Friday 3 September 2010

Doctor Of All Trades

It's time to take a look at another window on Main Street U.S.A in Disneyland Paris. This time, it is a window dedicated to a true Disney Legend.
The window is situated on Main Street itself and is dedicated to Jim Cora, as we can see:

Second Opinion
Surgical Practice
Dr. Jim Cora
Our Operations Will Keep You In Stitches
What a fantastic window! Jim (James) Cora worked for the Walt Disney Company for almost his whole working life, starting in 1957 as a part time Disneyland Cast Member. He assisted in the opening of Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, eventually ending up overseeing the operations of the opening of Euro Disney. As per his Disney Legends webpage, he was "responsible for negotiating the agreements, master planning and site research for the Disneyland Paris project". He became the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for Euro Disneyland Corporation in 1987.

He left Euro Disney, as it was called at the time, in 1995 to become the President of Disneyland International, working with Tokyo Disneyland and helping to create Tokyo DisneySea.

Jim Cora retired from the Disney company in 2001, and was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1995.

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