With the idea that Treasure Island will then become a two-fer. A place where pirate enthusiasts can then challenge their inner Jim Hawkins. But also be a place where nature lovers can radio flyer wagon go and explore some flora & fauna. But by 1974, the Imagineers are ready to reimagine Raz Island. First they haul over 50,000 cubic yards of soil out to the middle of Bay Lake.
The problem was … Audio-Animatronics was basically still in its infancy in the Fall of 1962. We were still nine months out from “The Enchanted Tiki Room” opening in June of 1963. And it’d be another 10 months after that before “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,” “Magic Skyway,” frozen ride on toy “it’s a small world” and “Progressland” would open at the 1964 – 1965 New York World Fair in April of that year. And — by September of 1962 — he did have a workable concept for a Mickey Mouse-themed attraction. Which he then told Canadian journalist Fletcher Markle about.
But the MPAA then relented and gave Disney’s “Treasure Island” a G rating. All rights reservedSo Walt wanted Walt Disney World’s “Treasure Island” attraction to really be something special. To feature things like full-sized recreations of Capt’n Flint’s ship, the Walrus. Likewise a walk-through version of Ben Gunn’s cave where a vast horde of gold & jewel would glisten in the dark.
Getting a workable version of these walk-around character costumes took a number of years to get right. Finding that sweet spot where you had a costume that was a good likeness of that character while — at the same time — was comfortable for the Cast Member frozen ride on toy to wear / had good sightlines for safety was tough. Walt’s priorities then shifted to getting a walk-around character costume of Mickey built (since borrowing the one that Disneyland had previously used from the Ice Capades wasn’t really an option).
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