Wilt Dasney
Well-Known Member
But they aren't one and the same, never have been
I didn't write it. Take it up with Roy O. :animwink:
But they aren't one and the same, never have been
From 1971.
Does Madison's link clear that it has always been called The Magic Kingdom?
ooo - did someone say fudge? :slurp:Yes, although I maintain my claim of "fudginess" on Disney's part. :animwink:
It is always my sincere hope that others will do research as well. My research supports the following conclusions:In any case, I think it's pretty well established historically that it has always been "Magic Kingdom". I'm sure someone will post a scan or something, but the tickets have always refered to it as Magic Kingdom, you never bought a "Walt Disney World" ticket. Then again, maybe I'm wrong...but when I replied to Woody is was mostly because he was so sure he was right.
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Roy O. Disney changed the name of the park and the entire complex to “Walt Disney World” to make sure his brother would never be forgotten and on October 25, 1971 he dedicated the park as “Walt Disney World”.
Roy O. Disney had the power and the authority to make the name changes consistent with his own wishes (the tickets had already been printed with "Magic Kingdom").
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Have you ever read the dedication plaque? :lol: :wave:Can you show me a "Magic Kingdom" dedication plaque?I know he changed the name of the area to Walt Disney World, but the park was never changed.
Have you ever read the dedication plaque? :lol: :wave:
"Up until the early 1990s, the Magic Kingdom was officially known as the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, and was never printed without the Walt Disney World prefix. This was to differentiate between the park and Disneyland in California, which was and is also commonly referred to as the Magic Kingdom. Between the opening of the Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney acknowledged the growing need for consistent theme park names - EPCOT Center was renamed in 1994 to Epcot, and gradually the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom dropped the prefix and became the Magic Kingdom Park."I know he changed the name of the area to Walt Disney World, but the park was never changed.
"Up until the early 1990s, the Magic Kingdom was officially known as the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, and was never printed without the Walt Disney World prefix. This was to differentiate between the park and Disneyland in California, which was and is also commonly referred to as the Magic Kingdom. Between the opening of the Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney acknowledged the growing need for consistent theme park names - EPCOT Center was renamed in 1994 to Epcot, and gradually the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom dropped the prefix and became the Magic Kingdom Park."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Kingdom
To tell you the truth, I thought this information was common knowledge among most WDW fans. The facts are self evident. :wave:
P.S. I still call it the weinee.
For some reason, it makes people so mad when others refer to the Magic Kingdom as Disneyworld. You have to understand that it was over a decade with no other parks, so when people said they were going to Disneyworld, there was only one place to go.
I think people need to cut some slack to those who say that, because they probably got so used to it, that it is hard to break the habit.
Impugn the source, but I still need to find that darn Magic Kingdom dedication plaque. :wave:
I don't understand. What are you all talking about?
Magic Kingdom...Walt Disney World...
and all these years I though I was going to Project X.
But, those energetic singers in their snappy polyester outfits told me that there was more! (more, more more!)
Oooooh, they lied to me through song... i hate that!
Roy O. Disney said, “Everyone has heard of the Ford cars. But have they all heard of Henry Ford, who started it all? Walt Disney World is in memory of the man who started it all, so people will know his name as long as Walt Disney World is here." :wave:It still makes no difference that the park has always been called the Magic Kingdom, if its true that Roy changed it at such short a notice I doubt reprinting park tickets would have been a problem, if they were able to mold a plaque in enough time.
Roy O. Disney said, “Everyone has heard of the Ford cars. But have they all heard of Henry Ford, who started it all? Walt Disney World is in memory of the man who started it all, so people will know his name as long as Walt Disney World is here." :wave:
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