel of Progress and Its A Small World
made their debut at the 1964-65 New York Worlds Fair.
6.The 180-foot-tall Spaceship Earth at the entrance to
Epcot weighs approximately 16 million pounds.
7.The Haunted Mansion uses state-of-the-art Omnimover
vehicles called Doom Buggies.
8.The jolly headhunter who shows up near the end of the
Jungle Cruise is known as Trader Sam.
9.In conjunction with the release of Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Mens Chest, the Pirates of the
Caribbean attraction at Disneys Magic Kingdom Park
was renovated to add several characters from the
movie such as Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa.

10. The icon of

Disneys Animal
Kingdom Theme Park,
The
Tree of Life, stands 14
stories, features more
than
300 animal carvings
and is
50 feet wide.
11.
12. Built in 1917,
Prince
Charming Regal Carrousel in Fantasyland was once
located at Olympic Park in Maplewood, New Jersey.
13. The Great Movie Ride at Disneys Hollywood Studios
is housed in a replica of Manns Chinese Theater.
14. Astro Orbiter first opened in Tomorrowland in 1974
as Star Jets.
15. The Hall of Presidents had its origins as an audioanimatronic exhibition called Great Moments with Mr.
Lincoln, which premiered at the 1964-65 New York
Worlds Fair.
16. Originally known as the Tropical Serenade, the Tiki
Room in Adventureland was once sponsored by Florida
Citrus Growers.
17. The 60-foot-tall Swiss Family Treehouse in
Adventureland
weighs
approximately
200
tons and is made
of
concrete and
thousands of
polyethylene
leaves.
18. Cinderella
Castle, the
centerpiece of Disneys Magic Kingdom, features 18
towers and 13 gargoyles.

19. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at

Fantasyland is located on the site of the former Mr.
Toads Wild Ride.
20. Adventure at Epcot represent Adventure,
Compassion, Discovery, Freedom, Heritage,
Independence, Individualism, Innovation, Knowledge,
Pioneering, Self-Reliance and Tomorrow
21. Towering four stories over DinoLand U.S.A. at
Disneys Animal Kingdom, Dino-Sue is an exact replica
of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered.
22. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland
features six trains: I.B. Hearty, I.M. Brave, I.M. Fearless,
U.B. Bold, U.R. Daring and U.R. Courageous.
23. The Rock n Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at
Disneys Hollywood Studios launches you at a speed of
0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.
24. A swinging suspension bridge leads from Tom
Sawyer Island to Fort Langhorne, which was named
after Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark
Twain).
25. The replica of the Liberty Bell that can be found in
the center of Liberty Square was built from the same
authentic cast as the original in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
26. The exit to Haunted Mansion features crypts with
humorous names inscribed such as I.M. Ready, Rustin
Peese, Pearl E. Gates,
Manny
Festation, Dustin T.
Dust
and Asher T. Ashes.
27. The Walt Disney
World
Railroad, which serves
approximately 1.5million
passengers annually, is
an
authentic 1928 steampowered
train.

28. The Mission: SPACE thrill ride at Epcot is so

authentic that motion sickness bags are available just in
case of emergency.
29. A portion of New Fantasyland lies in the area that
was once known as Mickeys Toontown Fair, Mickeys
Birthdayland and Mickeys Starland.
30. Sonny Eclipse, an intergalactic lounge singer,
performs daily at Cosmic Rays Starlight Caf in
Tomorrowland.
31. In order to rank as a
Galactic Hero at Buzz
Lightyears Space Ranger
Spin, you must score
900,000 to 999,999 points.
32. The audio-animatronic
dog in the Carousel of
Progress is named Rover.
33. Astronauts Scott
Carpenter, Gordon Cooper and Jim Irwin were present at
the grand opening of Space Mountain in 1975.
34. Stitchs Great Escape in Tomorrowland lies at the
former site of ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter,
which closed in 2003.
35. One of the original attractions at Disneys Magic
Kingdom Park, Tomorrowland Speedway was once
known as Grand Prix Raceway.
36. Renamed The Seas with Nemo & Friends in 2006,
The Living Seas pavilion
opened at Epcot in 1986
and
was originally sponsored
by
United Technologies.
37. The Epcot 3-D film
Captain EO a 3-D film
at
Epcot was directed by
Francis Ford Coppola and
stars
Michael Jackson and
Anjelica Huston.

38. Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus was the first

champion at the Walt Disney World Open Invitational,
which made its debut in 1971.
39. The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
was originally called the WEDway People Mover (WED
standing for Walter Elias Disney).
40. Disneys Magic Kingdom Park, which encompasses
approximately 107 acres, is itself larger than
Disneyland, which only covers 80 acres in Anaheim,
California.
41. The design of Main Street U.S.A. was loosely based
on Walt Disneys hometown of Marceline, Missouri.
42. The Swiss Family Treehouse is of the species
Disneyodendron eximus or Out-of-the-Ordinary Disney
Tree.
43. The 189-foot-tall water tower icon at Disneys
Hollywood Studios is known as the Earffel Tower.
44. Jungle Cruise riverboats include Amazon Annie,
Bomokandi Bertha, Congo Connie, Ganges Gertie,
Irrawaddy Irma, Kwango Kate, Mongala Millie, Nile Nelly,
Orinoco Ida, Rutshuru Ruby, Sankuru Sadie, Senegel Sal,
Ucvali Lolly, Volta Val, Wamba Wanda and Zambesi
Zelda.
45. Splash Mountain in Adventureland features a fivestory, free-fall plunge at a 45-degree angle into a splash
pool at a speed of 40 miles per hour.
46. The 8,500-acre Disney Wilderness Preserve, which
lies 15 miles South of Disney World, features a
Conservation Learning Center and hiking trails.
47. Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin is located at
the former site of If You Had Wings in Tomorrowland.
48. The three talking
heads who introduce the
Country Bear Jamboree are
named Buff, Max and
Melvin.

49. Approximately 48 million people visit Walt Disney

World Resort including Disneys Magic Kingdom Park,
Epcot, Disneys Hollywood Studios, Disneys Animal
Kingdom Theme Park and Downtown Disney Area
annually.
Written By Lucie Haynes.
Only to be read by people who have been to Disney
World!
1647 words.