Magic Kingdom Construction Photos!
I’ve got some rare Magic Kingdom construction photos in my latest YouTube video! Most of these photos are from 1971, probably around the mid-summer. There are shots of Main Street, as well as some bonus photos of a monorail being placed on a beam, the Walt Disney World trains under construction and the Jungle Cruise boats being built. At the end of the video, there are some bonus images of the Walt Disney world Preview Center.
There are some fantastic photos of Liberty Square; some are overviews and a few are close-up photos of buildings. You get a good idea of how large the Haunted Mansion show building actually is!
Check out my Magic Kingdom Construction Video:
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My name is Fred Hope and my father, also Fred Hope was the project designer for a large chunk of WDW. (He’s on a window down there)
I was 19 in 1971 and had worked at WED since 1969. I was transferred to PICO and was the field coordinator for Main Street, the Hub, RR Station, Monorail station, and eventually a lot of other areas.
I’m writing a substack article in chapters about my time at WED and was thinking to include 1 or 2 images from the construction of my areas, particularly Main Street and the Crystal Palace. Wondering if you could help me with this?