Why has there been no Walt AA

[Goofyernmost]

None of those people ever said they didn't want to be memorialized in a public venue, or specifically in a theme park. Walt and company were truly honoring all the presidents and celebrities in their attractions, and at the same time he wished to lurk in the shadows and remain humble.

It wasn't about him....to him. It was about the incredible things he could accomplish by surrounding himself with the world's greatest artists, engineers and creators. It was about doing the impossible...about being one step ahead of everyone else AND himself.

He was proud, but not an egomaniac. He applied his last name to the company, but it was Roy who insisted on adding "Walt" to the Florida resort's name. I'm sure, today, he'd be honored to see the Partners statue standing proudly in the heart of the flagship park in the World he designed on the ceiling of his final hospital room.

He would have never commissioned it, or placed it there himself, but he would certainly get a glimmer in his eye if he saw it second-hand. He liked being recognized, while, again, being humble and quiet.

Yes, I am aware of that, but, even if they didn't want to be memorialized I have to wonder if anyone ever asked them. If they weren't specifically requesting memorials, then why would Walt assume that they wanted that in as much as he, himself, felt they were pretentious.

I think that the whole thing has just been distorted. It is certainly understandable that he might think that it would be totally out of line while he was alive, but, I doubt that truthfully he would not want to be remembered after he was gone, no matter what he might have said while he was alive. BTW, the world that he saw on the ceiling at the hospital doesn't resemble, in the slightest, what we actually got.

Tom, it appears that you are very knowledgeable on all things Disney so I will assume that you have read some of the biography's written about Walt and his life. If you have then you have to reconsider stating the Walt wasn't an egotist. He insisted that everything produced in the early years of Disney studio's contain his name only. He even dropped any reference to his own brother when he changed the name from "Disney Brothers Studio" to "Walt Disney Productions". He also took full credit for all the work done by other talented and hard working people in his company. He didn't relinquish that until they decided to unionize, mostly to be able to take credit for their work and be able to carry it with them when they left. Now even though that behavior leaves me to wonder what he was deep inside, it certainly does point to a huge ego. I do believe that he felt that any public display of that ego would ultimately be detrimental to his image or at least his public image.

He was a genius and I would never want to take that away from him. Stand on the upper floors of a high rise in the Orlando area and everything you see for miles and miles, in almost any direction, wouldn't exist if it hadn't been for his imagination and influence along with tenacity. In this case I don't see ego as a bad thing. For the most part he never flaunted it, except in his own organization. But, now... I, like you said, doubt it would bother him at all to know that people remember. In fact, I think that the day that they unveiled the Partners Statue a voice could be heard from beyond saying... "It about time!"