Disney Fact of the Day

**tiggerguy** · 10-01-2004, 12:23 AM

Debbie Dane (originally a hostess for Disney World's Preview Center) was chosen as Walt Disney Word's first ambassador.

**tiggerguy** · 10-02-2004, 12:18 AM

Disney World's Pop Century Resort features ‘larger than life’ icons of the twentieth century including 4-storey Rubik’s Cubes and yo-yos and 55-foot mobile phones.

**tiggerguy** · 10-03-2004, 12:06 AM

In 1986, the Golf Resort at Disney World changed its name to the Disney Inn.

**tiggerguy** · 10-04-2004, 12:35 AM

A large majority of the plants used in Walt Disney World Resort landscapes are native species. They consult regularly with horticulturists and botanists from several universities and other institutions to select appropriate species.

**tiggerguy** · 10-05-2004, 12:15 AM

Celebration, the Florida community adjacent to Disney World, welcomed its first residents, the Haber family in 1996.

**tiggerguy** · 10-06-2004, 12:14 AM

Based on the book by Dodie Smith, Disney's 101 Dalmations was the first animated feature to make extensive use of the Xerox process for transferring the animators' drawings to cels.

**tiggerguy** · 10-07-2004, 12:27 AM

Disney World opened its third water park, Blizzard Beach in 1995.

**tiggerguy** · 10-08-2004, 12:17 AM

Disney established the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund in 1995, the year Disney's Animal Kingdom was announced. The DWCF is a global awards program to fund nonprofit conservation and wildlife organizations focused on endangered animals and their habitats.

**tiggerguy** · 10-09-2004, 12:14 AM

At Disney's Haunted Mansion, the image of Madame Leota is that of former Disney Imagineer Leota Toombs Thomas.

**tiggerguy** · 10-10-2004, 12:07 AM

According to Kodak (one time sponsor of Journey Into Imagination) 4% of all amateur photographs are taken at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

**tiggerguy** · 10-11-2004, 12:37 AM

The 1959 film, The Shaggy Dog, was Disney's first live-action comedy.

**tiggerguy** · 10-12-2004, 12:13 AM

Disneyland uses over 200,000 light bulbs per year!

**tiggerguy** · 10-13-2004, 12:09 AM

Between 1970 and 1992, the Greater Orlando Area population grew from 453,270 to 1,143,472.

**tiggerguy** · 10-14-2004, 12:28 AM

Disneyland has more security people than the city of Anaheim has police.

**tiggerguy** · 10-15-2004, 12:06 AM

There is wind gauge installed in Disney World's Wilderness Lodge's marina. The computer that runs the resort's geyser senses the wind speed for each "eruption" and adjusts the height of the water. This prevents blowing water from hitting the balconies of lake view rooms.