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Happy Birthday

Walt Disney!

Timeline of Walt Disney World.

Timeline of Walt Disney World.

First Look: Inside Golden Oak Homes at Walt Disney Resort
“Last summer we unveiled plans to build the Golden Oak community and now our first luxury resort homes at Walt Disney World Resort are finished; they’re ready to move in. So of course, we wanted to share a few first images with Disney Parks Blog readers.”






“Nice, huh? One of the first community members will be a grandfather who has been visiting the theme parks with his extended family for years. His home is amazing. It includes a bedroom and play area for his seven grandchildren filled with special touches.”

“Another special Disney touch on the exterior of every Golden Oak home will be a customized medallion. Let us know in the comments what special Disney touch you’d love to add to your dream home.” — Thomas Smith, Social Media Director, Disney Parks

First Look: Inside Golden Oak Homes at Walt Disney Resort

Last summer we unveiled plans to build the Golden Oak community and now our first luxury resort homes at Walt Disney World Resort are finished; they’re ready to move in. So of course, we wanted to share a few first images with Disney Parks Blog readers.”

Nice, huh? One of the first community members will be a grandfather who has been visiting the theme parks with his extended family for years. His home is amazing. It includes a bedroom and play area for his seven grandchildren filled with special touches.”

Another special Disney touch on the exterior of every Golden Oak home will be a customized medallion. Let us know in the comments what special Disney touch you’d love to add to your dream home.” — Thomas Smith, Social Media Director, Disney Parks

“The artist’s rendering above shows the bridge as it will look next year when it is part of Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure park, with the Southern California Red Car Trolleys passing underneath and the Carthay Circle Theatre in the distance.” — Erin Glover, Manager, Social Media and Print

The artist’s rendering above shows the bridge as it will look next year when it is part of Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure park, with the Southern California Red Car Trolleys passing underneath and the Carthay Circle Theatre in the distance.” — Erin Glover, Manager, Social Media and Print

Historic Los Angeles Landmark Inspires New Disney California Adventure Park Landmark
“…work began yesterday at Disney California Adventure park to transform the current Golden Gate Bridge at the park’s entrance into a re-creation of the historic Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. The rendering above shows what the new bridge will look like when it is completed as part of the new Buena Vista Street area.
This new area will bring guests back in time to a classic era in the history of Los Angeles – when Walt Disney first arrived in California. You will practically walk in his footsteps through an environment inspired by iconic Los Angeles buildings and structures of the 1920s and ‘30s, like the Pan Pacific Auditorium (which served as the inspiration for the new park turnstiles that opened on Friday) and the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge.
In January 1926, Walt and Roy Disney moved the newly renamed Walt Disney Studios into its new facility – a one-story, white stucco building at 2719 Hyperion Ave. During the next few years, another Los Angeles landmark was taking shape just a few blocks down Hyperion Ave. – the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. The bridge is a large, complex structure – still standing today and spanning Interstate 5 from Glendale, Calif., to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.” — Erin Glover, Manager, Social Media and Print

Historic Los Angeles Landmark Inspires New Disney California Adventure Park Landmark

“…work began yesterday at Disney California Adventure park to transform the current Golden Gate Bridge at the park’s entrance into a re-creation of the historic Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. The rendering above shows what the new bridge will look like when it is completed as part of the new Buena Vista Street area.

This new area will bring guests back in time to a classic era in the history of Los Angeles – when Walt Disney first arrived in California. You will practically walk in his footsteps through an environment inspired by iconic Los Angeles buildings and structures of the 1920s and ‘30s, like the Pan Pacific Auditorium (which served as the inspiration for the new park turnstiles that opened on Friday) and the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge.

In January 1926, Walt and Roy Disney moved the newly renamed Walt Disney Studios into its new facility – a one-story, white stucco building at 2719 Hyperion Ave. During the next few years, another Los Angeles landmark was taking shape just a few blocks down Hyperion Ave. – the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. The bridge is a large, complex structure – still standing today and spanning Interstate 5 from Glendale, Calif., to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.” — Erin Glover, Manager, Social Media and Print

The Old Mill in World of Color

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Nevermind, I found the scenes! :D 

The windmill part is based on Walt Disney’s The Old Mill (1937)

And the demon scene is Night On Bald Mountain from Fantasia (1940) :)

OH MY GOODNESS

Happy (late) birthday Walt Disney!!!!

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The four original locomotives on the Disneyland Railroad were named after four executives of the Santa Fe Railroad: C.K. Holiday, E.P. Ripley, Ernest S. Marsh, and Fred Gurley. Walt, a train buff, always had a soft spot for the Santa Fe, as it ran through his Missouri hometown.
David Hoffman - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Disneyland (pg. 73)
The idea of Main Street was inspired by Walt’s childhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri, but chief designer Harper Goff had grown up in Fort Collins, Colorado, so much of the architectural style is based on that city — in particular City Hall, which was modeled after the Fort Collins County Courthouse.
David Hoffman - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Disneyland (pg. 70)
Besides alcohol, the only food or drink banned from sale inside Disneyland is gum. Walt did not want his guests to constantly be stepping in it or picking it off their shoes, a pet peeve he had with other amusement parks.
David Hoffman - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Disneyland (pg. 66)
Walt was afraid of mice.
David Hoffman - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Disneyland (pg. 49)