The Start of a Beautiful Partnership

They're not as prominent and front and center as their more classic and mature selves over at The Hub at the end of Main Street, USA, in Disneyland.  But Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse get another iteration of their memorialization in Disney California Adventure in the Storytellers Statue, which represens the iconic duo as they arrived in Southern California--Walt from Missouri and Mickey from a fateful cross-country train ride after a moment of crushing disappointment.  Little did they know the legends they would be come, all through each other.  Here, they were still young and sort of wide eyed and looking to make their mark in the business. And boy, did they!

Mickey Mouse and a young Walt Disney look out toward the scene at Disney California Adventure.