Walt Disney World Resort 50th Anniversary Celebration

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  • Beginning Oct. 1, 2021, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will host “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They will dress in sparkling new looks custom made for the 18-month event, highlighted by embroidered impressions of Cinderella Castle on multi-toned, EARidescent fabric punctuated with pops of gold. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)
  • Beginning Oct. 1, 2021, Mickey Mouse will join Minnie Mouse as hosts of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They will dress in sparkling new looks custom made for the 18-month event, highlighted by embroidered impressions of Cinderella Castle on multi-toned, EARidescent fabric punctuated with pops of gold. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)
  • Beginning Oct. 1, 2021, Mickey Mouse will join Minnie Mouse as hosts of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They will dress in sparkling new looks custom made for the 18-month event, highlighted by embroidered impressions of Cinderella Castle on multi-toned, EARidescent fabric punctuated with pops of gold. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)
  • Beginning Oct. 1, 2021, Minnie Mouse will join Mickey Mouse as hosts of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They will dress in sparkling new looks custom made for the 18-month event, highlighted by embroidered impressions of Cinderella Castle on multi-toned, EARidescent fabric punctuated with pops of gold. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)
  • “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” beginning Oct. 1 to honor the past, present and future of Walt Disney World Resort on its 50th anniversary, got a jumpstart Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Houston, Texas, with the unveiling of a Southwest Airlines jetliner unlike any in the skies. The 737-700 sparkled inside and out with EARidescent Disney decorations in a high-flying celebration of 50 years of Walt Disney World Resort. Southwest Airlines – also marking 50 years – joined Disney in splashes of colorful graphics throughout the aircraft. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in the EARidescent fashions they will wear throughout the 18-month celebration in Florida, joined in Tuesday’s festivities at William P. Hobby Airport. Inaugural flight of the commemorative co-branded aircraft was to Orlando International Airport, itself decorated in fantastical Walt Disney World Resort 50th celebration décor. (Harrison Cooney, photographer)
  • “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” beginning Oct. 1 to honor the past, present and future of Walt Disney World Resort on its 50th anniversary, got a jumpstart Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Houston, Texas, with the unveiling of a Southwest Airlines jetliner unlike any in the skies. The 737-700 sparkled inside and out with EARidescent Disney decorations in a high-flying celebration of 50 years of Walt Disney World Resort. Southwest Airlines – also marking 50 years – joined Disney in splashes of colorful graphics throughout the aircraft. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in the EARidescent fashions they will wear throughout the 18-month celebration in Florida, joined in Tuesday’s festivities at William P. Hobby Airport. Inaugural flight of the commemorative co-branded aircraft was to Orlando International Airport, itself decorated in fantastical Walt Disney World Resort 50th celebration décor. (Harrison Cooney, photographer)
  • “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” beginning Oct. 1 to honor the past, present and future of Walt Disney World Resort on its 50th anniversary, got a jumpstart Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Houston, Texas, with the unveiling of a Southwest Airlines jetliner unlike any in the skies. The 737-700 sparkled inside and out with EARidescent Disney decorations in a high-flying celebration of 50 years of Walt Disney World Resort. Southwest Airlines – also marking 50 years – joined Disney in splashes of colorful graphics throughout the aircraft. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in the EARidescent fashions they will wear throughout the 18-month celebration in Florida, joined in Tuesday’s festivities at William P. Hobby Airport. Inaugural flight of the commemorative co-branded aircraft was to Orlando International Airport, itself decorated in fantastical Walt Disney World Resort 50th celebration décor. (Harrison Cooney, photographer)
  • Joe Gardner at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is one of the “Disney Fab 50 Character Collection” sculptures appearing in all four Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as part of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning Oct. 1, 2021, in honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary. (David Roark, photographer)
  • Miguel and Dante at EPCOT are two of the “Disney Fab 50 Character Collection” appearing in all four Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as part of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning Oct. 1, 2021, in honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary. (David Roark, photographer)
  • Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at Magic Kingdom Park are two of the “Disney Fab 50 Character Collection” appearing in all four Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as part of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning Oct. 1, 2021, in honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary. (David Roark, photographer)
  • “Harmonious” at EPCOT is one of the largest nighttime spectaculars ever created for a Disney theme park. Debuting Oct. 1, 2021, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the show celebrates the way Disney music inspires people the world over, carrying them away on a stream of familiar songs reinterpreted by a culturally diverse group of 240 artists from around the globe. “Harmonious” features massive floating set pieces, custom-built LED panels, choreographed moving fountains, lights, pyrotechnics, lasers and more. (David Roark, photographer)
  • “Harmonious” at EPCOT is one of the largest nighttime spectaculars ever created for a Disney theme park. Debuting Oct. 1, 2021, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the show celebrates the way Disney music inspires people the world over, carrying them away on a stream of familiar songs reinterpreted by a culturally diverse group of 240 artists from around the globe. “Harmonious” features massive floating set pieces, custom-built LED panels, choreographed moving fountains, lights, pyrotechnics, lasers and more. (David Roark, photographer)
  • “Harmonious” at EPCOT is one of the largest nighttime spectaculars ever created for a Disney theme park. Debuting Oct. 1, 2021, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the show celebrates the way Disney music inspires people the world over, carrying them away on a stream of familiar songs reinterpreted by a culturally diverse group of 240 artists from around the globe. “Harmonious” features massive floating set pieces, custom-built LED panels, choreographed moving fountains, lights, pyrotechnics, lasers and more. (David Roark, photographer)
  • “Harmonious” at EPCOT is one of the largest nighttime spectaculars ever created for a Disney theme park. Debuting Oct. 1, 2021, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the show celebrates the way Disney music inspires people the world over, carrying them away on a stream of familiar songs reinterpreted by a culturally diverse group of 240 artists from around the globe. “Harmonious” features massive floating set pieces, custom-built LED panels, choreographed moving fountains, lights, pyrotechnics, lasers and more. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lighting shines from a Monorail train at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as it travels through EPCOT. In honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary celebration, each train received a lighting color matching its painted stripe. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lighting shines from a Monorail train at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as it travels through EPCOT. In honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary celebration, each train received a lighting color matching its painted stripe. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lights shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth, connecting to one another like stars in a nighttime sky and creating a mesmerizing symbol of optimism when it transforms into a Beacon of Magic at EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, during the resorts 50th anniversary celebration. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lights shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth, connecting to one another like stars in a nighttime sky and creating a mesmerizing symbol of optimism when it transforms into a Beacon of Magic at EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, during the resorts 50th anniversary celebration. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lights shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth, connecting to one another like stars in a nighttime sky and creating a mesmerizing symbol of optimism when it transforms into a Beacon of Magic at EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, during the resorts 50th anniversary celebration. (David Roark, photographer)
  • New lights shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth, connecting to one another like stars in a nighttime sky and creating a mesmerizing symbol of optimism when it transforms into a Beacon of Magic at EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, during the resorts 50th anniversary celebration. (David Roark, photographer)