Disney Tidbit for Today

**tiggerguy** · 12-01-2004, 12:03 AM

Rod Serling's introduction to the Tower of Terror attraction (as viewed in the library) was taken in part from a Twilight Zone episode called "It's A Good Life." Serling began the episode with the words, "Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction." Imagineers completed the introduction with new dialogue performed by a sound-alike actor.

**tiggerguy** · 12-02-2004, 12:09 AM

Walt Disney was so passionate about trains ... that he built a 1/8-scale railroad running through his backyard and the rose gardens of his California home!

**tiggerguy** · 12-03-2004, 12:12 AM

There are 875 staterooms aboard the Disney Magic.

**tiggerguy** · 12-04-2004, 12:08 AM

There is a city in Oklahoma named Disney!

**tiggerguy** · 12-05-2004, 12:18 AM

The music in Illuminations is performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

**tiggerguy** · 12-06-2004, 12:25 AM

The "dolphins" atop the Walt Disney World Dolphin weigh 68,000 pounds each. They are also not dolphins as we know them, but are dolphin fish, a different species altogether

**tiggerguy** · 12-07-2004, 12:21 AM

Disney World's Seven Seas Lagoon is 14 feet deep.

**tiggerguy** · 12-08-2004, 12:26 AM

Disney World's Costuming department has 2 1/2 million garments.

**Sam I Am** · 12-09-2004, 11:00 PM

Taking over for Brian while he's at WDW..

The Tower of Terror at WDW was constructed with 1,500 tons of steel, 145,800 cubic feet of concrete, and 27,000 roof tiles!

**Sam I Am** · 12-10-2004, 12:24 AM

The Inferno Barge, part of Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, weighs in at 150,000 pounds, and has 37 nozzles that shoot propane flames to the sky. The energy produced is equivalent to 1.7 Million horsepower.

**tiggerguy** · 12-16-2004, 12:16 AM

Disney World has a horticultural staff of over 650.

**tiggerguy** · 12-17-2004, 12:09 AM

Actor Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel, headlined the November lineup of Candlelight Processional guest narrators in 2000.

**tiggerguy** · 12-18-2004, 12:02 AM

A Walt Disney Christmas, a collection of holiday cartoons from the 1930s-1950s, was released in 1982.

**tiggerguy** · 12-19-2004, 12:17 AM

Disney World's Magic Kingdom can hold 100,000 people.

**ToddBreakey** · 12-19-2004, 02:46 PM

I have always wondered how many people they can fit in MK. Seems like a whole lot more than that!!!!

Brian - Does that include Cast Members or is that just guests?