From 1973 to 1992, guests visiting Main Street, USA could follow Walt Disney from his boyhood through the creation of Walt Disney World, and watch rare film footage narrated by Walt himself at the Walt Disney Story. For almost four years, a team of more than 200 people at Walt Disney Productions reviewed tapes of interviews with Walt Disney in order to produce the Walt Disney Story. This free, 23-minute film debuted on Main Street, USA in April, 1973 in a building constructed specifically for the attraction, and was sponsored by the Gulf Oil Corporation until 1979.

In addition to the film, the building was filled with memorabilia honoring Walt Disney's life and achievements, including the one-of-a-kind eight-Oscar Academy Award presented to Walt for 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was displayed here for almost 20 years. The two theaters inside the hall contained 300 seats each, and the entrances were separated by a 1200-color mural designed specifically for the attraction, which contained more than 170 Disney characters. The film was presented on a specially-designed screen, designed to give guests the impression they were looking through a virtual scrapbook of Walt's life. The post-show exhibit area had numerous displays showing the EPCOT project, as well as the legendary model of the Old West attraction that was never built, the Western River Expedition.

In 1981, the building became the "EPCOT Center Preview Center ," and the original film was replaced with one that more specifically outlined Walt's dreams of his futuristic city. In October, 1982, when EPCOT Center opened to the public, the Preview Center was removed and the original film returned. Just six years later, though, The Walt Disney Story was removed once again, this time to preview Walt Disney World's third theme park, the Disney-MGM Studios. After the Studios opened in 1989, The Walt Disney Story returned once again, but closed permanently in October 1992. Disney said that the original film had deteriorated so much that it could no longer be shown in the theater, yet released it as a shortened version on home video in 1994. However, the Walt Disney Story in the Disney-MGM Studios now has as similar film and exhibit dedicated to the man who started it all.

In October 1996, the building that once housed The Walt Disney Story was occupied by the Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary Welcome Center. Like the earlier "preview centers" before it, the building was filled with models and exhibits introducing the Disney Cruise Line and other upcoming projects. The Welcome Center closed in 1997, and the exhibits removed. The building is now sponsored by Kodak, and is now known as a "camera center," where guests can purchase camera, film, and photo souvenirs.