Julie Andrews + Bob Hope + 10,000 screaming kids = controlled chaos in polyester.
A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.
Acting
Bob Hope doing Bob Hope things in tropical polyester.
Production
Gloriously staged parade numbers with questionable choreography.
Costume
The fashion crimes alone deserve preservation in a museum.
Director
Robert Scheerer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired live on NBC and reportedly cost Disney $15 million to produce — roughly $115 million today.
The 'EPCOT' tease at the end became a famous broken promise; Walt's original city-of-the-future vision died with him and became a theme park instead.
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