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    Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, who was a building contractor, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American, who was a public school teacher. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his youth in Marceline, Missouri, where he began painting, drawing, and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Walt acquired a love

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    The Walt Disney Company

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    his own brand of architecture that he could peddle to the masses and, after time, his corporate investors. The Walt Disney Company, has since become an empire, and from the help of Michael Eisner during the Disney decade, a brand that cannot be easily avoided. Its presence has sprung up world-wide with no indication of slowing. The parks have transformed into a vernacular that can set up shop in any international environment. Unlike the buildings we commonly design today, Disneyland’s have little

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    What impact did Walt Disney have on the world? Disney Channel, Disney junior, and Disney XD is a television show for families. Disney Channel, Disney junior, and Disney XD was created by Walter Elias Disney huge company. Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. Walter, also known as Walt, was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. He won 22 Academy Awards, and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland (in Anaheim, California) and Walt Disney

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    The Magic of Walt Disney World On October 1, 1971 in a swampland in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney World was born. Since then, Disney World has been functioning as a place that everyone in the family can enjoy, which was the goal of creator and founder, Walt Disney. At first inspired by California’s smaller Disneyland, Walt Disney World, which was dedicated to Walt’s younger brother Roy (Fanning), has developed vastly over the years and has easily become one of the world’s most popular attractions

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    Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Early Life Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, who was a building contractor, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American, who was a public school teacher. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline

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    Walt was most excited in Florida with thirty thousand acres of wilderness to work with (Norwich).  Walt planned  to build the biggest theme park in the world.  He was obsessed with Walt Disney World and Experimental prototype Community of Tomorrow (Epcot).  It seemed like Walt was in a Race with time. Eventually, Walt’s X-rays showed he had lung cancer. He got lung cancer because he smoked for quite a time.  Walt died on December 15, 1966 (Biography.com). On December 15,

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    Essay about Disney's Global Struggles

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    enough for plenty of park expansion, shopping and lodging (The Walt Disney Comany and Affliated Companies, 2011). The park opened in 1971 with the flagship Magic Kingdom Park. In 1982 they added the futuristic park called the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow or EPCOT (The Walt Disney Comany and Affliated Companies, 2011). In more recent years the Florida park have added MGM Studios (now known as Hollywood Studios since the separation from MGM and Animal Kingdom, Downtown Disney and

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    Aniah Dailey English 2 Period: 3rd 11/20/17 What impact did Walt Disney have in the world? Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD are television shows for families. Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD were created by Walter Elias Disney huge company. Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, and film producer. Walter, also known as Walt, was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois (thefamouspeople). He

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    Walt Disney, a pioneer of the American animation industry, was not insulted by the phrase your imagination is “childlike” or “immature”. He turned these images, ideas, and childhood dreams in his head into reality, creating a multi-million dollar empire. Disney faced many struggles along his whole life journey, but did not give up. His heart and determination for animation led to an out-of-this-world theme parks along with highly successful films. Disney’s innovations have entertained many generations

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    Introduction The land of pixie dust and fairytales the "Happiest Place on Earth" and that mouse Walt Disney World is all this and more to the over 50 million visitors who pour through its gates every year. Prices may be high and the lines long, but you can learn to love Disney with a little know-how. When you see kids ' eyes light up as they meet Mickey or glimpse Cinderella Castle on the horizon, you 'll no longer able be able to say that you don 't like Disney. The Topic: Walt Disney World is a

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