Walt Disney World Conclusion

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Walt Disney was one of America’s most well-known entrepreneurs. He was a creator of many things from comics, to motion-pictures, to theme parks. Walt was a man of many visions, one of the most creative people this world has ever seen. Walt was born December 5, 1901 and died only 65 years later. December 15, 1966 lung cancer took the best of him and died before his final park, Walt Disney World, was complete. What many people did not know was the underground tomb that Disney was buried in. In 1965 Walt was purchasing many properties for his ultimate theme park, Walt Disney World. One of the properties that was purchased was a small 11 acre island. During the construction, that island named Treasure Island was being populated for its grand opening. This park was made to allow guest to interact and see animals in a whole new experience. It was an open wilderness experience that guest could see many different species of wild animals. Many people did not know before that island was open to guest and populated with animals a …show more content…
He had a room set aside for all his comics when he first started off. A room for short films he worked on. A room for Disney Land. Another of the larger rooms consisted of statues of concrete figures of every Disney character he had ever produced a movie with. One of the last few rooms was a future room. In that room Walt had laid out many ideas for future movies, characters, theme parks, and plans. In this room he had blueprints, diagrams, and miniature constructed rides he wanted to see in future parks. Although Walt hid these plans to allow the theme parks and movie chain to grow on its own after he was gone. He kept these ideas locked away in the tomb with him so future generations down the road could one day discover these ideas and see how the park did without him. It would also allow future generations to see what kind of ideas Walt had that he never had a chance to

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