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The Mystery of Walt's Desk.

Remember this picture from my last post? I promised to tell you the story behind it so here it is: This display case used to house Walt Disney's second grade desk.  How do they know it was his you ask?  Well young Walt carved his initials into it.  Now if you have been to "One Man's Dream" in Disney's Hollywood Studios I know what your thinking. "Yeah so what i've seen that desk in person"  and here it is:                                                                                                     (www.flickr.com/photos/ruckitup/2888426551/ ) I have been to One Man's Dream hundreds of times and there was always something that bothered me about this desk.  You cannot see it in the above photo but there is a picture of Walt with his desk pointing at his handy work.  What's strange about this is that the desk on display while it does have the W.D. carved into it is not in the same place.  There are also markings on the

Walt Disney Elementary School

I know that a lot of states have elementary schools named after Walt Disney, but I doubt all of them have a Mickey Mouse tiled entryway. I am speaking of course about Walt Disney Elementary in Marceline Missouri.  The lone volunteer working Walt Disney's hometown museum told me that the school has Disney characters painted all over the place and it would be no problem for me to go in and take pictures (if the school was still open).  Im from Texas and if I showed up at an elementary school with a camera id probably be arrested..... Unfortunately by the time I arrived at the school it was closed.  So all my pictures were taken through windows.  They even have a picture of Walt ready to greet students as they come through the main entrance.  See the empty display case below?  Well remember it because it will be the topic of a later post. Check out the schools flag pole!  Walt was the head of pageantry for the 1960 Olympics and he donated the Olympic flag pole to the sc