Disney Tidbits

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Don't let your friends stand downwind...especially if you are a warthog.

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”Mickey actually reminds me of a simpler time to be a kid. Before MTV, double entendres, and a wink at the audience, there was this little mouse that seemed to make a child pretty darned happy. So, I confess, I still feel a soft spot for the ol' guy.”
-Actor Jason Alexander

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In 1961, the monorail track was expanded at Disneyland to connect the park with the Disneyland Hotel.

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Walt Disney World was regarded as a top-secret project and was given the code name Project X.

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The United States Government, through the Library of Congress, has each year since 1989 named 25 films it deems as "culturally, historically, or esthetically important." So far, 5 Disney films (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Pinocchio, Steamboat Willie, and Beauty and the Beast) have been added.

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Walt Disney grew his famous mustache at age 25.

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The weight of the anchors on the Disney cruise ships is 14 tons!

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The Magic Kingdom has a window on Main Street that has the names of the holding companies under which the “Florida Project” land purchases were made.

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"When you're lying on your back and see all the smoke billow up around the windows before you rocket off, that's just like it is inside the space shuttle." - Winston Scott (retired astronaut & executive director of the Florida Space Authority in Cape Canaveral) on Epcot's Mission:SPACE

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Mike Wagner, son of Jack Wagner, The “Voice” of Disney does the Orlando Airport Shuttle announcement for the airports newest gates.

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"Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney ... and to the talents, the dedication and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disney's dream come true. May Walt Disney World bring joy and inspiration and new knowledge to all who come to this happy place ... a magic kingdom where the young heart of all ages can laugh and play and learn ... together."
- Roy O. Disney's dedication

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"It's really two buildings leaning against each other. And I want to congratulate the architect ... Dean Martin. I have a lovely room with complete privacy, except in the bathtub which Donald Duck shares with me. Have you ever tried bathing with a duck who was playing with his rubber man? I ordered lunch from room service. Snow White brought it in and I was afraid to eat the apple. I don't dare drink the water because that was delivered by Pluto."
- Bob Hope on the Contemporary Hotel

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Disney Legend Paul Frees (the voice of the Haunted Mansion's Ghost Host) was often called upon in the 1950s and 1960s to "re-loop" the dialogue of other actors, often to correct for foreign accents, lack of English proficiency, or poor line readings by non-professionals.

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In 1990, Hollywood Records was established by Disney to
release mainstream music.

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Stormalong Bay, Walt Disney World's Beach Club Resort swimming area, holds 750,000 gallons of water ... making it possibly the largest sand-bottom pool in the world.