Walter Elias Disney was a man with a dream. He had a vision and he committed to achieving his goal. By the time Walt died in 1966, he had created a unique, popular, and extremely successful empire founded on creativity and enjoyment.
Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to a small, less fortunate family. He attended high school and the Chicago Art Institute where he took classes that only stimulated his love for creativity and art. After getting rejected from the army for enlisting too young, Walt moved from a Red Cross ambulance driver to a newspaper artist in the next few years. He got involved in cartoon creations. He made advertisements for a film ad company and that is where he developed experience with cutout animation. This prompted Walt to open his own cartoon studio, Laugh-O-Gram. Eventually his success with Laugh-O-Gram ran out, and Disney had to declare bankruptcy.
That’s when Walt unveiled the mouse. Mickey was an instant sensation. Soon came Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto, and eventually the princess fairy tale films came, with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs debuting late 1937.
Walt went above and beyond his first creations with cartoon and film when he developed The Mickey Mouse Club, and started creating his extravagant theme park—Disneyland. He expanded after the instant hit of the park and created Disneyworld in Florida. Unfortunately, Walt Disney died of lung cancer and was never able to see his completed Disneyworld dream. With continuous success at both parks, Disney’s empire has expanded globally to Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Like I said, Walt Disney was a man with a dream. He has always been an incredibly, if not the most, inspiring person and businessman. I have always been fascinated with Disney. This goes beyond the fun theme parks, upbeat and classic movies, and Disney Channel that I grew up with. I have looked past all of those typical and obvious “Disney” aspects, and realized that Walt Disney was determined and driven and not only achieved, but exceeded his expectations and goals.
I admire the importance he placed on relationships, experience, and happiness when developing his empire. Disneyworld is a place where you forget about the real world and get lost in the “magic”. So much intricate planning and detailing goes into every aspect of The Walt Disney Company. Whether it be the underground tunnels in Disneyworld used to transport cast members, characters, and all background elements to help keep the world above a magical experience…or the careful development of all of the Disney movies, television shows, and characters that have meaning and are cohesive with Walt Disney’s original morale. It would be a privilege and dream of mine to be part of the Disney dream and help promote the magical message in a marketing and social environment.
Walter Elias Disney was a man with a dream. He had a vision and he committed to achieving his goal. By the time Walt died in 1966, he had created a unique, popular, and extremely successful empire founded on creativity and enjoyment.
Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to a small, less fortunate family. He attended high school and the Chicago Art Institute where he took classes that only stimulated his love for creativity and art. After getting rejected from the army for enlisting too young, Walt moved from a Red Cross ambulance driver to a newspaper artist in the next few years. He got involved in cartoon creations. He made advertisements for a film ad company and that is where he developed experience with cutout animation. This prompted Walt to open his own cartoon studio, Laugh-O-Gram. Eventually his success with Laugh-O-Gram ran out, and Disney had to declare bankruptcy.
That’s when Walt unveiled the mouse. Mickey was an instant sensation. Soon came Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto, and eventually the princess fairy tale films came, with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs debuting late 1937.
Walt went above and beyond his first creations with cartoon and film when he developed The Mickey Mouse Club, and started creating his extravagant theme park—Disneyland. He expanded after the instant hit of the park and created Disneyworld in Florida. Unfortunately, Walt Disney died of lung cancer and was never able to see his completed Disneyworld dream. With continuous success at both parks, Disney’s empire has expanded globally to Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Like I said, Walt Disney was a man with a dream. He has always been an incredibly, if not the most, inspiring person and businessman. I have always been fascinated with Disney. This goes beyond the fun theme parks, upbeat and classic movies, and Disney Channel that I grew up with. I have looked past all of those typical and obvious “Disney” aspects, and realized that Walt Disney was determined and driven and not only achieved, but exceeded his expectations and goals.
I admire the importance he placed on relationships, experience, and happiness when developing his empire. Disneyworld is a place where you forget about the real world and get lost in the “magic”. So much intricate planning and detailing goes into every aspect of The Walt Disney Company. Whether it be the underground tunnels in Disneyworld used to transport cast members, characters, and all background elements to help keep the world above a magical experience…or the careful development of all of the Disney movies, television shows, and characters that have meaning and are cohesive with Walt Disney’s original morale. It would be a privilege and dream of mine to be part of the Disney dream and help promote the magical message in a marketing and social environment.