THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET $700,000 WORTH OF SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN NEED.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AMAZING. ONE THING WE’VE
LEARNED THROUGHOUT OUR
NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH
SPOTLIGHT IS THAT MANY
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NOT
LIMITED TO ONE BUSINESS. ONE
WOMAN GOES BY A FEW TITLES.
HER BIGGEST PASSION IS
TEACHING YOUNG GIRLS TO DREAM
BIG.
>> JULIE: SO THAT’S WHAT WE
TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN DO
ANYTHING THAT THEY WISH TO DO.
TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN DO
ANYTHING THAT THEY WISH TO DO. It’s not just pizza, BUSINESS OWNER AUTHOR AND NOW
MEANT OR HOW THE CENTRAL
FLORIDA WOMAN IS HELPING YOUNG
GIRLS MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES.
FIRST, THOUGH, WE CONTINUE
CELEBRATING THE MAGIC AND
CHARM OF DISNEY IN MINUTES.
CLICK ORLANDO, DOT COM’S
BRIANNA
BRIANNA LZ TAKES US FOR
>> CANDACE: WE’RE COUNTING DOWN TO THE BIGGEST WALT DISNEY WORLD CELEBRATION SINCE
THE PARK’S OPENING OCTOBER.
FIRST THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON
EARTH TURNS 50 LEADING UP TO
THE BIG EVENT. WE’RE
CELEBRATING THE ATTRACTIONS
EXPERIENCES AND CULTURE. IT’S
A NEAR HALF CENTURY IN
EXISTENCE. NOW IN DISNEY WORLD
IS ADDED AND RETIRED. SO MANY
ATTRACTIONS BUT THERE’S A
PARTICULAR ONE THAT’S BEEN
AROUND THE LONGEST CAN YOU
GUESS WHAT THE PARK’S OLDEST
ATTRACTION IS CLICK ORLANDO
DOT COM’S. BRIANNA VOLZ IS
HERE NOW TO TELL US. PLUS, A
MAGICAL BACKSTORY. OKAY.
STEPHEN BOTH GUESSING. IT’S A
SMALL WORLD AND DUMBO. AND
GUESS WHAT?
>> YOU KNOW, SONG ACTUALLY
THIS OPENING DAY ATTRACTION IS
MORE THAN TWICE AS OLD AS
MAGIC KINGDOM. IF YOU STILL
DON’T KNOW, WE’LL JUST SAY
THERE IS NO OTHER RIDE AT
DISNEY WORLD THAT REPRESENTS
YOUR CHILDHOOD MORE THAN THIS.
CHARMING FANTASYLAND FEATURE.
ARE YOU READY, GUYS? IT’S THE
CAROUSEL.
>> YEAH. WE GUARANTEE YES, YOU
HAVE NO. NOW HE GOT A CALL ON
MEMORIES RIDE A CAROUSEL OR
MERRY-GO-ROUND AS A KID. YOU
PROBABLY HAVE A PHOTO
SOMEWHERE. AND FOR MANY, THE
FAVORITE IS THE PRINCE
CHARMING REGAL CAROUSEL
FORMALLY.
>> BRIDGETT: CINDERELLA’S
GOLDEN CAROUSEL. DON’T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE DIFFERENT
CHILD. I’M SORRY. I THOUGHT
YOU GET LITTLE DISNEY
CERTAINLY HAD A SPECIAL PLACE
IN HIS HEART FOR THIS RIDE. IN
FACT, WALT CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA TO OPEN DISNEYLAND FROM
ALL THE PARK OUTINGS HE HAD
WITH HIS DAUGHTERS WHERE HE’D
SAY IT AND WATCH AS THEY RODE
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND WHEN
DISNEYLAND OPENED IN 1955 WALT
INSISTED ON HAVING A MORE
ELABORATE CAROUSEL. SO THEY
LOCATED AN OLD RUN-DOWN
MERRY-GO-ROUND WITH GOOD BONES
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BUILD
DISNEY WORLD IMAGINEERS WANTED
SOMETHING SIMILAR. BUT ON A
GRANDER SCALE IN 1967 THEY
FOUND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING
FOR AT A CLOSED AMUSEMENT PARK
CALLED OLYMPIC PARK IN NEW
JERSEY. WHAT IS NOW KNOWN TO
BE THE LARGEST CAROUSEL IN
NORTH AMERICA WAS ABOUT TO BE
TORN DOWN. BUT INSTEAD IT WAS
DISMANTLED AND TRANSPORTED TO
FLORIDA FOR AN EXTREME MAKE
OVER. IT WAS DURING THAT
REMODEL THAT IMAGINEERS
DISCOVERED THIS CAROUSEL’S
ORIGIN WAS ACTUALLY 1917 IN
BELLE ISLE PARK DETROIT, THE
ORIGINAL DETAIL WORK FROM WHEN
THE CAROUSEL WAS BUILT WAS
ACTUALLY LIBERTY THING. AND
YOU CAN STILL FIND TRACES OF
LADY LIBERTY. IF YOU LOOK
CLOSELY NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE RIDE.
THE HORSES EACH HORSE WAS
PAINTED WHITE WITH DIFFERENT
COLORS HIGHLIGHTING EACH ONE
IS UNIQUE CARVINGS. AND HERE’S
SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR THE NEXT
TIME YOU GO EACH HORSE HAS A
NUMBER AND THE NAME THE NUMBER
ON THE BRIDALS AND FOR THE
NAMES WE KNOW AT ONE TIME THAT
INFORMATION WAS KEPT IN CITY
HALL ON MAIN STREET. IF YOU
SEE THE RIGHT AT NIGHT. YOU
KNOW, JUST GREENS IT IS.
GORGEOUS THEY’RE OVER. 2300
POPCORN LIGHTS AND THERE’S A
LOT OF OTHER DETAILS THAT WE
DIDN’T GET TO PRODUCER KEN
PILCHER AND THEME PARK
ENTHUSIAST’S WONDERFUL RIGHT
UP ON THIS. AND YOU CAN READ
HIS FULL CAROUSEL STORY OVER
ON CLICK ORLANDO. DOT COM
SLASH DISNEY 50, WE ARE
LEARNING SO MUCH IN THIS
COUNTDOWN. YOU GUYS. I JUST
KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY TEA
YOU KNOW, BUT I DID LEARN A
LOT ON THIS ONE. YEAH, I’M
SURE T CAPPS IS IN THERE TOO.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT’S IS
THAT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL I
FEEL DIZZY JUST SAYING TEA