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THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 2001
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BY MARIO GONZALEZ
Disney, creations celebrated
The Associated Press
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Inspired by the movie *Fantasia*, jeweler Harry Winston made a $2 million Sorcerer's Hat of satin, velvet, silk, gold and a 20-carat diamond for the occasion. The celebration honored Walt Disney on what would have been his 100th birthday yesterday.
Walt Disney, who, with his brother Roy, created an entertainment empire built on cultural icons such as Mickey Mouse, was honored in spirit at a theme park bearing his name. The great entertainer died in 1966.
His nephew, Roy E. Disney, was on hand at Walt Disney World to remind everyone that Walt Disney was not just a corporate name.
"There's a tendency to mythologize things in the past and of course there is a tendency for people to say 'Oh well, Walt Disney is just the name of a company.' We'll just keep insisting that he was a
real man and he really did all this stuff attributed to him and he had his foibles too." Roy Disney said in an interview, adding:
"Walt always said: 'This whole thing started with a mouse.'"
Through animation, movies television shows, merchandising and theme parks. Walt Disney turned the "mouse" into the world's second-biggest media company with an annual revenue of $25 billion and a worldwide influence.
"Everyone smiles in the same language," said Mayas Kano, a 38-year-old housewife from Japan who came to the 100 Years of Magic celebration.
But smiles at the Walt Disney Co. have been few and far between in recent months. Reliant on theme park attendance and advertising revenue from its ABC network, the company's profits dropped 68 percent to $53 million in the fourth quarter.
Corporate profits, though,
weren't on the minds of most of
the visitors.
Roger Yamashita, a 40-year-old aerospace engineer from Anaheim, Calif., looked for someone to trade Disney pins with him. He has more than 2,000 pins at home, and he brought several dozen from his collection.
"I think Disney is something that has pulled the world together," Yamashita said.
It's almost impossible to grow up without being bombarded by Disney on television, on T-shirts, in movies and in advertisements, said Steve Stanley, who was visiting Walt Disney World from England with his wife, Michelle, and 7-year-old daughter, Stephanie. They paid several thousand dollars for their 14-day trip in Orlando.
Stephanie jumped up and down and shouted "I saw Pinocchio" after getting the character's signature in her autograph book.
"A lot cheaper," said Steve Stanley.
What would life without Disney be like for the Stanley?
Crossword
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 Extremely small particle
5 Eurasian vipers
6 Easy touch
14 Fiji's capital
15 Fly like a butterfly
16 Small crowd?
17 Yeah, sure
18 Actress Kudrow
19 Chestnut-and-white horses
20 Magic word
23 Lower digit
24 Astro follower
25 Sets free, as pigs
27 Early release
28 Lookalike
32 Blazing
33 Kind of squash
33 Coffee server
34 Doles (out)
38 O.T. book
39 Power to which a base is raised
42 Labyrinths
44 Andes beasts
45 Dead 'uns
46 Zorba's land
48 Chinese ship
49 I see!
50 Sherlock's science
56 Part of VCR
58 Klutzes
59 Keystone State port
60 January in Oaxaca
61 Married woman
62 Statuesque
63 "Boy on a Dolphin" star
64 Pentyl
65 Open-handed blow
DOWN
1 Home to billions
2 Ernest of country music
3 Ended
4 Bullfighter
5 Blazing
6 Trombone feature
7 Tower city
8 Knife thrust
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9 Preciliar
10 So it's you!
11 Socialize (with)
12 Mortise partner
13 Sys-
replies
21 Nat or Natalie
22 Half-pints
26 For each
27 Actor Newman
28 '60s hairdo
29 Instigator
30 Bader Ginsburg
and Buzzi
31 Gossip-column
pair
33 Alpha follower
34 Computer
operator
35 Soviet news
agcy.
37 Silent actor
40 Pub quaff
41 Des Moines river
42 Like pre-stereo
sound
43 Short socks
43 Short socks
Solutions to yesterday's puzzle
45 Armed thug
46 Chairman's mallet
47 Horned pachyderm
48 Trice
51 Home of Hawkeyes
52 Wound
seriously
53 Kind of contract
54 Colorado
tributary
55 Canine sound
57 Afore
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