WDW history - 1960's thru 1971-72

[po1998]

I am fascinated with the history of WDW from the secret land purchase in the mid 1960's to the early years of the MK. Anybody have suggestions for books, websites, newspaper/magazine articles and/or videos that deal with this period of WDW history. I would love to see construction photos, read about problems that were encountered during the construction, etc....

 

[meanmice]

This is my works cited page from a report I did about disney. some is just pictures, but some is fact

Aircrew Training Systems. 10 Sept. 2002. Environmental Tectonics Corporation. 6 Nov.
2002 <http://www.etcaircrewtraining.com/ats_glab.htm>.

Forgotten Worlds. <http://www.intercot.com/fdtll/world.htm>.

Koenig, David. Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks.
Irvine: Bonaventure, 2001.

The Magic of Walt Disney Imagineering. 3 Oct. 2002. Project Watch 8 Nov. 2002
<http://216.36.240.175/projectwatch/index.html>.

McCartney, Todd D. The Disney Future-Walt Disney. Independent. 12 Nov. 2002
<http://www.disneycorner.com/tdf/wdw.asp>.

Meg (no last name given). Parks. Ever Notice…? 9 Nov. 2002
<http://www.evernotice.com/parks.html>.

Shaw, T.R. Walt Disney World Fun Facts. Independent. 12 Nov. 2002
<http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/WDW/Secrets.html>.

Smith, Dave, and Steven Clark. Disney: The First 100 Years. New York: Hyperion, 1999.

Walt Disney World. 8 Nov. 2002. Disney. 8 Nov. 2002
<http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/waltdisneyworld/index>.

Walt Disney World and Epcot Center. 1985 ed. New York: Crescent 1985.

WDWMAGIC- An Unofficial Walt Disney World Fan Site. 12 Nov. 2002. Developed by
Steve Frearson, Lantek Solutions Ltd. 12 Nov. 2002
<http://missionspace.wdwmagic.com/>.

--- 24 Oct. 2002. . Developed by Steve Frearson, Lantek Solutions Ltd. 12 Nov. 2002
<http://www.wdwmagic.com/wdwhistory.htm>.

Zibart, Eve. The Unofficial Disney Companion: The Inside Story of Walt Disney World
and the Man Behind the Mouse: The Inside Story of Walt Disney World and the Man Behind the Mouse. New York: Macmillan, 1997.

By the way, if I made any mistakes in documenting, my apologies

 

[RU42]

'Since the World Began' is a good book. You should find lots of info there.

RU

 

[swacky78]

Take the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour at the magic kingdom. Its a 6 hour tour that will teach everything you wanted to know...

 

[Sir Hiss527]

Originally posted by swacky78
Take the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour at the magic kingdom. Its a 6 hour tour that will teach everything you wanted to know...

I would also recomend this, if your so interested in WDW History.

 

[RogueHabit]

I recently downloaded a 45 minute video called A Dream Called Walt Disney World that was made in 1981.

It's all about how WDW came to be and features a lot of insight from the man himself.

It was in the alt.binaries.disney newsgroup.

 

[RU42]

Last night I uploaded a video called 'Project Florida' to the alt.binaries.multimedia.disney newsgroup in a response to a persons request.

The encode was not mine, I was just reposting something I had that someone wanted.

RU

 

[enough]

RU - is that up on #disney-central?? I'd like to check it out!

 

[Dayma]

The Magic of Walt Disney Imagineering. 3 Oct. 2002. Project Watch 8 Nov. 2002

I am reading this book now. It is very good with nice pictures

 

[Hurricane]

http://www.waltopia.com/EPCOT.mov

This movie was on the wonderful world of disney and has Walt narrating about his plans for the Florida Project (basically it oulines what EPCOT should have been, very interesting

 

[ucf disneyfan]

How do I get to this alt.binary.disney newsgroup???? I want to see these movies but have no clue where these newsgroups are and how to access them.

 

[RU42]

Originally posted by enough
RU - is that up on #disney-central?? I'd like to check it out!

Well, the answer is both. I posted it to the newsgroups last night btu I originally obtained it from #Disney-Central. Check !Dizvideo/(((TV Shows))) IRCC.

UCF DISNEYFAN:
Newsgroups/usenet (goes by both names) are part of the service from you Internet Service Provider. Think of them as forums on steroids. The general idea is the same as this forum, people post a message and people respond. However, instead of 10 categories there are something like 35000 (no that's not a typo.)

These categories cover everything under the sun. One such group is alt.binaries.multimedia.disney

Binaries=files
Multimedia=sound/video
Disney=um, Disney stuff

In this group you will find many interesting things. If you are still confused, contact your ISP for information. I would suggest by starting at their website for information.

RU

 

[ucf disneyfan]

Thanks for the info RU42!

 

[RogueHabit]

Originally posted by ucf disneyfan
How do I get to this alt.binary.disney newsgroup???? I want to see these movies but have no clue where these newsgroups are and how to access them.

Actually, my mistake, it was in alt.binaries.multimedia.disney.

For all the info on using newsgroups I would recommend http://www.timdoc.com

Tells you everything you need to know.

 

[mickeyfanatics]

A good book from an insider I read recently is "What Would Walt Have done?" It was not the best "written" book, but a lot of information.