Walt Disney World Best Kept Secrets

HISTORY

Anyone know exactly what happened to spark Walt Disney's idea of building Walt Disney World?
Well...when Walt was alive, he used to stand at the exit of Disneyland wishing the guests a farewell at the end of the night.  NO ONE ever left the park before closing time.  One night, a family walked by and was leaving the park before closing time, and Walt stopped them.  He asked them why they were leaving early, worried that maybe a CM was rude or something bad happened.  They said everything was wonderful, but when they were on the skyride, they saw the highway and could see there was a lot of traffic.  They wanted to get a head start home to beat the traffic.  Walt would have none of it, so he decided that day that he would build a bigger park and make it a "world" instead of just a "land.”  He wanted it to be that once you enter Disney World you have no ties with the outside world.  Since Disneyland is in the middle of the city and is so small, one couldn't do that.  With a new world, you are engulfed in all that is Disney.  Thus, the idea for Disney World was born (which was later renamed "Walt Disney World" by Roy Disney).

KEEPSAKES

Pressed Pennies

• Avoid the bright shiny pennies.  Depending on what penny you use, you may get a smear of zinc (silver looking metal).  In 1982, pennies were made with both copper and zinc.  Use pre-1982 pennies. 
• You might want to get the design pressed onto the "face" of the penny because the "tail" side sometimes leaves parts of the monument and you end up with an incomplete image.  Generally, if you insert the penny so that the "face" side is to the right, that is the side that will be pressed with the design.  Also the quarter to the far left tends to be the quarter that gets pressed in Quarter Presses.