Disney Legend Ron Dominguez known as ‘Mr. Disneyland’ has passed away at 85

Ron Dominguez, a Disney Legend and former government vice chairman of Walt Disney Sights, handed away at 85 on Saturday.   

‘Some unhappy information to start out the brand new yr,’ the Disneyland Alumni Membership introduced on Fb. ‘Ron was an unique Disneyland Forged Member, much more so than others. His household owned and lived on 10 acres of orange groves that had been bought by Walt Disney for Disneyland in 1954.’

Referred to as ‘Mr. Disneyland,’ he beforehand joked his childhood residence was ‘positioned proper about the place the doorway to Pirates of the Caribbean and Cafe Orleans are at present.’

Unhappy information: Ron Dominguez, a Disney Legend and former government vice chairman of Walt Disney Sights, handed away at 85 on Saturday

Beginning in July 1955, Dominguez took a summer season job on the Anaheim amusement park as a ticket taker at age 20, then promoted to ‘non permanent supervisor of Principal Avenue U.S.A’ inside a yr.  

Through the years, he held to varied supervisor positions all through the park, till he landed the position of Director of Operations in 1970. 

In 1974, the businessman turned Vice President of Disneyland and, in 1990, then the manager Vice President, Walt Disney Sights for the West Coast. 

He was, later, inducted as a Disney Legend in 2000 and has a window on Principal Avenue. 

Dominguez is survived by his spouse of 41 years, Betty. 

Relaxation in peace: Referred to as ‘Mr. Disneyland,’ Dominguez was an unique Disneyland Forged Member and grew up on the ’10 acres of orange groves that had been bought by Walt Disney for Disneyland in 1954,’ in response to a Fb put up by the Disneyland Alumni