Everything Disney

Disneyland Facts

~The Disney family crest is on Sleeping Beauty's Castle; it's located above the drawbridge, and it's the only castle at any Disney park that has a working drawbridge

~There is a hidden Eeyore parking lot sign in the queue for Indiana Jones Adventure, Temple of the Forbidden Eye - it's located in the projection room

~Walt Disney originally wants to have live animals on The Jungle Cruise. He changed his mind after a zoologist told him that most of the animals are nocturnal and would be asleep during park hours

~Disneyland uses more than 100,000 lightbulbs to outline the buildings on Main Street, USA

~Walt's private apartment is located directly above the fire station on Main Street, USA

~The light from the lamp in the window to his apartment is meant to represent Walt's presence in the park

~Disneyland's monorail was the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere

~There have been 3 babies born at Disney (as of 2012)

~Disneyland estimated that more than 2.8 million churros are sold a year

~Disneyland occupies 85 acres; the Magic Kingdom occupies 107 acres

~Walt Disney World Resort is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan Islands

~It took 18 months to build Cinderella's castle and it's made completely out of fibre glass!

~There are tunnels beneath Magic Kingdom that allow cast members and employees to move between different areas. It's technically ground level; Magic Kingdom was built above it