The man behind Mickey – Walt Disney

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Disneyland? A magical place where you can have a lot of fun and can meet your favourite cartoon characters. Right?

But do you know who created this magical place? Well, it was created by a genius called Walt Disney.

He is best-known as the creator of the beloved animated character Mickey Mouse, and as the founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks.

If he had not started the Walt Disney Company, then he would have been selling vacuum cleaners for a living. Imagine if he had done that, how would we have got Mickey Mouse?

Fun Facts

 Mickey Mouse was originally named Mortimer Mouse. Thank god he changed his mind!!!

 Mickey Mouse was not the first character created by Walt Disney. Yep! You read it right. It was Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit.

 Nearly 44,000 visitors visit the Disney theme park every day. Imagine!!!

 A minor planet is named after Disney – 4017 Disneya You thought it was going to be Pluto, didn’t you?