Disneyland could be the Happiest Place on Earth, however that doesn’t make the enduring theme park fully free from controversy. The largest new addition coming to Disneyland later this yr is one which not all people is completely satisfied about: Walt Disney is getting the audio-animatronic remedy.
From the time it was first introduced at D23 final yr, the choice to make Walt Disney an attraction in his personal park by way of the usage of audio animatronics has been a contentious one. Members of Walt’s family are in opposition to. Nonetheless, talking with Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Instances, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald says now’s the time for it. He lays out two causes, one being that 2025 is a serious anniversary for Disneyland. He mentioned…
For 2 causes. One is Disneyland’s seventieth anniversary is a perfect time we thought to create a everlasting tribute to Walt Disney within the Opera Home.
The Disneyland Opera Home has been house to Nice Moments with Mr. Lincoln since 1965, following its debut on the New York World’s Honest. The total-scale audio animatronic of Abraham Lincoln was created below the supervision of Walt Disney himself. Now, the enduring constructing will see a brand new present, Walt Disney: A Magical Life, which is able to mix a video presentation on the lifetime of Walt with the animatronic character.
In fact, the timing is just half the problem. The larger query is whether or not Walt Disney needs to be introduced as a theme park attraction in any respect. Fitzgerald thinks it’s vital that Walt Disney be introduced at Disneyland, the one Disney Park he ever noticed, as an actual individual as a result of he was an actual individual, and there are new generations of people that by no means noticed the true man. Fitzgerald continued…
The opposite: I grew up watching Walt Disney on tv. I assume I’m the outdated man. He got here into our lounge each week and chatted and it was very informal and also you felt such as you knew the person. However lots of people at this time don’t know Walt Disney was a person. They assume Walt Disney is an organization.
I got here to an analogous conclusion concerning the Walt Disney audio-animatronic after visiting the Walt Disney Household Museum earlier this yr. With the title Disney now being synonymous with an enormous leisure firm, it may be simple to overlook that it was all began by a person, or relatively two, named Disney. Walt Disney created an audio animatronic Abraham Lincoln as a method to assist future generations join with the sixteenth President. The identical will be performed for Walt Disney.
As of but, no one exterior of Walt Disney Imagineering has seen the audio-animatronic. Walt Disney: A Magical Life is about to debut at Disneyland on July 17, the seventieth anniversary of the opening day at Disneyland. There’s little argument will probably be an attention-grabbing day, and hopefully, will probably be a magical one.