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Walt really was a visionary and how far those ideas have gone and how big they have grown is truly remarkable

Walt Disney was a "visionary" and that "vision" died when he did. 😢

In 1971, someone I know was recruited to work at the Polynesian hotel. She and her family relocated to the Orlando area. In early planning for EPCOT, it was still envisioned to be a functioning city with residents. She and her family were chosen to live in EPCOT. Obviously it never happened, but at least it was considered.

Even with Walt's idea for EPCOT scrapped, it's still my favorite park there. I went there on my honeymoon (wife's choice) and it blew me away. Even the children's rides were fascinating and stunning. Arguably, buying that property is the most brilliant business decision in US history. It is a metropolis for sure, and the size of it is almost unfathomable for private enterprise/property.

Wonderful video! Thank you! I recently moved from Orlando for work, and I miss it dearly. Your video did a great job of capturing that love we all share. Greta work!

This overview sure looks fabulous!

I watch a lot of Disney videos. And this was very informative. Very good video.

I can assure you Walt and Roy would fire ALL of the current leaders of the Disney company today!

Great overview

Hey Chase, you guys crushed that!! Well done!

I'd like to see you cover the Orlando real estate market, the cost of living in Orlando and the surrounding areas. How the coast of living there and in Florida has increased post COVID and due to inflation.

Another reason he bought that area was that his father owned a farm years ago. He lost the farm due to financial setbacks. That property is located at the southern most tip of the Disney World property.

Awesome video man!

Walt flew to Tampa and toured Ocala first. He had relatives in Ocala and Silver Springs was already a tourist attraction. On November 22nd 1963, he flew over the Orlando site. That date is very significant. Had he scheduled the flight for the next day, there is a very good chance Disney World could have ended up in Ocala. Had he scheduled the flight for Saturday, November 23rd. The flight never takes place.

This was a great vid KZfaq recommended! It sucks that Disney just keeps making mistakes in particularly just ramping up outpricing the middle class it’s just so sad. I WANT Disney to still succeed because then Florida succeeds but geez what have they been thinking over there?!

Thanks for this video and sadly I feel that you are right, Walt's dream would have never worked without him. Thanks also for mentioning something that is often ignored when talking about EPCOT and that is the industrial parks. Sure visitors would have flocked to the international shopping district at the core of the city. But I think the Industrial parks would have been the main draw. Showcasing American companies and innovation, essentially factory tours done with the Disney touch. And yes the Land Pavilion is the closest thing built to what that would have been. I would have loved it!

they’ve never been able to recapture walt’s genius. but if they stopped price gouging their loyal customers i doubt people would complain as much.

Actually, Walt wanted to build in south Florida first in Palm Beach County. Walt couldn't come to a deal with John D. MacArthur (insurance tycoon from Chicago) owned most of northern palm beach county. . Walt then moved north to Orlando to build his park.

Surprised you have so few subs. That was a pretty good video.

I love that Scene in Minions when they show up in Orlando in 1968 and it is nothing but a swamp.

I’m watching this video from Disney rn

Henry Ford died in 1947. That would be quite the trick for him to have been buying land in the 1960s.

While Walt was secretly buying Florida property, his director of bands, Vese Walker found out and began his own purchases there. Walt soon discovered this and promptly fired him. His son, Johnny, was also immersed in music and became director of bands at the University of Illinois in the mid 1960’s.

Pretty nice video. You look like a young Michael Moore... 😆

Walt dreamed up the 15 minute city 70 years before everyone else.

8:19 you have the wrong Henry Ford. The pic is of the original who died in 1947. His grandson Henry Ford II (1917-1987) was head of Ford Motor Co and active in the '60s.

EPCOT as a city was an impractical idea. As one imagineer said "You can't experiment with people's lives". The E, P and T would quickly disappear. And you don't want to even know what one imagineer said about the painting of the city :D

Very well made video

All that time to build and mold into something great. Now the two Bobs have F’d it all up.

Respectfully, check a map !!! About the ONLY part of WDW in Osceola County is the Wide World of Sports complex. The overwhelming majority is, in fact, in Orange County (Orlando)

Good video.

Hurricanes, less likely severe in Orlando as well.

I live 2.1 miles from the Magic Kingdom

Very good video just think 60 years ago st Louis could be wear Disney world be

Funny, always heard it was Walts brother who bought the Florida swampland and convinced Walt later.

As a Jacksonville resident, I’ve always heard that Jacksonville was his first choice in Florida.

It would've made more sense at the time to locate in central Pennsylvania. Not only was 75% of the population east of the Mississipi, almost half the total population was in the northeast corridor and upper midwest. It would be trading away year-round operation for better weather in summer which is when kids are out of school.

I have the same sentiment for Disney being from Florida. Sadly though, the past few years, I feel like it is losing it's original envisioned identity. The only innovations I am seeing are the ways they get you to part with your hard earned money. Even a few downgrades as cost cutting measures. The magic that was once free and made trips special, now cost extra or are non-existent.

Walt was going to announce it would be in St Louis but Augustus Busch put paid to that with his flippant remark about not selling alcohol

Isn’t swamp land full of Alligators?

Horrible weather half of the year, I wouldn't say this is a great decision.... I love florida, but having a resort in a place where half of the year feels like hell on earth, with storms and hurricanes, doesn't seem like a good choice

Here's a thought .....is there anyone or anywhere in the United States that people say I wanna take my family?

I understand what Disney world is meant to be but its never won the most livable cities award - secondly I went to Disney world and was bored out of my mind - the travel between worlds was boring and too long in the heat - rides we went on all broke down - in one day we achieved nothing and sold the rest of out three passes to someone else staying in or hotel - this was the second reason we went to Florida from Australia - the other was cape Kennedy space centre.

It help destroy the ecology. Well it sped it up

Disney is not in Orlando , it’s in lake buena vista

Disney is not in Orlando. Not even the same county

EPCOT = Every Person Comes Out Tired.

A bit of hubris in such large-scale utopian plans. Disney Epcot might have bee accomplished at much greater cost than foreseen. If it existed to the original scheme the central area offices, shopping and 'people mover' transit surely would be obsolete in need of renovation or rebuild already.

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Yea so great, that it will be all flooded in 2040 haha

You're right, Walt wanted a place where parents and their children could enjoy TOGETHER. Not to have one parent wait while the other rides a ride. Not to split up the family into age groups where they complete run around on their own. But at the same time. Now it's just filled with roller coasters, thrill rides, and non-animatronic performers. I feel it's more like Six Flags over Orlando. And you know how successful Six Flags is.

Cool video... I think Merry-go-rounds typically go clockwise and carousels go counter clockwise. @0:30 that would be a carousel.

Walt is spinning in his grave since his dream went woke.

News Flash: Walt Disney World IS NOT in Orlando, Florida. The airport is in Orlando. WDW is in the next county over, Oceola County and the geographic area is Bay Lake. This is a very common misconception.