Which Disney is supposed to finally unveil in February of 1967 at a special presentation to Orange & Osceola County officials. Who are still anxiously awaiting those detailed plans for Project Florida. Florida Legislators and Project FloridaĪnd now here are Florida’s legislators. The earliest iteration of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Which - again - brings us to the Reedy Creek Drainage District. Likewise mitigate all of that property’s drainage problems.
#Wreck it ralph soundtrack some nights full#
And even if the Company were to eventually abandon Walt’s dream of building the Vacation Kingdom … Well, if they still wanted to get the full value out of Disney’s massive real estate holding in Central Florida, they’d first have to complete construction of a network of access roads throughout the work site. By that I mean, Joe Potter and all that earth-moving equipment were already down in Orange & Osceola County. Does it even make sense now that we push ahead with construction of this giant project in Florida? Not to mention a ski area up in the High Sierras?įor a time, the sheer momentum of Project Florida was enough to keep that enterprise moving forward. Should we really be spending this money ? I mean, Walt’s gone. And there were those with the Company (especially in the early part of 1967) who were wondering: This sort of work (as you might expect) was brutal, hot & expensive. But - rather - as picturesque winding canals that then blended in with the landscape. All of which Walt had asked Joe not to do as straight Panama Canal-like structures. And then General Joe Potter - in order to get this land ready for construction (particularly that 2500 acre chunk right at the heart of this property which would eventually become the home of … Well, as the Company liked to describe Walt Disney World back in the late 1960s / early 1970s, “Florida’s Vacation Kingdom”).Īnyway … To get those 2500 acres of swampland & wetland ready for construction, General Joe had to first build 38 miles of water control channels. You have to remember that - at this point - Walt Disney Productions had spent roughly $5 million on the acquisition of that land. That’s really telling about Walt’s brother’s head space in the immediate wake of Walt’s passing. Roy put the Company’s real estate holdings (Which - at that time - were mostly those 43 square miles of undeveloped swampland in Central Florida) ahead of Disneyland. What fascinates me about this letter is - when Roy is listing what he sees as the Company’s core assets in the wake of Walt’s passing … Well, the batting order he puts together: Walt Disney Productions Credit: Hakes Walt Disney Productions Real Estate All of the plans for the future that Walt had begun - new motion pictures, the expansion of Disneyland, and our Florida and Mineral King projects as outlined in this report - will continue to move ahead. Walt Disney’s preparation for the future is a solid, creative foundation. Today this organization has been built and we shall carry out this wish. It was Walt’s wish that - when the time came - he would have built an organization with the creative talents to carry on as he had established and directed it through the years. It should confirm for you that the substantial creative assets of Walt Disney Productions - Motion Picture Properties (completed and yet to be produced), real estate, Disneyland, Character Merchandising, Music, Publications and the world-famous Disney name - will result in a successful future.
In this report are the fact that supported that enthusiasm. The enthusiasm for the future you’ll find in these pages stemmed directly from Walt. This annual report was prepared prior to Walt Disney’s passing.
Which would then acknowledge … Well, the obvious.Īn Important Message to Our Shareholders and Employees. A document that had been hastily attached to the outside of that physical booklet.
This is why that year’s annual report came with a wraparound. Walt Disney Productions’ Annual Report – Revisions After Walt’s Death Then Walt died just six days later on December 15, 1966. And the report itself was published on December 9, 1966. Staffers then pulled together the necessary info for this report about the various divisions at Disney. That fiscal year had closed back on September 30 th of that same year. In our last Reedy Creek Improvement District article, I shared a lot of information that I had pulled from Walt Disney Productions’ annual report of 1966.
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