Facts about Disneyland

[MinnielovesMickey]

HEy people!! Well I want to know more about Disneyland. So I'm asking you people what is the weirdest fact you know about Disneyland? I guess mine would be that the grandfather clock in the HM is shaped like a demon. I would love to know more weird facts about DL. Please reply!! :D

[DaddyB]

HEy people!! Well I want to know more about Disneyland. So I'm asking you people what is the weirdest fact you know about Disneyland? I guess mine would be that the grandfather clock in the HM is shaped like a demon. I would love to know more weird facts about DL. Please reply!! :DReally? How did they know what a demon is shaped like? Hmm...

[RU42]

They asked Michael Eisner to pose for them ;)

RU

[DisneyResurrection]

They asked Michael Eisner to pose for them ;)

RU

Now that's funny! :icon_lol:

[MinnielovesMickey]

LoL.... I think you are right!! :P

[Disneymooner]

This isn't so little known anymore but... there is a half basketball court in the Matterhorn.

[DaddyB]

They asked Michael Eisner to pose for them ;)

RUDOH!

I walked right into that one, didn't I!

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

one of the trains on the disneyland railroad, walt disney dedicated it to his wife lilly

[krnsngr85]

yup and its called the LilyBell

[krnsngr85]

There is a Golden spike in the middle of the paved road in Sleeping Beauty Castle that used to mark the Geographical center of the Magic Kingdom. On that note its kind of hard to miss. its still there.

[Madasahatter]

There's a private room in New Orleans Square called Club 33.

[Wendy Darling]

How about that there is a dog house next to the Disneyland Railroad that says "Indiana" on it.

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

the names of the 8 submarines for submarine vogage was..
-Nautilus
-Triton
-Sea Wolf
-Skate
-Skipjack
-George Washington
-Patrick Henry
-Ethan Allen

[DaddyB]

HEy people!! Well I want to know more about Disneyland. So I'm asking you people what is the weirdest fact you know about Disneyland? I guess mine would be that the grandfather clock in the HM is shaped like a demon. I would love to know more weird facts about DL. Please reply!! :D If you want to know more about Disneyland, you might keep an eye on the "Disneyland Trivia" game in our games area. You might also check out the old triva game on the old boards (while they're still around). Some fascinating stuff there...

In fact, here's one I used from the old boards:

All the little gold ornamentations on the spires of "It's A Small World" are EXACT replicas of the charms on the charm bracelet owned by Imagineer Leota Thomas... who many of us know as "Madame Leota" and the miniature bride at the exit of "The Haunted Mansion". The other imagineers were so "enchanted" by her charm bracelet that they decided to use the figures on the building they were all working on designing!

[Ish.Kabibel]

There is a Golden spike in the middle of the paved road in Sleeping Beauty Castle that used to mark the Geographical center of the Magic Kingdom. On that note its kind of hard to miss. its still there.

This is a popular notion (often perpetuated by cast-members). However, it is neither the center of the park nor is it a spike. It's a survey marker. This particular one designates the centerline of Main Street.

[Hyperion 77]

Here are some intresting facts about Space Mountain. I was watching a small documentary on our CAST TV. I was watching an imagineer being interviewed, and he was saying that most of the effects of the 1977 classic were done right out of the imagineer's mouth. I found that quite suprising personally. Also, he was saying that the rumbling that comes from the rockets is the word WED sped up and repeated many MANY times over. For those who don't know, it means Walter Elias Disney.



Switching subjects completely here....

The steam trains at DL are real steam driven locomotives. They burn a diesel-like fuel, which emits the nessesary pressure for the biolers, which creates stem which drives the locomotives foward. On a dark day or even better, at night, you can see a considerable glow coming from the bottom front of the locomotives. That glow is /not/ fake.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

The underground city is underneath Magic Kingdom - WDW Orlando.

Hyperion I couldn't understand what it was you were communicating there about Space Mountain other than trying to sound like you knew more than anyone else about everything. If you could clarify, that'd be great, thanks. :cool:

-- Peoplemover "Potential fact about Disneyland - Space Mountain could be the last attraction not based off a movie :( " Matt

[TowerGal_13]

On The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [I HATE THIS RIDE!!!!! :icon_evil ] the three heads Max Buff and Melvin from The Country Bear Jamboree are hidden tword the end of the ride, I say hi to them every time My family goes on it.

Find out more on The Country Bear Jamboree at www.doneinthedark.com :smile:

[ToWeRoFtErRoR]

there is 18 teacups on the teacup ride!

[Executioner]

there is 18 teacups on the teacup ride!
Which still don't spin as fast...grrrrr!!!

There is a place in Disneyland that has shipless sails. Any guesses as to where?
Hint: They are in plain sight if you look up toward them.

[memecat]

There's a private room in New Orleans Square called Club 33.

Club 33 is so so so so so cool!

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

for all u new people out here,

there are 50 hidden 50s is disneyland

thats a ...duh...

(if u wanna a list of all of them go to trivia and games then go to hidden 50 quest)

[Sergeant Tibs]

Did you know that, if you look around hard enough, that there is an animatronic alligator in the Blue Bayou area of Pirates?

[jbuck]

If you were to go in the tree in innoventions *not sure its still there* and take the elevator for handicapped you can find the button to go to the underground world of disney.

[Legend_S]

Did you know in the French Market in New Orleans Square, there are Mint Julep drinking fountains? Wish they can do the same for Dole Whip XD.

[Disneyland_Wolf]

Did you know that 2 of the Indiana Jones animatronics are hydraulically operated. Also Indy's clothes are made out of rubber fabric. Because if he wore real clothes, it would not look right when he moves. When he has rubber fabric clothes, it would look realistic, when he moves. So when it leaks oil, the clothes won't be wet. Indy looks sweaty on the gates of doom and the finale, just look closely or take a picture of him, at the end of the ride.

Indy hanging on the rope is actually Pneumatic operated, because it would drip oil on guests, if it is Hydraulic operated.

[Legend_S]

Club 33 is so so so so so cool!
I also recall that club 33 is the only eatery in disneyland that serves alcoholic drinks :p.

[bquick]

Donalds face(abstract) is on the chair in the endless hallway in the haunted mansion. Also there is a table that is cursed in the ride as well

[arrowfanman]

Disneyland is 50 years old.



















































































Lol...sorry...I had to do that one. Um...I heard somewhere that the truck in Indy's outdoor queue is the exact truck from Raiders of the Lost ark, where Harrison Ford does the fight scene/stunts/tries to get back the Arc.

[Sergeant Tibs]

I have two facts....

In WDW, did you know that, on the Jungle Cruise, the guy on the bottom of the tree, just above the rhino, has the same face as the caretaker from the Haunted Mansion?

Also, did you know that, in both American versions of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, many animals from the old "Nature's Wonderland" mine train ride can be seen, such as a possum hanging from a tree, a coyote, rattlesnakes, vultures, skunks, tortoises, a bobcat "treed" on a cactus by wild boars, and a roadrunner battling a rattlesnake?

[ichabod crane]

In Mr. Toad the painting above the chimney is from the1949 film.

Oh and the only person that is not smiling in its a small world is a clown with a sign that says help.

[Executioner]

Oh and the only person that is not smiling in its a small world is a clown with a sign that says help.

No way?! Does anyone have a pic of it? Where on the ride can you see it? Is it very obvious? Hidden in plain site? If that is true I have got to see this next time I go.

[Liserbell]

Fowler's Dock, the dry dock on the Rivers of America, is named after the man who not only designed it but fought Disney to have it put in. Disney thought it was unnessasary and called it Fowler's Folly until opening day when the Mark Twain was swamped and had to go to the dry dock for repairs during open hours. Walt's appology was to call it Fowler's Dock.

(I read that in the History of Disneyland):p

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

No way?! Does anyone have a pic of it? Where on the ride can you see it? Is it very obvious? Hidden in plain site? If that is true I have got to see this next time I go.

omg i have to see that too lol, i would wanna see the pic to, if i go i'll try to find it and take a pic

[Space Mountain Mike]

The clock that is shaped like a demon isn't really shaped like a demon as such but there are teeth on the top and bottom of the clock face

There are shipless sails in New Orleans Square. I found this out from a CM AFTER I put my camera in my locker: as you look down new Orleans Square from Adventureland (near the entrance to Pirates Of The Caribbean) along the roofline of Orleans St you can see sails sticking up above the roofline

If you want to read more trivia check out these books

Disneyland Detective (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0971746400/qid=1122141813/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_1/002-9306644-6709655?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

101 things you didn't know about Disneyland (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/097283981X/qid=1122141916/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-9306644-6709655)

[zosomouse]

The "Endless Hallway" in the Haunted Mansion is only a few yards long. The floating Candelabra isn't reflected in the mirror that gives the hallway its' "endless" look because the backside of it is painted black. So simple, yet so effective!

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

on mad mickeys website thing, 101 things u dont know about disneyland, there was a question and it said Do you know what the sign says at the bottom of Splash Mountain?s big drop?

i wanna know that, does anyone know?

[Space Mountain Mike]

There's a private room in New Orleans Square called Club 33.

Yes in fact I have eaten there! click on the link in my signature and there is a Club 33 album of pictures I took

[Space Mountain Mike]

on mad mickeys website thing, 101 things u dont know about disneyland, there was a question and it said Do you know what the sign says at the bottom of Splash Mountain?s big drop?

i wanna know that, does anyone know?

Page 46 of 101 Things....the sign reads "drop in again sometime"

[Princess Tessa]

Club 33 is so so so so so cool!

Have you been in there? (not counting seeing the "lobby" in the Walk in Walt's footsteps tour) I wish membreships wern't *quite* so pricy :S

[Princess Tessa]

The Snow White and the 7 Dwarves sculptures by her Wishing Well right outside the Castle were all made the exact same size. In order for it to look like Snow White was in fact bigger than the dwarves they used forced perception by putting Snow White higher up and further back from the dwarves.

Also...I have only heard this, because I've never been to Walt Disney World I don't know if it's true or not, but they say PotC in WDW is haunted by a ghost named George. If anyone says they don't believe in George before going on the ride or while on it the ride breaks down. Someone try it out sometime!

[KIX]

The Snow White and the 7 Dwarves sculptures by her Wishing Well right outside the Castle were all made the exact same size. In order for it to look like Snow White was in fact bigger than the dwarves they used forced perception by putting Snow White higher up and further back from the dwarves.

Also...I have only heard this, because I've never been to Walt Disney World I don't know if it's true or not, but they say PotC in WDW is haunted by a ghost named George. If anyone says they don't believe in George before going on the ride or while on it the ride breaks down. Someone try it out sometime!

I knew she looked the same! and I'll try that george thing as soon as I raise enough money...prolly take my fam in 2008

[arrowfanman]

The Snow White and the 7 Dwarves sculptures by her Wishing Well right outside the Castle were all made the exact same size. In order for it to look like Snow White was in fact bigger than the dwarves they used forced perception by putting Snow White higher up and further back from the dwarves.

I have also read, that Walt Disney recieved those marble statues from Italy, with no return address, and no name. By time John Hench wrote his book in 2003, he never mentioned that they found the sender.

[Space Mountain Mike]

Click on the link in my signature and there is a club 33 album in there.

[MinnielovesMickey]

Thank You PEOPLE!! I now know more about Disneyland!! WOOT WOOT
I am very happy :D