Yesterday, Disney Legend and Imagineer Alice Davis was awarded one of the highest honors one can receive at the Walt Disney Company – her own window on Main Street, U.S.A at Disneyland park. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs and Disneyland Resort President George A. Kalogridis presented the window to Davis, which is located alongside the window honoring her husband, legendary Disney animator Marc Davis.
As a costume designer with Walt Disney Imagineering, Alice Davis collaborated with art director and fellow Disney Legend Mary Blair on the “it’s a small world” attraction for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, and later translated pirate attire from Marc Davis’ original drawings into clothing designs and patterns for Pirates of the Caribbean in 1965.
Take a look back at this special window dedication ceremony:
The tradition of dedicating windows at Disneyland park began more than 50 years ago when Walt Disney dedicated many of the windows along Main Street, U.S.A., to individuals who helped make the park a reality. It is a long-standing tradition to honor individuals who have had a significant impact on Disneyland park by dedicating a window to them. On the windows, honorees are made the proprietors of fictional businesses, usually relating to their occupation or hobby, which influenced the creation or operation of the park. To date, more than six dozen people have been honored with their own Main Street, U.S.A., windows.
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Congratulations! Alice is so good at what she does. She is a true inspiration.
A well deserved and long overdue honor for a person who has brought so much happiness and joy to Disney Nation!
And I’d like to add that Alice’s contributions didn’t end with her past work on the Disneyland attractions. Alice has continued to spread her charm and Disney spirit with her many appearances at various Disney events over the years.
Alice has been a vital and inspirational link to the “golden years” of Disneyland and Walt himself. Because of Alice and the other living Disney Legends, a entirely new generation of Disney fans and contributors have been blessed with the vision and insights of all the great Disney pioneers.
Here’s to many more wonderful years of Alice sharing and spreading the Disney magic.
Thank you Alice!
So cool that she got her window next to Marc’s! Thank you for giving this woman the honor she deserves 🙂
Its well deserved. 🙂
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