The first week is called Traditions where you're told about the history of Walt Disney himself, the different parks, you get to explore the specific park where you're were working (what other job do you go round Magic Kingdom and go straight to the front of a queue to go on rides on your orientation day?)
So learning briefly about the history of the parks starting with Disneyland in California then Disney world Florida and so on. How even before Disneyland was finished Walt was planning for something bigger. But there just wasn't the space to expand in California so he needed somewhere where there was plenty of space to expand then and in the future for further developments.
Under many different names and business's Walt started buying up land in Orlando Florida, It's swamp land so wasn't very expensive so it was still a secret that he was planned to build another park hence the buying the land under different names so that people wouldn't suspect. But of course eventually the cat or rather the mouse came out of the bag and Walt announced his plans for the Florida project. The park has the same set up as California's Disneyland as in the park layout however the differences that make Disney World stand out are defiantly the castle standing at over 180feet. Then Walt saw a Cowboy in tomorrowland walking towards his work station and he thought that's not right, it wasn't the cast members fault he was just on his way to work but Walt wanting to find a way around this came up with the tunnelling system.
Florida being made up of mostly swamp land can't be dug into so then it's not technically a tunnel rather the ground floor of the Park and then the parks on the first floor, which I'd heard before I came to Florida but there's something about hearing something then seeing it in real life that makes you think, Walt knew exactly what he was doing and his vision is so clear for the theme, entertainment, family park whatever you wish to call Disney World it is that, as long as you use the word magical that's what it is.
While I'm here I would like to look into the old fashioned values that are so strong and clear here at Disney, the culture and the presence of show that surrounds the place. And of course into the costumes that clothe the nearly 60,000 cast members that work at just Walt Disney World.
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