Wow! We're more than halfway done to 300 facts! That's great everyone, I thank you all for your support! On this page we have a few more facts and secrets about Disneyland in California and Disneyworld. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do!
Fact # 241
Only two soundstages on the Disney Studios lot are dedicated to individuals, and those two people are Julie Andrews and Annette Funicello.
Fact #242
Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella (the voices of Timon and Pumbaa) played off each other’s performances in The Lion King so well that they were the only two actors in the film to record their dialogue together.
Fact #243
James Woods, the voice of Hades, once said this about his role in Hercules: “Doing a voice for a Disney animated film makes you feel like you’re a kid again.”
Fact #244
Cinderella's Golden Carousel was once located at Olympic Park in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Fact #245
The Lion King is the top most grossing Disney film of all time with a record of $312 million.
Fact #246
At Disneyland, Approach the conductor at Main Street Station and ask if you can ride it. Once the next train comes, you’ll be escorted past security to the front of the Tender where there is a special (albeit small) seat for two.
Fact #247
If you ask nicely, you'll be asked to pilot the Mark Twain riverboat. You’ll be directed to the wheelhouse, where you’ll be allowed to steer the boat (which is on a track) and blow the whistle. You’ll even get a special certificate afterwards.
Fact #248
When the park first opens, go to the Main Street Station and ask for a reservation to ride in the Lily Belle train car. This train car is named after Walt’s wife, who helped design it.
Fact #249
If you try on a hat in the Mad Hatter gift shop, you might glimpse the Cheshire Cat in the mirror.
Fact #250
Look out for Walt and Roy Disney’s initials, which are formed in the wrought-iron railing above the queue to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Fact #251
For a cool souvenir, ask for a death certificate when you enter the Haunted Mansion. Ask the host/hostess when you enter the foyer, and if you’re lucky they’ll tell you to come back to the front of the Haunted Mansion after your ride and they’ll have ‘em there waiting for you.
Fact #252
In one of the buildings in Fantasyland above the Snow White attraction, the Evil Queen appears in a window for only a few seconds every few minutes.
Fact #253
You could fit all of DisneyLand into the Magic Kingdom Parking Lot and still have room to park 500 cars.
Fact #254
If you are near the beginning of the parade, once it is done, go the wrong way in traffic and head back into Pirates, Tree House, Magic Carpets, Jungle Cruise. They will be deserted.
Fact #255
Near one of the stability pillars in front of Astro Orbiter on the side facing Space Mountain there is a Hidden Mickey located.
Fact #256
Three rusty gears lying on the grass as you reenter the station form a Hidden Mickey.
Fact #257
Walk to the exit from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Behind the fence between two metal carts and behind a cactus is a cutout in the reddish rock that resembles a side profile of Tinker Bell.
Fact #258
Behind the castle is a fountain with Cinderella. If you bend down and look at the fountain, the crown on the back wall appears to crown Cinderella.
Fact #259
When you go to Sir Mickey's Shop in Fantasyland, look at where the roof meets the walls. You will see Willie the Giant from Mickey and the Beanstalk peeking into the shop.
Fact #260
At the Frontierland RR Station, look for a wooden leg named Smith. It is a reference to a joke in Mary Poppins. "I knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith." "What's the name of his other leg?"
Fact #261
After riding the elevator/stretching room down in the Haunted Mansion, as you walk to the cars, there is a lobby with a desk and lamp. On the desk is a dictionary that is turned to the word death.
Fact #262
If you're by the Haunted Mansion at night, look up at the top story right above the front door. If you watch it for a while, you'll notice a light pass by it and some shadows. It looks like 2 people are walking by with a lantern.
Fact #263
The invisible horse is called "Old Glue" or "Elmer" and the black hearse is the same one used in a John Wayne movie called The Sons Of Katie Elder.
Fact #264
At one point in the ride, you fall out of an attic window and die. this occurs when your doom buggy turns backwards and you make that steep descent...supposedly, if you pay close attention, the ghosts have not acknowledged you before that point, but after you "die," you enter the party scene, and that's when they acknowledge you for the first time!
Fact #265
The piano player in the Music Room is invisible, but you can see his moving shadow on the floor.
Fact #266
Only two of the figures represent the United States. The cowboy and the Eskimo.
Fact #267
Listen to the chanting tribesmen on the Jungle Cruise--one of them says "I love disco.”
Fact #268
The Liberty Tree is well over 100 years old. The 13 lanterns hanging in the tree represent the original 13 colonies.
Fact #269
There are no bathrooms located in Liberty Square, in keeping with the time period of that area.
Fact #270
Have the whole family go into the Barber Shop for a coloring job! Free of charge and painted little Mickey heads on the back of the kids heads.
Hope you all enjoyed these interesting facts and secrets about the parks! There's plenty of more where that came from ;)
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