Walt Disney

Walt Disney, creator of mickey mouse, Disneyland and Disney world was born on December 5,1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Walt was one of five children, four boys and one girl. Walt spent most of his childhood in Missouri. He was a quit shy boy, who kept to himself. He fell in love with drawing and creativity at a very young age. His parents were not extremely wealthy so he decided to sell his drawings and pictures to neighbors and friends. He decided to pursue a career in the arts so he attended McKinley high school.  Walt had a tough adolescent he turned to alcohol and got into some trouble. Walt found a passion in nature, during fall 1918, Walt tried to enlist in the military but was to young. So he decided to join the red cross, where his ambulance was covered with cartoons. After he returned from France he decide to go into commercial art. Unfortunately his commercial art company went bankrupt and with twenty dollars and a suitcase he kept moving and went to Hollywood. Years later Walt became a figure head for creativity and arts in Hollywood. He created the seven dwarfs' and that's what put him on the map as one of the most successful creator we have seen. That film produced a unheard amount equaling 1,499,000. In the years follow Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi was created. Walt wanted to keep improving and growing and he knew he wanted something to do
something to would leave his legacy behind. Walt was very family oriented and he wanted to create a amusement park for families to get away and create memories that would last a lifetime. He knew family time was precious and should be cherished, so that's how Disneyland came a reality. Disney land opened in 1955, with a crowd of 96,000 families. Disneyland was Walt's last vision he was able to see. He created a park where families could come to a place of fantasy and leave reality behind. Disneyland was a clean family oriented family amusement park where a mouse came alive but it just wasn't big enough. Many years later Disney world came alive. Disney world is four parks that have the core theme of magical moments and put family first. Today Disney is the number one family vacation spot, and a place where dreams come true. What I want people to never loose sight is that is was all started by a mouse.