Esmeralda Trivia 3/17

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Introducing the prophet of wisdom, the knower of all things and Disney trivia expert – Esmeralda!

This island at Disneyland was recently ransacked by pirates! What was the island's original name and when did it first open?

Know the answer?

Send your answer in using Contact Us. Be sure to have your VMK registration info with you and select Esmeralda Trivia from the drop down menu.

IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your answer by using the 'Esmeralda's Trivia' option in Contact Us your answer WILL NOT be considered.*

From the correct answers submitted using the Esmeralda's Trivia option, we randomly select three players as the winners and send them specially selected prizes that vary from week to week.

The three selected Trivia winners receive the Esmeralda Trivia Pin.

This week's prizes include:



Pirate Costume Magic (Single Use)

Magic Shop Checkers
Disappearing Act Magic (Single Use)

Last week's question:

What was the Disney Gallery at Disneyland originally designed to be?
Answer: An apartment for Walt Disney and his family.

Designed by Dorothy Redmond, the apartment was going to be a place where Walt and his brother Roy could entertain visiting VIP's as well as accommodate family members staying in Disneyland for the night.

Walt's apartment over the Firehouse on Main Street wasn't big enough to handle large groups, so this almost 3000 square foot home away from home more than served that purpose – in addition a back exit connected the apartment to the Club 33 kitchen allowing Walt quick and easy access to the Club.

Unfortunately, work on the apartment was never completed and in 1987 the location was converted into the Disney Gallery, which showcased artwork and exhibits until recently.

The spacious living room of the Disneyland Dream Suite. Take a virtual tour of the Disneyland Dream Suite by clicking here.
In 2007, the Disney Gallery was converted into the Disneyland Dream Suite as part of The Year of a Million Dreams promotion (which is continuing through 2008). Using the original designs, Imagineers created a private getaway that looks almost as it would have, were it finished for Walt Disney himself!

Did you know: Walt and Roy's initials can be seen in wrought iron rails on the balcony overlooking New Orleans Square.

Winners:
MLKnCookies
TinkyRobin
awsomewaterfalls

* Only entries submitted by using the Esmeralda's Trivia option in Contact Us and sent by close of game on Friday will be accepted.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

Oh! I know!

Too bad we are not allowed spoilers

 

[Macca1111]

I didn't know they had done that already - Jim Hill said it was coming up, but he's only about half and half with accuracy. Weird.

 

[Disneychick74]

Prizes are a single use pirate and checkers magic????
Sorry but thats kinda LAME.
Do you get a trivia pin like you did when Push did it or just the single use magic pins?

 

[aengus]

Prizes are a single use pirate and checkers magic????
Sorry but thats kinda LAME.
Do you get a trivia pin like you did when Push did it or just the single use magic pins?

yes you get an esmeralda pin also. I got a 1 use inferno and a 1 use teleport with mine The pin is nice, so no hard feelings with the prizes, just not sure why they bother adding those to it LOL.

 

[VMK_Mouse]

yes you get an esmeralda pin also. I got a 1 use inferno and a 1 use teleport with mine The pin is nice, so no hard feelings with the prizes, just not sure why they bother adding those to it LOL.

I agree, at least you get the Esmerelda pin, which is special. I do wish that VMK would not have the useless, er um, I mean one-time use magic unless somebody who does not have it may need it for a quest. And of course there are those checkers magic pins.....

 

[moikturtle]

I didn't know they had done that already - Jim Hill said it was coming up, but he's only about half and half with accuracy. Weird.

Yep, it's been reopened that way for about a year now. I like how it adds to it, but doesn't change the basics of the original area too much. It kind of gave it a new reason for people to go over there, because prior to its reopening, very few people were taking the trip over. After it reopened, tons of people were over there. I haven't been to the park since December, but it still seemed more popular than it had been in years. It probably helps that they've got Jack Sparrow over there now.