The telegraph hut at the Disneyland Railroad Station in New Orleans Square plays a continuous loop of morse code that I've always understood to be Walt's inaugural message at Disneyland's opening.
A keen-eared ham operator who heard the message realized that something was awry and resolved to decode it himself. He taped it, played the recording back at half speed, and determined that the message had become garbled through a remastering process. Working with Disney Imagineers, he helped have the message restored.
"TO ALL WHO COME TO DISNEYLAND, WELCOME. HERE AGE RELIVES FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST, AND HERE YOUTH MAY SAVOR THE CHALLENGE AND PROMISE OF THE FUTURE." in Morse code is: – — / .- .-.. .-.. / .– …. — / -.-. — — . / – — / -.. .. … -. . -.– .-.. .- -. -.. –..– / .– . .-.. -.-. — — . .-.-.- / …. . .-. . / .- –. . / .-. . .-.. .. …- . … / ..-. — -. -.. / — . — — .-. .. . … / — ..-. / – …. . / .–. .- … – –..– / .- -. -.. / …. . .-. . / -.– — ..- – …. / — .- -.– / … .- …- — .-. / – …. . / -.-. …. .- .-.. .-.. . -. –. . / .- -. -.. / .–. .-. — — .. … . / — ..-. / – …. . / ..-. ..- – ..- .-. . .-.-.-
(Thanks, Kirby!)
