SPORTS WITH SPORTS DIRECTOR JAMIE SEH. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 6 GETTING RESULTS.
>> MATT: IT’S A CELEBRATION 50
YEARS IN THE MAKING. AS WE
TAKE A LOOK BACK, HALF-CENTURY
OF DREAMS TAKING FLIGHT. WE
BEGIN WITH THE CORNERSTONE OF
THE MAGIC IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
WALT DISNEY WORLD’S MAGIC
KINGDOM. IT IS THE THEME PARK
THAT HAS SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE.
BUT IN SOME WAYS IT IS STAY
THE SAME AND STOOD THE TEST OF
TIME. FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN
1971, AND PEOPLE.
>> MATT: SHOWING UP TODAY FOR
THE FIRST TIME NEWS, 6 ANCHOR
GINGER GADSDEN GOT THE CHANCE
TO TAKEN THE MAGIC KINGDOM AND
ITS FAMOUS MAIN STREET USA
BEFORE GUESTS STARTED ARRIVING
FOR THE DAY.
>> A WALT DISNEY WORLD AND FOR
>> AND ALL COME TO THE HAPPY
PLACE.
>> AFTER 7 YEARS OF PLANNING,
SECRECY AND HYPE OPENING DAY
HAD FINALLY ARRIVED ON FRIDAY,
OCTOBER. FIRST, 1971, DISNEY
WORLD WAS NOW OPEN TO THE
WORLD MAGIC KINGDOM’S MAIN
STREET. USA IS THE FIRST STOP
ON THIS HISTORIC LOOK BACK AND
50 YEARS OF MAKING DREAMS COME
TRUE. EVERY DAY, THOUSANDS
PACKED MAIN STREET TO GET A
LITTLE SLICE OF AMERICANA. BUT
TODAY BEFORE THE PARK OPENS,
THIS IS A VIEW THAT MOST
PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET TO WEEK
AT THE PLACE ALL TO OURSELVES.
IF YOU LOOK AT JUST AT THE
TOP, DISNEY AMBASSADOR RAY
VAUGHN READING SHOWS US WHY
MAIN STREET HAS BEEN A
MAINSTAY TO MAIN STREET. USA
IS DEFINITELY A NOD TO WALTZ
HOME TOWN.
>> AND I THINK WHAT’S REALLY,
REALLY NICE AND WHAT’S GREAT
ABOUT MAIN STREET USA IS IT’S
A PIECE OF WAS THAT GUESTS CAN
TAKE HOME WITH AS WE WALK PAST
THE BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED STORE
FRONT, YOU CAN BE EASY TO
FORGET ALL OF THIS SPRING UP
FROM PARENTS WANT PLAN LAND
HAD TO BE BUILT OUT LAND AT TO
BE FILLED IN FROM SWANS. THERE
WAS A DREAM. THERE’S A VISION
AND IT WASN’T STOPPED. YOU
KNOW, IT KEPT GOING EVEN AFTER
THAT VISIONARY WENT ON.
ANOTHER GREAT THING AND DON’T
FORGET TO LOOK UP WHERE YOU
COULD MISS SOME UNIQUE
DETAILS. THE WINDOWS HAVE
NAMES ETCHED ON THEM MUCH LIKE
MOVIE CREDITS PAYING TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR
DISNEY SUCCESS. EVEN THE
LIGHTS ON MAIN STREET TELL AN
ILLUMINATING STORY OF PROGRESS
THROUGH THE YEARS AT THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY, OUR GAS, THAT
LAND POSE WILL CONTINUES. THE
CHANGE INTO ELECTRIC PLANT
POSE AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN
TO CINDERELLA CASTLE. BUT THE
REAL SHOWSTOPPER WHERE MAIN
STREET ENDS AND THE BEST KNOWN
FAIRY TALE BEGINS CINDERELLA’S
CASTLE. I MEAN, THIS ICON IS
REALLY ONLY 189 FEET TALL, BUT
IT LOOKS A LOT LARGER A LOT
LARGER THAN LIFE GRAND THAT
THANKS TO THE IMAGINEERS AND
AN OLD MOVIE TRICK CALLED
FORCED PERSPECTIVE, MAKING THE
CASTLE LOOK BIGGER THAN IT
REALLY IS TO THE BUILDINGS AT
THE END OF MAIN STREET OR LOT
LARGER AND THEY GET SMALLER AS
YOU GO TOWARDS THE CASTLE TO
REALLY DRAW YOUR EYE INTO HOW
LARGE THE CASTLE IS YOU KNOW,
THE GRAND JUROR OF IT ALL,
EVEN WHEN IT WAS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION FOR 18 MONTHS,
YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL. AND OVER
THE YEARS LIKE ANY TRUE
BEAUTY, IT’S HAD A FEW MAKE
OVERS FOR THE 25TH. IT WAS
TURNED INTO A BIRTHDAY CAKE.
WITH SPRINKLES. LATER IT WAS
COVERED IN TOILET PAPER FOR
THE GRAND OPENING OF STITCHES.
GREAT ESCAPED. TODAY FOR ITS
50TH. IT’S ALL DECKED OUT IN
WHAT DISNEY CALLS IRIDESCENT
GOLD AND BLUE. BUT WITH EACH
TRANSFORMATION, GUESS STILL
GET THAT FEELING OF AWE AND
WONDER THIS CASTLE WILL STILL
IN VOTE THAT JOY, THAT MAGIC
AND THAT HOPE THAT THERE ARE
WONDERFUL DREAMS ON IN THE
WORLD. ALL THE TRANSFORMATIONS
IN THE WORLD WON’T EVER TAKE
THAT AWAY. AND RAY VAUGHN SAYS
WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE
DIDN’T MENTION THE ONE THING
AT WALT DISNEY WORLD THAT WILL
NEVER CHANGE. CAST MEMBERS.
THIS LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE IN
FANTASY ISRAEL. AND THAT IS
BECAUSE OUR CAST MEMBERS, THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS ON
THERE. THESE ARE THE
BUILDINGS, THE CAST MEMBERS OF
THE SEOUL AND ITS WHAT GOD
THAT.
>> AND WHAT’S SO THEY HAVE
HONESTLY, WE ALL HAD DISNEY
EXPERIENCES AND THEY GO OUT OF
THEIR WAY A STORY BECAUSE FOR
SOME PEOPLE, IT’S A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME THING. WE FORGET HOW
FORTUNATE WE ARE TO ACTUALLY
LIVE HERE AND CAN GO KIND OF
LIKE I CAN’T BELIEVE ALL THE
TIMES I WALK DOWN THAT STREET.
I NEVER REALIZED THAT THEY
WERE FORCING PERSON. REALLY.
THE BUILDINGS GET SMALLER AS
IT GETS AND IT MADE LOOK THAT
MUCH GREEN, EVERY WAS IT LIKE
BEING THERE BY YOURSELF? IT
WAS ALMOST HA HAS YOU NEVER
GET MADE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS
TRYING YEAH, RIGHT. AND SO IS
THE ONLY THING YOU HAD. YOU
HAD LEAF BLOWER GUY THERE AND
PEOPLE CLEANING THE STREETS.
IT DID. IT WAS SPOTLESS. JUST
SPOTLESS. SO YOU TOOK ENOUGH
SELFIES TO LAST FOR THE NEXT
50 YEARS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
PICTURES, BUT THAT WAS FOR
WORK. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ONE
MORE THING ABOUT THE CAST
MEMBERS. THERE’S ONE GUY WHO’S
BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE THEY
OPENED HIS NAME IS FORCE
PROOF. HE’S THE DIRECTOR OF
ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT? HE HE
STARTED JANUARY 1971. WELL,
HE’S GOING TO RETIRE THE LAST
DAY OF THIS MONTH. OKAY. SO HE
CAN COME BACK OCTOBER 1ST FOR
THE ANNIVERSARY AS A WOW. I