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Disney World at 50: A general mapped out park He planned tunnel system, insect-control By Gabrielle Russon, Orlando Sentinel Published: February 21, 2021, 6:07am Share: 3 Photos Attorney Kent Hipp shows a photo of Walt Disney and Major General William "Joe" Potter, from a photo album. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/) Photo Gallery ORLANDO, Fla. — The tourists at Disney World are too preoccupied with the majestic Cinderella Castle ahead and the marching band playing “Let It Go” to notice the words in the second-floor window above the candy store. “Gen...

Meet the General You’ve Never Heard of Who Mapped Out the Magic Kingdom In this April 16, 2017 file photo, the Blue Angels fly in formation over Cinderella Castle and the 'Partners' statue at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Bay Lake, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) 15 Feb 2021 The Orlando Sentinel | By Gabrielle Russon ORLANDO, Fla. — The tourists at Disney World are too preoccupied with the majestic Cinderella Castle ahead and the marching band playing “Let It Go” to notice the words in the s...

Disney World at 50: Meet the general you’ve never heard of who mapped out the Magic Kingdom Orlando Sentinel 2/15/2021 Gabrielle Russon, Orlando Sentinel © Orlando Sentinel File/Orlando Sentinel/TNS In November 1965, Walt Disney, left, William "Joe" Potter, Florida Gov. Haydon Burns and Roy Disney attend a news conference in the Egyptian Room at the Cherry Plaza in Orlando, Florida. Disney announced plans for Disney World and promised the theme park would be grander than Disneyland. ORLANDO, Fla. — The tourists at Disney World are too preoccupied with the majestic Cin...

“If you ask anybody that goes to Walt Disney World, who is Joe Potter? ... They won’t know much about him,” said Disney author and historian Christopher Lucas. ”Without him, there’d be no Disney World.”

Gen. William “Joe” Potter helped turn a swampy Florida wetland into the Magic Kingdom. He was the architect of Disney World’s government, the mastermind behind the hidden tunnel system at the park, and the reason why Disney has no mosquito problem today.