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[laurs_disney_love]

I got this info off the internet so if it isnt right plz dont hate me lol

The complex is owned and operated by French company Euro Disney S.C.A., a public company of which 39.78% of its stock is held by The Walt Disney Company, 10% by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and 50.22% by other shareholders. The park is run by chairman and CEO Karl Holz.


Not sure thats an interesting fact but its a fact

[Kristof]

I got this info off the internet so if it isnt right plz dont hate me lol

The complex is owned and operated by French company Euro Disney S.C.A., a public company of which 39.78% of its stock is held by The Walt Disney Company, 10% by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and 50.22% by other shareholders. The park is run by chairman and CEO Karl Holz.


Not sure thats an interesting fact but its a fact

That's a fact for sure.  Karl is awesome (right Baloo?), thanks to him we got all these pretty neat things.  

[Nicholas-c]

really you've met the CEO ?

[Kristof]

really you've met the CEO ?

Lol... I got a photo with him 2 years ago, but I was just referring to the fact that since he's CEO all these great things are happening.  


Anyway, some fun facts from Cars Race Rally:

» This is first Disney park attraction based on the Disney•Pixar film, Cars.

» Guests will first see Luigi & Guido in front of the attraction. This is the first time these characters have been created in three-dimensions in a Disney Park.

» The Piston Cup will be on display in the middle of the rotunda, as guests enter. It is 25" high and 20" wide and gold plated.

» Guest will be immersed in Radiator Springs, created with dimensional movie sets that replicate the store fronts, shops, and neon signs of the little town off Route 66. They will see Flo's V-8 Cafe, Luigi's Casa Della Tires, and Ramone's House of Body Art.

» There are 12 ride vehicles (some red, some blue and some aqua), whose design is inspired by the automobiles in Cars. The vehicles represent a new character created specifically for this attraction with the help of the Disney•Pixar – Cars design team.

» It took one year to design, sculpt and produce the Cars Race Rally ride vehicles.

» The setting of the attraction is Radiator Springs, just after the end of the film, Cars.

» A visitor's center, sponsored by the Radiator Springs Chamber of Commerce has been set up to welcome travelers to Lightning McQueen's Racing Headquarters and to show off the businesses and leading citizens of the town.

» In English, Mater, the tow truck, says his name is "Mater, like ta-mater without the "ta". In French, since his joke would not translate, he says his name is "Martin. Like Aston Martin without the Aston.

» The music played during the Cars Quatre Roues Rallye is from two songs by Randy Newman featured in the film Cars – "Best Backward Driver" and "Doc Racing." The songs were newly orchestrated for the ride by Jonathan Sacks.

» Clips from over 15 songs associated with cars, traveling or road adventures are played in the queue area for the attraction, including three that were featured in the film Cars – "Real Gone" sung by Sheryl Crow, "Life Is A Highway" performed by Rascal Flatts, and "Route 66" sung by Chuck Berry.

» Cars won the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film for the 2007 Academy Awards®. Randy Newman's song "Our Town" was nominated for an Oscar® for Original Song and won the 2007 Grammy® Award for Best Song.

[Nicholas-c]

really you've met the CEO ?

Lol... I got a photo with him 2 years ago, but I was just referring to the fact that since he's CEO all these great things are happening.  

Cool

Cars race rally, what exactly is it ? i originally thought it was like autopia?

[Disneyana]

I have some facts too.

All the seven Disney hotels have a total of 5800 rooms. And when you add the selected and Associated hotels on site, it makes a total of 8000 rooms.

The Cabane des Robinson has 360.000 leves and 160.000 flowers which were all put on by hand.

In 54 shops  they sell every year more than 25 million souvenirs.

The Newport Bay Club Hotel is the biggest in west Europe. From one End to the other it's half a mile long.

The moving floor of HISTA weights 100 tons.

And in HISTA there are 30 miles of electric cabels and 3 miles of airpipes.

All the props in Frontierland are authentic. They were collected from Imagineers all through the USA.

More than 6 million liters of Coca Cola are used in DLP every year.

And 20 million rools, 15.000 tons of fries are served every year. And with all the ice - cream served you could fill 200 swimming pools.

The Pizza Burger is an DLP exclusiv. They have the copyright for it.

2 tons of chocolat are used every year by the chocolatiers of DLP.

In the DL Park are around 12.000 trees. And there are 3500 miles of waterpipes ander the ground.

Every year there are 1100 buisness events in DLP.

And Space Mountain is cotrolled by 5 computers, which are as big as a wardrobe for clothes.

[Kristof]

All the props in Frontierland are authentic. They were collected from Imagineers all through the USA.

Actually there have been a few build by the Imagineers.  I remember reading a story about a curator who wanted to borrow one of the antique machines for an exhibition because it was rare to find one in good condition, but it turned out to be a well made copy by Imagineering.

[madame_leota]

There is a topic somewhere on this board that has Google Earth shots comparing the area of them all, and you can clearly see that the Paris version is the largest one.

does anyone know where this is as i cant find it! id love to see the pics

[Owain]

I didnt no where to put this, but i guess it will be a fact, but as Disneyland Park is the biggest Magic Kindgom Type park out of all the resorts, Does it have the most attractions ?

[davewasbaloo]

I didnt no where to put this, but i guess it will be a fact, but as Disneyland Park is the biggest Magic Kindgom Type park out of all the resorts, Does it have the most attractions ?

It is the biggest area wise, with an attraction count of 40.  Disneyland in California, although the 2nd smallest after HKDL, has the most attractions with a count of - 52.

[speedpacket]

It is the biggest area wise, with an attraction count of 40.  Disneyland in California, although the 2nd smallest after HKDL, has the most attractions with a count of - 52.

SO FAR
Obviously, Paris still has a lot of expansion opportunity

[Owain]

It is the biggest area wise, with an attraction count of 40.  Disneyland in California, although the 2nd smallest after HKDL, has the most attractions with a count of - 52.

SO FAR
Obviously, Paris still has a lot of expansion opportunity

Yeah !
*hint hint* Indy + Splash Mountain  :lol:

[disney_donutter]

- Lancelot's Carousel has a total of 86 horses, 16 of which have gold-leafed manes and tails.

I had no idea there were so many horses..does make sense now that I think about it. lol

[WaltDisneyFanBoy]

Where do u find all those facts?

[Kristof]

Where do u find all those facts?

The eurodisney.com website used to have a lot online and there's also lots of information from books and DLRP press releases.