MAPO

On this day 46 years ago, Mary Poppins was released by Walt Disney Studios. What does this have to do with the parks, you ask? Well almost one year later, WED Enterprises would benefit from this film's success. That is because the profits from the film would be used to create the manufacturing arm of WED Enterprises. The division was know as MAPO not only because it was an acronym for manufacturing and production, but because it was a play on the Mary Poppins film. MAPO even created the first ever audio-animatronic for the movie. It was a bird with which Mary Poppins sings during the film. Who know Mary Poppins is still responsible for all the magic we enjoy today?