the c.1967 WED Imagineering Plot Plan, pictured below) came to officially label the would-be 21,733-square foot attraction as Monsanto’s Magic Microscope.Īdventure Thru Inner Space Souvenir Post Card Book Atencio and George McGinnis) were furthering what nature” (and Walt) first began, designing and visually developing what would become a focal point of the show - a giant microscope (attributed to George)! Disneyland schematics (e.g. There, the fourth subject involved advising “the Board on the status of the… Monsanto contracts.” Soon after, “men with dreams (both X.
Board of Directors met for a special meeting agenda on December 19, 1966. All of the plans for the future that Walt had begun… the expansion of Disneyland… will continue to move ahead.”Īnd so not even a week after the passing of a friend and leader, Walt Disney, the WED Enterprises, Inc. Walt Disney’s preparation for the future has a solid, creative foundation.
Today this organization has been built and we will carry out this wish. It was Walt’s wish that when the time came he would have built an organization with the creative talents to carry on as he established and directed it through the years.
Much of Walt Disney’s energies had been directed to preparing for this day. Only through the talent, labor ad dedication of this staff could any Disney project get off the ground… They take great pride in the organization which we helped to build. A team of creative people that he was justifiably proud of… Many have been with us for over thirty years. Around him Was Disney gathered the kind of creative people who understood his ways were always unique and he built a unique organization. “Walt Disney spent his entire life and almost every waking hour in the creative planning of…Disneyland… and the other diversified activities that have carried his name through the years. Disney, President and Chairman of the Board of Walt Disney Productions addressed the staff with an official statement, in which it was conveyed: Many Disney personnel who were present, remember the tragedy that occurred on Thursday, December 15, 1966, at 9:35 a.m., when their brother, their friend, and leader, Walt Disney died. One Associated Press article “Plan Trip Into Drop of Water, Liberty Square for Disneyland” (by Bob Thomas, published April 20, 1957) briefly divulged “Big projects coming to Tomorrowland, including a protozoa ride that would take patrons into a drop of water as seen through a microscope.”Īdventures in Science featured as a “Future Attraction” on the c.1962 Disneyland Map by Sam McKim. Soon, a brand new attraction offered guests a glimpse into the world of “ our friend the atom” and beyond!Īs early as 1957, Disneyland’s Executive Policy and Planning Committee and Walt’s team of artists were already planning the next big Monsanto-sponsored adventure. I can reshape and revamp.” A fantastic example is what became of MONSANTO’s previously sponsored the Hall of Chemistry, which gave Disneyland guests a view of the building blocks around us. Perhaps you have heard the following thoughts of Walt’s (as if they were “suspended in the timelessness of Inner Space”): “Disneyland is like a piece of clay : if there is something I don’t like, I’m not stuck with it. “‘A Science Feature from Tomorrowland’ or ‘You Are About To Explore The Realm of The Molecule And The Atom’” Regarding most any project pursued, Walt Disney (knowing his audience) once said: “We have always tried to be guided by the basic idea that, in the discovery of knowledge, there is great entertainment as, conversely, in all good entertainment there is always some grain of wisdom, humanity, or enlightenment to be gained.” While fewer current Disneyland attractions embody the spirit of those words, the story was far different during the early years of Disneyland.
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