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They say practice makes perfect. Well, Tony Rizzo, this month's Ultimate Disney Fan, has had plenty of practice being a Disney fan: He took his first trip to Disneyland® Park when he was just six months old, and he's returned at least once each year since then. When you spend that much time wishing on stars, dreams are bound to come true.
Take, for example, the time Tony met a wonderful woman new to California and invited her to the Park. "I had her hooked in no time." Before long, he proposed to her -- at a screening of the Disney classic "Lady and the Tramp"! -- and they were married. There was no trouble deciding where to go for their honeymoon: Disneyland. Talk about a fairy-tale wedding.
When their two daughters arrived, the nursery became a gallery for all the Disney babies and Bambi paraphernalia they'd been collecting. And as soon as the girls were old enough to walk, they took part in what's become a Rizzo family tradition: the trip to Disneyland.
Disney has even crept into Tony's career as a fire captain. (We can't help but wonder if he was inspired, at an early age, when Chief Mickey saved Minnie from her burning house in "The Fire Fighters.") He's managed to acquire just about every image he can find of Mickey as a fireman.
Congratulations to Tony Rizzo, this month's Ultimate Disney Fan!
The Ultimate Disney Fan wins a copy of "Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia," by Disney archivist Dave Smith. Visit Dave at the Disney Archives online.
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