The success of the original park, which opened July 17, 1955, sparked the 1971 opening of Walt Disney World ... The below 1957 drawing from the Disney archives, which we spotted on Design Taxi ...

The success of the original park sparked the 1971 opening of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and eventually led to the construction of nine other parks and resorts operated by Disney worldwide.

Pressured by his cartoon creations and the latest crop of Mouseketeers to tell them what's in store for the 1957 ... Walt Disney offers tantalizing glimpses of the new weekly adventure show Zorro ...