For example, he sketched a mouse with red velvet pants and two buttons on a train he was taking home. At first, he wanted to name the mouse Mortimer, but his wife Lillian hated the name. She helped Walt come up with the name of the infamous “Mickey Mouse.” Mickey became one of the most popular and recognizable cartoon characters worldwide and has been influential to many other cartoons. Along with the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney had such a phenomenal imagination. He has produced multiple movies, such as: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959), Fantasia (1940) and many more interesting movies. All of his movies are extremely unique and end in happily ever afters. This gave people hope that they could live happily ever after as long as they believed they could. In 1955, Disneyland opened and quickly became one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions. It was claimed to be “The Happiest Place on Earth” and became a realistic version of Walt’s fantasy …show more content…
In the early 1950s, he mortgaged his life insurance, stock holdings, house and furniture to purchase and finance the construction of a 185-acre amusement park near Anaheim, California that he later named Disneyland. Unsatisfied, Walt bought 27,000 acres of land near Orlando, Florida to open a second amusement park. Unfortunately, he died from lung cancer in 1966 before Walt Disney World was completed. Without Walt Disney’s persistence, creativity, and entrepreneurship, multiple children and adults would not believe in themselves enough to follow their dreams. “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you… when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true,” is a famous song that was sung to Pinocchio by Jiminy Cricket that gives everyone a little faith to follow their dreams until they come