“The most exciting and challenging assignment we have ever tackled at Walt Disney Productions.”

– Walt Disney

This Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary Commemorative Plate comes in a beautiful red box that opens to reveal an even more beautiful image! It features many of WDW’s most iconic structures, and of course, a most iconic Mouse.

WDW opened on October 1st in 1971 and on October 1st in 1982 it was joined by EPCOT Center. These two parks carried on together until they were joined by a third park, MGM / Hollywood Studios, on May 1st of 1989. Animal Kingdom would bring up the rear on April 22, in 1998.

So at the 15-year mark, only The Magic Kingdom and EPCOT existed to be included on this commemorative plate.

Icons that made the front of the plate are The Contemporary Resort, Spaceship Earth, the monorail, Cinderella Castle, the acrylic pylon Fountain (in front of Spaceship Earth, removed but now returned), the Liberty Belle steamboat, and of course, Mickey Mouse!

I have many of these commemorative plates in my collection but am always stoked to find one for sale with its original box.

Released in 1986 (making it 38 years old as of posting) with just 10,000 units produced by Walt Disney Productions, it contained a quote from Walt Disney on the back. You read it at the beginning of this post. Walt Disney World certainly has lived up to its creator’s vision as an exciting place to visit and explore!