TOP 10 Disney Parks Facts that Nobody Cares About
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When I went in middle school, I would research facts, hidden mickeys, secrets etc. and drove everyone we went with up a wall. I can't wait to go as an adult with an entirely new audience to bother.
THIS IS ME
Lmao are we the same person? When I was like 9 or 10 I filled up a notebook with 100 Disney facts right before my trip, and I still bug people about the use of forced perspective in the parks all the time
Me, Disney Parks are my hyper fixation
I think me and u might be the exact same person
LITERALLY ME WHEN I WENT LAST APRIL FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR MY BAND TRIP. I‘ve spent a majority of my life searching up Disney Parks facts, so like I literally exploded when my friends and I walked into each park 💀. Can‘t wait to go there again at some point! (I might go again in 4 or 5 years)
My random fact is how I changed Disneyland in a relatively significant way. Dumbo the Flying Elephant specifically.
When I was 3 or so, we were waiting in line. Being the little kid that I was, couldn't hold my attention at all. So I looked at some flowers behind the bars in the fence.
Lo and behold, my head was soon stuck in the fence. It took longer than it should have to get me out since I was freaking out, but it didn't actually take all that long.
The next time we went, the bars were far closer together, so that other stupid kids wouldn't try that again.
That is one of my proudest achievements.
OMG! My head got stuck in some bars in the 1970's. I I was about 6 yrs. old! Kids do gOoFy things, even in the Happiest Place on Earth.
What year was this? My little sister got her knee stuck between those bars!! They had to let people go ahead of us while a cast member tried using sunscreen to loosen it. Somehow they got it out... And then my sister, who caused all that trouble after she'd been told NOT to stick her legs between the bars got to hold the magic feather!
I have a crazy story about how my little brother changed Soarin' Over California, but it's a bit more eventful.
@@kristenhanisch8508 Oh, that would have been somewhere around 2007 or 2008
@@hiddencitypictures it took them that long?? 😆 My sister got her leg stuck in '99!
@@kristenhanisch8508 oh no, that's terrible. I'm disappointed in them
“Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween. Awaken your spirits with your tambourine!” -Madam Leota
This line we hear in the seance parlor leads me to believe that we may not see any goblins, but we certainly hear them rattling tambourines.
Goblins was also a very common term to describe spooks about 60-80 years ago as well. It’s just what they called them.
I feel like it could be a contest prize to spend a day at a Disney park with Offhand Disney and just have him point out all these bits of trivia. I legit think that'd be fun.
If you give $400 a month on Patrion, he will take you on a tour of Disneyland. And he even buys your ticket.
Honestly I'd love to go to a Disney Park with Dallin. I too love weird obscure facts that most people don't care about. My family calls me the "Theme Park and Water Park Expert" in our family because I know so much
SAME LOL. Last Disney trip my family just looked at me so annoyed about me like saying random knowledge about the tiki room
Unless I’m with a first-timer, I mostly keep fun facts to myself when I’m in the park, BUT my brain will autocorrect false facts I hear when I’m in line 🤓.
I am part of the weird group too! I actually had over 50 facts written down so that I didn’t forget to tell my cousin who was there for the first time about them all!!!
I love this "Facts that Nobody Cares About" theme. Please do more!
When I was a lead at Circle D and worked closing shifts (which was often) I had to write my end of day report in the Pope House. My shift ended a half hour later than the other closers to allow time for this which meant sitting alone in the creepy dark Pope House with eerie sounds coming from the berm and floorboards creaking out in the living room. When I had friends on my shift with me I'd always beg them to wait until I was done lol, everybody swore that place was haunted
Here’s a useless fact: in late 1981, I was chosen as part of a crew to do overnight monorail beam electrical testing on the Epcot line, and we literally were paid to pilot a train to a portion of the Future World loop that wasn’t even completed yet! They had electrical power to a certain point, made us drive a train to that point, sit there with power on, then kill power to the train, boot back up, kill it again…and so forth and so on. This went on literally ALL NIGHT LONG! We were told not to doze off, but honestly, it couldn’t be helped. I napped for at least 2 1/2 hours at one point with nobody contacting me to do ANYTHING! It had to be the most boring night of my Disney Monorail career, but it apparently was for good reason.
I did that overnight testing for 3 days straight, then was put back into regular day shift rotation…but it WAS kinda fun, thinking back on it. The other fun aspect of those testing nights was getting to run a monorail at full speed on Epcot’s beam from the back cab in full reverse mode all the way back to TTC. That was pretty wild…good times for sure…
The Walt Disney lamp only went on at night when he was alive to let workers know he's there but the original lamps probably fried or broke someway over the near 30 years and needed replaced regularly to keep tradition alive. The current one just looks like the 50s style and more efficient than the likely halogen lamps Walt actually used (that are also against code in commercial buildings around mid 80s to early 90s for safety reasons).
It’s at the Walt Disney Family museum.
@@scruffydog2 That answers one question, so would it power on to stay active or be building codes?
I suggest looking into Disneyland apocrypha related to:
1. The Frontierland fossil tree stump as a gift from Walt to Lily, and then from Lily to Disneyland
2. The Tiki Room barker bird being one, specific bird that was removed because it was causing congestion in the walkway
3. The Rivers of America anchor coming from a pirate ship
4. The Snow White waterfall sculptures being a mystery gift from someone abroad who got the proportions wrong
#3 doesn't count because that's the joke!
@@MonsterKidCory 😉
I heard the Barker bird was restored to the eating area next to the Tiki Room. I saw her once, when my mom and I went to get out Dole Whips. It's been too long since I've gotten to go. 😞
@@kristenhanisch8508 That’s Rosita! She’s actually new. She looks like the white birds on the Tiki Room bird mobile, because José says “I wonder what happened to Rosita.” She was up and running in the rain a few days ago, but even in good weather, sometimes she’s missing
@@Fennippee yeah, I thought someone told me she was recycled from the Barker bird. I guess not. I'm a little sad now, my maiden name is Barker. 😆
My top fact: there are three fishing boats in Tokyo Disneysea's Italian-themed entrance lagoon. Their names are "Qui", "Quo", and "Qua". These are the Italian names of Donald's nephews.
Casey Jr. is a must ride every trip due to some very specific childhood nostalgia. When I was about 12 years old my dad and I arrived at the park towards the evening on Christmas eve after a National Lampoon style roadtrip from hell. Everything in the park was packed, so I ended up marathoning Casey Jr. which was a walk on. I tell ya, the atmosphere on that ride at night really is something else.
The canal boats are definitely the superior way to see the miniatures, but Casey Jr. gives you a really wonderful overview of Fantasyland and even has a fun little themed lifthill. The attraction is exactly what my mind goes to when I think of stuff Disneyland has that really sets it apart from the other parks.
What sometimes bothers me about the Haunted Mansion attraction is that: It has 999 ghosts & ghouls + ONE LIVING MAN and a DOG.
My grandmother made the executive decision that I would be a collector of paperweights in about 2001. They are all uninteresting in their own ways but I love her so I made the effort to care and display them. All that to say, my ears perked up at the mention of a madame leota paperweight… and then I saw it. Merchandising needs to pull itself together.
LOL! Paper weights was the gift you gave when you really didn't give a sh$$##! about the person you gave it to. Like a white elephant gift. Although, where I work now, when the A/C kicks on....Papers EVERYWHERE!!! I actually think Dallin's weight makes sense. She IS in a 1/2 crystal ball. Now I'm Jealous!
It makes sense, but it doesn’t look good. If it was Classic Leota it would be a lot cooler.
Here's one nobody cares about: There's a cabinet behind Madame Leota in the séance room. It's a "Spirit Cabinet," a thing mediums used to produce ghosts in the old days. So much about the séance room is based on things that would actually happen in real-life séances. The circle the doombugies make around Leota, the floating objects, the musical instruments played, the rapping on tables and ringing bells, the orbs of light.
The Imagineers made so many references to the conventions of ghost stories and spiritualism, it's a little shocking. They either did a butt-load of research or this stuff was more common knowledge back then.
I had no idea about this!! Thank you for sharing!!
Would you expect them to NOT do that research? It’s not shocking at all. It’s literally what they do.
Só let me get this straight. There was A LAMP in Walt’s apartment. When Walt was in the apartment, obviously it would be on and people would know. so while the story that the lamp was on to remind people may have no evidence, but does it not stand to reason that the workers glanced over and saw the lamp on and deduced Walt was in the park, and that just became a thing? I’m willing to bet that’s what happened and then years later someone was talking about the good ol days and how they’d look to the window to know if the boss was in and from there they said, that would be a good way to honor that memory. I for one don’t mind this one AT ALL!
Yés!
also, they've probably just replaced the lamp over the years as the old ones have stopped working. this paired with it your explanation above seem like the most logical conclusion.
@@kitchensinkchronicles3272 exactly! I mean, I can just picture the conversation between two random workers. “I wonder if the boss is here today?” “I was over at Main Street earlier and saw the lights on at his apartment so I guess he must be.” Pretty soon people just started using the light as an indicator, not that it was originally meant to be one. It’s like seeing the bosses car on the lot.
precisely ^^
In all my years as a Disney fan I have somehow never heard of the Mineral King ski resort! That's an amazing Easter egg in the refurbished Carousel of Progress!
Edit: I just looked up some information on it. It looked really cool! They had actually done a lot of planning for it before it got cancelled. Then they were going to do another resort in Tahoe that they put even more work into but it got derailed by government bureaucracy. Kind of sad, although I can also see the environmentalist side of wanting to leave these areas undeveloped. It would still be cool to see Disney build more resorts not connected to their theme parks. I believe the only one they've ever built is Aulani in Hawaii, right?
L&L, you’d be even more surprised to know that Disney’s Florida Imagineers had a ski themed resort idea kicking around for Walt Disney World! A year-round COLD WEATHER resort for FLORIDA! I’m not sure exactly how ANY of that could be accomplished, but it was being talked about in conjunction with Blizzard Beach when that water park was still in the pre-and post planning phases…
Crazy, right?
@@twoblacklabs904 Wow! They would have needed some Disney Magic. Thanks for the info!
There's also ones in Hilton Head, SC and Vero Beach, FL that are part of DVC!
@@GoddessofWisdom Vero is AMAZING!! We try to go every 1-2 years.
Me any time I’m at Disneyland: “did you know Doritos were invented in Disneyland?” Or *random morbid fact* or rambling how our haunted mansion is better for the sole reason that we have the hatbox ghost or JEAN LAFITTE and that’s it.
I didn’t realize the Asterisks made it bold that looks so weird I’m sorry 🧍♀️
My least interesting Disney fact: much like Santa Clause and the old Coca-Cola ads, the modern image of leprechauns wasn’t cemented in most people’s minds until the Disney movie Darby O’Gill and the Little People. That movie was released on June 26, 1959-the day my mother was born. Therefore, the idea of a little green-clad man with a pot of gold that most people imagine when they think of leprechauns is _exactly_ as old as my mother!
One of my favorite obscure things is the hidden astronaut that was at the top of Spaceship Earth. That scene before the descent, where you're looking out at Earth from space, was initially supposed to be a view from the moon- if you've ever noticed those weird shapes in the dark along the floor, those are painted black moon rock props. There was also originally a small space pod above the track just before you start descending, with an astronaut figure looking down at the surface of the moon. I don't remember if it were actually implemented or if it was just in concept art, but I also remember there being a buggy.
Early riders and the first few weeks of guests noted that the effect wasn't at all convincing, so the Imagineers did the cheapest and fastest solution they could and just went to Home Depot or sumn and got a ton of black paint to hide it all without actually moving it out of there. This includes painting over the space pod and the window on it, so for some indeterminate amount of time from a few weeks after closing, there was just this hidden animatronic figure hanging above and looking out over all the riders, which freaks the shit out of me. I didn't even like that easter egg in the Pooh ride where there was the mounted moose head behind the cars when you enter a room, recycled from the ride that was there before.
The girl in the window is still up there if you know where to look. It’s all painted over but you can see the window. You kind of have to contort your body to see it.
@@Shag471 This is truly dreadful news.
@@aortaplatinum While Home Depot just opened their first store in Georgia back when SSE was constructed 😉, I can tell you that there’s nothing to see up there anymore. There’s just a flat wall with 2 doors to wear extra wigs are stored for the attractions animatronics and a bunch of hardware for the ride strew around the floor. If your eyes are adjusted enough you might notice a dark column on the right that extends to the ceiling. This is a black duvetyn curtain that hides a high reach machine used to get to the hatch. The interior hatch is offset to the right and then you crawl about 30’ to the putter hatch on the roof. Yes, I’ve been up there. No, it’s not cool or even that interesting.
I can solve the "no goblins" problem for you.
As I understand it, in Labyrinth (1986) babies can become goblins. Labyrinth was made by Henson and Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm is now part of Disney. Soooo....children are goblins, goblins are children and the ride has plenty of them, as long as you count the passengers on the ride.
Buzz lightyear space ranger spin and Astro blasters (my favorite) both have buzz lightyear animatronics are not voiced by Tim Allen, they are voiced by another voice actor and same with the toys.
In the Epcot utilidors, there’s a doodle of sonic that someone drew in 1994, when there was a SEGA section in innoventions.
Fact: The guy in the DL Space Mountain safety video has been retired for several years, but they've kept the video. I love that video
Loves this video! I was a cast member at Walt Disney World in 2002/2003. My main post was at the American Adventure in Epcot, but sometimes I would pick up shifts working crowd control during the night parades at the Magic Kingdom. Fun fact that maybe no one will care about is that in the SpectroMagic Parade (if I remember the parade name correctly), the Queen of Hearts from Alice and Wonderland wore white shorts with red hearts under her gown. I know this because she would taunt me and flash me every time she saw me on the parade route.
I found myself caring an awful lot about Walt's lamp being a fake.
I feel seen, when I went to Disney World in 2019 with my whole family I was pointing out random facts the entire trip, then when my sister and brother in law became addicted and have gone once a year since, I bought them a book of random Disney trivia since I wouldn’t be with them to provide the facts
whick book is that!?
@@tufab3494 I got it from Barnes and Noble for my sister for her birthday in April of 2020, it was either the Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World, the Hidden Secrets & Stories of Walt Disney World or the one that seemed most familiar when I looked up Disney World on Barnes and Noble was The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World Trivia
@@sarahvanorden670 Just found it on my country's amazon, I gonna check that out asap! Reading books in English is always good for practicing as a non-native English speaker. Greetings from Brazil!
My fact no one cares about, the elevator at club 33 in Disneyland is from the movie the Happiest Millionaire. Sometimes the main street brass band plays a song from that movie and I’ve gotten sideways looks when I sing along. Like you actually KNOW this song?
That's amazing!! (And I know exactly which song you're talking about: I sing along to that one, too. And the one from Hello Dolly! but I don't know it as well.)
@@kristenhanisch8508so glad I’m not the only one who likes it! This is a cool video about the farm/theme park that the alligators in The Happiest Millionaire came from. ua-cam.com/video/pa7oR15tCAE/v-deo.html
I’m an architect and so I pay attention to how Disney makes mundane things that have to be on buildings special and fit the theme. My favorite is in the outdoor portion of the queue for Seven Dwarves Mine Train, the downspouts look like they are made of logs. That’s it. That’s my fact. But 99% of people walk past it without thinking about it and if they were normal metal downspouts I bet only 98% would walk past it without thinking about it.
@3:12 "Is this video interesting you?....NO?!? Good!!" The best line you ever wrote!! LOL
This is the first I’ve heard of the ski resort, but I know that Walt was involved with the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley (I grew up in western Nevada, not far from there), around the same time he would’ve been working on it. I wonder if the games were what got him interested in ski resorts, or perhaps he helped with the games as part of his research into them?
...My favorite Disney park fact is one Dallin knows that is not very obscure: it's that Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" speech was made at the Contemporary Resort, and therefore only a short distance from the animatronic Nixon.
Unimportant Disney movie fact:
In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Pirates 3), the sword Davy Jones uses to kill Will Turner near the end of the film is the same sword that Will Turner made for Commodore Norrington in the first film. Norrington was given the sword back to him by Cutler Beckett at the beginning of 3. So Will Turner ended up killing himself in a round-about way.
Not very important. But interesting.
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Offhand please consider that the gargoyles holding the candles might perhaps be goblins
I have more info on the lamp! The original lamp (and furniture) was taken out by Walt’s family after his passing and the original lamp is in the Walt Disney family museum. It’s not on display for conservation purposes but they have it in their collection.
on my most recent trip to Disney world, I went out of my way to photograph every single trash can variation I came across in the parks all because of an inside joke with some friends.
I am 100% certain no one else will care about this, but since we were asked to share, here's my weird fact lol
unrelated note, but hello! I just found your channel like an hour ago and I really enjoy your content
Interesting that I've been on a Disney ride that Dallin hasn't! Last time I was at Disneyland, I intended to ride the Carrousel for the first time. However, it was very late and very dark and I was very sleep deprived and I couldn't figure if I was in the queue or a viewing area, because people were getting on the ride but the nobody in front of me was moving. So I gave up and went on Casey, Jr. -- which I had been on before, but not at night! So it all worked out. I also had some trouble finding the entrance to that because the path looks like it's just a seating area, but I eventually figured it out :).
the far left counter at Casey's hotdog shop in Disney Paris is always open, but no one ever uses it.
:) The Bank of America!! My mom & dad would break their $20's there waaaaaay back in the day.
And, when Disney Dollars became and thing, my mom bought a bunch from there. It was kinda awesome having a bank at the park entrance.
Regarding goblins in the Haunted Mansion: Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. So many doors, rooms, and darkness... they're there.
Isn’t the second half of Pirates supposed to be a look at the lives of the pirates before they all meet their demises? If so, then it would make sense that the Wicked Wench would be in its own pre-sunken and -rechristened state, I think.
Not that anyone will read this but one of my favorite easter egg is in Disneyland Paris! In the very first scene of buzz light-year laserblast you can still spot the previous tenant of the building: nine-eye from the now defunct attraction "le visionarium"
I'm sure something in the Haunted Mansion counts as a goblin. It just has to be small and mischievous so I guess the gargoyles count. They mess with you (or are supposed to) by whispering at you in the stretching room. We could even just not see them because do you see all 999 ghosts on the ride? There are for sure goblins in the holiday overlay.
Already I just destroyed this man's whole career.
Here’s my incredibly useless weird fact that nobody cared about: in the late 80s (around the time Splash Mountain was added) I noticed that the vintage skirt I was wearing was the same fabric/print as the curtains in the fake windows in the queue of Pirates of the Caribbean.
The Disney Arcade used to be an actual arcade. Until early 2000's when disney sold the machines to the Penny arcade in fishermans warf penny arcade. The arcade discovered that still had the orginal nicklodean cards within.
FWIW, I was a Disneyland AP in the late 80s and throughout the 1990s, cast member from 1989-91…and I finally rode Casey Jr in April of this year, making it the last attraction for me to ride at Disneyland. Yes, I rode MF:SR and ROTR a mere hour prior.
There are goblins on the haunted mansion, but only when I ride it. I'm the goblin. I'm here for your treasure.
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When I went to tour Walts apartment they made it pretty clear the current lamp was placed in honor of Walt and that's pretty much why it's the only thing you can take a pic with since it's not an original 😅 I can see where people got confused though since most don't take that tour! People should talk more about the staircase to his apartment! Now that's a boring topic 😴
Well now I need to go down a rabbit hole looking for information about a staircase
@@annaliesequartermaine1866 Haha, its more just an observation I made when we went up there since it was a pretty small work staircase that you might find at home depot or something and it just made me wonder how Walt and his family used it at the time or if it looked different back then. The shower is interesting though!
I had heard once that Disney parks are paved with a mixture of asphalt and rubber, which is why your feet don’t hurt while you’re in the park but do immediately once you leave. I will tell everyone this fact as readily and often as I possibly can.
I had no clue about this.. it makes so much sense!!
Disney actually has favorite high school marching bands, or at least favors some over others. When we played there last year we were backstage at the same time as another school, and we did our little parades back to back. They gave us both speeches and everything after we played it was honestly kind of surprising how highly they spoke about our band compared to the other? I still have no idea why they like us so much- our school is invited something like every 4-6 years and apparently someone usually gets sent home early for shoplifting, so maybe there’s money involved or something? Anyways that’s a useless fact for you
My favorite/most peevish Disney "lie"/anomaly is from Beauty and the Beast. In Be Our Guest, the lyrics state... "ten years we've been rusting" ...if so, then someone needs to explain Chip... who is definitely younger than 10... was he born a teacup? Who was Mrs. Potts getting it on with as a teapot?!? ...brings a whole new meaning to the colloquialism "up the spout" 😂
Personally, I'd love to spend a few days in the parks with you, getting all sorts of facts as I enjoyed the rides. :D
YAAASS! That would be EPIC! ❤️
It is funny that you were saying that there are no goblins on Haunted Mansion, but behind you were some goblin-y sconces. Idk maybe there are goblins.
the animatronics on gran fiesta tour starring the three caballeros have actually taken a world tour, they started in florida on opening day at disney world in mickeys revue, and when that closed down they went to the same show in tokyo disneyland and then went in storage for a bit before returning to florida in 2015
my random fact is one time when i was very young i dropped my mom's credit card in a crack in the counter between it and the decoration at the photo booth at California Adventure and they pried the counter open to get it for me/my mom. Allegedly when we went back a few months later a cast member told us it was left torn open like that for a good half a month at least and no one knew why
If you ever go to Sugar Bowl Ski resort, this resort was a popular place Walt skied. A lot of the lifts and runs are named after Disney characters, and the employees all do the Disney thing and smile, a LOT. If you ever want a Disney like experience when skiing, look up Sugar Bowl resort, it's along hwy80 just before you get to Truckee (near Lake Tahoe)
This channel has always truly been my favorite Disney based channel. And it's videos like this that will always keep it my favorite
In the Carousel of Progress there is a statement about 2 brothers from North Carolina working on a flying machine (or something to that affect). The Wright brothers were not from North Carolina. Wilbur was born in Millville, Indiana, Orville in Dayton, Ohio. The bicycle shop where they worked was in Dayton and and they died in Dayton.
"did you know steve martin used to work in the main street magic shop??"
my dad tells me every time
I like this style of non-content. It's always fun seeing what makes people interested/annoyed on small relatively pointless scenes
Speaking of while there is no goblin ON the ride, there is 1 "goblin" technically there, Azalea, originally just concept art unused, but officially she's a ghost explosives lover so when she's throwing ghost bombs everywhere. it can hurt other ghosts and cursed items(ie the doombuggy) she's the official reason the ride breaks down. ergo if you've ever been stopped on haunted a goblin done got u good! I'll give you she looks nothing like a goblin, she looks like a 40 year old 4 foot lady who needs a shower and has chicken legs.
Okay first off every single one of those facts was amazing and I was very here for it. A little confused as to why you focused on the "goblins" lie and not the "999" lie 🤣🤣
HOWEVER!!! I would be THRILLED to have a Madame Leota paperweight!!! I already have her portrait in my classroom (my students read rough drafts to her to see if they sound right lol) so I think a Leota paperweight on my desk would fit right in!
This is what I'm like at the parks as well. My sister and her family want to plan a Disney trip and I can imagine myself sharing all kinds of useless trivia with them as we wait in line (much of it probably gleaned from your videos).
As for goblins in the Haunted Mansion, the gargoyles look kind of goblin-like - small, ugly humanoid creatures with pointy ears. Or if you consider gargoyles a separate type of creature, Madam Leota does call out to goblins in the seance room. They may be hiding in the shadows.
I always say "Useless Fact #?????" and just make up a number. One of my favorites.... Useless Disney Fact #325 - The animals on top of the Tiki Room in Walt Disney World are deer because they can be seen from Frontier Land. A deer would be the only animal that could be found in both "locations".
Fun fact, in the 1990's (do not know if it is still there) there was a secret lounge in spaceship Earth that only Employees of AT&T and their families could access. It had special merchandise for sale that only they could purchase, and free sodas as well! This was due to AT&T being the sponsor of spaceship Earth
Disney Fun Fact: There isn't 999 ghosts/goblins/ghouls in the Haunted Mansion the 1000th spirit was a contest winner, who has a tombstone in their name behind the keeper and his dog.
Random fact: At Disney World's Splash Mountain, out of the 6 Br'er Fox figures, only 3 have tails and none of them actually have ears!
Another random fact: The Angler Fish and Marlin figure in The Seas With Nemo and Friends has a completely different animation loop today than it had the first year or two that it opened. Most likely to reduce wear and tear, as it's initial animation was quite quick and snappy.
And another one: It's Tough to be a Bug, while having identical shows at Disneyland (when it was open) and Disney World, The animation of Hopper actually differed between the two versions!
So glad I know these random facts that have no effect on my life but can't remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday :)
To make the Casey junior train a bit more exhilarating the two sled parts of the train are originally from the carrousel they were just repurposed. Also sit in the back it’s more fun.
I was so thrown two weeks ago when I was on my honeymoon and went to WDW and saw all the new outfits in the last scene of the People Mover. The hair change gave it way but I kept second guessing if the outfits were different. Glad I was just that observant and it was actually changed
Madame Leota paperweight: $90 on eBay.
Invitation to 50th anniversary after party: Priceless.
The goblins in Haunted Mansion are obviously locked behind one of the doors in the “endless hallway” so they won’t escape and steal the treasure from POC!!! 😎
Haven't gone on Casey Jr?! What?! I used to love training on that ride. Sitting in the jump seat behind the driver, telling them what to do at certain spots, getting pelted in the face with hail while training in the rain, and derailing the train countless times. Fun times. Fun times indeed!
Ahhhhh! Chain Hill. If it weren't for this, the train would never make it UP there.
@@michaeltaylor1603 We always derailed it on that “S” turn once you got down the alps. LOL
The beginning of this video is...exactly how it is going anywhere with me that I love. And your hair...chef's kiss. 10/10.
expedition everest- the tall mountain in the middle isn’t everest, it’s actually the small one on the right (if you’re standing looking at it from the queue entrance) we never actually make it to everest (because of the broken tracks) that’s why it’s called expedition everest!
That's a fun one!!
Great video. Such a nice change from many of the other Disney focused channels. I very much appreciate the more rational (and funny) look at the parks and related trivia. It’s difficult for me to get excited when “facts” are presented in such a grandiose and absolute fashion that I have second guess everything I hear.
Pirates (fun FACT) The pirates in certain scenes where there are many are actually scaled "down" to be "optically correct" If you view them up close, they look more exaggerated. The women on the turn tables chasing the pirates their cleavage actually bounces (this effect was designed by Alice Davis, Marc Davis wife) Disney staff + their kids were used in some of the "AA" figures. Harriet Burns "hands" were used to go on some of the ladies "AA" figures. Bonus Pirates. The one in Paris has a drop midway through the ride because the 1967 From Pirates to Disneyland (Wonderful of Disney show) showed the ride through & 2nd drop was actually put just before the Yo Ho singing pirates. They wanted the ride to "pace" that way. The "story" is also told 'backwards' in Paris.
Please!! You must ride Casey Jr.! You’ll be delighted by the different perspective of Storybookland!
Furthermore, Thank you. You fooled us with the things we wouldn’t care about topic, knowing full well we we would care about every one!
Test Track 2 is one of those things where I can objectively and nostalgically agree with you. When I rode the first one I felt like I was in a public safety announcement. Test 2 has excitement and interaction!
Now please tell me where to get one of those mineral king patches from the last scene in Carousel of Progress!!!! PLEASE
I have two Disney Parks facts that nobody cares about. 1: Phantom Manor is the only version of the Haunted Mansion where you go in through the front door 2: if you stacked Cinderella Castle, Spaceship Earth, the Hollywood Tower Hotel and the Tree of Life on top of each other it would still be shorter than the Eiffel Tower
On Storybook canal during the Pinocchio scene, they have a miniature building named “Blue Whale inn”. However, in the movie canon it’s “Red Lobster inn”.
One of my favorite facts that nobody cares about relating to Disney attractions is that the King Arthur Carousel is a carousel and not a merry-go-round.
I've never thought of it as a merry-go-round... But what's the difference?
Related to the Hidden Mickey you showed at the Mark Twain dock...it is the only full body Hidden Mickey I believe anywhere. Also, when the B of A was in operation it was noted as the only bank that was open on Sunday.
Oh, and Casey Jr. was the first ride my son ever went on (at like 5 weeks old...yeah, we had a hard time waiting that long to bring him to Disneyland) so he makes up for you never having been on it.
My uncle has cerebral palsy, and when he was growing up, he had a service dog named Island. Somewhere in the early 80s, he and my mom's family went to Disney World, where Island was one of the first service dogs to enter the park. She served as a basis for how to accommodate visitors with disabilities.
I love that they left the talking animal heads from country bear jamboree on the Winnie the Pooh ride.
Same! I loved💕 CBJ as a kid!
Fun fact: You don't visit all the rooms in the Haunted Mansion. Perhaps there are goblins in there?
I would argue that there are several ghosts in the ballroom, including a few seated at the table and a chubby one on the chandelier, who were gobblin something.
More seriously, “goblin” has its roots in words referring to devils or demons, and you can’t tell me the raven with glowing eyes isn’t possessed.
Chief, YOU’RE the haunted mansion Goblin
My Disney fun fact nobody should care about but makes me extremely mad is that there is a hidden Mickey just “backstage” at Storybook Circus in Magic Kingdom behind Pete’s Silly Sideshow that would only be visible to guests if they wandered too far back past the charging stations tent and looked behind a rope like they’re not supposed to do. It’s literally blocked by a wall meaning only cast members can see it and the only one I’ve ever found care about it is me being angry with its existence because it’s a pointless hidden Mickey
As a glass collector I was excited to find out the current lamp is a Fenton. I need a life.
The first sound you hear in Fantasmic, that really long single tone, was created by stroking a violin bow against a vibraphone key.
The goblins are all the little kids going to the Haunted Mansion and the treasure they hoard is their imagination : )
Don't know about the being green part.
The ski resort patch makes sense since the daughter in Carousel of Progress is removing ski boots.
One could argue that the gargoyles in the haunted mansion are goblin..ish
Incidentally, it looks like the photo of the teller windows is when that location was for AP processing. You go into the park with a paper ticket and get your photo taken and swapped with a plastic card there.
usually i find it difficult to watch long videos but how u organise yr info makes yr videos really easy to binge
Walt’s personal chef who made him and his family their morning breakfast worked at carnation for over 50 years! Chef Andrew worked for him who now heads up 21 Royal
This was so good, please do more!
My fun Disney fact is I live in London love watching Disney history and park vids like yours, defunctland, Disney Dan, yesterworld etc, but have never been to a single park.
I think they’re interesting, informative and weirdly soothing? I think I just like learning about something I have no prior knowledge of? Saying that I’d pay good money to go to the original food exhibit sponsored by Kraft.. that was in Tomorrowland or Epcot I think? That’s my fave
Goblins aren't necessarily green or horde treasure. Look at the Goblins in Sleeping Beauty, there are a few that look remarkably like the Scones in the Stretching rooms. I would call those Goblins, for sure!
My Disney fact nobody else would care about. When the short lived Disney drop off center Pixar Play Zone opened the original dinner menu was pizza planet inspired and only offered pizza for the main course. Many sources including some from Disney spokespeople misreported that a cheeseburger was one of the options. A cheeseburger was never a meal option at PPZ. This was actually a cheeseburger pizza. Even after the menu was revised to include children's favorites such as mac and cheese and chicken nuggets the menu still did not contain a cheeseburger. This remained true until the closure of the center.
Offhand is my only UA-cam subscription that continues to make me laugh every video. love your stuff!
There are no goblins in the haunted mansion!
OMG at the end that jittery Lincoln - is it in this weird like superstore? My friends and I were driving somewhere and we had to stop to charge his car, and this place was this huge thing in the middle of nowhere, and it had a Ferris wheel and they had these weird president statues all around the 2nd floor, and yeah the Lincoln spoke, but none of the others had the option and as we killed time I was reading something about one of the other ones and OUT OF NOWHERE he started talking and my soul just about left my body. I did NOT know he'd start up, especially by himself - might have ben Jefferson, but I will always remember that places as one of the craziest jump scares in my life.
Maybe Walt's lamp uses the same light bulb from when he was alive? 🤷♂️