Orlando Ferrante Window Ceremony,

Orlando Ferrante Window Ceremony
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Don Goodman, President of Walt Disney Imagineering
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Don Goodman: Well, I think now would be a good time to introduce the man himself, Orlando would you join me onstage, please.

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Orlando, it's great to see you again. We know you're going to love your window. I think it's time to take a little peek at it. The inscription reads:

The PICO Organization
Installation and Coordination
World Class Projects
"We Never Sleep in Any Time Zone"
Orlando Ferrante
Founder

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RealVideo: Don Goodman, Orlando Ferrante and revealing the small window (1 minutes, 33 seconds)
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Orlando Ferrante
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Orlando Ferrante: Well I'm not too much at making speeches but... It all started here at Disneyland, like Marty said when we installed the Tiki Room, back in 1963, I think it was. It just almost seems like it was yesterday. After we were through with that we went on to the World's Fair. We came back and we brought most of the shows back. we re-installed them here at Disneyland. But then one of the things I think I really appreciate more than anything was the support that we always got from the parks. In fact, when we did Walt Disney World Dick Nunis, who was in charge of Disneyland at that time, sent us up to WED Enterprises, as it was called at that time, seven of his brightest and youngest operators and they were the nucleus that really were the start of what PICO became. All I can say is that I really appreciate that effort from the parks. There have been hundreds of people who have gone through this organization that have participated in the whole process and that's what's made it successful. All I can say is I thank them all and I thank all of you for coming. I'm really enjoying this day. Thank you very much.