Disney Legend 1971 Key to Magic Kingdom Cast Member Award Medallion & Prop Set

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Double your traffic. Payment | Shipping | Helpful Information Disney Legend 1971 Key to Magic Kingdom Cast Member Award Medallion & Prop Set Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Disney Legend 1971 Key to Magic Kingdom Cast Member Award Medallion & Prop Set Theme Park Connection is offering some of the rarest Disney items ever sold on eBay This item has never been offered on eBay We are offering actual extremely rare Awards given to Disney Legend and Main Street Window recipient Bill "Sully" Sullivan Bill "Sully" Sullivan was an original Disneyland 1955 Cast Member who worked his way up to the Vice President of the Magic Kingdom He was honored with the Disney Legends Award and has his own Window dedicated to him on Main Street at Walt Disney World above the Ice Cream Parlor In this auction you are bidding on the "Key" to the Magic Kingdom and Medallion Mounted in Lucite with Letter of Authenticity Signed by Disney Legend Bill Sullivan Key to the Magic Kingdom Vintage Executive Award In this auction you are bidding on the award given to Bill "Sully" Sullivan for helping open Disney's Magic Kingdom in 1971 It was presented prior to the opening of the Magic Kingdom to give Sully a "Key to the Magic Kingdom" It is a "Key to the Magic Kingdom" with a Mickey Medalion mounted in lucite on a wood base It was mounted for the Executive Team including Michael Eisner Less than 10 of these were produced and awarded prior to the Magic Kingdom opening Sully opened the Magic Kingdom in 1971 as an executive Lucite Award measures 8" tall by 6" wide overall The Mickey shaped coin and key is preserved in Lucite mounted on wood base as pictured with Lifetime Letter of Authenticity signed by Sully Check out the reference pictures showing Sully at our Warehouse and Sully with my son and I Included: Walt Disney World Mickey Mouse Icon Medallion Coin (3" wide by 2.5" tall) 3D Key to the Magic Kingdom (3" long) Coin and Key mounted in Lucite on Wood Base Letter of Authenticity from Theme Park Connection Signed by Disney Legend Bill Sullivan About Disney Legend Bill "Sully" Sullivan: On Sunday, July 17, 1955, Bill "Sully" Sullivan was tuned in to ABC-TV. "I watched the opening ceremonies for Disneyland. The following Saturday I went down and applied for a job. Monday I quit Northrop Aircraft, and Tuesday I reported to work as a ticket-taker at the Jungle Cruise." Sullivan was 19 years old. He progressed from ticket-taker to ride operator to operations supervisor at Disneyland, learning all aspects of the operation on the way. "I took a summer job, and I've been here ever since," Sully said in an interview shortly before his retirement. He was subsequently sent to Squaw Valley as a member of the operations team that assisted in the opening and operating of the Winter Olympics in 1960, where Disney was in charge of Pageantry. Sully then served as assistant manager for the Disney-designed attractions at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. "Walt was a really warm individual," Sully remembers fondly. "He had a great sense of humor, and he loved people. He was an executive, but not what you perceive as an 'executive.' He was a real team guy." Sully participated in the operations management of a number of lavish Disney film premieres, including "Mary Poppins" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and "The Happiest Millionaire" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. He relocated to Florida for the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971. While in Florida, Sully ... read more

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