December 15, 1966 –
Burbank, CA
Walter Elias
Disney passes away at St. Joseph's Hospital of acute circulatory collapse,
as a result of lung cancer, just ten days after his 65th birthday. The flags on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland are flown at half-staff, as the park opens at Lillian Disney's request to honor her belief that Walt would have wanted the show to go on. Walt's 74-year old brother Roy determines to postpone his retirement in order to pursue Walt's last dream, the recently announced construction of Walt Disney World in Florida.
December 15, 1973 –
Walt Disney World – Lake Buena Vista, FL
The Pirates of the
Caribbean attraction officially opens in Adventureland at Walt Disney
World’s Magic Kingdom. Housed in
a golden Spanish fort called Castillo Del Morro, it is located in the all-new Caribbean
Plaza expansion area of Adventureland.
It is based on the original attraction of the same name which opened 6
years earlier at Disneyland and
features 125 Audio-Anamatronics (comprised of 65 pirates & villagers and 60
animals). Guests ride in batueax through
flumes filled with 155,000 gallons of water, and unlike the Disneyland original
go down one 14-foot drop instead of two drops, which is due to the higher water
table in Florida than Southern California.
December 15, 1989 –
Walt Disney World – Lake Buena Vista, FL
Star Tours officially
opens at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park
at Walt Disney World. It is the
first attraction to open in the park's new Backlot
Annex area. Based on the successful Star
Wars franchise of movies, it is Disney's 3rd version of the attraction, having
first opened at Disneyland in 1986
and Tokyo Disneyland in July 1989.
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