Today is CD Player Day. CD players are almost a
thing of the past. Eight-track tape players, record players, cassette players,
all were replaced by the next generation of technology and now, MP3 downloads
are replacing the physical discs. Honestly, if I get a CD I usually play it
once: when I rip it to iTunes. I hate change and I miss the old formats in
addition to Beta video and Laser Disc. At WDW you can buy CD’s of your favorite
Disney music. Get it while you can.
Today is the International Day of Older Persons. I
used to admire old people then I woke up one day and I was one. You will be
too. Respect the wisdom that comes with age and remember, age and wisdom with
beat youth and skill in the long haul (at least I keep telling myself that).
Take an older person to Walt Disney World with you. You’ll both enjoy it.
Speaking of older, today is Model T Day. For $825,
Henry Ford would sell you an automobile in any color you wanted as long as that
color was black. Perhaps Ford’s greatest accomplishment was producing a car
that the worker who built it could afford. The idea worked well and allowed
this nation to be the mobile, well-traveled people that we are. Hopefully
Carsland will come to Walt Disney World soon but until it does don’t forget the
original cars land, the parking at the Transportation and Ticket Center.
Paul Abraham Dukas was born on this day in 1865 in
Paris, France. In 1897 he penned an orchestral piece “L’appenti sorcier” that
Walt used for a sequence in Fantasia in
1940. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is one of just a few pieces written by Dukas
that survive as he was a perfectionist who destroyed mush of his work out of
his dissatisfaction with them. Visit Hollywood Studios and enjoy The Great
Movie Ride with a sequence from Fantasia.
Jimmy
Carter, the thirty-ninth President of the United States was born in Plains,
Georgia on this date in 1924. In 1976, Carter delivered a speech, in front of
Cinderella Castle, to the International Chamber of Commerce 26th
Conference and Convention. You know what is very near the Castle? That’s right,
The Hall of Presidents. Now go, enjoy and get educated.
On
this day in 1935, Julie Andrews (Julia Elizabeth Wells) was born in England.
She will forever be remembered as Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins is incredibly important in Disney history to the point
that a movie is coming out, Saving Mr.
Banks, to tell the story of how Walt acquired the rights and made the
movie. The profits from the movie were used to develop the MaPo braking system
for the monorails, so named from the source of its funding MAry POppins. More
recently Andrews starred in The Princess
Diaries movies as well as serving as the narrator in Enchanted. Ride the monorail in comfort and safety thanks to Julie
Andrews and ride it to EPCOT where you just might meet Mary Poppins.
Last,
but not least, on this date in 1971, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
opened. Thanks Walt, Thanks Roy and Thanks to all the imagineers and cast
members who keep it happening every day.
Remember,
your best excuse is always: waiting for your dreams to come true.
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