Orlando Ferrante Window Ceremony
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Orlando Ferrante, while not as well known as some other Disney personalities, has been instrumental in the development of all the parks around the world for 40 years. On March 18, 2003, Disneyland added Ferrante to the collection of those honored by a Window on Main Street. The window is located on Center Street near the lockers. A small ceremony was held there during parks hours with several Imagineering legends in attendance.

Below is a transcript, pictures and complete video of the entire ceremony.

Videos
There are six videos of the ceremony. All are in RealVideo format for low and high bandwidth connections. All videos are linked here and at the appropriate place within the article.

• Clip 1: Daina Baker (56 seconds)
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• Clip 2: Marty Sklar (4 minutes, 11 seconds)
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• Clip 3: Jim Thomas (1 minute, 52 seconds)
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• Clip 4: Don Goodman, Orlando Ferrante and revealing the small window (1 minutes, 33 seconds)
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• Clip 5: Marty Sklar (1 minutes, 22 seconds)
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• Clip 6: Revealing the large window (1 minutes, 47 seconds)
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Announcer: Please give a warm welcome to Disneyland's own Dapper Dans

The Dapper Dans
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(The Dapper Dans sing Walking Right Down the Middle of Main Street USA)

Announcer: Please welcome Disneyland Resort Ambassador to the World, Daina Baker.

Disneyland Resort Ambassador Daina Baker
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RealVideo: Daina Baker (56 seconds)
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Daina Baker: Thank you everyone. I'm so pleased to be here today as we welcome a true friend home again. As you know we're paying tribute this afternoon to a truly outstanding individual. During his forty year career with the Walt Disney Company this remarkable man has become an Imagineering legend and it all started right here at Disneyland. For those of you who might not already know, I'm speaking about the Vice President of Show Ride Engineering, Production and Installation, Orlando Ferrante. Over the years, Orlando has proven himself to be an invaluable asset to Walt Disney Imagineering. And here with us today to shed some light on his extraordinary career, please welcome a good friend and colleague, the Vice Chairman and Principle Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, Marty Sklar.