1960
360 USA
Do not sit on hand rails
Dixieland jazz party

 

1961
Toyland on Main Street
Too-tall Snow White is disguised
Saucers glide on air

 

1962
Elephants take baths
Osmonds make break after dark
A house in a tree

 

1963
In a tiki house
Jose begins the magic
Birds sing, flowers croon

 

1964
New York gets four shows
Lincoln robot convincing
Small World song repeats

 

1965
Ten years passed quickly
Guests continue to pour in
Guess Walt's not crazy

 

1966
Orleans fills in gap
Pirates nears it's completion
Walt will never see

 

1967
A world on the move
Inner space, moon flight, high jets
"Yo ho!" says pirates

 

1968
Confusion reigns all
People ask "what would Walt do?"
Florida work starts

 

1969
Eerie portraits stretch
Paul Frees echoes through the halls
Hat box ghost is gone

 

1970
Osmonds time numbers
Yippies invade the kingdom
Marijuana flag

 

1971
New population
One-hundred million happy guests
And yet park is clean

 

1972
Zeke's on the fiddle
Half-a-million bulbs parade
Backwoods full of bears

 

1973
Walt replaces Abe
Complaints flood into Disney
This before websites

 

1974
U.S.A music
Odd choice for Tomorrowland
Pop goes the weasel

 

1975
History parade
Moon flight changed to Mars mission
Walt and Abe share home

 

1976
Dole whips satisfy
Bicentennial party
More jungle creatures

 

1977
A coaster in dark
Chocolate chip cookies fly
Fast stars add to speed

 

1978
Harold has a home
Former rockets now ice sleds
Cinnamon toast, please

 

1979
Rainbow Ridge ghost town
A wild runaway mine train
Dino-bones mark end

 

1980
Twenty-five years now
Pony Farm now Circle D
We're now halfway there

 

OK, so it's not exactly poetry (oh wait I guess it is), but it still is a lot more interesting than the typical boring historical overview.  Tune in (or scroll too, I guess) next week for the rest of the list.