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How To Make A Buck
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Once upon a time, in the magic realm of California, there was a grown-up heady boy named Walt Disney who set out to create the happiest place on earth. So he went into his counting houses and to his moneylenders, and he collected millions of dollars. Then he ordered his royal artists and carpenters to build a whimsical wonderland of spaceships to the moon and Mark Twain river boats, of mechanical monkeys ...
He Spent 21 Million Dollars Just For Fun
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Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955.
And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney.
That's not all. Says Disney:
"Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It will continue to grow, to add new ...
No Disneyland Branch
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Walt Disney says he will not open branch replicas of Disneyland despite offers from a dozen foreign nations and uncounted requests from this country.
Some organizations have gone so far as to offer complete financing, but Walt has turned them all down.
PERSONAL PROJECT
"Disneyland is a personal project with me, he says. "I must stay close to it, otherwise the park would no longer be fun.
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Unfinished Magic
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I guess it's a fact of life that not every idea for an attraction or Land can actually be built. Occasionally, the failed idea was a revamp or replacement of an older attraction that was shut down for various reasons. Other times, the idea was scrapped because of the success of another, similar, ride. There are a multitude of other reasons things can be scrapped.
After Submarine Voyage closed, it was ...
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 7
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The Land that Never Was
One of the themes that Disney toyed with was the birth of the nation, continuing on through the Colonial Era, following inventors and political figures that shaped our country. Officially, it wouldn't be referred to as a land per se, the same as Main Street USA, New Orleans Square and Toontown. Actually the proposed idea was a combination of two areas, the first being Liberty ...
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 8
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Picture this
You're an artistic designer;
You're scheduled to attend a design meeting for a project you drew the design that "greenlighted" the project you're currently working on;
Deadlines are rapidly approaching;
And in walks your boss
He looks concerned -- something between worried and extremely serious;
He opens the meeting and begins talking about a specific part of ...
Analysis Liberty Street The Expansion Walt Never Built
Liberty Street at Disneyland was canceled, but Walt Disney had big plans for the proposed patriotic expansion to the park in the 1950s.
According to D23, In 1956 (just one year after Disneyland 's opening), Walt Disney Productions distributed a press release, detailing the company 's plans for Liberty Street.
Walt Disney 's Vision for Liberty Street at Disneyland
In May 1957, ...
