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Fact #931
The king of Morocco sent his architectural designer to Orlando to help the Imagineers to design Morocco for the World Show Case at Epcot.
Fact #932
Everyone's favourite youtuber Swoozie worked at formally MGM studios, Disney's Hollywood Studios, as a teenager, working at the greeters spot for the Indiana Jones Stunt Show. Check out his YouTube channel to learn about his crazy adventures at the park.
Fact #933
The employees at the Disney Company who were hired to help create Walt Disney World, created fake identities to purchase the land needed so the Disney World protect could be kept on the down low. Too bad the word got out.
Fact #934
The fastest ride at Walt Disney World is the Test Track presented by Chevrolet at Epcot.
Fact #935
The floating globe during the fireworks show at Epcot has about 15,500 miniature video screens.
Fact #936
When Walt Disney World opened in the 1970's the only park available was the Magic Kingdom. Soon later came Epcot, and then MGM studios in the 1990's and finally the Animal Kingdom.
Fact #937
The giant sorcerer hat in Hollywood Studios was first built on September 28th 2001.
Fact #938
In 1996 Walt Disney World celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Fact #939
Disney Imagineers literally travelled to the Himalayas to perfect the Mount Everest ride at the Animal Kingdom theme park.
Fact #940
Walt Disney World has over 40,000,000 visitors per year.
Fact #941
Inside the abandoned Discovery Island attraction at Disneyland are dilapiidated rides, old staff photos and even snakes preserved in jars.
Fact #942
Discovery Island was said to have been closed down due to lack of guest interest, but the true closing of the park was that in 2001, a brain eating amoeba called "Naegleria Fowleri" was discovered in River County's surrounding lake. It attacksthe human brain and the case of fatality is up to 95%.
Fact #943
Before then, Naegleria Fowleri has already killed a young guest in 1980.
Fact #944
Walt Disney had developted a special relationship with the F.B.I. under J. Edward Hoover and he would report the activites of actors and directors, to writers and union activists.
Fact #945
In 1945, during the time of an animator strike, Walt Disney testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, accusing several strike leaders of being communists.
Fact #946
Hoover was so impressed with Disney that he allowed him to film isnide the F.B.I. headquarters in Washington, which in return Walt Disney offered F.B.I. agents access to the parks.
Fact #947
To this today, F.B.I documents containing Walt Disney's contributions remain redacted due to national security.
Fact #948
In 2007, a woman chucked babypowder across the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Fact #949
Characters can never say no, break character, sit down or point to a direction with a single finger.
Fact #950
Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
Fact #951
Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
Fact #952
Darth Vader only has 12 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars.
Fact #953
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indy shoots the Arab swordsman, he was originally meant to fight him, but Harrison Ford was too ill to fight ‘properly.’
Fact #954
Pixar’s, UP was the first ever animated film and 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
Fact #955
An Avatar theme park attraction is being constructed and will open at Disney's Animal Kingdom soon.
Fact #956
Disney has annoucned that Star Wars is getting its own theme park and is said to open in 2015.
Fact #957
On the set of one of the Pirates of the Carribbean films, Johnny Depp spent £40,000 on 500 coats for the cast and crew.
Fact #958
Captain Eo, the 3D science fiction film starring Michael Jackson that was shown at Disney Parks in the 80s and 90s, was directed by none other than Francis Ford Coppola, and produced by George Lucas. The movie returned to Disney World after Jackson's 2010 death.
Fact #959
Several members of the production team travelled to Quebec to experience the Ice Hotel as inspiration for Elsa's ice palace featured in the animation movie. Though the artists were inspired and wowed by the icy architecture, none opted to spend the night in the chilly abode.
Fact #960
To achieve Elsa's look once she flees the kingdom, filmmakers invited celebrity hairstylist Danilo to the Burbank studios to experiment with various styles and capture Elsa's new-found boldness.
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