Disney Fun Facts

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The Walt Disney Company invented the "multiplane camera" to add depth to animated films via painted backgrounds on multiple layers of glass.

In a similar vain of theatrical pioneering, the 1954 production of 20,000 Leagues essentially wrote "the book" for Hollywood underwater film-making. The Nassau crew set what was then a world record for the amount of divers underwater (typically up to 20 in front of the camera and another 25+ behind). Indeed, the entire operation was so unprecedented that the US Navy sent several of its own men to see if they could learn anything from it.

No studio would never do something like that today. That man really did have guts.

[tiggerguy]

To prepare for production of "Mulan", a group of artistic supervisors made a three week journey to China to sketch, photograph, and soak up the culture.

[N.J.boy@N.C.St.]

When there is a special guest (i.e. someone famous or prominent) or a high-up ranking Disney employee (i.e. CEO, etc.) visiting the VIP area of the Coral Reef, Mickey Mouse will be dressed in a scuba costume and come down into the tank to the main restaurant floor for people to see. According to the waiters and waitresses at the Coral Reef, this is a "very rare" occurrence. My family happened to be lucky enough to be there one night when Mickey came down into the tank in a scuba costume...and literally up to the glass next to our table, as our table was against the tank glass last table next to the kitchen.

It was not fun having dozens of people crowding our table to take pictures...but it was quite awesome to see.

[tiggerguy]

Ub Iwerks was reported to have drawn up to 700 drawings a day for the first Mickey Mouse shorts.

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During production of "The Lion King" live lions and other animals were brought to the Disney studios for animators to study.

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In "Pinocchio" Honest John's full name is J. Worthington "Honest John" Foulfellow.

[tiggerguy]

In "The Incredibles" the family's last name is Parr

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Cinderella Castle featured at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, was inspired in part by several French castles.

[tiggerguy]

In "Meet the Robinsons", one scene features a place called "Todayland" that resembles Disneyland's Tomorrwland.

[NC_WDW_Daddy]

EPCOt has the most AC of all the parks, AK has the least for planning days over the summer.

[NC_WDW_Daddy]

Main Street Disnelyland is based on Marceline and Fort Collins, Main Street WDW is a composite East Coast.

[Cherinva]

Even though Cinderella's Castle looks like it's made of bricks, there isn't one.

[tiggerguy]

The large rolling ball in the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular weighs more than 400 pounds.

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The largest parking structure in the world is located at Tokyo Disney Resort

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In "American Dragon:Jake Long" Jake's last name is the actual Chinese word for "dragon"