Disneyland Fans

* Re “Self-Styled Keepers of the Magic Kingdom,” Sept. 12:

Those who would monitor “the suits” (Disneyland management) in order to keep the park as Walt Disney intended it might be surprised to know who those managers have had to fight in attempting to achieve that.

It was once suggested, for example, that alcoholic beverages be added to the menu of a private restaurant to be built inside Disneyland, intended mainly for use by the corporate sponsors of park rides and their guests. In what was probably the most-heated, if not the park’s first, “Walt would never have approved of that” arguments, “the suits,” led by the then-director of operations, Richard Nunis, insisted that this must never be allowed to happen.

It was only when he finally realized he didn’t need to continue the argument that Walt Disney cut off their objections. Today, members visiting the park’s private Club 33 dining room (located above the Blue Bayou restaurant) will find alcohol is still on the menu per Walt’s original instructions.

JOHN McKAY

Lakewood