Post by Dave on Oct 28, 2014 19:01:42 GMT -5
The Haunted Mansion is the only attraction to appear in a different land at 4 of the 5 Disney resorts: New Orleans Square at Disneyland, Liberty Square at Disney World, Frontierland at Disneyland Paris, and Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland.
The original eight "E ticket" attractions at WDW’s Magic Kingdom were Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, Hall of Presidents, Jungle Cruise, It’s a Small World, and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
WDW's original monorail track ran in a loop directly through the concourse of the Contemporary Resort, to the Polynesian Resort, the Magic Kingdom gate and the Ticket & Transportation Center. In 1982 the monorail was extended with a four mile run to Epcot, including a scenic loop through Future World.
Roy O. Disney raised $400-million and spent the next five years after the death of his brother Walt, building Walt Disney World. He pulled it off with a series of convertible and common stock issues that left the company debt-free when the Florida theme park opened in 1971.
Epcot's World Showcase Lagoon is 15 feet deep and has a circumference of one and a quarter miles. The World Showcase water area is 185 acres ... that's larger than the original Disneyland.
Like Dopey in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo never utters a single word.
Although uncomfortable being thought of as a singer, original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello had a number of pop record hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including: "Tall Paul" (written by the Sherman Brothers), "First Name Initial" (by Martin Kalmanoff and Aaron H. Schroeder), "O Dio Mio" (by Al Hoffman) and "Train of Love" (by Paul Anka).
Pirates of the Caribbean was never intended to be part of Disney World out of fear that it would not be exotic enough to Floridians, due to its geographic proximity to the real Caribbean. Instead, planners intended to build a ride called the Western River Expedition. Designed by Marc Davis, it would've featured Audio-Animatronic cowboys, banditos and Native Indians.
FedEx Express flew over 400 pieces of Walt Disney memorabilia from California to Florida for its "100 Years of Magic" Celebration at Walt Disney World.
Florida's Downtown Disney Westside is currently the home to the only DisneyQuest in the world. (DisneyQuest Chicago closed in September 2001.)
