Today the Magic Kingdom celebrates its 50th anniversary. This is the story of the creation of Walt Disney World resort, and the story of the man who got it done...no, not Walt Disney...actually, his brother, Roy.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Disneyland Problem
2:59 A Whole New World
5:55 Let's Go Get Some Land
7:27 EPCOT
10:46 Losing the Dreamer
13:39 It's not over yet
20:00 Working on the Railroad
22:27 Naming the Magic Kingdom
23:00 the Monorails
23:59 Finishing the Resort
26:41 Opening Day
28:05 The End

CREDITS:

Special thanks to Mark Holtze for allowing me use of his vintage 1971 Walt Disney World footage. You can see the original here:
   • MAGIC KINGDOM TOUR - WALT DISNEY WORL...  

Vintage footage of the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride is from Olivier Sanguy, you can see his original footage here:
   • Walt Disney World - Vintage 1984  

I also want to thank 4kWDW for allowing me access to his marvelous library of 4k and 5k videos of Walt Disney World. I highly recommend his channel here is a link to the walk-around video I used in this episode:
   • Magic Kingdom Complete Experience w/ ...  

Special thanks to my friend Richard, from RichardsTrainsAndMore for his 4k footage of the Walt Disney World Railroad:
   • Trains At Walt Disney World 8/8/2018-...  

Aerial footage of modern Disneyland is credited to Micah Muzio
   • Helicopter View of Disneyland | L.A. ...  


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