The Walt Disney Family Museum Blog
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Aug 15, 2017
The Walt Disney Family Museum 2017 Gala Honoring John Lasseter
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to announce that it will hold its third annual fundraising gala on November 7, 2017.
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Jul 27, 2017
Remembering Marty Sklar (1934–2017)
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Disney Legend and Walt Disney Imagineering Ambassador, Marty Sklar.
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Jul 23, 2017
“Your Mind Will Expand” On the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney’s Adventure Thru Inner Space
“For though your body will shrink, your mind will expand,” extolled the voiceover narration of Walt Disney’s Adventure Thru Inner Space, a unique Disneyland attraction that first opened fifty years ago in 1967.
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Jul 11, 2017
“Next stop, Tomorrowland!” Walt Disney’s Future in 1967
As Walt would put it, “Tomorrow is a heck of thing to keep up with,” and from the beginning, Tomorrowland proved the most challenging area of the park to design and build.
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Jun 23, 2017
Welcome, Foolish Mortals: Walt Disney’s Haunted Mansion
It was 1959 and there was little doubt about it – Disneyland’s Grim, Grinning Ghosts would one day come out to socialize. The question was: when?
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Jun 20, 2017
Ye Come Seeking Adventure: Walt’s Pirate Dream Realized
On March 18, 1967, Pirates of the Caribbean opened to the public at Disneyland. The atmosphere, music, and rich Disney history of the attraction has helped it remain one of the most loved and cherished pieces of Imagineering innovation, even 50 years on.
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Jun 16, 2017
Beyond the Magic Skyway
The 1964/65 New York World Fair debuted four original attractions from WED Enterprises, one of them being Ford's Magic Skyway.
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May 11, 2017
Walt’s Deep Sea Adventures: Tomorrowland’s Submarine Voyage
Walt Disney was very proud of his Submarine Voyage fleet, and rightly so, as it was once referred to as the eighth largest submarine fleet in the world.
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May 9, 2017
Harper Goff: The “Second” Imagineer
Walt Disney assigned Harper Goff to a project known by some as “Disneylandia,” and Goff drew up the little “Mickey Mouse Park” concept art, which inspired the nickname “the Second Imagineer.”
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May 8, 2017
Ron and Diane Get Married
Diane Disney met Ron Miller on a blind date while they were students at the University of Southern California. On May 9, 1954, they married, and spent nearly 60 years together, raising seven children.