#23 - Tribute to Marty Sklar, Disney Legend
Disney Travel Secrets - How to do Disney
Kerri Stuart
3.2 • 995 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2017
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week we pay tribute to Disney Legend Marty Sklar, who sadly passed away on July 27, 2017. We were just with him two weeks ago in Anaheim at the D23 Expo and wanted to share with you why Marty was such a big part of Disney for us and a few stories about his amazing history with Walt Disney. Plus, the one phone call he didn't return that almost stopped his Disney career before it began.
Thank you Marty for all the Magic & Pixie Dust you have brought to hundreds of millions of people all over the world. You "sparked" our Disney passion from the first time we heard you speak at the 30th Anniversary of EPCOT and you will continue to inspire us all to "Dream It and Do It".
For a few videos with Marty telling his amazing stories, go to blog.disneytravelsecrets.com
Also be sure to check out RymanArts.org
Special thanks to MyDIStee.com who will be donating a portion of every sale of their Disney inspired shirts to Ryman Arts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Disney fans and welcome to episode number 23 our tribute to Marty |
| 0:07.6 | Schler Disney legend and Imagineer a very sad and unexpected topic. |
| 0:14.0 | Yes, and not just a Disney legend, but right-hand man to Walt Disney himself. |
| 0:18.0 | Marty sadly passed away last week at the age of 83, and we have the honor of meeting Marty twice in the last few months |
| 0:26.5 | and most recently two weeks ago in Anaheim for the D23 Expo something that we will never forget and we will share that with you here. X- |
| 0:37.5 | Something that we will never forget and we will share that with you here. |
| 0:35.6 | This episode is dedicated to Marty and sharing his amazing journey from the opening of |
| 0:39.9 | Disneyland in 1955 to his last public appearance at the 2017 D23 Expo, a span of 62 years. |
| 0:50.2 | We'll also talk about the charity he and his wife founded, Ryman Arts, and now his memory will live on forever |
| 0:55.7 | because of his contributions to the Walt Disney Company. Plus, the one phone call that almost cost him his Disney career before it even got started. |
| 1:06.4 | All that and more coming up next on Disney Travel Secrets. |
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| 1:37.4 | Here comes the rope drop. |
| 1:39.0 | Three, two, one. 2. 1. 1. Before we get into today's topic, and again, it's a sad topic and I can tell you when we first heard the news we were extremely upset but we don't want it to be kind of a downer episode |
| 1:57.5 | We want to be upbeat and share everything we knew about Marty and so you can learn more about him |
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