The Most “Magical” Celebration? Following the precedent set by Disneyland’s 50th anniversary 16 years prior, there really couldn’t have been worse timing for Walt Disney World’s own 50th Anniversary. After the September 11th attacks and the self-imposed Dark Age of the early 2000s that had so hampered Disneyland’s, Magic Kingdom’s celebration just so happened to…
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