[Salvaggio] When designing a window,
my attention is so focused on the job at hand.
It really is all-consuming because you don't want it to look too placed, too pat.
It needs to look like it just fell together that way very naturally,
like it just rolled off-the-cuff as is.
Our windows are a little bit of storytelling.
It tells you where you are and what it was like back in the day.
I'm Tony Salvaggio, and I've worked for the Disneyland Resort for 47 years.
[man on PA] Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
good morning and welcome to Disneyland, the place where dreams come true.
[Salvaggio] My mom worked here before I did, over at the Disneyland Hotel.
She came home one day with a flyer in her hand, said, "You're 16. You need a job."
[chuckles] And that's when it all started.
I auditioned for the 1969-70 Christmas parade,
and I've been here ever since. [chuckles]
When this photo was taken in 1991, I was working in the entertainment division.
I won't let them change it. [chuckles]
My background in theater arts and scenic design
transfers perfectly to window design.
And we prop out the interiors of the stores, as well, and restaurants.
Sort of a creative playground. Sometimes when I'm looking for inspiration,
I walk up and down our aisles looking at our props
and just thinking about how I could put them together in a different way.
Red, white and blue. [chuckles] It's that time of year.
It's amazing what you can do with a little imagination and a bunch of stuff.
[chuckles]
Uh, we have a few other great photos in here...
turn of the century, Uncle Sam.
Those will work. Can't have Fourth of July without fireworks.
I'm going to create a style board for this summer's look,
which is, of course, red, white, and blue, patriotic.
And we put this all in the week before Memorial Day,
and it stays up until Labor Day.
These ladies look very patriotic. [chuckles]
And there, we have a style board.
Aside from designing windows, we also maintain them.
Okay.
Once the installation has happened, we have to keep it looking good,
so, as props become damaged, we take them out and do touch up
or repairs or sometimes, if it's too far gone, we replace it with a new prop.
And once you've got the base coat on,
you can go back with the gilding and blend it all back in together.
Well, here on Main Street alone,
I must have about 50 windows or so that I'm responsible for.
Doing installations in the park is probably my favorite thing.
After all the hard work, after all the designing
and worrying and fretting over everything,
and to see it come together and absolutely work and look just as you wanted it to,
it's very, very gratifying.
Our Main Street is Walt's.
It's Marceline, Missouri. It's his childhood reimagined.
It's really-- Very, very special and so charming.
It's always fun to see kids pushing their noses up against the windows
because something has caught their eye.
It's why we do what we do. If it weren't for the guests, we wouldn't be here.
I've been part of a Disney family since I was six years old.
It'll be 60 years since then that I'm leaving.
Disneyland's been my home a very long time,
it's gonna be really hard to walk away from here.
Uh, I'd like my legacy to be that I always took great pride in my work.
Um, I always wanted it done well and done right.
It's always nice when someone asks you where you work
and you say Disneyland, and their eyes light up.
[chuckling] That says everything.
It's just magic, and I've loved it since I was a kid.
Now to be part of it and help make that magic is pretty exciting.