Today, Monday 5th December 2011, would have been Walt Disney's 110th birthday. Not a completely impossible feat by today's standards (I know a lady who is 102).


 
But sadly Uncle Walt didn't stay with us that long, and left his legacy to his millions of fans world over to continue to enjoy "as long as there is imagination left in the world".



People often say things like "I wonder if Walt would have liked this?" or similar such statements. Fans often criticise the current state of the company, and some of the things that have been done in recent history. But we have to remember that ultimately Walt wanted one thing - for people to enjoy themselves.



Walt Disney was not a young man when he built Disneyland, in fact he was starting out in his theme park adventure when most people are considering retiring. Walt was young at heart, and just wanted to share his enthusiasm for all things magical with family, friends and fans across the world.



So when people say "would Walt have approved?", I think he probably would have. The five Resorts, Cruise Line, Stores and countless other offerings all aim to do one thing - to help make the magic real for people across the world.

And I think that is the best birthday gift of all for Walt. The knowledge that his legacy is felt across the globe, and not that one park might be better than another.



Happy Birthday Walt, here's to many more years of making dreams come true across the world.



From your biggest fans, Dan and Jon.

Hi all,

As you know, yesterday was Disneyland's 56th Birthday. To celebrate the occasion at 2.30pm in Town Square they played Walt Disney's opening day speech, and a whole host of characters sprang from the backstage exits to fill the street with no less than 69 characters (that I could count!).

Our friend Mr Daps was there, and has all the pictures and video from the special moment here.

Hopefully some year we will go on the Birthday day itself and see a similar fantastical array of characters!

I did hear that also a short while later throughout the park, some of the characters came out to greet their fans. I saw pictures of the Princesses and Princes who were out near the Castle. Anyone catch anyone else? Hit the Discuss button to go to the forum and let us know!

Ok that's all for now,

Dan :)