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Walt Disney's Personal Plane

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  1. Pioneers like Walt deserve to be remembered! A playground with olde cars, trucks and his plane would be fun for all ages. Money is not the only reason to see Disneyland, but it pays the bills to attend. A free playland would be novel and just what Walt’s family should want to do with the many collectible pieces that began and continue to build memories of . Of course food and stores with “stuff” about the park and the pieces in it. Children’s photographers could excell in pix with the olde cars, plane, etc. Just like the parks and casinos in Las Vegas do everyday!

  2. Sprzout

    It would be a great thing to have on display outside of Soarin’. There’s a plane outside the attraction in California Adventure (or at least, there used to be; haven’t been in a few years) and it would be great to commemorate flight from the 1940’s through today.

  3. Fred

    A G-I purchased by Walt Disney in 1964 and last flown on Oct. 8, 1992 was on display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The aircraft logged 8800 flights and 20,000 flight hours with notable passengers Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Julie Andrews, Hugh O’Brian, and Annette Funicello.[

  4. M.M Payne

    Disney parked it at STOL Port for a reason. They don’t have to share everything with the public.

  5. Carol

    Why not make it part of a rescuers ride or themed area. Especially since it marked the end of the 9 old men and WDs early involvement in film. I would love to be an imagineer if you have a spot for me 🙂

  6. Julie

    Would love to see it as part of a tour, if it could be restored some how

  7. Chris

    I found it on Google Earth. Like the article said, North of Animal Kingdom, and its’s South West of Magic Kingdom’s parking lot.

  8. Bridget

    It used to be on display at the backlot tour. I loved seeing it when that tour was operational. Such history!

  9. Frank Todd

    As expected from the greediest place on earth. Gutted and rotten just like the company.

  10. Tammie D Padgett

    So sad. Hate to see it deteriorate over money is what it sounds like.

  11. Shawn A Teller

    Well, since Walt passed away before Disney World opened, why put something Walt did use in front of the Magic Kingdom. I’m sure there’s plenty of room to display it. It is Magic Kingdom’s 50th after all! Disneyland fans brag about Walt walking in Disneyland, it would mean Magic Kingdom fans could brag, “Walt flew here in it!”

    1. Shawn A Teller

      Oops “why not” I can’t find the way to edit it. Sorry.

  12. Y

    Who cares?…

  13. Eugenia

    They need to preserve anything that was his. It’s not like these things are growing on trees.

  14. Eric

    Kind of a shame. As a former Orlando cast member and guest before that it’s sad. It used to be part of the back lot tour at Disney Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studio) theme park in Orlando. The repainting was to hide that it was him as part of keeping property prices down (much like all the shell companies used to buy property, that are now Immortalized on main street)

  15. LouiB

    The Disney Family Museum in San Francisco or the Disney Museum in Marceline seem like two good spots for it. Disney should contact them or they should contact Disney and some kind of special fund raising could be done to move it and restore it. The other possibility could be in Griffith Park in LA where they have Disney trains on display. Maybe time to contact all of these place and see what we can make happen.

  16. Scott

    That is such an iconic aircraft, I remember seeing it on the ramp at MCO many times in the early days of WDW on Orlando.
    Must be a spot somewhere to put it in on a pedestal, for display like Buffets Albatross. Maybe near the old landing strip near the main entrance to WDW!!
    Yes, there was a landing strip at WDW!!

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