Disneyland's 45th Birthday - July 17, 2000
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Cynthia Harriss and pals

Harriss: Good morning everyone and welcome to this very special day in Disneyland history. Walt Disney's timeless vision created this place of Fantasy where adults and children could come together and have fun. In fact, it was his hopes, dreams and imagination that brought to life our Magic Kingdom where there are waterfalls, rivers, mountains, giant teacups, moon rockets and a fairy tale castle that is here to inspire and bring joy to all of us. In fact, as you look around our surroundings, it is so clear that Walt Disney was a genius in storytelling and every single attraction here in our magical park was designed and built with incredible attention to detail.

"Happy Birthday Dear Disneyland"

In fact, today we are honored to carry on his legacy. And it is my personal privilege to have the opportunity to work with the thousands of fabulous Cast Members that make that magic for our guests in every moment of every day. In fact, it was Walt Disney himself who said "you can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it takes people to bring this dream to reality." So as we celebrate today our 45 Years of Magic, we dedicate this day to the entire cast of the Disneyland Resort and to you, our guests, who continue our dream. And on this very special day I think it's appropriate that we have our traditional birthday song. So I would like to ask my dear friends Doina and Eddie to do the honors.

Cynthia Harriss

Roman-Osborn: It would be our pleasure

Garcia: Ok everyone, put on you your birthday hats if you haven't done so already.

Roman-Osborn: Now is everybody ready? Is everybody ready? Strike up the band!