welcome to TPM vid's this may be where
we talk about all things Disney Walt
Disney World is a world unlike any other
and is often described as a magical
place this notion really rings true when
you walk into any of the Disney parks
pretty much you're walking into the
biggest theatre ever and with every step
you take you're onstage experiencing
this one-of-a-kind show it's fitting
since Disney calls their employees cast
members to make the Disney Park
experience so perfect and magical
there's some things that go on behind
the scenes that you wouldn't necessarily
think of and as the saying goes things
aren't always as they appear
there's many details and facts that the
average Disney guests wouldn't catch on
to which is a good thing since Disney
proudly prefers that these things are as
seamless as possible to create the most
immersive experience for the guests but
today we're gonna shed some light on
some interesting facts about Walt Disney
World and share some secrets with you so
here are the top ten walt disney world
secrets and facts number ten the
American flag at the Magic Kingdom Main
Street is the first official land guests
walk into its own to a train station
City Hall firehouse and about a dozen or
so American flags everything you'd
expect for a small town that's modeled
after 20th century America but the
American flags technically aren't
American see the flags on Main Street
are up permanently they're part of the
set dressing that makes up Main Street
but if you're familiar with the American
flag code you'd know that regulations
require that traditional flags need to
be raised lowered and flown at half-mast
but if Disney has east flags up
permanently how do they get away with it
well when we said the flags aren't
technically American we meant it because
any flag used on Main Street - the big
American flag that flies in Town Square
is missing stars or stripes so they can
stay up here
Disney wants to make sure that each
guest that walks through the turnstiles
has the exact same experience one day to
the next and another little fun fact is
that these flagpoles also double as
lightning rods to protect guests from
inclement weather number nine dark water
if you're sitting by the rivers of
America or taking a ride on the Jungle
Cruise you might think to yourself ill
this water looks dirty well that's that
on purpose and it's all part of the show
Disney purposely dyes their water a
greenish brownish color to preserve a
little bit of that Disney magic the
colored water allows for Disney to hide
elements it doesn't want its guests to
see like animatronics on the Jungle
Cruise or boat tracks most of the boats
at Disney like the Liberty Square
riverboat or even the Jungle Cruise
boats run on a track and aren't actually
being driven by a cast member the
colored water keeps this illusion of
life it also gives the perception that
these bodies of water are really deep
since you can't see the bottom but
that's not the case at all either most
of the bodies of water in the parks are
very shallow and at the most are only
about five feet deep number eight forced
perspective remember how we said things
aren't always what they appear to be
well that's true about Cinderella Castle
it took Disney 18 months to build this
189 foot centerpiece which is tall
enough to be seen from outside the park
and from the monorail but just less than
200 feet which would have required a
blinking red light on top of the castle
to warn low-flying aircrafts Disney
thought this would ruin the magic so
they built under the maximum Florida
Code but you're probably thinking the
castle looks much taller than 189 feet
probably more like 300 feet well this is
thanks to forced perspective and this
technique gets used a lot by Disney and
its theme parks at higher elevations
the castles proportions to full scale
are reduced when looking at things such
as stones windows and doors a brick at
guest level is much larger than the
bricks on the top level well actually
they aren't even bricks doesn't he use
the mixture of fiberglass and plastic
to create the appearance and look of
stone and brick could have fooled us
number seven the second floor did you
know that the Magic Kingdom is actually
built on the second and third floors of
the park yup you're not standing on
ground level when you walk through the
Magic Kingdom to approach the park you
need to either take the ferry across or
the monorail around the man-made seven
seas Lagoon when Walt Disney World was
being built all the soil and dirt dug up
from the seven seas Lagoon was used to
build up the land on top of the utili
tours raising the Magic Kingdom
approximately fourteen feet off the
ground so as you walk into the park
starting from the boat dock to the train
station the incline is so gradual that
no guests would ever know that they were
ascending floors now most of the park is
built on the second floor with only some
parts of Fantasyland and Cinderella
Castle being built on the third number
six
go away green beyond all the magic there
are some things Disney doesn't want you
to notice so they paint structures
buildings fences construction walls and
anything else they don't want to stand
out to guests a shade of green refer to
as go away green this cross between grey
and green is a color Disney uses to help
blend these buildings and structures in
with the landscaping around the park now
yes Disney is magical but it doesn't
make things completely disappear instead
the green really just makes things
easier to ignore and not notice and
frankly it actually works
number five watch where you step one
thing that really makes Disney theme
parks stand out from other theme parks
across the country is their attention to
detail everything from landscaping to
ride facades down to the sidewalks you
step on yup Disney puts a lot of thought
and detail into everything if you've
ever noticed the walkways around Town
Square and the sidewalks to the right
and left of Main Street are painted red
this was done because Walt Disney wanted
all of the
guess to get the red-carpet treatment so
the red walkways signify the red carpet
being rolled out for each guest that
walks through the park and as you walk
from land to land the walkway color
changes to match the vibe and theme of
the new land you've just walked into
next time you're at the park take a look
down at the ground just try not to run
into scooters and strollers and you'll
see this detail really no detail is
overlooked like in Liberty Square which
is set in colonial America and
revolutionary times there is no indoor
plumbing so many people will take their
waste and dump it from their windows
into the streets the brown wavy path
that runs down the middle of the walkway
in this land represents the sewage you'd
find running down the streets it's kind
of gross when you think about it but at
least this waste doesn't smell and is a
great detail that makes Liberty Square
even more authentic and speaking of
authentic there are no public restrooms
in Liberty Square since they wouldn't
have had them in colonial America and if
you don't believe us next time you're in
the park try looking for the restroom
you'll probably need to visit a
neighboring land if you actually have to
go
number four Disney trash and we aren't
referring to people we mean the actual
trash well
the trash cans to be exact at Walt
Disney World you never have to walk more
than 30 steps to reach a trash can
that's right there's a trash can every
30 steps and sometimes even less Walt
Disney thought of everything when
designing his steam pipes heated
research to calculate how many steps
people would take while holding onto a
piece of trash before dropping it on the
ground the number he came up with was 30
so trash cans at the parks were placed
approximately 30 feet apart
so next time you're at a park holding a
piece of trash don't litter because a
trash can is only a few steps away
glitter bleep number three is the key
situations if you've ever tried buying
gum at Walt Disney World
you'd know it's physically impossible
because gum isn't sold anywhere on the
resort
this is done so guests visiting the park
don't step in gum thrown on the walkways
and rides now guests can still bring
their own gum into the park so you might
find some on the floor bite the Disney
custodial staff is generally pretty
quick at cleaning it up so next time you
visit your local theme park take a look
at how much gum is on their walkways and
rides and then compare it to the magical
walkways and Ryan's at Walt Disney World
there should be a difference number two
the underground tunnels so there's a
series of underground tunnels at the
Magic Kingdom and before when we
mentioned that the park is on the second
and third floors the tunnels are
actually the first floor of the park one
day Walt Disney saw Disneyland cast
member from Frontierland walking through
Tomorrowland and thought that this
ruined the magic so when designing Walt
Disney World in Florida he made sure
that this would never happen again
and an underground tunnel system known
as utilities short for utility corridors
was built which allows cast members to
easily get to different parts of the
park without ruining any magic the
utilities also house things like waste
removal electrical operations cast
member services including rehearsal
rooms and cafeterias and storage
warehouses the tunnels are in an octagon
shape with a central corridor running
straight down the middle from Cinderella
Castle to the front of Main Street now
not all of the Magic Kingdom has tunnels
under it this map overlay shows exactly
where the tunnels are pretty cool though
huh number one smell it sirs have you
ever walked down Main Street and noticed
that fresh-baked cookie smell or the
salty sea air and the queue for Pirates
of the Caribbean or the peppermint smell
around the confectionary shop invented
at Walt Disney World by Imagineer Bob
McCarthy the smell at sir can blow
scents in strategic locations to match
the surroundings it's been said that
they no longer use the smell answers on
Main Street at Disney World but anything
smelt in Pirates of the Caribbean or
spaceship earth definitely still uses
this technology so next time you're at a
Disney park and you smell
something really good it might be real
or it might be the smell answers hard at
work so which of these facts did you
find most interesting let us know down
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