Roy Disney Inspecting Florida Project Land

[Big C 73]

I am absence of the knowledge if anyone has posted or viewed these photographs before, but I wish to share these with you. These photographs display Roy Disney and fellow businessmen inspecting the future Walt Disney World property in 1967.

All photographs are copyright of original owners and/or publishers

 

[Big C 73]

Some images of Walt Disney's Florida Project film premiere (E.P.C.O.T Project)

 

[jdmdisney99]

AMAZING

 

[Susan Savia]

Neat!

 

[The Empress Lilly]

"I can show you the world...a whole new Disney world"

 

[unkadug]

I am absence of the knowledge if anyone has posted or viewed these photographs before, but I wish to share these with you. These photographs display Roy Disney and fellow businessmen inspecting the future Walt Disney World property in 1967.

All photographs are copyright of original owners and/or publishers

Picture 3,6 and 9

The original Wilderness Lodge!

 

[BradyJacobs]

Roy was the man!

 

[MinnieM123]

These photos are wonderful. I love the history of WDW. It never ceases to amaze me what interesting information and photography the people on this forum share with one another. I look forward to learning something new here every day! Thank you.

 

[cynic710]

thanks for posting these!

 

[AndyS2992]

I have a picture of Walt Disney inspecting the Florida land as well in a book however cannot find the image on the internet

Here's a photo of a photo:

 

[FrankLapidus]

Thanks for posting those, I've never seen them before and its always interesting to discover something new about the development and construction of WDW.

 

[Big C 73]

I have a picture of Walt Disney inspecting the Florida land as well in a book however cannot find the image on the internet

Here's a photo of a photo:

Very interesting, I do not believe I have seen this before. I just wonder what plans were sketched on that paper he had?!

 

[jdmdisney99]

Very interesting, I do not believe I have seen this before. I just wonder what plans were sketched on that paper he had?!

Probably EPCOT...

 

[AndyS2992]

Here's a few more taken from the book, I apologize for the quality.

 

[unkadug]

Here's a few more taken from the book, I apologize for the quality.

Are these your pictures? What book is that?

 

[AndyS2992]

So yeah, the people who claim WDW is inferior to Disneyland as Walt never stepped foot there is untrue.

 

[AndyS2992]

Are these your pictures? What book is that?

The book is Realityland: True Life Adventures at Walt Disney World by David Koenig. It's pretty good. Covers the history of WDW from conception to present (2007).

 

[unkadug]

So yeah, the people who claim WDW is inferior to Disneyland as Walt never stepped foot there is untrue.

Well, he stepped foot on the undeveloped property, this is true. It was no different than any other scrub-land in central Florida.

 

[unkadug]

The book is Realityland: True Life Adventures at Walt Disney World by David Koenig. It's pretty good. Covers the history of WDW from conception to present (2007).

I thought the pictures looked familiar! Now let me go pull that book back out!

 

[Big C 73]

Here's a few more taken from the book, I apologize for the quality.

Here's some pictures I believe we're taken at the same location (Governor Kirk's Mansion) during the signing that is presented on the second image from the book: