You’ll also note a white, steeple-like building left of the Liberty Tree. Instead was the planned, Western River Expedition, which stands in the location Splash and Big Thunder now stand. Vintage Walt Disney World: Happy Anniversary, Walt Disney World Marathon!Ī couple of other details: This map has no Pirates of the Caribbean–not yet approved at the time.Vintage Walt Disney World: A 1984 Ski Trip with the Country Bears.Vintage Walt Disney World: Disney’s Vero Beach Resort Opens to Guests.Steven Miller, did you read that? Not a bad idea.Ĭheck out more posts from the “Vintage Walt Disney World” series:

Here’s a look at our property as it’s been developed today.Īs Disney legend goes, because so many of the original Walt Disney World Resort maps were printed for guest rooms, a cast member used the excess ones as wrapping paper for Christmas presents one year. Eventually, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa would open on the site of the Asian Resort, and the sites for the Venetian and Persian Resorts would remain undeveloped. While announced to the public in 1969, the Asian, Persian, and Venetian Resort hotels never materialized. The piece showcases the spirit and vast, all-new offerings of the “Vacation Kingdom of the World,” including Magic Kingdom Park, golf courses, beaches, watercraft, monorail transportation, Bay Lake and its eventual Discovery Island, Fort Wilderness and Tri-Circle-D Ranch, STOLport, the Polynesian and Contemporary Resort hotels, and three “future” resorts: the Asian, Venetian, and Persian. In the early years of Walt Disney World Resort, this artwork decorated the guest rooms of the Contemporary Resort Hotel and the Polynesian Village Resort Hotel. Turns out, my friends at the Walt Disney Archives knew plenty.

Such was the case with the following map.

Sometimes I come across things in our archives that I think look interesting, but I don’t know a lot about them.

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