Capstone blog post #2

In Capstone, you need to have somebody to interview to get more information about your topic. My topic is Disney World, and I interviewed Renee Morehead. I chose to interview Renee Morehead because she has been working at Disney World for over 20 years! Since she has been working there for so long, she knows a lot about Disney World and she was able to help me get a lot of new information. I asked her 11 questions, and she knew the answer to all of them. My questions were, 

 

  • Why did Disney open hotels like Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort and Disney’s Disney’s All-Star Movie Resort?
  • How do you get to stay in Cinderella’s castle?
  • Why did Disney World choose to do a different castle then Disneyland?
  •  Why was Disney’s Contemporary resort supposed to be named Tempo Bay Hotel?
  • Why is Disney’s Discovery Island abandoned?
  • Why did Disney make two water parks?
  •  Why did they change Mickey Mouse’s name from Steamboat Willie?
  • Did Disney World have a main street when it first opened? If it did then how has it changed over the years?
  •  How did Disney World come up with the symbols for each park?
  • How did Disney World know which park to put each new ride in?
  • Why did the workers at Disney build a suite at the top of Cinderella’s castle?

My grandpa helped me get the interview, by talking to somebody he knew. That person knew Renee Morehead and so my grandpa emailed her. He then called her and set up an interview for me. 

I think the most surprising thing that she told me was about the Disney World castle. She said that the suite at the top was supposed to be an apartment for Walt Disney and his family, but after he died, they didn’t know what to do with it. Instead, they made it a suite that people can stay in. They often do raffles and have events. If you win, you get to stay in the Cinderella Suite. Another thing that was interesting was why Disney Discovery Island is abandoned. The reason is because they made Animal Kingdom, which had the same things, just more. After they made Animal Kingdom they didn’t need Discovery Island anymore.

Overall, I think that the interview went really well, and I got a lot of new information! Also, I think that Capstone is going really well for me and it’s a really fun project!

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