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May, 2018 The Antique Shoppe Page 11
Disney World Comes to Florida

By: Bonnie Wilpon
When Walt Disney World opened its Walt was upset that urban sprawl another Ayefour (after Orlando’s main
gates in Orlando, Florida in 1971 when crept up to the gates of Disneyland in highway, I-4). 43 square miles were
I was 19. Having traveled California and acquired from over 100 property owners,
Florida’s byways since he wanted and 2000 acres have been added
getting my driver’s license, to avoid that since.
I’d become a fan of the here. He didn’t Walt Disney announced the Disney
roadside tourist attractions, want locals to World project in Orlando in 1965 with
citrus stands and alligator know he was Florida Governor Hayden Burns by his
wrestling stops that buying up land, side. Walt stayed personally involved in
peppered my home state. fearing that WDW’s conceptual development until his
Most of them did prices would death in 1966. Sadly, he never lived to
not survive Disney’s go through the see construction begin in 1969.
technological marvels roof if they did.
and its sheer size. Disney So, Continued on Page 32
World, within just a few beginning in
years, changed the face 1964, dummy
of Florida tourism forever. corporations
The brainchild of the were created
talented Walt Disney, WDW to secretly
would extend the concept purchase land Antique cars and trolleys offer rides
of California’s Disneyland for “The Florida along Main Street for a small fee. In
beyond anyone’s Project”. One these pre-1981 days, we purchase a
imagination. was named Magic Kingdom ticket, then buy booklets
Postcards made before WDW’s opening Retlaw (Walter of brightly colored A-E tickets for the
have brown-printed logo backs with the spelled attractions inside.
1971 date in the center. backwards);

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