VIDEO: Watch Disney World Cast Members Open A 25-Year-Old Time Capsule 😱

This year, we’re celebrating Disney World’s 50th anniversary!

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And there has been a LOT of celebrating, including special food, merchandise, new entertainment, and more! And there’s a lot more happening around the resort, including one very cool event that has given us a peek into Disney’s past!

It’s been 25 years since Cast Members at Disney’s Contemporary Resort carefully chose items to pack into a time capsule!

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They placed various items inside including documents…

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…nametags…

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…and other memorabilia.

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The time capsule was sealed, buried in front of the resort’s flag poles, and marked with a plaque that it would be opened on Disney World’s 50th anniversary.

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And that anniversary is here! So on October 25th, a group of special Cast Members were invited to help Disney World dig up the time capsule and see what was inside.

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And some of these Cast Members have been with Disney World for the full 50 years — so they got to relive some Disney history! Here’s a video of the big unveiling!

So what was inside the time capsule? There was a limited edition Contemporary Resort 25th anniversary coin…

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…a 1996 edition of an employee newspaper, an anniversary poster of the birthday cake Cinderella Castle, a bowtie worn by the Contemporary’s general manager at the time, and more.