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when you think of the disney theme parks fun bright happy images probably fill your mind
but the happiest place on earth has a dark side over the decades many urban legends and myths
have been passed around but what's fact and what's fiction do some grim grinning ghosts
actually come out to socialize at disneyland is pirates of the caribbean home to real skeleton
remains and what really happened to walt disney cause some say he can be found at the theme parks
and we aren't talking about the partner statue well it's time to get a little spooky and get to
the bottom of all of this as we count down the top 7 disney urban legends and secrets
number 7 one attraction at walt disney world that's said to be home to real ghostly spirits
is pirates of the caribbean back in the 70s while the ride was being built a welder by the name of
george died inside while working on the ride some say he was crushed and others say he fell
either way the urban legend is that the ride is haunted by this construction worker
no one has ever seen george in person but it's said cast members have heard mysterious footsteps
gotten phone calls from an empty control room and have seen him show up on the ride monitors
apparently the burning town scene is where george's spirit lurks guests have said to feel a
chill around this part of the ride but in general i always find pirates a little extra chilly don't
you now apparently george is a nice ghost who just wants to be acknowledged but he has been known to
show his mischievous side at the beginning of each shift the cast members say good morning to
george over the pa and at the end of the day while powering down they also wish him a good night this
isn't a rule mandated by disney but a lot of cast members have kept the tradition going if
they forget to say good morning or good night to george it's said the ride will encounter problems
and could break down or malfunction attention your voice has been temporarily delayed please
remain seated in your boat as it may begin moving at any time this ride is weird with the lights
could this be the real reason behind some of those animatronic malfunctions we've shown
who knows it's also believed that if guests say they don't believe in george while they're on the
ride they'll experience an extended breakdown now who knows if all this is really true
but have you ever encountered george on pirates of the caribbean let me know below
number six a popular disney urban legend is that walt disney was cryogenically frozen and is buried
under certain locations at disneyland the most common location talked about is under pirates
of the caribbean another is under the partner statue and beneath sleeping beauty castle has
also been brought up it was even rumored that his frozen body or some stories even say his head
was dug up from california and shipped to florida to be placed under cinderella castle well we can
put your mind at ease because none of this is true and the urban legends are completely false
walt was never frozen in any way and is not buried under anything at any disney theme park
that's right when walt passed away on december 6 1966 he was cremated just a couple days later
january 12th 1967 was the first time someone was cryogenically frozen and it wasn't walt disney so
how did the story gain steam well it all started back in 1969 when the rumor was first briefly
mentioned in a french magazine called isi pedi then in 1972 the president of the cryonics society
of california spoke with the l.a times he said 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 legend has continued to spread and
a lot of people still really want to believe it's true walt was a legendary man and i don't know
about you but i'm glad there's no frozen bodies buried at disney whether it's walt's body or not
number five over 10 years ago you may have remembered footage of ghosts at disneyland
surfacing online these were some chilling
images they included a ghost being caught on top of the castle during fireworks
a ghost known as mr oneway getting into a space mountain train
two separate ghost caught during a maintenance check on tower of terror
one ghost by the snow white fountain and the most mind-blowing this multi-angle security cam footage
at haunted mansion this is proof that these ghosts actually exist right i mean it has to be well 2020
has been full of many surprises where literally anything can happen including debunking the ghost
sighting videos and it turns out they were just a marketing ploy for disneyland back in june of 2020
writer and director christopher cantwell tweeted that he worked for disney creating videos for a
variety of different departments this included creating these ghost videos filmed over the
course of one full night they dressed a stuntman in white then layered him over the clean footage
with visual effects this gave us the disneyland ghost sightings the firework ghost was placed
on a crane behind the castle and they shot the haunted mansion ghosts from the roof of pirates
i mean these videos are pretty convincing especially how the space mountain and haunted
mansion footage was released as if a cast member was just filming the surveillance cameras it's
really clever the first time i saw these videos years ago they gave me chills and even though
they've been debunked they're still convincing enough to give you a little spook these ghosts
might not be real but maybe just one day someone will catch a real ghost on camera at disneyland
number four it's commonly known that walt had a small 500 square foot apartment on the second
floor of the firehouse over at disneyland on top of the garage you'll see a window
and through the glass you'll notice a lamp and it's actually kept on every single day
you see 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 that he was in the park
the common story told about the lamp is that after walt passed away they kept the light
on to keep his presence alive well there's an urban legend surrounding the lamp which involves
walt disney's ghost 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 and when she went back down to the
park it was mysteriously on again it's even said that when she went back into the apartment to
turn the light off again she actually saw the light turn on by itself and heard a voice say
i'm still here since that day they just chose to always keep the light on as a tribute to walt it's
still believed that even to this day walt's spirit lives in the firehouse cast members have reported
sounds of footsteps coming from the apartment and even the curtains have moved on their own could
the curtains moving be walt disney trying to get a closer look into the park i guess we'll never know
number three now we've talked about quite a few ghost stories so far and since debunking
the disneyland ghost videos the remainder of them remain urban legends well if you want a
dose of some hidden ghostly disney magic then you just need to head to the haunted mansion at magic
kingdom in walt disney world just don't go too far because these ghostly spirits gather outside
once the sun goes down the mansion windows are all illuminated and in some of them you'll see the
flicker of candlelight if you keep a watchful eye you may spot some ghosts lurking in the distance
silhouettes of some of the 999 happy haunts walk by the windows from time to time like
right here there's four different windows on the mansion where the ghosts are visible i mean these
are gonna be the most confirmed ghost sightings you'll ever encounter at a disney theme park
number two disneyland's pirates of the caribbean opened in march of 1967 and it was an immediate
smash hit at the beginning of the ride you plunge into the grotto known as dead man's cove
where you'll find a variety of scenes featuring pirate skeletons guarding their treasure
well in 1967 when the ride was built imagineers didn't think the fake skeletons at the time were
convincing enough so they purchased real ones from the ucla medical center to use in the ride
as time went on technology advanced and they began to replace the real skeletons with artificial
props it's said that all the skeletons were replaced or at least that's the story they've
gone with the common urban legend and myth is that not all of the skeletons today are fake
and a real human skull can be found on pirates of the caribbean the one that's commonly known
as being real is the skull on the headboard in the treasure room here is the original skull
taken in 1968 with the skull seen today beside it when i overlay the two images they do match up
really well and it even looks like this tooth here has began to decay from its age with its brownish
color it could very well be a sign of natural decay especially when you compare it to the
white color of the skeleton in the bed which is currently known as being artificial now according
to an episode of the ears up podcast from 2013 one of their contacts at disneyland said the skull
isn't the only real piece of bone left over as you make your way through dead man's cove the pirate
on the right hand side on the ground beside the crab is said to be made up of pieces from a few
different real skeletons the pirate standing up with the sword through his chest well apparently
he has parts of him that are still real mainly his rib cage you can see here how it's crushed
beginning to decay and it looks like the bones are being held by metal wires i would totally believe
this ribcage was real because after countless refurbishments disney has had the opportunity
to just replace this crumbling skeleton with another artificial piece i'm sure the disposal
of real bones would be a more complicated process which could be why disney has just kept them at
this point countless people are convinced this urban legend of leftover skeletons on pirates
is not true but i don't know some of this evidence really makes sense now what do you think
number one the haunted mansion may be home to a lot more than the 999 happy haunts and that's
because it's the most popular place for people to sprinkle the ashes of loved ones now you might be
saying you're kidding right no this is a very real thing that happens almost once a month or at least
it's caught once a month by a cast member but i'm sure there's many other instances where it goes
unnoticed for years this was just believed to be an urban legend but true confirmation came in 2018
when the wall street journal published an article about this very subject they spoke with guests who
have sprinkled family members ashes at disneyland and walt disney world plus former custodial cast
members disney has many different cleanup codes and the code for cremated ashes is a hepa cleanup
in this case a custodial cast member needs to vacuum up the ash residue with a hepa filter
ensuring there's no threat to other guests in the article from the wall street journal
one disneyland custodial cast member said the haunted mansion probably has so much human ashes
in it it's not even funny disney has come out to say that sprinkling ashes is strictly prohibited
and if you're caught you will be escorted off the property if this is something you thought of
doing you may want to give it a second thought so have you ever heard of any of these disney
urban legends and myths what are your thoughts on them i'd love to know leave a comment down
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