People Are Revealing Interesting Facts They Learned About Disney, And I Can't Believe The Popcorn Sales
Recently, Reddit user u/H8TheDrake asked the r/DisneyWorld community for little-known Disney World facts, and some of these are so gosh-darn novel!
Disclaimer: Though people claim to speaking of their own insider knowledge of Disney World, BuzzFeed can't confirm the validity of these facts or stories.
1."WDW actually has its own decommissioned airfield."
2."Germany [in EPCOT] was supposed to have a boat ride, the Rhine River Cruise. They built the loading dock for it before the ride idea got scrapped. Now, if you go behind Sommerfest, there's a mural along the back wall. It's actually a tapestry; if you push on it it's hollow, and if you tore it down you'd see the railings for row assignments"
3."The music video for the Beach Boys's 'Kokomo' was shot at the Grand Floridian resort before it officially opened to guests."
4."You could drop Disneyland Park and California Adventure on Magic Kingdom’s parking lot and still have parking spaces left over."
5."The daily popcorn sales in Magic Kingdom cover the daily cost of the Magic Kingdom fireworks."
6."When they built Gaston’s Tavern they built it in the wrong spot and it was covering a manhole by a couple of inches. To fix this, they installed a playful minis door that they can open to be able to access the manhole when needed."
7."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 are 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!"
8."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."
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9."In the original Haunted Mansion ballroom scene in California, the women lead the men in the dance because the imagineers forgot the Pepper’s Ghost trick would flip the image. This was done intentionally in WDW."
10."The last of the now-extinct Dusky Seaside Sparrow died on Discovery Island in 1987."
Editor's note: Sorry for the incredibly grainy picture. You can't reach Discovery Island anymore. You can see remnants of it when you're passing it by boat between Wilderness Lodge and the Contemporary. The wildlife attraction closed in 1999.
11."The Seas with Nemo and Friends 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."
12."Prince Charming’s Regal Carrousel used to be in a park in Detroit in the early 1900s."
13."The stone lantern in the Japan pavilion in EPCOT was presented to Roy by the then Emperor of Japan as a token of friendship."
14."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."
15.Finally, "If you parked in a different spot at EPCOT every day, it would take you about 31 years to park in all of them."
