1,076 - The number of band members playing on Walt Disney World Resort's opening day on October 1, 1971.
25,000 ACRES PLUS - Walt Disney World Resort covers more than 25,000 acres, or 40 square miles. Currently, less than one-quarter of this is developed, with another quarter designated as a wilderness preserve.
THAT'S A LOT OF WATER - Walt Disney World includes more than 850 acres of lakes with a total of nearly 130,000 feet of shoreline.
PEAK TIMES - Walt Disney World Resort is home to the highest "mountains" in the state of Florida; Mt. Everest in Disney's Animal Kingdom rises to almost 200 feet high, Big Thunder Mountain in Magic Kingdom rises 197 feet and Space Mountain towers above Tomorrowland at 183 feet tall.
TO THE TOP - The maximum height allowed for any mountain, or any feature, at Walt Disney World Resort is 200'.
THOUSANDS MAKE MAGIC - Walt Disney World Resort is the largest single-site employer in the United States, with over 40,000 cast members.
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WASH - Walt Disney World Cast Members launder an average of 240,000 pounds of laundry each day, with an additional 30,000 to 32,000 garments dry-cleaned daily. That's a lot of costumes and hotel bedding!
I'LL BE MISSING YOU - Each day, an average of 100 guests lose their sunglasses while visiting Magic Kingdom. Since opening day on October 1, 1971, an estimated 1.5 million pairs have been lost.
YOU LOST WHAT? - Lost and Found items have included a glass eye and a potty trainer.
PICTURE THIS - It is estimated that 4% of all photographs taken by amateur photographers in the United States are taken at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort.
EVERYBODY LOVES A PARADE - You'll find four parades presented daily at Walt Disney World Resort, involving more than 300 cast members, as well as nearly 60 parade unit drivers and support crew.
HIGH POWERED FUN - Magic Kingdom's "SpectroMagic" parade lights up guests' eyes with the energy equivalent of 7 lightning bolts.
BATTERY POWERED - 75 banks of deep-cycle batteries, each weighing a ton, power and move Magic Kingdom's "SpectroMagic" parade. It's the equivalent of the power used by a fleet of 2,000 trucks.
HIGH-TECH NIGHT LIGHTS - "SpectroMagic" brings its magic and wonder to guests with the help of technology borrowed from the military, the prismatic holographic industry and the electro-luminescent and fiber-optic fields.
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The Secrets of Disney. Fun Facts
AventureThis is the second book of The Secrets of Disney. This has all of the fun facts about each of the parks. This book is complete.
