On this date in 1899, Lillian Marie Bounds was
born in Idaho. In 1923, Lillian moved to California to live with her sister
Hazel. Miss Bounds took a job as a secretary and later as an ink artist. Her
boss famously said, “I had to marry her, I couldn’t afford to pay her,” and on
July 13, 1925 Lillian became Mrs. Walt Disney. Lillian and Walt were married
for 41 years and she was his number one supporter and critic. She is credited
with telling Walt to drop the name Mortimer Mouse for Mickey Mouse. If that were
the only thing she ever contributed, that would be enough. If you can make it
WDW today honor Lillian by visiting Downtown Disney and going to Fulton’s Crab
House, originally called the Empress Lilly or go to the Magic Kingdom and wait
for the “Lilly Belle” to pull in the train station to ride about the park.
Just keep waiting, slow train's a comin'.
Make it so. In 1940, Patrick Stewart was born in
England, even though all through Star
Trek: The Next Generation he is supposed to be from France. So how does
Captain Jean-Luc Picard fit in at Walt Disney World? Well, Patrick Stewart is
also Professor Charles Xavier from the X-Men,
a Marvel property that Disney now owns but that’s not all. Stewart was the
voice of Mr. Woolensworth in Chicken
Little and the voice of The Great Prince in Bambi II. Last year you could enjoy the Bambi walk-through
attraction at EPCOT during the Flower and Garden Festival but at this point you
may have to settle for a Bambi or Chicken Little plush to celebrate Patrick
Stewart or you could just wander around WDW talking like Patrick Stewart or,
like Peter Griffin, remember the time you switched voices with Patrick Stewart.
Three Star
Wars movies, four Indiana Jones
movies and a host of other movies including my favorite, Air Force One are just a small part of the resume’ of Harrison
Ford, born on this day in 1942. How do you beat Hans Solo, Indiana Jones and
the President of the United States of America? You don’t. So go to Hollywood
Studios and check out the Indiana Jones show or ride Star Tours. I love Star
Tours although I can only ride it once. Can you say motion sickness boys and
girls?
Dodge the ewoks!!!
One of the funniest men in show business was
born on this day in 1946. I don’t care if you think his career went up in smoke
or if you think of him as the original low rider, Cheech Marin always brings
the smiles. Starting out in Cheech and Chong, he has morphed his career a
number of times to end up as Banzai in The
Lion King, Ramone in Cars and Cars
2, Tito in Oliver & Company and
Manuel in Beverly Hills Chihuahua
(which we saw on our Disney cruise in 2008). You can honor Cheech at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort or the Festival
of the Lion King at Animal Kingdom.
Remember, your best excuse is always: waiting
for your dreams to come true.
Good post!
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