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[Bambi]

Some interesting facts for you all!

1. DID YOU KNOW that the fire effects and flames on the water and rocks at the entrance to Discoveryland were shut down not for budget reasons, but after too many ducks got burned when they weren't fast enough to fly away from the ignition?

2. DID YOU KNOW that more guests are injured riding The Carousel Of Lancelot by falling off the horses in one month than in all the thrill rides and coasters in both parks together in one year?

3. DID YOU KNOW that the Playhouse Disney Live show, including pre-show lasts more than 45 minutes.

4. DID YOU KNOW that the "little" Tinkerbell on top of the Art of Disney Animation building is nearly 3 metres (10 feet) tall?

5. DID YOU KNOW that the Disneyland Paris version of Pirates of the Caribbean cost the same as Asterix Park did when it first opened?

6. DID YOU KNOW that changing all the sheets and linen in Disney's Hotel Cheyenne would cost the same as running the Tarzan Encounter show for a whole year?

7. DID YOU KNOW that if you were to have Disneyland Paris opened for three hours JUST for yourself, it would cost 500,000 Euros!

8. DID YOU KNOW that the roof of Motors Action Stunt Car Stadium was designed for a finale with a laser cannon shooting over the heads of the guests and releasing a wall of fire raining down in front of these guests, but for safety reasons and budget this was only tested but never made it to the show?

9. DID YOU KNOW that the movement of "Bruce" the shark in Crush's Coaster is as strong as getting hit by a truck?

10. DID YOU KNOW that in an emergency Disneyland Paris can be evacuated in less then 8 minutes, to get everybody outside of the Disneyland Railroad track circuit?

11. DID YOU KNOW that in July 2008, Disneyland Paris had reached 200 million guests since opening?

12. DID YOU KNOW that most Cast members wearing a tie don't know
how to tie it?

13. DID YOU KNOW that the story of Cinemagique is told with clips from 65 different movies?

14. DID YOU KNOW that if every guest in a Disney Hotel went for Extra Magic Hours in the park on time, the waiting lines would reach 60 minutes on every ride open?

15. DID YOU KNOW that in the near future your mobile phone with Bluetooth will inform you of the waiting times for Disney attractions?

16. DID YOU KNOW that on a normal day you walk around 10 miles going on rides, shops or restaurants?

17. DID YOU KNOW that one car from Autopia costs the same as a Ford Fiesta?

18. DID YOU KNOW that only 10% of "Technical Problems" on attractions are really technical, all the others are due to the weather or guests?

19. DID YOU KNOW that most guests visit on average 7 attractions a day?

20. DID YOU KNOW that when parking your car, the Disney Village Parking structure is the same price, but a lot closer then the main parking?

21. DID YOU KNOW that every Castle entrance in a Disney Park is facing towards the sun, so that guests can take better pictures?

22. DID YOU KNOW that for the Narnia Special Event in Fantasyland 2000 light bulbs were replaced on The Carousel of Lancelot in one night?

23. DID YOU KNOW that the numbers 8 and 9 on the Rock'n'Roller Coaster buiding are 4 Meter high, to look smaller if you see them from inside the Disney Studios?

24. DID YOU KNOW that Disney uses a paint colour called "Invisible Green" as a colour for everything they don't want you to notice like gates, lampposts, loudspeakers or barriers?

25. DID YOU KNOW that on a busy weekend the traffic jam to the parking reaches up to 10 miles in 2 lanes.

26. DID YOU KNOW that the Coca Cola Truck in Main Street was built after a 5 cent toy car sold on EBay?

27. DID YOU KNOW that the robot "Nine Eye" still can be found in the Visionarium building, now housing the Buzz Lightyear attraction?

28. DID YOU KNOW that the Music Studio for everything recorded in DISNEYLAND PARIS is situated in It's A Small World?

29. DID YOU KNOW that a dancer in the Parade has to walk and dance 2300 feet from Start to End?

30. DID YOU KNOW that the costuming building stocks around 30,000 Cast member Costumes?

31. DID YOU KNOW that in Studio Tram Tour at the side of the Armageddon Space Shuttle you find a small futuristic looking vehicle from WDW's retired attraction HORIZONS?

32. DID YOU KNOW that the Tower of Terror and Space Mountain both have foundations 15 metres under ground?

33. DID YOU KNOW that Big Thunder Mountain cannot run with empty trains?

34. DID YOU KNOW that on a busy day Alice's Curious Labyrinth has more visitors than the Peter Pan ride?

35. DID YOU KNOW that a guest spends on average 10 Euros in Disneyland Park and 5 Euros in Disney Studios on souvenirs?

36. DID YOU KNOW that at the entrance of Disneyland Park you can listen to music of rides that are not featured in Disneyland Paris, or have been retired, like Space Mountain Mission 1, The Enchanted Tiki Room, The Visionarium and Splash Mountain?

37. DID YOU KNOW that most carousels in the parks have an underground level for maintenance, like The Orbitron, The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Dumbo, Cars, Flying Carpets over Agrabah, and even Alice's Curious Labyrinth?

38. DID YOU KNOW that in the Armageddon attraction, a vacuum is created around the space station set to have the air sucked out when the meteor is crashing in?

39. DID YOU KNOW that around Sleeping Beauty's Castle there are more then 60 cameras monitoring the security of the guests and the
guest flow?

40. DID YOU KNOW that every tunnel that you ride through on the Disneyland Railroad is in reality a bridge to access backstage areas?

41. DID YOU KNOW that the dolls in It's A Small World wear panties, just in case that someone tries to peek!

42. DID YOU KNOW that the first weekend in October 2008 on the Saturday the Disney Studios reached their capacity at 10:30am and cast members started sending people to Disneyland Park?

43. DID YOU KNOW that Disney's Newport Bay Club Hotel has more then 3.5 miles of corridors?

44. DID YOU KNOW that Studio No.1 in Disney Studios is 25 metres high?

45. DID YOU KNOW that 1 millisecond of power-outage will shut down 90% of all attractions for safety reasons?

46. DID YOU KNOW that lost children are only 5% the other 95% are parents looking for each other?

47. DID YOU KNOW that sometimes guests leave their babies unattended sleeping in strollers whilst they go off to do something together, even if it's just waiting in a line for 45 minutes?

48. DID YOU KNOW that the lights inside the waiting line of Space Mountain: Mission 2 have a pink hue added, to make it feel less claustrophobic?

49. DID YOU KNOW that the deepest point on every drop in Crushes Coaster you are only 50cm over ground level?

50. DID YOU KNOW that for Mickey's Magical Party, over 5000 dancers were auditioned, but only 70 made it.

[Bambi]

51. DID YOU KNOW the lockers at the entrance of the park were sealed off following the 9/11 attacks?

52.DID YOU KNOW that extra security for Disneyland Paris following 9/11 cost over 4 million Euros.

53.DID YOU KNOW that the President of the Employees Committee actually said that if terrorists wanted to attack Sleeping Beauty's Castle, that there was nothing that could be done!

54. DID YOU KNOW that in Disneyland Paris there are more than 1 million moving parts, as small as an animatronic bird's blink to a full scale dragon under the castle?

55. DID YOU KNOW that the 2 circular windows of Videopolis facing Space Mountain in 1992 were built to one day connect to Space Mountain, which had not yet been built, via glass tubes.

56. DID YOU KNOW that all the clocks in the Tower of Terror are frozen at 8.05pm?

57. DID YOU KNOW that some guests ask for a Fastpass, even when there's less then 5 minutes wait time?

58. DID YOU KNOW that there are guest in the past that spent 3 days in Disney Village, believing it was the park.

59. DID YOU KNOW that Disneyland Paris has the most detailed version of Main Street USA of all Disney Resorts?

60. DID YOU KNOW that some logos and signs have survived name changes, such as EC (Explorers Club), EDRR (Euro Disney Railroad)
and even DM (Discovery Mountain)?

61. DID YOU KNOW that more and more guests enter the parks, but spent less and less for entrance tickets?

62. DID YOU KNOW that on crowded days nearly 2000 Disney Strollers are rented in the parks?

63. DID YOU KNOW that 20 fireworks from 'Enchanted' cost the same as one Reflections of Earth (Fireworks-Night-time Show) in EPCOT?

65. DID YOU KNOW that Space Mountain and Sleeping Beauty's Castle are the same height?

66. DID YOU KNOW that Autopia has 104 different cars?

67. DID YOU KNOW that 1 train in Space Mountain has 72 wheels?

68. DID YOU KNOW that every building in the Backstage Area has a Disney Character Name, like MUSHU for the Fire-fighters and ROBIN HOOD for Finance Department?

69. DID YOU KNOW that the smallest Meet-and-Greet Character in Disneyland Paris is Remy, from Ratatouille in the Restaurant Rendezvous Des Stars?

70. DID YOU KNOW that this year the walkways around Central Plaza are getting bigger to make it easier for guests to move through Disneyland Park during the Parade?

71. DID YOU KNOW that since March 2009, you can use your mobile phone with WAP in the Resort to receive special offers, timetables, waiting times and more?

72. DID YOU KNOW that on the float of Alice & Pinocchio the feet of Alice had to be changed, because they were open too wide and caused difficulties getting through narrow passages?

73. DID YOU KNOW that in 2011 all the light bulbs will have to be Economic, causing nightmares for Imagineering to get the looks they need?

74. DID YOU KNOW that the ears outline of the DISNEY STUDIOS "Earful Tower" change colour at night?

75. DID YOU KNOW that the lamp of the Flying Carpets attraction forms a shadow-Mickey on the wall if the sun is low?

76. DID YOU KNOW that in Cinemagique the hero was supposed to leave the screen on a horse, so the theatre was built ready for this effect!

77. DID YOU KNOW that in Animagique the original announcement was changed to children's voices, so kids in the audience would be less scared of the dark environment?

78. DID YOU KNOW that in the Storybook Store you find a map of Disneyland Paris with expansions on it that have never become reality (at least not yet!)

79. DID YOU KNOW that in January 2009 one morning there were more guests in DISNEY STUDIOS than in DISNEYLAND PARK?

80. DID YOU KNOW that Phantom Manor will get the new floating Madame Leota effect like in WDW's Haunted Mansion?

81. DID YOU KNOW that the recent costume of Mickey on the stage in front of the castle holds more than 2000 LEDs?

[Javey74]

Mmmmm, very interesting read..  =D>

Thanks for sharing Bambi..  :wink:  

[Javey74]

Part 2 is another interesting read Bambi..  =D>

Once again, thanks for sharing..  /  /

[never2old]

Very interesting!! Many thanks for that!

Now I have to remember some of these facts to annoy my friends at lunchtime... they seem to think I have a slight Disney obsession, go figure  :wink:  

And of course I need to start saving for those 500,000 euros....

[never2old]

58. DID YOU KNOW that there are guest in the past that spent 3 days in Disney Village, believing it was the park.

 :lol:  Ah, this one's going to have me smiling all day...

Thanks for these facts Bambi!!

[-breeno-]

Good facts Bambi, thanks for posting

Sorry to sound critical but i have to slightly edit two facts for you;

DID YOU KNOW that the 2 circular windows of Videopolis facing Space Mountain in 1992 were built to one day connect to Space Mountain, which had not yet been built, via glass tubes.

To connect to Discovery Mountain

74. DID YOU KNOW that the ears outline of the DISNEY STUDIOS "Earful Tower" change colour at night?

Earffel Tower although it is usually mispronounced as "Earful Tower".

[-breeno-]

Good facts once again Bambi, thanks for posting

Sorry to sound critical again but...

12. DID YOU KNOW that most Cast members wearing a tie don't know
how to tie it?

Surely that can't be true :lol:  How on earth would they find that out

[Kristof]

Merged the part 2 topic with the original post.  

[Clarebelle]

Good facts once again Bambi, thanks for posting

Sorry to sound critical again but...

12. DID YOU KNOW that most Cast members wearing a tie don't know
how to tie it?

Surely that can't be true :lol:  How on earth would they find that out

[giorgio1712]

Great facts, really really interesting read!

Where did you find all this out?

[CafeFantasia]

Fascinating information. I'm saving this page as a PDF :-)

I like fact 5. The fact about Pirates of the Caribbean costing as much as the entire Parc Asterix is funny.

I don't believe fact 33. Surely they run/test Big Thunder every morning, with empty trains, before the park opens to guests?

I totally believe fact 43. That's a good reason NOT to stay at the Newport Bay Club. 3.5 miles of corridors!

Is fact 73 true? Will they have to replace all of the light bulbs in both parks, so that they're either Fluorescent or LED?

[ColdSun]

that definetely was very interesting to read. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[luke85]

These were great to read! I love stuff like this about DLP!

[Timbo]

Very interesting, I thought that the tunnels on the Railroad (Fact 40) were where the tracks have to pass through rides Phantom Manor,POTC as these attractions are so large they cross over the tracks.How are they a bridge to backstage areas, I don't understand that ?