The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • Page 294

25 years in Central Florida 4 The Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, October 6, 1996 -1 i K-1 i (Right) Oct. 1 marked the opening day and Walt Disney World's first Main Street parade. Attendance for the first day was 10,000. In a month, 400,000 had visited. iT'Sfc a 1 (Right) Roy Disney and his wife, Edna, are led into the park by Mickey Mouse.

Roy dedicated the park that was the dream of his brother, Walt, who died in 1966. Roy died 2 months after the opening of Walt Disney World. I r7 ir, ipt Iwt 1. titr- 'I ''I ynyyi i urn i. ,.41 (Above) Alice in Wonderland and her friends pose for a picture in Fantasyland.

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