The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World [Complete - Oct. 29, 1971]

[holleyhoneysweet]

thanks for uploading this i never knew wat it was like on the grand opening cause i'm 13 and so yh i go there every year and its kool to see it before the 21st century lol :)

anyways i'm going there in a couple months :)

[holleyhoneysweet]

THIS WAS UPLOADED ON MY BIRTHDAY :)

[jmoroni78]

this video is great with one exception it is missing some of the Johnathan Winters stuff with his family and the fire work show.

[BrianHamiltonTV]

TODAY IS MINE : When the sun came up this morning I took the time to watch it rise And as its beauty struck the darkness from the sky I thought how small and unimportant all my troubles seem to be And how lucky another day belongs to me And as the sleepy world around me woke up to greet the day All its silent beauties seemed to say So what my friend if all your dreams you have and realized Just look around you you got a whole new day to try Today is mine today is mine to do with what I will

[Mouseketeertimothy]

NO PLACE LIKE DISNEY WORLD> LOVE IT>

[cess2208]

thank you so much for sharing this.. It has taken me quite some time to find this recording. My dad, who is still alive today, represented Peru as the 1st Trumpet of my country to be part of the World Symphony Orchestra for this inauguration.

I can't wait to show him this video!! He is going to be soooo happy!!

[Marciodisney]

@cess2208 This is awesome!!! Please, tell us how he reacted :-D

[Thoralmir]

Can you believe that its been 40 years now?

[scbiddle]

It's great to see this. I was one of the singers in the grand opening celebration, and I hadn't seen this video since that time. I was a senior in high school at the time... I'm now 57. What an incredible memory! Thank you so much!

[Airotciv65]

Wow, thank you so much for posting this! I'm only 20 and as the 40th anniversary of the parks is coming, it's great to see footage like this that was way before my time. Have a magical day!