Unlocking The Magic: Fascinating Facts About Disney World (12 PICS + 6 GIFS)

Posted in INTERESTING       1 Aug 2023       1834       1 GALLERY VIEW

"Disney is the second largest buyer of explosives (for their fireworks shows) in the world. The first is the U.S. Department of Defense."

 

"Walt’s brother Roy essentially willed Walt’s vision into existence. Without Roy a lot of Walt’s plans for Disney World would have been changed. For example, the Magic Kingdom would have ended up right by 192 and I-4. Roy is also the the reason it’s called Walt Disney World and not Disney World. The man loved his brother."

 

"One of my favorites is the fact that the monorail track in the Contemporary isn’t connected to the building at all. To prevent vibration from the passing monorails from being felt by hotel guests, the concrete track supports have their own foundations completely separate from the building foundation."

 

"In the vehicle loading area on the Dinosaur ride there’s three pipes running along the ceiling and walls that are yellow, white, and red. There’s also chemical formulas written next to them. These are the formulas for mustard, mayo, and ketchup and are left over from the days that McDonald’s used to sponsor the ride!"

 

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"WDW is one of the largest private wildlife reserves in the US. and since the incident with the toddler being attacked more than 250 alligators have been removed from the park for guest safety"

 

"The female ballroom dancers in the Haunted Mansion are wearing older versions of princess dresses."

 

"The utildoors technically aren’t underground, due to the fact that it was built in Florida’s marshland.

They’re on the ground floor, and the ENTIRE PARK WAS BUILT ONE FLOOR OFF THE GROUND"

 

"The tram driver at MK last night said that you could drop Disneyland Park and California Adventure on MK’s parking lot and still have parking spaces left over."

 

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"The tower of terror in Hollywood studios is painted the color that it is because it can be seen in the distance when looking at the Morocco Pavilion in EPCOT."

 

"If you parked in a different spot at EPCOT every day, it would take you about 31 years to park in all of them."

 

"Minnie Mouse has over 365 different individual special event and holiday costumes. I’m sure Mickey has just as many, it was just that they specifically mentioned Minnie.

Buzz Lightyear is the most expensive costume and NASA helped design it. It’s made from fiber glass and costs about $8,000. The cheapest costume is Eeyore at between $300-400 because he and the other Pooh characters are mostly made of carpeting."

 

"Former Imagineer here, the reason why Stitch will never have a major attraction overhaul is because it shares the same building as Cosmic Rays. Due to the asbestos in the facility and building code changes since the 70’s, both Cosmic Rays and the attraction would have to go down and be brought up to code. Cosmic rays generates Millions a week and they cannot lose that revenue.

They can re-theme Stitch all they want and not trigger code change requirements."

 

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"Disney World is almost the size of the city of San Francisco (WDW 43 square miles SF 47 square miles)"

 

"If you were to get on top of the castle on a clear night. (Which I have as my job pertain to it once in a while).

You can see Universal Studios, almost all of the Disney theme parks, and you can see the Orlando I."

 

"There used to be a Subway backstage at EPCOT."

 

"The Seas with Nemo and Friends (formerly known as The Living Seas) aquarium is surprisingly large. At the time of its opening in 1986, it was the largest saltwater aquarium in the world. Today, it is the second largest aquarium in the US and 6th largest in the world. Pretty neat."

 

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"When Disney was buying land in Florida, there were 10 different shell companies who purchased the land (so prices wouldn’t go high). One of them was called M.T. Lot Company."

 

"Disneyland and Disneyworld are both in Orange County."

 



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