People say this but completely ignore the role he played in making it happen. The Studio wasn’t flush with cash to invest into Disneyland. Roy was very much involved in getting financing together for Disneyland, Inc. That first drawing of Disneyland done by Herb Ryman was for Roy, so he could have a visual to show bankers while seeking financing for the project.
What I said implied the he did indeed come to support Walt, but as a human I sincerely think that he still had doubts even after he fell in line and did what he needed to do to help. That said, however, it appears that Walt himself was more instrumental in obtaining financing for the park by his deal with ABC than Roy was. As the financial officer of the company he was afraid that this was going to bring the Disney Company to its knees and it was pure respect for Walt's abilities that brought him around on many of Walt's projects.
Well, he wanted a city too. That didn't happen either. Life or in this case death sometimes works out that way.
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There are people in the company still bound and determined to change the company’s name to just “Disney”.This week’s episode of the DIS Unplugged described Epcot’s 40th anniversary ceremony and mentioned a segment with footage of Walt, which can be seen in the highlights clip here:
PHOTOS and VIDEO - EPCOT 40th Anniversary Ceremony
Featuring performances from Mariachi Cobre, Voices of Liberty, the Disney Ambassadors, and EPCOT VP Kartika Rodriguez.
I hope this is reassuring to those who are worried that there is a campaign afoot to scrub all references to him.
I wouldn’t doubt that, but I suspect they’re driven by marketing and branding motives rather than (as some have suggested) an ideological opposition to Walt
There's plenty of counterexamples to this baseless rumor.This week’s episode of the DIS Unplugged described Epcot’s 40th anniversary ceremony and mentioned a segment with footage of Walt, which can be seen in the highlights clip here:
PHOTOS and VIDEO - EPCOT 40th Anniversary Ceremony
Featuring performances from Mariachi Cobre, Voices of Liberty, the Disney Ambassadors, and EPCOT VP Kartika Rodriguez.
I hope this is reassuring to those who are worried that there is a campaign afoot to scrub all references to him.
Source?
Oh, I know. I just thought this one was particularly pertinent given its recentness and it’s comparability to Disneyland’s birthday celebration, whose omission this year of Walt’s speech was met with considerable alarm.
Walt is seen as “problematic”.
Indeed, I agree.
And yet there he is, larger than life, throughout the parks!
Yes.
Don’t disagree with any of that personally.
This happened back in 2011, long before the "Woke Scare" that seems to have got so many in such a tizzy. As has already been noted, the claim/insinuation that there is a pattern of de-Waltification ignores the demonstrable fact that his image is still being actively promoted, even to the point of building new statues in his honour.It’s been in front of us for a few years now...We aren't paying attention..
I think "Woke Scare" is a very good phrase for these rumours.
