#walt-disney

#walt-disney

The English-style home on Lyric Avenue was once owned by Disney and his wife, Lilian. Built in 1928, the house incorporates several Tudor features including intersecting gable roofs, multi-paned windows, a balcony and arched doorways.

In 1954, Walt Disney visited the park. He was supposed to take a quick tour, sort of drive by, but he spent hours here and was fascinated by our no straight lines and a surprise around every corner mentality and the way the park was built.

Walt Disney recognized the challenge of Tomorrowland, stating, "The tomorrows of 1955 had become yesterdays," indicating a perpetual struggle between the past and an evolving future.

"Disney has had plenty of lifelike Audio-Animatronics before, but almost always of characters and not real people. The stakes would be high with a depiction of any human; they're astronomical with Walt Disney himself."

Rocky has remained an iconic and beloved symbol of strength, toughness and pride for the division.

Miller stated that the concept of an animatronic Walt Disney is dehumanizing, arguing that it reduces a complex individual to a robotic impersonation, and that people cannot be replaced.

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."