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Photo Tour: 7/24/04
Disney/MGM: One Man's Dream Exhibit

From the outside, the exhibit doesn't look like much.

Inside you'll discover a model of Disneyland's Main Street that dates to 1955.

There are numerous museum-quality displays that trace the evolution and history of the Walt Disney Company.

And several panels are dedicated to Walt Disney himself.

It would be easy to spend hours perusing all these displays!

The seldom-seen "Granny's Cabin," one of the scale models Walt worked on that reportedly stoked his desire for a traveling "Disneylandia" exhibit.

The other, equally reclusive artifact, is the Dancing Man. It led Walt to become obsessed with human robotics. Together, these germs added up to Disneyland.

And so we find an extremely rare item: the 1954 model for the Disneyland castle.

Walt's Working Office, on loan from Disneyland.

An early scale model of Adventureland.

The layout and thematic elements of the Peter Pan suspended ride.

A scale model of the Columbia, a three-masted ship built for Disneyland.

Walt Disney's likeness can be seen in a set designed to imitate a broadcast about EPCOT.

Speaking of Epcot, here's the model for Spaceship Earth. Blessedly free of any wand or hand, I might add!

Roy Disney looks real enough, but this is just a cardboard cutout of the Walt Disney World dedication ceremony in 1971.

Somehow, the Cinderella Castle model for WDW looks less impressive, and less detailed, than other models shown in this exhibit.

Visitors get the chance to control an Audio-Animatronics robot all by themselves.

Nearby, a Tiki Room bird beckons.

The castle model for Disneyland Paris re-establishes a trend toward minute detail and artistry.

The Tree of Life model takes the concept of "minute detail" to entire new levels of meaning.

The model for Grizzly River Run at Disney's California Adventure.

Even Castaway Cay, the island in the Bahamas owned by Disney and visited by the Disney Cruise Lines, has its own model here.

The Fortress from Tokyo Disney Sea is nothing short of stunning.

Inside the Walt Disney Theater, a short movie called "One Man's Dream" plays on a looping basis.

Just outside the doors: the WDW Tower of Terror model.

The Hat Icon has a scale model, too.

 

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