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Walt Disney World Pre-opening Brochure 1970

Created: | Author: Kim P | Location: Lake Buena Vista, Lake Buena Vista, Florida | Name of Place: Walt Disney World Preview Center
This full color brochure was given to visitors to the preview center located in the area near hotel row near Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village that opened in April 1970. It has artists renderings of the under-construction Magic Kingdom.

 

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VIEW Page 1 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
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VIEW Page 2 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
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VIEW Page 3 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Magic Kingdom and Main Street USA are some of the topics mentioned on this page along with an artist’s rendering of Cinderella’s Castle.
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VIEW Page 4  of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Topics include Adventure Land, Frontier Land, and Liberty Square. Also included are artist’s renderings and Hall of President’s figures under construction.
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VIEW Page 6  Page 6 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. A description of the attractions in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland are featured on this page including an artist’s rendering of Robinson Crusoe’s Treehouse and the paddlewheel excursion steamers and monorail trains at the transportation area at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom. Fantasyland attractions included Adventures of Peter Pan, Cinderella’s Castle, King Stefan’s Banquet Hall, It’s a Small World, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, the Mickey Mouse Musical Revue starring the Three Caballeros, Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tomorrowland attractions mentioned include International Gran Prix and Space Mountain.
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VIEW Page 7  Page 7 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.  Photos of a Jungle Cruise hippo, an artist’s rendering of the Mickey Mouse Musical Review, an audio animatron under construction and an artist’s rendering of Main Street USA are featured on this page.
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VIEW Page 9 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Pages 8, 9, 10 and 11present artists’ renderings and information about the “Five international hotels that symbolize Walt Disney World’s thematic concept” being planned for the first five years of growth. It is interesting to note that three of the five were never built: a Thai-inspired Asian resort, an exotic resort and a Venetian resort. Images of these proposed resorts are shown on pages 10 and 11. Artist’s renderings of the Polynesian Resort and information about other resorts is featured on this page.
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VIEW Page 10  of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Pages 8, 9, 10 and 11present artists’ renderings and information about the “Five international hotels that symbolize Walt Disney World’s thematic concept” being planned for the first five years of growth. It is interesting to note that three of the five were never built: a Thai-inspired Asian resort, an exotic resort and a Venetian resort. Images of these proposed resorts are shown on pages 10 and 11.
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VIEW Page 11 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Pages 8, 9, 10 and 11present artists’ renderings and information about the “Five international hotels that symbolize Walt Disney World’s thematic concept” being planned for the first five years of growth. It is interesting to note that three of the five were never built: a Thai-inspired Asian resort, an exotic resort and a Venetian resort. Images of these proposed resorts are shown on pages 10 and 11.
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VIEW Page 14 Page 14 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.  Pages 12, 13, and 14 provide a map and overview of a typical visit to Walt Disney World beginning in October 1971. The note on page 12 states: When visitors arrive late in 1971, they’ll enter the Walt Disney World property about a mile from the Interstate 4 – State Road 530 intersection. For the next five miles, guests will travel along a scenic boulevard, moving north to the Vacation Kingdom’s main entrance parking center. From that point, this is what a first timer visitor might see in his first look at Walt Disney World
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VIEW Page 15  of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five-year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Page 15 discusses the first five years of growth planned for Walt Disney World and the ideas already developed by WED Enterprises and the Welton Becket organization.
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VIEW Page 16 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five-year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Page 16 features information on the three 18-hole, par 72 championship golf courses to be designed by architect Joseph Lee, and the special live entertainment throughout the park. From South Seas luau, to Dixieland jazz concert, Fantasy in the Sky fireworks, Tahitian fire dances, and popular entertainers of the day at the Contemporary Hotel.
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VIEW Page 17 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five-year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Page 17 focuses on conventions to be hosted at the Magic Kingdom already booked through 1976 – five years after the park was scheduled to open in October 1971. Disney’s tradition of making every guest feel like a V.I.P. is discussed on this page, as well.
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VIEW Page 18 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five-year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Pages 18 and 19 present FAQs on Walt Disney World and show a map of the area identifying the Magic Kingdom and the Preview Center. Also found on the page is an aerial view of the Walt Disney World Preview Center at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Questions/Answers include Where is Walt Disney World, When will it open? How long should you plant to stay? How and you obtain additional copies of this souvenir edition?
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VIEW Page 19 Page 19 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.  Pages 18 and 19 present FAQs on Walt Disney World and show a map of the area identifying the Magic Kingdom and the Preview Center. Also found on the page is an aerial view of the Walt Disney World Preview Center at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Questions/Answers include Where is Walt Disney World, When will it open?, How long should you plant to stay? How and you obtain additional copies of this souvenir edition?
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VIEW Page 20 of the 1970 brochure featuring artists’ renderings and information on the then under-construction World Disney World – Magic Kingdom. Also included in the brochure are five year projections for continued development at World Disney World and future plans for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.  Pages 20 and this page focus on the future plans for the 27,000 acres purchased for development by Walt Disney’s company. Future plans at the time included a family theme park similar to Disneyland in California, and entrance and reception complex to receive and welcome guests, an airport of the future offering service to private and executive aircraft as well as commercial commuter service, an industrial park designed to showcase American industry at work, a transportation system carrying guests from place to place linking the many attractions of Walt Disney World and an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT) where people would actually live a life they could not find anywhere else in the world.  An artist’s rendering of EPCOT as Walt Disney envisioned it is featured on this page – a far cry from the theme park it became.  WED Enterprises, Aerojet – General Corporation, Monsanto, U.S. Steel, RCA and other companies involved in the future plans are also mentioned on these two pages.
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Preview Center – Lake Buena Vista 

Announcing the opening of the Preview Center from the April 1970 Walt Disney World News. View larger image.
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Walt Disney World Preview Center Announcement

Walt Disney World News, April 1970, announcing the opening of the Walt Disney World Preview Center.

Walt Disney World Preview Center Announcement

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Walt Disney World News, April 1970

Walt Disney World News, April 1970, featuring information about the new Preview Center in Lake Buena Vista and an aerial view of the site. Each page of the four-page publication was 18" x 24" inches!


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Walt Disney World News, August 1970

Walt Disney World News, August 1970, featuring information about the creation of Country Bear Jamboree, Main Street USA, the Disney Navy and three golf courses. Each page of the four-page publication was 18" x 24" inches!


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Walt Disney World News, December 1970

Walt Disney World News, December 1970, featuring information about monorail, Contemporary Hotel, and more. Each page of the four-page publication was 18" x 24" inches!


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Walt Disney World News, April 1971

Walt Disney World News, April 1971, featuring information about Cinderella's Castle, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, showcase for American businesses. Each page of the four-page publication was 18" x 24" inches!


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Walt Disney World News, June 1971

Walt Disney World News, June 1971, featuring information about the Mickey Mouse Revue, Polynesian Village Hotel, County Bear Jamboree, hiring 5000 cast members. Each page of the four-page publication was 18" x 24" inches!


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