OK DisGeeks! What are the things that ONLY we Disers know?

-Before the Haunted Mansion was built at Disneyland, huge soundstages were set up in CA (Glendale I think) and locals were asked to come and walk through the sets. There were cool effects that were never used like the disapearing sea captain and his bride.

-There is a large sinkhole near the Contemporary and nothing can be built there even though it has a prime view of the MK.

-Walter Cronkite was not the original narator for Spaceship Earth.

-There are 2 tunnels at Epcot but not as large as the MK tunnels.

-Elephants performed at Epcot once but they cracked the fountain:)

-You can go under the fountain at Epcot.

-All the Image Works stuff from the old Journey Into Your Imagination is still on the second floor of the Imagination Pavilion.

-The presidents hair in Hall of presidents is real. Some of the clothing belonged to them. Their teeth were made from their dental records.

-There are stories behind the Swan and Dolphin hotels and no,the large dark area was not for the monorail to go through:)

-There used to be real skeletons in POTC at Disneyland. They looked better than the fake ones:)

-I saw some of the old skyway cars in the Tomorrowland station while riding the Peoplemover the other day!

-Don't know if this one is true, but I heard when they were building Typhoon Lagoon they found monorail pylons burried in the ground for future expansion.
 
I learned how to win every time on Buzz Lightyear. My dd11 and bil13 were truely impressed. We got on at least 5 times so they could try to beat me but it never happened, I'm the champ. I never did tell them my secrets.
 
The talking water fountains at epcot.

That you can enter AK through rainforest cafe when it first opens to avoid the big lines.

You can pull the rope in front of indiana jones.

That you really get to keep the robots you make at innoventions after you play the game.

I heard that the skeletons playing chess: they are at a stalemate
 
disneynewbee said:
I learned how to win every time on Buzz Lightyear. My dd11 and bil13 were truely impressed. We got on at least 5 times so they could try to beat me but it never happened, I'm the champ. I never did tell them my secrets.

ok i GOTTA know this one. I know the secret for MIB in universal, but i genuinly SUCK at buzz, i cant hit anything! too many laser dots i cant follow which one is mine!
 

DisneyObsessive
Just Pm'd ya!
Didn't want to get flamed for telling too much! Shhhhh
 
Hi, All!

Dinosaur Gertie is one of the earliest animated characters in history (possibly the earliest) and the food stand is an homage to her.

Also - the marker in Epcot isn't the center of WDW property; it may be the center of the first park building phase, but it is far north of the actual center of WDW.

How about the talking water fountain and the talking waste basket in Epcot?

103 days until trip #34 - Whoopee! :banana:
 
Onlyoneforme... could you please pm me too? I love Buzz and would love to absolutely beat my DH! Thank you in advance!
 
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babar41 said:
Onlyoneforme... could you please pm me too? I love Buzz and would love to absolutely beat my DH! Thank you in advance!

Me too, me too. Both DH and DS have beaten me every year! :confused3
 
Why don't you just post your Buzz secret. It may not be as big a secret as you think. What kind of scores are we talking about anyway?
 
onlyoneforme said:
DisneyObsessive
Just Pm'd ya!
Didn't want to get flamed for telling too much! Shhhhh
onlyoneforme, I don't suppose you would share with me too :) I have 14 and 11year old boys, and it would be great if Mom culd put one over on them :teeth:
 
There was a whole post on here once about what shots give you the best points I'm going to try to find it for you guys.
 
PS I forgot my exact score but it was insanely more than any of them had. They swore my thing was broken until I beat them several more times by the same amount of points.
 
also if you go to the themepark attractions and strategies board and do an advanced search for -lightyear- in the title only you will find all the posts for how to get a high score.
 
disneynewbee said:
PS I forgot my exact score but it was insanely more than any of them had. They swore my thing was broken until I beat them several more times by the same amount of points.

same thing happened with me and hubby... first time i creamed him, he said he didn't care...second time i creamed him said he didn't care again with a little "hurmp, I don't care my gun must not work right" attitude going on, third time he practically was ready to push me out of the car he "didn't care" so much:rotfl: my "idea" is hold the thing down constantly and just swiggle it back and forth, I'm bound to hit something...now if "video game pros" were in the car it wouldn't work but hubby isn't on to me yet and takes careful aim every shot and "doesn't care" that he loses :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :
 
PatriciaH --You can go under the fountain at Epcot. - -[/QUOTE said:
explain please... under the water, the actual stucture, on a tour how?
 
jann1033 said:
same thing happened with me and hubby... first time i creamed him, he said he didn't care...second time i creamed him said he didn't care again with a little "hurmp, I don't care my gun must not work right" attitude going on, third time he practically was ready to push me out of the car he "didn't care" so much:rotfl: my "idea" is hold the thing down constantly and just swiggle it back and forth, I'm bound to hit something...now if "video game pros" were in the car it wouldn't work but hubby isn't on to me yet and takes careful aim every shot and "doesn't care" that he loses :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :

LOL They kept trying to get me to tell them how I was winning and I told them that they should do some research and figure it out for themselves before the next trip. I did all the research for our trip so I constantly had one up on them with everything, with all the stuff I've learned on this board. The funny thing is I stink at playstation and all that stuff and they always cream me so it was nice to repay the favor.
 
Some of my favorites:

- how to print an internet coupon for buy one/get one free sundaes at the Ghirardelli's in Downtown Disney

- that it saves money and time to take Magical Express upon arrival at MCO, then pick up a National rental car at the Dolphin the second day of the vacation. . . and on the last day, return it at MCO airport (gives me an extra hour in the park on that last day!)

- that you don't have to use up a separate park admission if you have a ticket for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

- how to time your dinner ressie at the outdoor patio of Rose and Crown in order to have a great view of Illuminations
 
pennst8r said:
It's in one of the responses above.

How about the ghost of George in POTC?

Supposedly, a man died while the construction was going on. The CMs say goodmorning to George every day because if they don't, they say the ride breaksdown. Rumor has it if you yell out George during part of the ride it will breakdown......yes, I plan on having DS5 do it! (I figure no one will think it's too weird if a 5 yr old does it, but a 40 yr old?)

isnt this at disneyland???? not magic kingdom??
 














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