· main street, usa is inspired by walt disney’s hometown, marceline, missouri.
· the liberty bell in liberty square is made from the same mold as the original liberty bell. it is 1 of only 51 replicas produced in philadelphia, who created only a single replica for every state with the exception of florida. philadelphia agreed to make an extra replica bell just for walt disney world.
· magic kingdom alone is the most visited theme park in the entire world!
· when you are in magic kingdom, you will hardly see any other land besides the one that you are in (not including the areas where you enter each land). walt wanted this so that the mood in each land will not be disrupted.
· there is one target in buzz lightyear’s space ranger spin that is worth 100,000 points each time you shoot it. in the room with the large zurg, shoot the target right underneath him.
· about 1 million tiles make up the mosaic scenes inside the walls of the walk-though area in cinderella’s castle.
· the walkway in magic kingdom is red because walt wanted to lay out the "red carpet" for all guests.
· the narrator from the carousel of progress is the same man who narrates “a christmas story.”
· the creepy organ music you hear in the stretching room of the haunted mansion is just "grim grinning ghosts" slowed way down. you are hearing one song on the whole ride starting very slow and getting faster as the ride goes on.
· when you take a walk down main street, take a good close look at the castle. you will notice that the bricks get smaller the higher up the castle goes. the imagineers called it the "forced perspective" technique, where the bricks got smaller as the castle went up. this technique is used all around disney’s parks.
· the top architecture of the haunted mansion is very easy to recognize as chess pieces. the architect for the ride was famous for building structures that had chess pieces as a part of the structure. when he was commissioned to build the haunted mansion, he continued his "signature" and added some chess piece architecture to the top of it. the only chess piece missing from the outside is the knight, because it’s always (k)night inside!
· in the haunted mansion ballroom scene, there is an old lady sitting in a rocking chair. this animatronic figure is a duplicate made from the grandmother in one of the side scenes of the carousel of progress.
· listen to the chanting tribesmen in the jungle cruise. one of them says "i love disco.”
· in liberty square, where they have the building fronts with just door after door, stop and take a look at them. the addresses on the doors are all two numbers. if you put 18 in front of each one, that is the style of door that they would’ve had for that year. as you walk along, you can see the progression of the style on each door.
· if you turn down the first side street to your right on main street on a quieter day, look up at the windows that have signs saying something like "music lessons". you'll hear a voice practicing scales and someone tap dancing.
· in town square, there are a few flag poles with actual american flags on them. the flag on the main flag pole is always taken down during rain storms and right before sundown, but the rest of the flags aren’t taken down because they aren’t real american flags. they look real, but they are all missing a star or a stripe that makes them not legitimate american flags. they actually serve as lightning rods.
· there are no bathrooms located in liberty square, keeping with the time period of that area.
· the telegraph you hear at the train station is tapping out walt disney's speech at disneyland's opening in morse code.
· the chalkboard in the barbershop on main street has all the hurricanes listed as if they were next to get haircuts.
· towards the end of pirates of the caribbean when you pass under the bridge, the pirate sitting above you has his leg dangling. once upon a time, the red handkerchief sitting on the bridge beside him was between his toes dangling downward. apparently too many guests would stand up to try and grab the red hankie so they removed it from his toes and placed it on the bridge beside him. there is a gap between his big toe and second toe if you look.
· there is only one horse on the carousel that has a gold ribbon on its tail. this particular horse is rumored to be cinderella's favorite. the horse is in the second row from the outside and it’s white.
· the tomorrowland transit authority (tta) was originally called the wed-way people mover. wed stood for walt’s initials: walter elias disney.
· the model city that the tomorrowland transit authority passes was walt disney’s personal vision for epcot.
· the metal palm trees in tomorrowland fold up at night, like flowers. during the day when they’re open, they collect solar energy.
03 April 2017
hollywood studios fun facts
· hollywood studios (formally disney’s mgm studios) was originally supposed to be a pavilion at epcot, which is why the two parks are so close together. the imagineers soon realized that their mission was far too big to be condensed into the size of a pavilion.
· the rock-n-roll roller coaster starring aerosmith goes from 0 to 57 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds.
· the sorcerer mickey hat was added in 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic Celebration.
· the flight simulators used in star tours are the same ones used to train military pilots.
· tower of terror stands at 199 feet tall, which is just one foot under flight regulations for there to have to be a blinker on top of the building.
· the lagoon where fantasmic! takes place is only 1.5 feet deep.
· in the queue for the tower or terror, there is a set of luggage made from real alligator skin.
· the brown derby in hollywood studios is modeled after the original brown derby, which no longer exists. the photos on the wall that are in black frames are copies of the original photos. the photos that are in gold frames, however, are original photos from the real brown derby.
· when the great movie ride was built, disney bought a real lockheed plane for the casablanca scene. it was cut in half, and the back half can now be seen in the jungle cruise at magic kingdom.
· on the right side of the wall just before you enter the preshow room in the queue for rock-n-roll roller coaster, there is a poster with a large american flag on it. there used to be a large pot leaf on the poster, but after numerous people complained about it not being appropriate for a disney ride, it was covered up. if you look closely, you can still see the shape of the pot leaf underneath the flag.
· in the room before the staging area at the queue for star tours, there are two mechanical birds above you. they are a homage to the two ravens in splash mountain.
· disney had real mahjong players set up the mahjong game in the queue for the tower of terror so guests could see that it was authentic.
· there is over 60 hours of recorded music that is played outside of rock-n-roll roller coaster so that guests never hear the same song in a day. also, this music is periodically switched to match the changing times.
· the rock-n-roll roller coaster starring aerosmith goes from 0 to 57 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds.
· the sorcerer mickey hat was added in 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic Celebration.
· the flight simulators used in star tours are the same ones used to train military pilots.
· tower of terror stands at 199 feet tall, which is just one foot under flight regulations for there to have to be a blinker on top of the building.
· the lagoon where fantasmic! takes place is only 1.5 feet deep.
· in the queue for the tower or terror, there is a set of luggage made from real alligator skin.
· the brown derby in hollywood studios is modeled after the original brown derby, which no longer exists. the photos on the wall that are in black frames are copies of the original photos. the photos that are in gold frames, however, are original photos from the real brown derby.
· when the great movie ride was built, disney bought a real lockheed plane for the casablanca scene. it was cut in half, and the back half can now be seen in the jungle cruise at magic kingdom.
· on the right side of the wall just before you enter the preshow room in the queue for rock-n-roll roller coaster, there is a poster with a large american flag on it. there used to be a large pot leaf on the poster, but after numerous people complained about it not being appropriate for a disney ride, it was covered up. if you look closely, you can still see the shape of the pot leaf underneath the flag.
· in the room before the staging area at the queue for star tours, there are two mechanical birds above you. they are a homage to the two ravens in splash mountain.
· disney had real mahjong players set up the mahjong game in the queue for the tower of terror so guests could see that it was authentic.
· there is over 60 hours of recorded music that is played outside of rock-n-roll roller coaster so that guests never hear the same song in a day. also, this music is periodically switched to match the changing times.
epcot fun facts
· epcot originally started out with the name e.p.c.o.t. this acronym stood for experimental prototype community of tomorrow.
· the land ride grows more than 30 tons of fruits and vegetables for disney restaurants every single year.
· at the epcot ball, take the path to the right (towards the living seas). When it’s dark, you’ll find that the sidewalks here twinkle, resembling the ocean floor.
· the distance around the world showcase is 1.25 miles.
· at the american pavilion, there is an american flag that was taken from the rubble of 9/11.
· a waterfall was added to the outside of the canadian pavilion to mask the sound of a large generator right behind it.
· the single totem pole on the left of the entrance at the Canadian Pavilion is a real totem pole. it was carved out of cedar by david boxley in 1998.
· the temple at the chinese pavilion is acoustically perfect. if you stand in the middle of the room, your voice will echo back to you.
· the werther’s original store at the german pavilion is the only one in the entire world. usually, werther’s originals are only carried by stores.
· the statue that you see at the entrance to the japanese pavilion was given to disney world as a gift from japan when magic kingdom opened.it was later moved to the japanese pavilion when epcot opened.
· every carving in morocco was hand-made.
· when the countries are lit up as part of illuminations, you’ll notice that they do not light up the temple in morocco. this is because it would violate their religious beliefs.
· when disney asked morocco to be a part of the world showcase, the king was so honored that he sent his own men to orlando to help build the pavilion, along with paying for the entire construction.
· the height of each country’s tallest feature is the same. like japan’s pagoda, france’s eiffel tower, canada’s mountains, etc. it’s only forced perspective that makes some features appear taller than others.
· the land ride grows more than 30 tons of fruits and vegetables for disney restaurants every single year.
· at the epcot ball, take the path to the right (towards the living seas). When it’s dark, you’ll find that the sidewalks here twinkle, resembling the ocean floor.
· the distance around the world showcase is 1.25 miles.
· at the american pavilion, there is an american flag that was taken from the rubble of 9/11.
· a waterfall was added to the outside of the canadian pavilion to mask the sound of a large generator right behind it.
· the single totem pole on the left of the entrance at the Canadian Pavilion is a real totem pole. it was carved out of cedar by david boxley in 1998.
· the temple at the chinese pavilion is acoustically perfect. if you stand in the middle of the room, your voice will echo back to you.
· the werther’s original store at the german pavilion is the only one in the entire world. usually, werther’s originals are only carried by stores.
· the statue that you see at the entrance to the japanese pavilion was given to disney world as a gift from japan when magic kingdom opened.it was later moved to the japanese pavilion when epcot opened.
· every carving in morocco was hand-made.
· when the countries are lit up as part of illuminations, you’ll notice that they do not light up the temple in morocco. this is because it would violate their religious beliefs.
· when disney asked morocco to be a part of the world showcase, the king was so honored that he sent his own men to orlando to help build the pavilion, along with paying for the entire construction.
· the height of each country’s tallest feature is the same. like japan’s pagoda, france’s eiffel tower, canada’s mountains, etc. it’s only forced perspective that makes some features appear taller than others.
animal kingdom fun facts
· the tree of life stands at 14 stories tall and 50 feet wide, and features more than 315 animal carvings.
· animal kingdom contains more than 3,000 species of plants, many of which are not native to florida.
· expedition everest is 200 feet tall, and is also the tallest “mountain” the state of florida.
· the entire park of animal Kingdom is shaped like africa.
· animal kingdom is the newest disney world park, having opened in april of 1998.
· animal kingdom is nearly five times the size of magic kingdom.
· there are no cup lids or paper straws sold anywhere in animal kingdom, due to the danger they pose to the animals.
· the kilimanjaro safari covers 110 acres, which is roughly a fifth of animal kingdom.
· the rocks nearby the lions on the safari are climate-controlled to help encourage the lions to sit in view of the safari vehicles.
· when two micronesian kingfisher chicks were hatched at animal kingdom, the species’ population was raised by 3%.
· since 1995, the disney wildlife conservation fund has devoted more than $6 million to conservation efforts around the world and have supported more than 230 projects.
· 15.6 million gallons of water are filtered every day in animal kingdom.
· in the loading area for dinosaur, there are red, yellow, and white pipes above you. the lettering on each color-corresponding pipe stands for the chemical formulas of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise.
· every day for two years straight, sixty dumps trucks full of dirt were delivered to animal kingdom’s construction site. this equals 4.4 million cubic yards of dirt.
· animal kingdom zoologists have discovered two vocalization patterns in elephants that have never been seen before.
· in 2011, disney announced plans for an avatar section in animal kingdom. the project was started in 2014 and is expected to be finished around 2018 at a total cost of $500 million.
another update that nobody asked for!
ok so, awhile back i had made a blog just for me to post disney things. now i'm very well aware that i've only posted sims 4 things on here at the moment, but that's because i'm an organized prick! anyways, i might just move those posts to here? seems to make sense considering the fact that this is a blog for my everything. so i just thought i'd say that, but i doubt anyone will read this anyways! i just hope to finally have an outlet for all of my jumbled thoughts. my psychiatrist said that having an 144 IQ means that there's a lot going on up there, so stay with me. or not, doesn't really make much of a difference. hope you enjoy & i hope to have those up soon!
P.S. also sorry for not posting for like 4 days there, i had to deal with after-birthday shenanigans and then i got the stomach flu, which was of course ever so lovely. hope to remain somewhat consistant whilst still living life, i guess! sorry! ♡
P.S. also sorry for not posting for like 4 days there, i had to deal with after-birthday shenanigans and then i got the stomach flu, which was of course ever so lovely. hope to remain somewhat consistant whilst still living life, i guess! sorry! ♡
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