Secrets & Little Known Facts about rides

The wooden leg named Smith is apparently gone.

But upstairs in the Main Street train station waiting room, there are some old machines that apparently came out of the Penny Arcade when it closed, which are kind of neat to see.

Also, the phone has been moved to The Chapeau, but is still around.
 
...and sometimes if you're lucky, in that same fountain you can even see a family of 10 sitting with their feet in it!

:lmao:

ok sorry, no flames please:goodvibes

LMAO!!! I was thinking the SAME exact thing!!! :lmao:
 
LMAO!!! I was thinking the SAME exact thing!!! :lmao:


I remember seeing that photo last year. I was never sure where it was taken though. I kept thinking Epcot somewhere. So it is in the Magic Kingdom.. Where?

Thanks! :)
 
I only know this because the ride broke down when we were right in front of it. But on Splash Mountain, on the straight away before the final climb, there is a Hidden Mickey fishing bob. Red and white dots, but definitely mickey-shaped.
 
Looks like the thread was closed.. not sure what happened but will still look for the photo. :)
 
Whew finally found it on page 83!! :)

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OMG LOL...looks like that lady off on the right is washing her child's foot.

gross!
 
THIS IS AWFUL!!! That's a fountain not a foot bath, who in their right mind would do this? there is a pool at the resort, no better yet, there is a shower in your room...people amaze me more and more every day
 
If there not cookies they sure do look just like cookies to me.:confused3

As a CM we are trained that they are indeed cookies - specifically Chips Ahoy. Believe what you will, but you can get the best view of them during the TTA. I wonder if they'll be changed during the referb?

Just found this on Wikipedia & wanted to share. So cool-I wish they made this instead of Camp Minnie-Mickey! I never noticed the dragon on the DAK logo before.

Some of the information about the mystical land in DAK is a little off. True, there was supposed to be a mystical part of DAK (hence the dragon in the green welcome sign and the unicorn parking lot). It was supposed to focus on all of the "mystical" creatures that have never been proven to be real. We did in fact purchase the Dueling Dragons with the intention of placing it there.

However, the concentration of DAK is conservation, which unfortunately the mystical land didn't fit into (and I assume probably budget as mentioned). We then sold the rollercoaster to Universal.

Our Imagineers did not develop it... just like Primeval Whirl we bought it from an outside source. Trust me, you do not want to know the dirt behind PW - that attraction has some serious issues! ;)
 
i know this seems to have taken over the thread..but the fountain thing is gross! i hope a CM said something!! OK..rant over ......
 
Our Imagineers did not develop it... just like Primeval Whirl we bought it from an outside source. Trust me, you do not want to know the dirt behind PW - that attraction has some serious issues! ;)

Actually, I do! That's one of our favorites, so I want to know the dirt. Not safe? Good to know before I go on it again!
 
Here's some Epcot ones:

Don't know if this is absolutely true (I'm sure someone out there can verify) but I once read somewhere that one of the reasons they closed Horizons was because the building was structurally unsound and possibly sinking into the ground.

But this I KNOW is true--in the queue for Mission: SPACE, there's a big space-wheel thing (can't tell you the technical term) and in the center is the old Horizons logo.

I posted this somewhere else too:
In MouseGear, high up on the wall facing the row of cash registers (above the section where they have the pens/pencils and those photo acrylic thingys) is one of the "flying machines" from the opening scene of the original Journey into Imagination, minus its balloon and with a different paint job (and with no Dreamfinder, of course). Originally there were three, who knows what happened to the other two.

The Imagination! pavilion was originally supposed to be the Land pavilion at one point (hence, the glass pyramids--like a greenhouse).

And one more:
The attractions in Future World East and West are grouped with a purpose: the ones in East all have to do with more "left-brained" or hard sciences: energy, space, and transportation, while the ones in West are more "right-brained" or have to do with nature: agriculture, the seas, and imagination. The landscaping, flower beds, all reflect this: the ones in West feature water and curving lines while the ones in East are angular and hard-edged.
idk if anyone answered yet, to lazy to read it all.

One of the other dreamcatchers was sold off, and the other in storage.
 
I don't think this one's been mentioned yet (sorry for the repeat if it has). In HS, (by the Backlot, I believe) is an umbrella attached to a lamp post. Tug on the handle of the umbrella, and you get a fun surprise! I think you might even be able to make out a few of the "raindrops" in the photo.

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Just FYI to anyone who wants to set off the rain: it's the grille on the ground that you step on to set off the water...not the handle. As a CM, we would see people just tugging on that thing and then complaining that it wasn't working. A quick trip over to step on the grille and they were all set.
 

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