Sad news for Disneyland fans. “Mr. Disneyland,” Ron Dominguez, has passed at age 85.
The news broke via the Disneyland Alumni Club Facebook page. A Disney Legend and former Executive Vice President of Attractions, died on January 1, 2021. No cause of death was revealed in a Facebook post by the Disneyland Alumni.
From TMZ…
An official “Disney Legend,” RD’s family was one of the original property owners of several acres of land and orange groves that Walt Disney and Co. snapped up back in the ’50s to construct what is currently known as Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim, CA.
Story goes ... Walt actually turned Dominguez’s two-story family home into one of the original Disneyland administration buildings in a backlot on the park grounds, and not only that — but Dominguez stuck around and started working for them as one of the first Cast Members. The guy started working as a ticket taker and eventually became familiar with every attraction. He worked his way up the company’s ranks over the years, until he became the head of park operations in 1970. It wasn’t long until he became the VP of Disneyland altogether, and later in the ’90s … the Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Attractions in the West Coast, before retiring from Disney in ’94.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Dominguez.
[Source: TMZ]
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