10/02/2026
Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the openings of both Magic Kingdom 🏰 (55 years, opening Oct. 1, 1971) & EPCOT 🌐 (44 years, opening Oct. 1, 1982) at Walt Disney World!!🥳
Andy was blessed to get to visit both of these parks when they were just newly opened, being that his family regualrly went to Florida to visit his grandparents when he was growing up. His first trip to WDW was in January of 1972, shorly after he had turned 3.
The first picture is of him on the carousel with his dad that we took from an old home video from that trip. The second pic shows him with his family, wearing the Donald Duck hat he just HAD to have (fun fact - Donald is still his favorite Disney character to this day!)
The rest of the pictures are from their trip in December of 1982, shortly after EPCOT had opened.
I couldn't resist adding a current photo of him in the red raglan sleeve Mickey t-shirt I got for him that's just like the one he had as a kid!😊
Needless to say, he grew up loving Disney & making lots of memories there. While I only got to visit once growing up (as a young teen), I still shared that same love for Disney. We have gone to the parks numerous times together over the years (I've lost count how many) & have made lots of memories there with our boys, too!
Now we get to use that love & knowledge we have of the Disney parks to help our clients plan the most magical Disney vacations!😀
And that includes YOU!!🫵
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