Disney Tidbits

[tiggerguy]

September 7

Each year Walt Disney World guests eat almost 8 million hamburgers, 5 million hot dogs, 5 million pounds of French fries, more than 275,000 pounds of popcorn, more than 50 million Coca Cola drinks, and ketchup from more than 31 million packets.

[tiggerguy]

September 8

At the Disney/MGM Studios, the dinosaur on Echo Lake is a tribute to pioneering animator Winsor McCay and his revolutionary 1914 animated cartoon, Gertie the Dinosaur.

[Jiminy Cricket]

September 8

At the Disney/MGM Studios, the dinosaur on Echo Lake is a tribute to pioneering animator Winsor McCay and his revolutionary 1914 animated cartoon, Gertie the Dinosaur.

I know that Disney presents Winsor McCay Awards to important Disney personalities, but I cannot find any info as to the connection to Disney. Did he have an influence on Uncle Walt? Anyone know?

[tiggerguy]

September 9

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is the first looping coaster at Disney World.

[tiggerguy]

September 10

Muppet Vision 3-D is the only 3-D attraction at Disney World where the 3-D glasses are actually called 3-D glasses. At It's Tough to be a Bug they are called Bug Eyes, and at Honey, I Shrunk the Audience they are called Safety Goggles.

[tiggerguy]

September 11

Roy Williams (the "Big Mooseketeer") designed the famous "Mouse" ears while working as a cartoonist.

[tiggerguy]

September 12

In August 1965 Walt Disney met with Beatle manager Brian Epstein to discuss the possibility of the Fab Four performing songs for the upcoming animated film The Jungle Book. (Later John Lennon nixed the idea so Walt ended up using semi-soundalikes playing four vultures in the film.)

[tiggerguy]

September 13

Disney World recycles over 1 million pounds of scrap metal and 1.5 million pounds of wooden pallets each year.

[tiggerguy]

September 14


"Human Again," a 5-minute-long song sequence was one of the many additions to the re-release of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

[tiggerguy]

September 15

The trip around the Disney World Railroad is 1 1/2 miles or about 20 minutes.

[tiggerguy]

September 16

The Fox Dome Theater in Ocean Park, California, was the first to establish a Mickey Mouse Club for kids.

[tiggerguy]

September 17

Walt and Lilly Disney spent their honeymoon in 1925 at Mount Rainier and Seattle.

[adambreakey]

Brian - I just wanted tolet you know that I enjoy the fact of the day. Good stuff.

adamb

[ToddBreakey]

Me too. I'm addicted to this thread.

Where do you get all these facts Brian?

[tiggerguy]

September 18

In 1935, Walt Disney was presented with a medal by the League of Nations in Paris, France.