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People

Interview with Angela Jacobe, long time employee of the Orange County Library System conducted on October 29, 2009 by Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich. Angela discusses coming to the United States from the Philippines, working at ... Read more

Events

IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

ILLUMINATIONS: REFLECTIONS OF EARTH IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth was performed nightly at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida for 20 years. It premiered on October 1, 1999 as IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth as part o ... Read more

Events

Magic Kingdom Opening Day October 1, 1971

I was a high school student living in Miami in 1971 when the Magic Kingdom opened its doors for the very first time. On a whim, my best friend's father decided to borrow his company van and take our group of friends to the park for the opening day. We wer ... Read more

Events

Walt Disney World - 25th Anniversary

ABOVE: This is my husband and children at Epcot. You can see the Spaceship Earth on the left and the Monorail track on the right. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom opened to the public for the first time in October 1971. In 1996 they began a year lon ... Read more

Events

EPCOT - America Gardens Theatre - Candlelight Processional

ABOVE: Marlee Matlin (at podium to the left in the photo) is one of my favorite performers at Candlelight. Without speaking the words herself, with the aid of her interpreter, she presents a truly dramatic and emotional performance of the poem One Solitar ... Read more

Places

EPCOT - America Gardens Theatre

ABOVE: Bob McGrath of Sesame Street performed at EPCOT around 1989. My kids were three and five at the time and big Sesame Street fans. Bob came out into the audience and stood right next to where we were sitting. Across from the American Adventure is th ... Read more

Places

Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village

ABOVE: Finale at "The Glory and Pageantry of Christmas" which was presented at the Walt Disney World Shopping Village for many years. Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village If you lived in the Orlando area or just visited from the 1970s to the present, you rem ... Read more