Best Secrets in Disneyland

[jernysgirl]

All these *secrets* are great! Keep them coming!

 

[Quest4fun]

All these *secrets* are great! Keep them coming!

I know a secret but I don't think you want to hear it.

All kidding aside, here is a fun one. Don't expect every cast member to know this though since the lore behind the restaurant dies a little each year as Disneyland's cast members stop caring.

Visit Red Rocket's Pizza Port in Tomorrowland. When inside as an employee about the story of Red Rocket's Pizza Port. It's along the lines of a guy named Red Rocket who discovered a Pizza Port restuarant in some other galaxy and wanted to bring the delicious food and great prices to Disneyland or some nonsense like that. I think they still print the fake store number on the guest checks as if there are thousands of Pizza Port restaurants in the universe.

Most of the restaurants have little stories behind them. I think it's an effort to increase the magic I guess.

I recommend seeking out the geekier cast members that look like they've been working there for a few years. I'd say at least a 5 year veteran will get you the back story. The new people don't know it because they usually ignore what the older cast members say and are simply there for the paycheck and free admission to the park.

Another secret is that there is (or at least was) tons of grafitti in the cast bathroom near their cafeteria between Main Street and Tomorrow Land. That secret is a little sad.

 

[jernysgirl]

And another bump!!!

 

[jemilah]

bump

 

[Eeyore76]

When you get off Winnie the Pooh, look to the right, there's statue of a bear that's a salute to Country Bear Jamboree all by himself. I have moments of sadness everytime I pass by him.

Aww..that choked me up.

 

[Winks At Tink]

great tips everyone.
A little thread jack up there but keep them coming.

 

[DisneyNic]

Ok ok my curiosity is there as well. Send the photo over please

Please, please, could I see the picture also???? I am totally curious!!

 

[ArielAdventurer]

We stood outside of the character entrance/exit at the front of the park

You guys are lucky..every time we have tried that..they basically brushed us off...and the CM who escort them..wouldn't let us get near...

 

[lilallybean]

We just got back last night and had an AMAZING trip! To all those who said we would be disappointed with DL ....we LOVED it! We did learn some secrets that I don't remember seeing posted on here.
1. During the day DL keeps the water in the park restrooms cool/cold, because it is generally so warm, but in the evening when it cools off they make the water warmer.
2. You can get a list from City Hall that tells who/where/why of all the names you see in the mainstreet windows.
3. They JUST started a new 'Indiana Jones summer of Hidden Mysteries", ask a CM for a list of items to look for. Here is the website with more details on it: www.Disneyland.com/Indy
4. When the train goes by look at the last car. There is one train that has a VERY fancy car on the end. That car is the LillyBell (named after his wife) and it was Walt's private car. The first 'guest' to ride in it was the Emperor of Japan!
5. While being escorted to the front of the Pirate's line by a dream team CM he was telling us that he had recently done a walk through tour after hours of the ride. He said that the ride handles 2,400 people an hour, it can be operated by 4 people, there are cameras all over watching the ride, and that it took 5 hours to do the walking tour.

As I go through the pictures I may remember more, and I will post them later.

 

[ArielAdventurer]

I am really excited about the Indiana Jones Hidden Mysteries..We got a small insert about it in our trip info packet...Thanks for sharing..

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

To all those who said we would be disappointed with DL ....we LOVED it!

Who would tell you such a thing!!

 

[lilallybean]

PrettyprincessBelle....you wouldn't believe how many people told us that! By the way, we met on the Grizzly River Run. You and your BF rode with our party of 6 girls. The little girls gave you a card as we were leaving. Do you remember us? Would you believe that we actually got to be the Grand Marshalls on the 20th!!! It was great talking with you and we never ran into any other Disboard folks the rest of the trip.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

PrettyprincessBelle....you wouldn't believe how many people told us that! By the way, we met on the Grizzly River Run. You and your BF rode with our party of 6 girls. The little girls gave you a card as we were leaving. Do you remember us? Would you believe that we actually got to be the Grand Marshalls on the 20th!!! It was great talking with you and we never ran into any other Disboard folks the rest of the trip.

I knew it was you!!! I could not remember your Dis name for the life of me when I got home, I kept thinking, "shoot! I should have wrote it down!". And right now, I looked at your location, I was like, "maybe that's her!"

We had a BLAST with you on GRR! DBF, Jesus was talking about how sweet your and your family was and how soaked your girls got!! We were so happy to meet you!! And I have the card you gave us right here on my desk!

Omg, you guys got to be Grand Marshalls! How exciting!!! Did you get to ride in the parade! Oh please tell more!!

Glad that you guys are home safe and sound and you had a wonderful trip!!

 

[dizneekrazee]

subscribing....

 

[lilallybean]

We did get to ride in the parade. We rode in the big white 'dream car'. We got to keep the two signs that they hung on either side of the car. Those signs are big!!! I think 38 inches long!!! and 20 something wide. We were going to send them home by UPS, but they were going to charge $150 to get them home!!! That is more than a one way plane ticket! Are they crazy??? We ended up mailing them by USP, including the material to wrap the signs it cost $25 to mail. Most days we would have got to stay in the apartment too, but on that night they were having a scavenger hunt for CMs in the park after hours. BUMMER!!! It was still great and we wouldn't trade it for anything! When I get pics downloaded I will send you a copy.
Thanks for your kind words! I will pass them on to my friend and her two girls. It was a great trip, but it was also nice to get home to our hubbies and my sons.

 

[Ride Junkie]

I had heard that there was an Eeyore parking sign in the projection room in the Indy ride, but was never able to see it. Last week, I asked a CM about it before entering the room. He brought us to the front of the room (past everyone in line) and shined a flashlight to the very back of the room near the ceiling. Lo and behold, there was the sign! Apparently the ride building sits on what was once the Eeyore section of the old parking lot. Anyway, I was excited to finally spot one of these hidden things; I seem to always miss them, even when I try to look for them!

 

[Thane101]

Here is a true story that leads into a bit of trivia. My Aunt's Uncle worked at Disneyland performing maintenance on the rides, while working on the Matterhorn he suffered a heart attack and died. A sign was put up somewhere on or near the Matterhorn in his honor. From what I understand it reads "Mallard Crossing" I believe Mallard was his "nick-name". I heard this several years ago and didn't check up on it until I got my year pass. After riding the ride several times I have been unable to see the sign, perhaps it was taken down durring the refurbishment. Has anyone else seen this sign?

A few things I have observed or cast members have told me over the years...

When riding the Disneyland train you pass a shack. Next to it there is a dog house with the name "Indiana". This is in reference to a dog owned by George Lucas, his dog's name was Indiana and inspired the name for "Indiana Jones".

This isn't a secret, but it's cool. You can see an X-Wing hanging from the cieling in the tomorrow land arcade.

The green elephant in the Ice Cream Shop was orginally from Disneyland Paris, it used to be filled with pennies (earning it the nickname penny).


Remnants of Disneyland's past...(which I believe are Disneyland's greatest treasures)

Next to Casey Jones Jr. There are some steps (which are roped off) that lead to a building at the top of a hill, this is where the buckett rides used to be.

There are several "caves" near the walkway between frontier land and fantasy land (near the McDonalds Wagon). One cave is borded up with wood but has some railroad track sticking out. The other cave is across a small pond and you can look through it to see "Tom Sawyers Island". The old Rainbow Caverns Mine Train used to go through here.

You can see two remnants of old rides on the rivers of America. One of Mike Fink's keel boats (based on Davy Crockett and the River Pirates), and one of the orginal mine trains.


Unconfirmed...
Not sure about this last one, but I have heard its true. In the Tower of Terror in you can hear a girl trying to contact people through one of the walls in the boiler room. I think it is supposed to reference a Twlight Zone episode where a girl got caught in a different dimension. Although I have heard some creepy voices coming through the static of the radio.

 

[lilallybean]

Unconfirmed...
Not sure about this last one, but I have heard its true. In the Tower of Terror in you can hear a girl trying to contact people through one of the walls in the boiler room. I think it is supposed to reference a Twlight Zone episode where a girl got caught in a different dimension. Although I have heard some creepy voices coming through the static of the radio.

I can say that we DID hear this little girl when we were in line. It really adds to the 'theme' of the story. We could hear her saying 'help me' and 'Mommy'

 

[fairycat]

I can say that we DID hear this little girl when we were in line. It really adds to the 'theme' of the story. We could hear her saying 'help me' and 'Mommy'

I am so mad I have never heard her!!!

If you enter and take the stairs up, you will see on the concrete wall, a square that is created by "chalk lines". That is the same drawing that is drawn on the wall in a Twilight Zone Episode called "Little Girl Lost". An episode where a little girl falls through a wall into another dimension.

If you are a Twilight Zone fan in the "video room" you can find the Fortune Telling Machine from the William Shatner episode, a Robot from another famous episode, glasses that represent the famous "I just want time to read" episode and more replicas of these famous episodes. Ask a CM to show them to you if you have time.

 

[canadianmommyof2]

That is exactly where my DD finally found Aladdin and Jasmine, we were at Disney for 5 days and didn't see them till the last day, Jasmine was the one princess that my DD really wanted to meet!

We met Mickey, Minnie, Aladdin, Aurora, Prince Phillip, Snow White, Goofy, Pinnochio and Alice in Wonderland all in a 30 minute time span. We stood outside of the character entrance/exit at the front of the park. If you walk through the tunnels, before Main Street, look to the right. You will see a large black and white mural made up of thousands of tiny pictures. At this gate is where you can find characters coming and going. They are happy to sign autographs and pose for a picture if you can catch them there, It was a great way for my kids to meet the characters, and they felt special, because they had not waited in a long line and the characters truly acted happy to see them.