WDW Celebrates Presidents' Day With Dedication of President Bush Audio-Animatronics(R) Figure at MK

Walt Disney World Resort Celebrates Presidents' Day With the Dedication of the Audio-Animatronics(R) Figure Of President George W. Bush at Magic Kingdom

As a part of our yearlong 100 Years of Magic celebration, Walt Disney World Resort will celebrate Presidents' Day with the official dedication of the revised Hall of Presidents attraction at the Magic Kingdom on Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, starting at 9 a.m. Fifty students from Lost Lake Elementary School in Lake County will lead cast members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Walt Disney World Philharmonic orchestra and Voices of Liberty choral group will perform patriotic music throughout the ceremony.

The Hall of Presidents is a one-of-a-kind Disney classic originally envisioned by Walt Disney himself. In the moving and patriotic show, which features a film in which specially produced paintings are projected onto a huge screen, guests learn about the origins of the Constitution and the presidency, and the challenges both have faced since the founding of the Republic. Then, in the most dramatic moment of the show, the screen parts to reveal America's 42 presidents, brought to life by the magic of Disney's Audio-Animatronics technology, which electronically combines and synchronizes voices, music, sound effects, animation and other show elements to give life- like movement to three-dimensional figures.

Walt Disney's concept for "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln," the attraction's predecessor at Disneyland, not only gave birth to new technologies and innovations in entertainment but demonstrated how entertainment could educate, bring history to life and celebrate our patriotic spirit.

--posted February 14, 2002

Source: Walt Disney World Press Release