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What is this?
Answer:
This is one of the 75 Mickey Mouse statues from Disney's "75 Inspearations Tour". On November 18, 2003, to mark the 75th anniversary of Mickey Mouse's appearance in the first synchronized sound cartoon, "Steamboat Willie," Disney World unveiled 75 700-pound, six foot tall statues of Mickey. Each one was designed by someone different, from celebrities to animators to employees of Disney or its affiliates. After spending some time on display at Disney World, the statues began touring the country, visiting various cities. On January 10, 2005 they were put on display at California Adventure, where they remained until February 22, 2005. After being displayed at California Adventure, they were taken to Washington D.C. for a while, then sent to New York where they were auctioned off, with the proceeds going to charity. This particular statue is called Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom, and was designed by Paul Wenzel. Photos of all 75 statues can be seen on my web site in this gallery.
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The responses I received were:
Tim & Malinda
One of the 75 InspEaration statues on display at California Adventure. Is it across from Grizzly Peak on the way to Bug's Land?
-- Yes, that is where this statue was located.
John and Heather
This is one of the 75 Mickey Statues that were decorated by different people and auctioned off to raise money for different charities. They decorated Disneyland, Ca. Adventure and Downtown Disney as part of the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland.
-- That's mostly correct, but this was in honor of the 75th anniversary of Mickey's first appearance in a sound cartoon, not Disneyland's 50th anniversary (though the statues in California were on display in the same year). Also, the statues were only on display inside California Adventure.
Tim & Malinda
One of the 75 InspEaration statues on display at California Adventure. Is it across from Grizzly Peak on the way to Bug's Land?
-- Yes, that is where this statue was located.
John and Heather
This is one of the 75 Mickey Statues that were decorated by different people and auctioned off to raise money for different charities. They decorated Disneyland, Ca. Adventure and Downtown Disney as part of the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland.
-- That's mostly correct, but this was in honor of the 75th anniversary of Mickey's first appearance in a sound cartoon, not Disneyland's 50th anniversary (though the statues in California were on display in the same year). Also, the statues were only on display inside California Adventure.
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