Random WDW Info - I Never Knew!

[Joanna71985]

These are great!

 

[ReneeDisney]

Great information!
Thanks to everyone for sharing--

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

PamNC... were neighbors! I'm centered equally between Lexington, Mocksville & Winston Salem.

 

[metsfan11]

I love these!

 

[eeudj]

Subscribing.....

 

[mstutler31]

Next time your at MGM Go to The Muppets and when you first walk into the building there is a sign there that says" Key under the mat" pick the mat up and there is a key there !!

 

[ufgator]

great thread! I hadn't seen it before today.

 

[drnlhome]

I just checked out on google and this is what I got...

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 16 people, 9 households, and 5 families residing in the city. The population density was 1.3/km² (3.3/mi²). There were 11 housing units at an average density of 0.9/km² (2.3/mi²). Everyone in the city is White.

There were 9 households out of which one had children under the age of 18 living with them, four are married couples living together, none have a female householder with no husband present. Four are households are made up of individuals, one of whom is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.78 and the average family size was 2.40.

In the city the population was spread out with two under the age of 18, nobody between 18 and 24, three from 25 to 44, six from 45 to 64, and five who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. The male-to-female ratio is 1:1

Is it just me, or does this sound a little like LOST? lol

 

[drnlhome]

bump

 

[Enchanted]

(Sorry if any of these were posted before, I went back about fifteen pages to my last post and read on from there)

More fun facts from the Walt Disney Trivia Book Volume One :

* The water tower at MGM/Disney Studios with the Mickey Ears on it has never actually held water.

* Due to Walt Disney being diagnosed with lung cancer after years of smoking cigarettes, the Imagineers decided to remove Rod Serling's signature cigarette from the pre-show video in ToT.

* The Fountain of Nations in Future World at Epcot uses as much power in a single day that a normal house uses in six months.

* Test Track's track was engineered to withstand winds of 200 mph.

* In the Haunted Mansion at MK, if you pay close attention, you will realize that you don't actually see a ghost until Madame Leota summons them in the seance scene. If you pay even CLOSER attention, you will see that after you fall out of the attic window (or did the Bride push you? ) the ghosts become less transparent. This is because YOU are now a ghost too! Yes, I'm sorry to inform you that you "died" when you fell. That is why you can see the ghosts better... and now they can see you too!

* As your IASW boat circles to the right in the white room celebrating all nations, look up and to the left at the balloon with the two clowns in it. You can clearly see that the sign one of them is holding says, "Help." (Is it the song playing over and over again for more than 30 years that's finally driven him over the edge? )

 

[x.laura.x]

I cant beleive i read this whole thread in one night! lol taken me about 2.5 hours. cant wait to hear more.

 

[mint julep]

I am really enjoying this thread! Thanks!!

 

[Disneenut]

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[blackbunny13]

Bump.

 

[huey578]

This is an urban myth.

From oscar.com:

How the statuette got the nickname Oscar isn't clear. A popular story has been that Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick said that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. A reporter allegedly overheard her and helped brand the golden guy. In any case, by the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934, Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used the name in his column in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939.

Walt naming it Oscar better makes for a better story

 

[MinnieTink]

subscribing...
this is cool

 

[radev104]

Subscribing...

 

[GoofyJeff]

From the Imagineering Guide to Epcot:

The shade-shifting paint used on the red sphere that represents Mars, outside Mission:Space, costs over $800 per gallon.

 

[KAPO GIRL]

I don't know if they really do this, still, or ever, But, if you go to EPCOT on your 21st. birthday, you get TWO FREE beers from every country. And one Time someone got so drunk that they had to wheel chair him around the park.

 

[scrapbookworm]

I don't know if they really do this, still, or ever, But, if you go to EPCOT on your 21st. birthday, you get TWO FREE beers from every country. And one Time someone got so drunk that they had to wheel chair him around the park.

I really doubt that, lol.