Facts 1051-1080

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Summer has rolled on in!

It's time for more Disney Facts, and I promise I will continue to update this book regularly, but I still need time to focus on my other books too ;)

But that doesn't mean I don't love you guys. And thanks for over 16,000 reads!

Fact #1051

Ariana Grande performed her song "Problems" live for the first time at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards.

Fact #1052

The clock under Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland is stopped 11:53, which was the time that Walt Disney presented the parks opening day speech.

Fact #1053

Prince Eric is supposed to be 20 years old in the film, but his voice actor is only 16 years old.

Fact #1054

Mulan in Mandarin means flower.

Fact #1055

Beauty and The Beast was more hand drawn than computer animated during production.

Fact #1056

Dopey is the only one among the dwarfs that doesn't have a beard.

Fact #1057

Animators studied the movements of seals to capture the graceful underwater movements of Ariel.

Fact #1058

Eve from WALL-E was co-designed by the designer of the iPod.

Fact #1059

Rapunzel and Aurora are the only Disney Princesses with both parents.

Fact #1060

Two men (Timon and Pumbaa) raised Simba and he turned out fine.

Fact #1061

Princess Aurora was also raised by three women.

Fact #1062

Fantasyland's concert hall assigns music performances based on puns.

Fact #1063

Some Spoonbills in the Oasis section of Animal Kingdom are given fake eggs to sit on. This helps prevent over population because it tricks the birds into thinking they've fulfilled their reproductive obligation.

Fact #1064

Small pipes shoot the trash through the utilidors under the Magic Kingdom at 60 mph.

Fact #1065

There are more than 20,000 different colors of paint used in Walt Disney World.

Fact #1066

Behind Cinderella's 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 #1067

Inside the walls of the walk-through of the castle are several mosaics. On the mosaic wall farthest from the entrance are the two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drusilla. The mosaic shows one of them with a red face and the other with a green face. Red with Rage and Green with envy!

Fact #1068

When you go to board the doom buggies at the Haunted Mansion, notice the last bat head before you board has no features on it, it is smooth from all the hands rubbing over it through the years.

Fact #1069

Like Hidden Mickeys? Disney World also has Hidden Donalds!

Fact #1070

The "hands" on the clock in The Haunted Mansion are actually fingers.

Facts #1071

2nd ring in the pavement is a "fairy ring" formed by paving stones just beyond the well. This marks the spot where a huge oak tree once stood. If you stand in the middle of the fairy ring on the night of a full moon and call out "Leota" three times, she will come briefly to one of the upper windows of the mansion with her candle.

Fact #1072

There is a Hidden Tinker Bell in a pane of broken glass over the coffin.

Fact #1073

During the ride in The Haunted Mansion, look for the duelists who lean out of the paintings in the Grand Ballroom and shoot at each other.

Fact #1074

Only two of the figures in Its A Small World represent the United States. The cowboy and the Eskimo.

Fact #1075

There are no bathrooms located in Liberty Square, in keeping with the time period of that area.

Fact #1076

The large bell in Liberty Sqaure is made from the same mold as the Liberty Bell.

Fact #1077

On Peter Pan's Flight, in the nursery, over by Nana, there are some building blocks spelling out "DISNEY" and "P PAN."

Fact #1078

On Space Mountain, one of the asteroids is actually a chocolate chip cookie.

Fact #1079

On Splash Mountain, the little critter, in the cave-like room just before the last drop.. He comes upside down out of the ceiling and says "Go FSU!" An imagineer that graduated from Florida State put it there.

Fact #1080

Near the Speedway on the way into Tomorrowland, there is a high streetlamp with three large round hooded lights. It was designed to cast a hidden Mickey on the ground twice a day when the sun is in the right place.

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I hope you all enjoyed these facts as much as I did! :D

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