50th Anniversary Statues Begin Arriving in the Disney World Parks

 by Beth Keating

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DisneyBizJournal.com

September 11, 2021

 

We are just shy of three weeks away from the October 1st kick-off to Disney World’s 50th anniversary celebration at the Florida parks, and the iconic Disney characters that have been fashioned into golden statues for the festivities have begun arriving.

Fifty golden characters, scattered across all four theme parks, are waiting for guests to discover their locations during “The World’s Most Magical Celebration.”  

Among the characters to make their new homes in the Magic Kingdom this week were Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, Pluto, Goofy, Chip ‘n Dale, Winnie the Pooh, and Cinderella’s mice.  

Keep an eye out as more character sculptures continue to pop up throughout the parks. The sculptures join the dazzling anniversary decorations on Cinderella Castle, which will be lit up each night during the new “Disney Enchantment” fireworks spectacular, beginning October 1st.  The parks will also be home to the nighttime “Beacons of Magic” adaptations as the four park icons light up the dark each evening. 

The 50th anniversary celebration will run for the next 18 months.

 

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Florida Drivers Can Celebrate Walt Disney World at 50

 by Ray Keating

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DisneyBizJournal.com

March 24, 2021

 

Starting on October 1 of this year, all kinds of ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World promise to kick into overdrive. Indeed, it’s billed as “The World’s Most Magical Celebration.”

But things certainly have started. For example, Florida residents have the opportunity to celebrate the anniversary with a Walt Disney World specialty license plate. The plate will feature, as Disney put it, “our ‘EARidescent’ 50th anniversary castle logo on a majestic royal blue background,” which is “inspired by the color scheme of Cinderella Castle.”

 

Florida drivers can buy a presale voucher for $25, plus applicable state fees, through their county tax collector’s office, DMV license plate agencies across the state, or online at https://www.octaxcol.com/specialty-license-plate-vouchers/. By the way, a minimum of 3,000 vouchers will need to be purchased to greenlight the manufacturing of the specialty plate.

 

One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish of Central and Northern Florida. Disney has had a relationship with Make-A-Wish dating back to 1980.

 

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