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California is known as Walt Park in 1923
with a suitcase and a dream Walt Disney
moved to California where he became a
pioneer in the animation and movie
business now Walt was a visionary man
and by 1950 he was ready to try
something new and venture into theme
parks he was a kid at heart and on July
17 1955 his dream became a reality with
the opening of Disneyland this magical
place that everyone regardless of age
could enjoy that's right Walt himself
was very involved in the entire process
of bringing Disneyland to life going to
the park every day during the
construction process even though Walt
Disney may be gone his spirit still
lives on at the park there's many
tributes and hidden details pertaining
to Walt all around Disneyland and after
six decades of operation well there's
also some myths that have circulated as
well so today while looking at the
history of Walt Disney and the theme
park we're gonna be counting down the
top 7 Walt Disney hidden secrets and
myths at Disneyland number 7 the first
hidden Walt Disney tribute takes us into
the wacky cartoon world of toontown now
the windows on Main Street are used as a
way to honor the men and women who've
helped build up Disneyland this also
includes Walt Disney whose name can be
found on the door to the casting agency
well in toontown the window tradition
was continued but they just honored
cartoon characters with the exception of
one made for Walt Disney the only human
allowed into Mickey's Toontown above the
library you'll find two windows with
laughing Ram films Inc
the bottom portion of the right window
has w/e Disney directing animator w/e
standing for Walter Elias Disney before
the success of Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney had another studio venture
called The Laughing Ram films which was
founded in 1921 the studio was based out
of Kansas City Missouri where Walt along
with a team of talented artists produced
various short animated cartoons
unfortunately laugh-o-gram films didn't
last too long and went bankrupt in 1923
and that's what prompted Walt's moved to
California even though Mickey Mouse
wasn't conceived until 1928 the
character was inspired by a little mouse
at the laugh-o-gram film office in the
wastebasket by Walt's desk he found a
little brown timid mouse so he placed it
in a wire cage and kept it as a pet on
his desk later in 1928 when Walt asked a
B works to come up with a new character
he remembered that cute little rodent
from Kansas City and Mickey Mouse was
born number 6 Walt Disney's speech on
opening day at Disneyland is pretty
iconic happy place welcome
Disneyland is your land here age relives
fond memories of the past and here youth
may savor the challenge and promise of
the future Disneyland is dedicated to
the ideals the dreams and the hard facts
that have created America with the hope
that it will be a source of joy and
inspiration to all the world thank you
now have you ever been in New Orleans
Square and heard this clicking sound
coming from the telegraph cable office
well that clicking sound is a message in
Morse code which would have been used in
the 19th century the era New Orleans
Square said in the message is about a
minute long and it's actually an excerpt
of Walt Disney's opening day Disneyland
speech it says to all who come to Disney
welcome here age relives memories and
here you may favor the ballon compromise
of the beauty now another fun hidden
Walt Disney tribute in New Orleans
square can be found on this railing
above the Royal Street veranda if you
have a keen eye
yo Lake ale Walt Disney's initials along
with his brother Roy's initials right in
the center of these railings these have
been here since New Orleans square
opened in 1966 and they act as another
reminder of the men responsible for
dreaming up Disneyland number 5
Disneyland was once just an idea that
Walt Disney dreamt up and that dream
happened in a very specific place at the
entrance of great moments with mr.
Lincoln he'll find a bench hidden in the
doorway well this is where Walt Disney
dreamt up Disneyland on the weekends
Walt will take his daughters to the
merry-go-round at Griffith Park he sat
on this bench while they rode the
merry-go-round and thought to himself
that some kind of amusement enterprise
should be built where the parents and
children could have fun together
now before this grand idea we know today
as Disneyland Walt's original idea was
called the Mickey Mouse Park it was to
be built at the Disney Studios in
Burbank California the park was small
and only about 8 acres but as the dream
grew Walt Disney decided that they
needed a much larger space so in 1953
the Walt Disney Company purchased a
160-acre parcel of land and Anaheim
construction began in 1954 and
Disneyland was opened on July 17 1955
number four over in Town Square you can
find the Disneyland firehouse and it's
commonly known that Walt Disney had a
small 500 square foot apartment on the
second floor now you may have noticed a
lamp in the front window and it's
actually kept shining every day when
Walt Disney would stay in the apartment
he used to turn this light on and it
became a way to let guests and cast
members know
he was in the park after Walt passed
away they kept the light on to keep his
presence alive and this is the common
story told about the lamp the only time
the lamp isn't seen is during the
Christmas season when a Christmas tree
takes his place well the myth
surrounding the Schlampe goes a little
something like this
shortly after Walt passed a custodial
cast member was cleaning the apartment
she turned the lamp off went down to the
park and then noticed it was still on
she thought she just forgot to turn it
off so she went back up turned the light
off again and when she went back down to
the park it was mysteriously on again
it's even said that when she went back
up into the apartment to turn the light
off again she actually saw the light
turn on by itself since that day they
just chose to always keep the light on
as a tribute to Walt either way both
stories end with the light staying on to
honor Walt Disney but which one do you
think is true comment below
number 3 the partner statue can be found
in the hub with Sleeping Beauty Castle
as the backdrop carved by Imagineer
Blaine Gibson this copper statue of Walt
Disney and Mickey Mouse was added in
November of 1993 and it stands 6 feet 5
inches tall it's actually 7 inches
taller than Walt's actual height back in
the early 1960s
Gibson created a bust of Walt Disney so
by using that as a model he spent a year
sculpting the partner statue to make
sure it was just right when you take a
really close look you'll notice many
small details that really capture the
essence of Walt Disney the partner
statue at Disneyland in California was
the first to debut but today there's
currently 5 statues in total which
include one in the hub of Magic Kingdom
at Walt Disney World and one at Tokyo
Disneyland on each of these statues
there's two hidden details that many
people seem to overlook if you take a
look at Walt's hand pointing down Main
Street USA
ring on his finger it's an Irish
Claddagh ring that Walt's wife Lillian
bought for him on a trip they took to
Ireland and Walt actually wore this ring
every single day he may have also
noticed something engraved on Walt's tie
well that says STR which stands for
smoke tree ranch it was Walt's vacation
home in Palm Springs the partner statue
acts as the perfect reminder of Walt
Disney the man responsible for the
magical place that's Disneyland
number two Sleeping Beauty Castle is the
centerpiece of Disneyland and if you
take a look up at the Castle archway
you'll find a crest with a triple set of
lions well what a lot of people don't
know is that this here is the Disney
family crest and it was added to the
castle in 1960 something else that was
added to the castle later on was this
chandelier clock in 1996 during a castle
refurb you may have noticed it as you're
walking through the castle from
Fantasyland towards the hub and there's
been a longtime myth surrounding this
chandelier if you watch the clock you'll
realize it doesn't actually work and
that the time is just frozen
the commonly talked about myth is that
this clock marks the time that Walt
Disney passed away well Walt Disney
passed away on December 15th at 9:35
a.m. and without even knowing which hand
marks the minute or hour both are
nowhere close to being 935 so obviously
it's safe to say that this myth is
busted but what exactly does the time
represent then well it actually
represents nothing of importance
according to a Disney Parks blog post
when the chandelier clock was installed
in 1996 it actually never worked in the
first place over the years the clock has
been set on different times but none of
them have had any significance so the
big moral of this story is to never rely
on the broken clock to tell you the
current time or any significant time
from the past
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number one one of the most popular
Disney myths is that Walt Disney was
cryogenically frozen and was buried
under certain locations at Disneyland
the most common location talked about is
under Pirates of the Caribbean
another is under the partner statue
beneath Sleeping Beauty Castle has also
been brought up and even under
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom in
Florida well and none of this is true
and the myths are completely false right
Walt was never frozen and is not under
anything at a Disney theme park when he
passed he was cremated just a couple of
days later January 12th 1967 was the
first time someone was cryogenically
frozen and it wasn't Walt Disney so how
did this myth gain steam
well it all started back in 1969 when
the rumor was first briefly mentioned in
a french magazine called ici petit then
in 1972 the president of the cryonics
Society of California spoke with the LA
Times
he said that Walt Disney showed interest
in being frozen but he did confirm he
wasn't actually frozen he said the truth
is Walt missed out he never specified it
in writing Disney's family denied that
even this quote was true and Walt's
daughter Diane said there is absolutely
no truth to the rumor that my father
Walt Disney wished to be frozen I doubt
that my father had ever heard of
cryonics over the years the myth has
continued to spread a lot of people
still really want to believe it's true
Walt may be gone but he is not frozen he
was a legendary man and his legacy does
live throughout all of Disneyland so
that any of these Walt Disney myths and
hidden secrets at Disneyland surprise
you have you ever heard or noticed any
of them I'd love to know leave a comment
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