The Day the Magic Came to Florida
The magic came to Florida on Friday, October 1, 1971. I was six years old and had only heard stories of what a wonderland the Magic Kingdom was on television. As a small child, I dreamed of what it would be like to go to Disneyland, of course, because when I was able to, I watched Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color (later called The Wonderful World of Disney) on Sunday nights. I can particularly remember lying on the floor of my grandparents’ home staring up intently at their colo