statistics needed for homework assignment...

[SueOKW]

Any tips on who to call - or where we can go to find - -

# of visitors per park per year?

What does WDW do with their trash ever day?

 

[laceemouse]

I don't think Disney releases exact numbers, I think all of the attendance numbers we see are estimates. I would love to know the answer to the trash question too!!! Anyone?????

 

[RobDoc]

Disney has it's own trash recycle plant- located far behind the MK. It is one of the stops on the Behind The Magic tour and is an interesting place to visit. As you can imagine the volume of trash is significant. Much is recycled, but obviously, some must be disposed of using other means. There is also an extensive sewage treatment area that uses water lillies to assist with the process.

Some of the refuse is "converted" into composted potting soil and used throughout WDW.

I'm not sure where you can go for more specific information- especially online- but a call to MS might get you a number to call for more info (or a redirect to the proper resource).

Unofficial attendance numbers can be gleaned from tourbooks like the Unofficial Guide- they will be close, but are definitely unofficial- as Disney does not release public information about attendance numbers.

Good luck with the homework project- sounds like a good one!!

 

[SueOKW]

The kids got GREAT assingments - DD10 had the most - - - graph # of visitors, get nutrition guides and find out about the trash - oh and keep a journal. so far we have learned that there are no nutrition guides!

DD13 had to draw a scale drawing of the plane we came down in!

Hmmm. i wonder if we have time for a behind the magic tour?

thanks Doc!

 

[RobDoc]

AHhh- since you're there now- I'd go to the Front Desk at your resort or to Guest Relations (inside a park - not outside) and see if they can provide some more detail. They may be willing to share some sort of attendance numbers on a one-to-one basis with a child/student doing a legitimate research project. As for the nutrition guide - ask to speak with the chef at any of the full service restaurants- I'm sure they'd try to provide some sort of information for such important research!

What a fun assignment!

Enjot the rest of your trip!

 

[PantherFanStan]

Any tips on who to call - or where we can go to find - -

# of visitors per park per year?

What does WDW do with their trash ever day?

Can't speak for all of WDW, but as for the MK, they recycle a great deal and incinerate the rest. If you've ever wondered what that occasional smell around Splash Mountain is.....now you know. The incinerater is located "backstage", just behind Splash Mountain. There is a pretty interesting and elaborate vacuum system which transports trash via pipes (housed in the underground network of tunnels) from various points to the central trash collection center.

PantherFanStan

 

[dallastxcpa]

You may be able to find these statistics in the Management Discussion and Analysis portion of the annual financial statements. My suggestion would be to go to Edgar. www.edgar.com or try the yahoo business pages.

 

[JimMIA]

Edgar is pretty clunky and you can't get there from the link above. Go to www.sec.gov and then look for the Edgar link in the left middle of the page.

OR...go here http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2004/pdfs/ar_2004.pdf
That will give you Disney's most recent (2004) annual report in PDF format. I just glanced at it and didn't really find the attendance numbers you were looking for, but the report itself will probably provide your daughters with a wealth of information.

 

[DVCconvert]

Hi Sue!
The waste stream is separated into 3 major catagories.
1) kitchen scraps (never plated for a guest)
2) recycables
3) food waste

The solid waste facility at WDW is lovingly pronounced "The MURF" but it's actual name is MRF (Materials Recovery Facility).

The MRF is a 110-ton-per-day facility designed to sort and process various grades of paper, including high grade and cardboard; and containers (plastic, glass, steel, and aluminum). All processing operations are enclosed in a pre-engineered metal building with sorting rooms, full employee facilities, visitor viewing and educational exhibit acres.

The MRF is designed to serve the unique waste stream of the Disney World resort and surrounding facilities. The site consists of a 3,600sf air-conditioned office space with lunch room, conference room, restrooms, and showers are included in the 32,000 sf buildings. Also, a scale and scalehouse are on site.

Mechancial sorting permits the recovery of many ferrious and non-ferris materials to be sold into the recycling raw materials markets. Kitchen waste is composted for use by WDW horticulturalists, and food wastes and non recyclables are incinerated and/or landfilled.

HTH

 

[SueOKW]

Wow - this has been very helpful!!!! thank you very very much!

 

[tjkraz]

Here is some info we got on the Keys to the Kingdom tour last year.

The Magic Kingdom has a centralized trash collection facility. Apparently there is an old urban legend that every trash can at the Magic Kingdom is linked to tubes which "magically" wisk the trash off to a central facility for disposal. Well, that is largely true. The trash cans aren't actually connected to such a system, but there are specific "off-stage" locations scattered throughout the park where the trash is deposited and then carried via these underground tubes to the main facility. The facility itself is located just behind Splash Mountain out of sight of any guests.

If memory serves, they had an actual name for this system. I just can't remember it for the life of me.

Someone else mentioned recycling. When we visited WDW about 8-10 years ago, I remembered seeing a lot of trash cans specifically labeled for recyclable materials. Admittedly I was a bit disappointed to see that these cans had disappeared by the turn of the century.

However, according to our tour guide, the CMs who empty the canisters are expected to manually sort out the recyclables. It's not uncommon for managers to randomly drop a soda bottle into a trash can that contains a certificate redeemable for a special prize. If a CM is doing a good job of sorting and finds the bottle with the certificate, he/she wins the prize. Some examples of these prizes are small cash rewards or having a special party thrown for the members of the "team" that found the certificate.

 

[JimMIA]

Also, for the scale drawing of the airplane, many airline sites have a ton of info on their planes.

If your airline doesn't have anything, go to www.aa.com (American Airlines). On the left margin of the home page, highlight About Us and you will get another menu. One of the selections is Our Airplanes. Click on that and you will get pictures, seating charts, and more statistics than you would ever want about approximately a dozen different types of aircraft from 777's to crop-dusters. Height, length, wingspan, cabin width, seat width, seat pitch, etc, etc, etc.

Have fun!

 

[DVCconvert]

tjkraz posted:

If memory serves, they had an actual name for this system. I just can't remember it for the life of me.

You must be thinking of the Swedish-built Automated Vacuum Assisted Collection (AVAC).
It was the first waste system of its type installed in the United States. It is an integral part of waste collection for the theme parks, intricately linked through the utilidors by pneumatic tubes. Trash is deposited in several collection points around the parks. Every fifteen minutes it is drawn through the tubes at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and sent to central compactor stations.