Disney Tidbits

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The original 10-elephant Dumbo ride at Disney World was replaced with an improved 16-elephant version in 1993.

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In 1957, the average Disneyland guest shelled out $4.90 ($2.72 for rides & admission, $2 for food, and another 18 cents for various souvenirs).

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The Liberty Belle was originally named the Richard F. Irvine.

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"Dalmatians" is probably the most-misspelled Disney word (most people spell it "dalmations"). However, it is a place ... so people and dogs from there are dalmatians.

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Walt Disney once stated:
"I won't play down to children, and I won't patronize them."

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1787, the year that appears on top of the entrance to the Hall of Presidents refers to the year the U.S. Constitution was signed.

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It took more than 650 Walt Disney Imagineers more than 350,000 hours (the equivalent of 40 years of time) to develop Epcot's Mission: SPACE.

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The now-retired Walt Disney World attraction If You Could Fly (also known as If You Had Wings) was completely redesigned in 1989 and renamed Dreamflight.

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The Disney World Swan Hotel was designed primarily as a convention hotel.

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The now-retired America Sings attraction first opened in Disneyland in 1974 in the Carousel Theater (the former home to the Carousel of Progress attraction).

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Only Cast Members between the heights of 4'6" and 5'2" get considered for the role of Mickey Mouse.

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The buiding that houses the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction is modeled after a 17th century Cuban fortress.

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Crates near the Swiss family Robinson Treehouse honor those people that worked on the movie.

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Bwana Bob's was named after Bob Hope, a central figure in Disney theme park history.

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Peter Pan was the final Disney animated feature released through RKO and the final Disney film in which all nine members of Walt's Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators.