Join us LIVE Thursday at 8:00PM ET for an evening with Disney Legend Tom Nabbe. Tom was at opening day of Disneyland and the next day was hired as a “newsie,” hawking The Disneyland News to Main Street guests. In 1956, Walt Disney recognized the Tom Sawyer in a young Nabbe, and he became the “Luckiest Boy in the World.” That’s what the cover of the April 7, 1957 issue of Parade Magazine said, beneath a full-color photo of Tom dressed as Mark Twain’s paragon of American boyhood. One job requirement was that Tom had to keep a C average in school. So, every quarter, Tom brought his report card directly to Walt for inspection.
In 1971, Tom was transferred to the newly opened Walt Disney World in Orlando, where he started as manager of the Monorail. He also helped in the opening of Disneyland Paris.
Forty-eight years later, in June 2003, 60-year-old Tom retired from his job as manager of distribution services at Walt Disney World. He was the last working member of Club 55, a group of original Disneyland cast members named for Disneyland’s inaugural year and for their chief qualification of membership—a paycheck from Walt Disney dated 1955.
Shortly after his retirement, Tom received the highly selective honor of having his name on one of the windows down Main Street at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
In 2005, he was inducted as a Disney Legend during a ceremony that took place at Disneyland.
You don’t want to miss this amazing evening with a true Disney Legend. Hope to see you there!
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Hi my name is Cory. My wife Stephanie and I love Disney. We enjoy vlogging our experiences including other fun events around Orlando. We are both Florida born and raised and enjoy exploring the ever expanding Orlando and Central Florida area. You can rest assured that our videos will ALWAYS be family friendly. Thank you for watching and be sure to SUBSCRIBE for more!
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