there are a ton of disney stories and facts that we'd love to make into a video that
we just can't most of the time they're either too short or too irrelevant to what we're trying to
create but considering that there are thousands of these we thought why not just put most of them
together into a video so that's exactly what we're doing starting now walt disney world
has chicken pens located strategically around its land now these are not for eating but are in fact
used to monitor for mosquito-borne diseases to prevent the outbreak of life-threatening illnesses
hong kong disneyland did not make a profit until seven years after it opened splash mountain was
originally going to be known as zippity-d riverrun however michael eisner wanted to instead name the
attraction after the hit tom hanks and daryl hannah film splash and thus splash mountain was
born despite having nothing to do with the film at disneyland there is a piece of petrified wood
believed to be up to 70 million years old that was purchased by walt disney in 1956 and was given to
lily and disney as a wedding anniversary gift mrs disney then passed this gift on to disneyland in
1957 reportedly saying that the tree was too large for the mantle at home the disney park's
rice krispie treat on a stick contains 30 more calories than a mcdonald's cheeseburger originally
tokyo disneyland and disneysea were forbidden to advertise outside of japan as they are the
only theme parks that are licensed by the disney company instead of them having a direct stake in
the business if pirates of the caribbean requires an evacuation and it is deemed unsafe to move the
boats automatically then cast members are required to wade the water and move the boats manually to
safe dispatch areas this requires so many cast members that any person working in the park at
the time who is trained in this role is required to leave their post if it is safe to do so and
assist in the evacuation in 2015 disneyland kicked off their 60th anniversary with a 24-hour party
from 6am friday to 6am saturday the event was an absolute mess with guests getting into fights
crowds outside of disney's control and people sleeping in the park that made the local news
disney has not done another 24-hour event since at disneyland tinkerbell
is often launched from the matterhorn on a zipline to a location backstage during the fireworks in
the past the zipline didn't offer a sophisticated stopping mechanism and instead there was a group
of cast members waiting to catch the actor or actress with a mattress to slow them down and
yes you heard that correctly tinkerbell isn't always played by a woman from that
distance it's mostly the size that counts in the role a lot of the flagpoles in the parks
have fake flags on them and these are reserved as lightning rods the dominguez palm is the tallest
tree in adventureland and is 60 years older than disneyland itself having stood in that
exact position since 1896 when the original land owner ron dominguez sold his orange farm to disney
he asked if walt would save this tree as it was planted as a wedding gift to ron's grandparents
walt didn't just save the tree he built the entirety of adventureland around it
at almost all times of the day disney theme parks are populated by cast members divided
into three shifts first shift operates in the mornings second shifts operates in the evenings
and third shift operates when the park closes they do the nightly maintenance cleaning and repairs as
the park gets ready for another day of gas where first shift will take back over almost all disney
theme parks have a squad of plane clothes security officers who secretly monitor the theme park
likely if you see a lone gentleman covered head to toe in disney gear wearing sunglasses just kind of
looking around and chances are they may be an undercover security guard but probably don't
bother them just in case the windows on main street have names in them that represent key
influential figures to the parks that they're presented with in within the pirates of the
caribbean queue at the magic kingdom there are two skeletons playing chess in a dungeon their game is
at a stalemate the most expensive room on a disney cruise is the upcoming two-story wish tower suite
aboard the disney wish cruise ship located in one of the cruise ship funnels this 1966 square
foot penthouse will set you back almost 21 000 us dollars for two adults aboard a three-night
sailing from port canaveral the tower of terror at hollywood studios is designed to match up with the
facade of morocco of epcot when looking at it across world showcase lagoon push the talk in
trash can was a remotely controlled trash can that wandered around tomorrowland in several disney
theme parks instead of being controlled from a central location like you might think it would be
it was actually operated by a cast member in plain clothes with one hand in a duffel bag
which controlled the trash cans movement where they discreetly talk into a microphone with their
other hand whilst pretending to scratch their face the r2d2 that currently roams around galaxy's
edge today works in the exact same way above test track and most other pavilions at epcot sponsored
by a corporation there is a vip lounge exclusive to that corporate sponsors employees and retirees
at disneyland near the castle over to the right is a wishing well with statues of snow white and the
seven dwarves these were a gift to walt disney for the theme park but each statue was made at
the same height including snow white well to fix this walt had the statues arranged at angles that
created the illusion that snow white was larger than the dwarves despite not being larger than
the dwarves epcot is the only disney theme park that has a second entrance that isn't
attached to a hotel above new orleans square at disneyland are boat sales that can extend above
the facade this is to give the illusion that the area is larger than it actually is despite these
sails literally just being bolted to the roof it gives that illusion that beyond those buildings
is the sea splash mountains mountain is called chicopen hill you used to be able to scuba dive
in the seas pavilion at epcot in an experience called divequest which costs 179 us dollars per
person there are a ton of weird and interesting activities that you can do like this around walt
disney world disneyland and knott's berry farm just down the road have always had a friendly
rivalry with each other but one piece of knots history actually exists within disneyland the
frontierland entrance to galaxy's edge features an old abandoned stagecoach and if you look careful
printed on it is wilderness expeditions and delivery services clearly being a reference
to wd enterprises and walter elias disney but if you look closely though you'll notice that the w
in wilderness looks strangely similar to the knott's berry thumb k and this is because this
stagecoach originally called nuts home with disney creating a loving homage to its original owner
disney cruise ships have two funnels protruding from the top and whilst only one is necessary
for modern cruise ships they found that having two inspired a more elegant and striking look
because of this the one at the front is entirely fake and often serves different functions
depending on the sailing many disney parks have resident stray cats which hide during
the day and come out at night now disney doesn't trap or re-home them because they
actually help with the pests there was a japanese disneyland before tokyo disneyland
kind of a japanese businessman and president of matsuo entertainment company kunizo matsuo
approached walt disney about constructing a japanese disney theme park in his hometown of
nara in the late 1950s almost two decades before tokyo disneyland would even begin discussion
now walt actually bought into the idea himself as he wanted to expand the brand as much as possible
after work began the relationship between the two businessmen quickly soured after a massive dispute
involving licensing fees which covered the disney characters used within the park but with so much
of the park already under construction kunizo with the project and opened narrow dreamland as
an unofficial japanese disneyland the park was actually successful until disney worked out an
agreement with the oriental land company in the 1980s to open an official disneyland in tokyo in
1983 that still exists today nara dreamland then quickly declined and ultimately closed in 2006
and has been completely demolished hidden in a tree near the entrance to indiana jones adventure
is the home of the little man of disneyland originally installed due to the popularity of the
little golden book of the same name his house over time disappeared for years only to be reintroduced
back to the park for the 60th anniversary as you exit the little mermaid attraction at the magic
kingdom look to your right and focus on this select group of boulders when lined up exactly
they create a hidden steamboat willie in one of the most impressive hidden mickeys i've ever seen
if you pay enough money the magic kingdom will allow you to play custom music during the night
time fireworks a private event guests staying in hotels near the magic kingdom have heard the music
for happily ever after and wishes two retired shows played recently in the parks after hours
in the tunnels underneath the magic kingdom is a barber shop that only does disney approved
hairstyles it's called kingdom cutters with a k if you were to visit the area where hong kong
disneyland is located in 2001 then you would fall into the waters of what was known as
penny's bay the park exists entirely on reclaimed land and the bay no longer exists in any capacity
when picking up rubbish cast members are required to do the disney scoop where they elegantly lower
themselves to the ground without extending their butt into the air so not as to be considered rude
to the guests from 1955 until the year 2000 cast members were prohibited from having facial hair
despite walt disney having facial hair shades of green is a resort located at walt disney
world which is exclusively for active or retired military members and their families each land in
the magic kingdom has a specific color for its concrete as kodak and disney did a study
which found that light reflecting off colored concrete creates more vivid photographs the
original submarine ride at disneyland used to contain actresses that were hired as mermaids
that sat on the rocks and waved to guess they were retired after many complains about problems with
the water being contaminated by harmful liquids used in the machinery that ran the submarine ride
the dream suite located within cinderella castle at the magic kingdom used to be an on-site call
center which serviced walt disney world at the end of the attraction when you're landing the falcon
in millennium falcon smugglers run make sure to look out for who is taking off at the same time
as you may just see a very familiar ship a star speeder 3000 from start to us and that concludes
this week's list but i'd like to know did you learn something was there something that you
didn't know we have thousands more of these and we can definitely do more of these if you enjoy it
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wacky and wonderful disney facts and theme parks i'm tom from reviewtime thanks for watching