Disney Tidbits

[tiggerguy]

"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity."
-Walt Disney

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After a $23-million renovation, an all-new Tomorrowland opened
in Disneyland in July 1967.

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Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is larger and more ornate than Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

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Goofy became the mascot of the French Olympic team in 1980.

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Riding in the very first sled down Disneyland's Matterhorn in June 1959, were Walt Disney, his wife Lilly, their daughters ... and vice president Richard Nixon.

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A new Fantasyland opened at Disneyland in 1983. The medieval fair design of the original Fantasyland was converted into elaborate themed facades.

[viks]

Lewis Carroll, who published his novel Alice In Wonderland in 1865, was also a math teacher.

And he at one point lived near to me, and in the garden where he lived is a "secret garden", a large park has a black iron fence running around it (with hedges behind), on a small spot is the shape of a heart, dimond, spade and clubs and its actually a gate, and you can go into the garden (which now belongs to a nursing home), and theres a statue of Alice coming through the looking glass, many locals dont even know its there

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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers named the Disneyland Monorail a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1986.

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The Lion King originally started as a project called "King of the Jungle."

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Disney's 1969 hit movie The Love Bug was based on Gordon Buford's story "Car-Boy-Girl."

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In 1987, Disney celebrated the 50th anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with a dedication of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Disney's first heroine.

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In 1991, Disney released a record 19 films including Beauty and the Beast.

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Walt Disney, excited by the new technology already in use at Disneyland, approached Las Vegas officials in 1960 with the idea of running a monorail down the strip. He was turned down.

[MandaBella]

Walt Disney, excited by the new technology already in use at Disneyland, approached Las Vegas officials in 1960 with the idea of running a monorail down the strip. He was turned down.

And now 40 some years later, Sin City finally has a monorail on the Strip. Uncle Walt knew they were going to need one. I wish it was completed when we visited 2 years ago.

[Tampa]

Goofy became the mascot of the French Olympic team in 1980.