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==Legacy== [[File:Roy O Disney on track.jpg|thumb|[[Walt Disney World Railroad]] No. 4 ''Roy O. Disney'']] One of the [[Walt Disney World Railroad]] locomotives was named after Roy.<ref name="CarolwoodChronicleSummer2002">{{Cite magazine|last=Campbell|first=Michael|title=Roy E. Disney Rededicates Father's Engine|url=http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CarolwoodChronicle-Issue15-2002Summer.pdf|magazine=Carolwood Chronicle|publisher=Carolwood Pacific Historical Society|pages=1–2|date=Summer 2002|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527145731/http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CarolwoodChronicle-Issue15-2002Summer.pdf|archive-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> On June 6, 2002, his son Roy E. Disney rededicated this locomotive in his father's honor.<ref name="CarolwoodChronicleSummer2002"/> In September 2016, the locomotive took part in its centennial celebration hosted by the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Centennial Celebration Set for Roy O. Disney Steam Locomotive: September 15 to 18, 2016|url=http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chron63.pdf|magazine=Carolwood Chronicle|issue=63|publisher=The Carolwood Society|date=Spring 2016|pages=1–3|access-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204103850/http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chron63.pdf|archive-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Broggie|first=Michael|title=View from the Cupola|url=http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chron65.pdf|magazine=Carolwood Chronicle|issue=65|publisher=The Carolwood Society|page=7|date=Winter 2016|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520150904/http://carolwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chron65.pdf|archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref> One of the three [[Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad]] locomotives is also named after Roy, where each locomotive is named after a past [[Walt Disney Company]] president.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2016/09/hong-kong-disneyland-railroad/ | title=All aboard the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad| date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> The Roy O. Disney Concert Hall, the primary performance space for the [[Herb Alpert]] School of Music at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] (of which Disney was a benefactor), is named after him. ''Sharing the Magic'', a statue of Disney seated on a park bench beside [[Minnie Mouse]], was dedicated in October of 1999 as a companion piece to the ''Partners'' statue of Walt and [[Mickey Mouse]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Partners |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/partners/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=D23 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharing the Magic Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=250744 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> The statue is located in the Town Square of Main Street, U.S.A., at the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-739028-walt-roy.html|title=Remembering Roy O. Disney, Walt Disney's brother, 45 years after his death|last=Eades|first=Mark|date=December 22, 2016|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> A duplicate of ''Sharing the Magic'' is located outside the [[Team Disney]] building at Disney's corporate headquarters in [[Burbank, California]]—dedicated in 2003.<ref name=":2" /> A second copy is at the [[Main Street, USA|World Bazaar]] section of [[Tokyo Disneyland]].<ref name=":2" /> The Roy O. Disney Suite is located on the top floor of the [[Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel]]. In 2014, Roy O. Disney was portrayed in the feature film ''[[Walt Before Mickey]]'' by [[Jon Heder]]. {{Clear}}
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