September 12, 1986 –
Walt Disney World
Captain EO, an
all-new 3-D fantasy sci-fi musical movie attraction opens at EPCOT. The film,
directed by Francis Ford Coppola, stars Michael Jackson, and was produced by George
Lucas. Set in the future in a far off
galaxy, the 17-minute film tells the story of Captain EO and his ragtag crew of
space travelers, and features an eclectic cast of characters, including other
notable actors and actresses, including Dick Shawn and Angelica Huston. EPCOT
is the first Disney park to present the film – it will open at Disneyland in California just 6 days later, and
later followed by Tokyo Disneyland in 1987).
September 12, 2005
- Hong Kong Disneyland
After nearly 6 years of planning, preparation and
construction, Hong Kong Disneyland
debuts. It is the company’s 5th
vacation resort, and the 11th Disney theme park in the world. The park was closely modeled after the
original Disneyland in Anaheim, CA which opened 50 years (and 2 months)
earlier. In honor of the original Magic
Kingdom, Hong Kong Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle was built to match the
Anaheim original. The theme park and its’
adjoining hotels, retail, dining and entertainment facilities stretch out over
310 acres on Lantau Island – and the park features the largest Adventureland of
any Magic Kingdom park around the globe.
Walter Elias
Disney is born to Flora and Elias Disney in their two-story cottage at 1249
Tripp Avenue in a newly developed section of Chicago, Illinois. (The
Disney family will move in April 1906 to a farm in Marceline, MO where Walt and
his brothers and sister grew up.)
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Morocco debuts as the first new international pavilion to be
added to Epcot’s World Showcase since the park opened in October 1982. The
pavilion is situated between Japan and France, and is the first pavilion to be
sponsored by a national government instead of a corporation. The King of Morocco sent royal craftsmen to do
all of the carvings, paintings and hand lay all of the tile work through the
pavilion, which recreates the architectural styling and atmosphere of
Casablanca, Fez, and Marrakesh. 
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The
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular attraction is dedicated at the Disney-MGM
Studios in Florida. It is the first theme park attraction to use a computer
based show control system in conjunction with a programmable logic controller
system to trigger, control and sequence complex live events in real time ... in
many cases controlled by the actors! The 30-minute stunt show recreates some of
the most thrilling and heart-pounding moments from the Indiana Jones films.
Carnation Plaza Gardens opens at the end of Main Street, U.S.A., in the Plaza Hub next to Sleeping Beauty
Castle. An outdoor bandstand and dining location, it will become a popular site
for dancing, musical performances and "Date Night at Disneyland". 
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August 14, 1958 - Disneyland
