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magic kingdom at walt disney world has dozens of rides and attractions
there's plenty of disney magic to experience which includes many hidden details and secrets
a lot you may have never noticed like what's hidden in every scene on carousella progress
or what the secret connection is between pirates of the caribbean and the haunted mansion and what
does the splash mountain gopher really say well we'll show you all these secrets plus many more
so sit back as we count down the top 10 hidden secrets on disney world rides
number 10. tomorrowland space mountain was the very first space mountain built in any
of the disney theme parks as you enter the indoor queue you're immediately welcomed into starport 75
your gateway to the galaxies well the 75 actually represents the year space mountain
opened which was in 1975 but the real secret can be found hidden on the message board to the right
near the top you'll see a header that reads active earth stations and this is a little hidden nod to
the five space mountains around the world the tomorrowland station mk-1 is obviously here at
magic kingdom then the tl space station 77 is disneyland space mountain in california which
opened in 1977. next we have discovery landing station paris which is obviously disneyland paris
and that opened in 1995. next is a shida based tokyo for tokyo disneyland which opened in 1983
then hk spaceport e ticket at hong kong disneyland which opened in 2005.
number nine moving into adventureland pirates of the caribbean is no stranger to skeletons
especially here in dead men's cove well what if i told you there's a hidden skull somewhere
around the scene well you see those pile of rocks when they're viewed from the right angle which in
this case is straight on they actually make up a skull what's known as a perspective sculpture the
individual rocks create this really cool optical illusion this is one hidden detail that seems to
be overlooked by a lot of people but once you know it's there it's really hard to unsee this one now
disney's known for incorporating some pretty cool optical illusions in their rides and attractions
but i think this one is the only perspective sculpture can you think of any more well sit
on that because while we're here on pirates of the caribbean let's head into number 8 to look
at another hidden detail so as you approach the end of the ride past the jail scene
you'll encounter captain jack sparrow sitting on his throne well did you know that this chair
has ties to the haunted mansion well not that haunted mansion but the 2003 film adaptation
of the haunted mansion featuring eddie murphy i always forget this film is a thing it seems like
a lot of people do right well in the film jim and his family enter the mansion then
master gracie seats them at the dining room table while the chair that captain jack sparrow sits on
at the end of the ride is one of the very same chairs seen in the dining room scene
it made its debut on pirates of the caribbean when disney refurbed the ride in 2006 to add
captain jack sparrow they just repainted and slightly modified the upper portion of the chair
mainly this part right here where they removed the lion and added the crest
but they still kept the lion on the armrests disneyland's version of the ride also features
another one of the haunted mansion dining room chairs it's a fun little hidden secret of some
classic disney recycling tying together the pirates with the 999 happy hunts
number seven as you're flying off into neverland on peter pan's flight the ride recreates many
memorable scenes from the 1953 film including mermaid lagoon now if you look closely you'll
notice a very familiar disney mermaid ariel from the little mermaid can be seen right in mermaid
lagoon along with other mermaids from peter pan when the little mermaid was released in
1989 people began to speculate that one of the mermaids looked a lot like ariel originally this
is what she used to look like and looking at the scene from the movie it appears to be this
mermaid right here it's also believed that she's ariel's mother well when peter pan's flight went
through a refurb in the 1990s imagineering painted her shells purple and gave her a bright red wig
ever since then the legend is true and ariel has been hiding right in peter pan's flight all along
number six it's always a great big beautiful tomorrow at the carousel of progress where you can
find many animatronic animals like the family dog rover now what if i told you the family had even
more animals and there's a cat hidden in one of the turntable scenes of every act it's a perfect
hidden secret and before i show you where the cats are off the top of your head can you picture any
of them in the show well here in act 1 it's a pretty obvious one to spot so that's the egypt
this little guy can be found watching james look through that stereoscope
and you put that away before your mother finds now the catanac 2 becomes a bit more difficult to spot
it's on the left-hand side turntable in the scene with james and grandpa
it can be found on the floor right here now act 3 is where it becomes really
tricky you'll probably be looking for an animatronic cat but this one comes in
porcelain form do you see it it's right here on the shelf actually it looks like there's two
then in act four this one is really easy to spot but it's right here in the center
by grandma so next time you're on carousel of progress keep an eye out for all the hidden cats
number five the liberty square riverboat isn't as popular as other magic kingdom rides but i do
love a trip around the rivers of america so let's hop on the liberty bell and i'll show you one of
my favorite hidden secrets we're gonna head up to the second floor where in the center of the deck
there's this little private room it has these comfy benches with artifacts and pictures that
date back to america in the 17 and 1800s well one of the items you'll see on the wall is the 1812
novel the swiss family robinson the same swiss family robinson that inspired the swiss family
robinson treehouse over in adventureland now it was actually a german novel and the english
translation was first released in america around 1851 the story went on to inspire a lot of film
and television including disney's adaptation of the story which then inspired the attraction
number four splash mountain lets us follow the adventures of brare rabbit to find his lap in
place now dozens of audio animatronics bring this story to life through a variety of different show
scenes when your log finds its way into the laugh and play scene you'll see many animatronics along
the right hand side but be sure to look up to catch this gopher on the ceiling
now sure this guy is sort of hidden but the hidden secret is what he says take a listen
it might sound like a high-pitched sneeze but this gopher is actually saying fsu the acronym
for florida state university one of the imagineers who worked on splash mountain graduated from fsu
and this was a way to pay tribute to their alma mater now once you pass this little guy
and head up the lift hill you can find one of my favorite hidden mickeys it's not a traditional
hidden mickey but the rocks right here form the silhouette of a side profile of mickey mouse
how cute is that now have you ever noticed this one leave a comment below
number three so it's called mickey's fill her magic but we all know the real star
is donald duck since 1985 tony and selmo has been doing the voice of donald duck
he preceded disney legend clarence nash who was the original voice of donald for over
50 years but when director george scribner was developing the attraction he wanted to
pay tribute to clarence nash so a majority of donald's dialogue in the film was actually taken
directly from the archival voice recordings of donald dialogue over the course of 50 years
tony and selmo only recorded five new lines so in mickey's fill her magic donald is voiced by
both voice actors see if you can tell next time which lines were recorded by who
something like donald humming be our guest was recorded by tony and selmo
but him saying who did that
definitely came from the archives
and speaking of the archives disney also used an archival line for lumiere originally be our
guest in the animated feature film beauty and the beast was supposed to be sung to maurice bell's
father it was later changed to belle but they had already recorded the song sung to maurice
so at the end of the song in philharmagic they used the original lyric but for now sir eat
it's a fun little bit of disney film history hidden right in mickey's fill her magic
number two frontierland's big thunder mountain is a classic after you've conquered the wildest
ride in the wilderness you're gonna want to keep your eyes peeled for a little hidden
secret at the ride's exit now we've all heard of hidden mickeys like we just talked about before
but have you ever heard of a hidden tinkerbell well as you exit the ride there's these set of
rocks on the left hand side they look like ordinary rocks with nothing to hide well
if you look right here there's what appears to be a crack in the rock but when we switch to this
angle directly in front you can see it looks like a silhouette of a side profile of tinkerbell now
some may not buy that this is in fact tinkerbell but you have to remember that in the early days of
the walt disney company tinkerbell was used just as much as mickey mouse if not more this could
just be a coincidence that the crack in the rock looks like tink but let's be serious is anything
in a disney park really just a coincidence i don't know i don't think so what do you think
number one before we could rack up points on buzz lightyear space ranger spin
this space in tomorrowland was previously home to delta dream flight
now here inside the ride there's a lot going on but there is still one little hidden nod to
the former attraction once you enter the second room you're going to want to find these little
chickens on the right hand side or maybe they're roosters either way these yellow neon birds are
figures from the former attraction that were recycled into buzz lightyear space ranger spin
it's not the best footage but the original birds appear to have been right here also on the right
hand side notice the same mechanical movement and they just received a new paint job it's always
really fun when imagineers leave us these little hidden reminders of the past so next time you're
on buzz lightyear space ranger spin keep your eyes peeled for these delta dream flight birds
so what's your favorite walt disney world hidden secret i'd love to know leave a comment down below
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