That Pirate Stole My Tiara: The Pre-Trip Report

[Charleston Princess]

The new place sounds great!!! BF is a super sweet guy to be willing to move you while you are living it up at Disney! I hate moving sooo much that I read that and thought, "Tink, you have a keeper!!!"

 

[TarzansKat]

Just call me a slacker.

A sick slacker. Not to be confused with a slick slacker. NOBender.

DS and I are a little under the weather, which cramps my DIS style.

I'm so excited for your new place! It sounds wonderful, and I'm sure you'll love it.

And I just got a little chuckle over the whole Poly conversation Missy had. Too funny. That Nik, she's on top of stuff. But we already knew that. Your trip is getting closer and closer, which means we finally get to meet! I'm beyond excited.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

I am starting to get the very strong urge to pack myself. Not pack-myself, but pack, myself.

If that lil' sentence doesn't convey exactly how important comma/hyphen placement is, I don't know what does. LOL

And Missy's convo with her sister is too hilarious. Clearly Missy's sis is not a DISer. She shall have to be converted.

That's the funny thing. I think she IS a DISer. Just one who was Tonga Toast ignorant. Missy says that she often wonder who's a bigger Disney fan. I think my knowledge and arrangements of the Tonga-Toast-having negates the fact that she has Mickey tattooed on her ankle. We're even.

Just call me a slacker.

A sick slacker. Not to be confused with a slick slacker.

Or a slick sacker.
Whatever THAT is.

DS and I are a little under the weather, which cramps my DIS style.

Feel better!!!

Your trip is getting closer and closer, which means we finally get to meet! I'm beyond excited.

Which also means YOUR trip is getting closer and closer.

As is LL's!

And LegoMom's!

YAYYYYY!

 

[askelton]

If that lil' sentence doesn't convey exactly how important comma/hyphen placement is, I don't know what does. LOL

That's the funny thing. I think she IS a DISer. Just one who was Tonga Toast ignorant. Missy says that she often wonder who's a bigger Disney fan. I think my knowledge and arrangements of the Tonga-Toast-having negates the fact that she has Mickey tattooed on her ankle. We're even.

Exactly!

 

[PrincessV]

Wow, the new place sounds fantastic! As does the moving plan - I can't think of a better way to move than leaving specific instructions and then going away, only to return to the job completed!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

So, I know that I had promised y'all daily trivia from my sweet little countdown calendar, starting at the 45 day mark.

We are now at the 31 day mark and there has been no trivia to be had on this here PTR.

Which makes me a teensy bit of a fibber.

UNTIL NOW.

::ahem::

I give you 13 days of trivia you never knew you were missing and TODAY'S trivia. ON TIME!

Imagine that.
I'm on time for something.
My mom would be so proud.
Since she and my dad are late for everything.

Ok, back to the trivia:

45 Days!
The river in The Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom) is actually dyed brown to give it an authentic look. If it weren't, guests could see that the "river: is only 3.5' deep.

44 Days!
There are enough "Mouse Ear" hats sold each year in Walt Disney World to top the head of every man, woman and child in Pittsburgh.

43 Days!
According to Kodak, 4% of all amateur photographs worldwide are taken at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

42 Days!
It would take one person, eating two hamburgers at every meal, 4,109 years and 215 days to eat the number of burgers served at Walt Disney World each year.

41 Days!
The names of two of the approach procedures that aircraft follow when arriving at Orlando International Airport are "Goofy 2" and "Minnie 2".

40 Days!
Some Walt Disney World buses have over a million miles on them.

39 Days!
More than 100 pairs of sunglasses are turned into Walt Disney World's Lost & Found every day.

38 Days!
It has long been rumored that enough dust has been used to keep the Haunted Mansion's (Magic Kingdom) 200+ props looking untouched and dusty since the attraction's opening in 1971 to bury the mansion completely.

37 Days!
One of the flagpoles on Cinderella Castle (Magic Kingdom) has an artificial flag that is actually a transmitting antenna for coordinating the Main Street parades.

36 Days!
You can hear the sound of tap shoes if you listen outside the "Dance Studio" on Main Street, USA (Magic Kingdom).

35 Days!
When 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Magic Kingdom - now closed) was open, the 24 submarines that operated at Disneyland and Walt Disney World gave the Walt Disney Company the fifth largest submarine fleet in the world.

34 Days!
Walt Disney originally envisioned a dome over EPCOT city to give it complete control over the weather.

33 Days!
The extensive mosaics in the Morocco pavilion (Epcot) were executed by 19 maalems (Moroccan artisans) sent over by the King of Morocco.

32 Days!
Located just to the west of Innoventions West (Epcot) and on the path that leads straight to The Land pavilion is a marker that pinpoints the exact center of Epcot.

Today's trivia - 31 Days!
The coaster track for Rock n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (MGM) was built first. Then the building was constructed around it.

I will do my very best to update you daily from here on out.

 

[TarzansKat]

Awesome trivia! Some of it I knew, and some of it I didn't. And it's always good to learn something.

 

[Sarilas]

WHERE on EARTH did you find all this trivia?! I'm thinking something like this in book form would be PERFECT for my older kids for the trip down...

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

WHERE on EARTH did you find all this trivia?! I'm thinking something like this in book form would be PERFECT for my older kids for the trip down...

Actually, I'm getting it from a book. There are now two volumes of the book. Here's what it looks like:

They carry it on Amazon. If you'd like, I'd be happy to send you the first edition to keep as soon as I'm finished with it. Unfortunately I don't have the second one.

I also highly recommend the Imagineering Field guides. LOTS of good stuff in there too. Go here.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Great trivia Tink! I will never look at the Jungle Cruise water the same again!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I have that trivia book as well, apparently I don't remember much of it in it.

 

[willwriteforears]

42 Days!
It would take one person, eating two hamburgers at every meal, 4,109 years and 215 days to eat the number of burgers served at Walt Disney World each year.

That's a lot of burgers. I'd have to be resurrected as a zombie to fit in the last 4000ish years. Hopefully by then technology would have found a way to make me crave ground cow rather than raw human brains.

But it's still a lot of burgers.

34 Days!
Walt Disney originally envisioned a dome over EPCOT city to give it complete control over the weather.

I've said to Nevi and Melneth that if Texas would do the same, I'd consider living there again. And if the tectonic plates under Texas shifted to give it mountains. Of course, I'm not sure that the tectonic plates are positioned properly for such a thing. But those are my criteria, anyway.

 

[TarzansKat]

You know, I've debating the appropriate us of my $50 in Barnes and Noble gift cards...perhaps I should check out the Trivia book and Imagineering Guides...get me in the Disney mood...like I need help with that!

 

[Sarilas]

Tink I would love that! This is exactly the kind of thing that'll get my kids (and who am I kidding, my DH too) into the spirit and keep them occupied on that 13 hour car trip!

Checking out the Imagineering guides now!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Cool trivia!!! I noticed on amazon that the same guy who wrote the trivia book also has a desktop calendar of WDW trivia available -- it is currently sitting in my shopping cart on the site!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

That's a lot of burgers. I'd have to be resurrected as a zombie to fit in the last 4000ish years. Hopefully by then technology would have found a way to make me crave ground cow rather than raw human brains.

This totally made me think of "Shaun of the Dead", which BF and I just saw a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I mean really, there's no relation to your quote except for the zombie factor, but it's a totally hysterical movie.

You know, I've debating the appropriate us of my $50 in Barnes and Noble gift cards...perhaps I should check out the Trivia book and Imagineering Guides...get me in the Disney mood...like I need help with that!

The ARE fun. I have SO MANY Disney books. The Art of Disney and WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING: A BEHIND-THE-DREAMS LOOK AT MAKING THE MAGIC REAL are my two favorites.

Tink I would love that! This is exactly the kind of thing that'll get my kids (and who am I kidding, my DH too) into the spirit and keep them occupied on that 13 hour car trip!

Checking out the Imagineering guides now!

I might be able to send you the Imagineering guides too but it might be a bit longer on those as I haven't finished them.

I noticed on amazon that the same guy who wrote the trivia book also has a desktop calendar of WDW trivia available -- it is currently sitting in my shopping cart on the site!

I missed that. That IS really neat.

Currently, my desktop calendar is "Stuff on My Cat", which also has a website. Last year it was the "Bad Cat" calendar. We have the wall version of that one in our kitchen this year. I'd love it if icanhascheezburger.com came out with a desktop calendar!

 

[Sarilas]

I might be able to send you the Imagineering guides too but it might be a bit longer on those as I haven't finished them.

Don't do anything that'll put you out! I've still got to buy my Pass Porter when the '09 edition comes out (Octoberish?) and make the kids travel journals!

 

[If U Had Wings]

I am so going to have to listen for tap shoes on Main street now. That's too cool!

This totally made me think of "Shaun of the Dead", which BF and I just saw a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I mean really, there's no relation to your quote except for the zombie factor, but it's a totally hysterical movie.!

I love that movie! I can't listen to the song "White Lines" anymore without thinking of that movie. Too funny!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Tink! I have the stuff on my cat calendar too!! Do they only have one version? I have Jinx for today.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

Tink! I have the stuff on my cat calendar too!! Do they only have one version? I have Jinx for today.

Yup. Jinx looking oh so happy in his birthday hat.