Crazy Stuff You've Heard At/About Disney

[ScorpionX]

What crazy stuff have you heard at or about Disney? On my last trip, I overheard two preteen girls saying that a mature animation arm of Disney makes South Park, Family Guy, and Beavis and Butthead. On the same trip, I overheard a guy asking a Cast Member for the location of "the SpongeBob rollercoaster at EPCOT."

 

[fauzha7]

While I was walking under SSE in Epcot last week, I heard a conversation from behind me......
Man #1- I wonder if they know how many triangles are on this ball?
Man #2- I'm sure someone counted them while they were putting them up.
Man #1- Yeah, because it would be too hard to climb up there now to count them.
Woman- This sounds like a question you would hear on Jeopardy..."How many squares are on the Epcot ball?"

My guess? ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FettFan]

While I was walking under SSE in Epcot last week, I heard a conversation from behind me......
Man #1- I wonder if they know how many triangles are on this ball?
Man #2- I'm sure someone counted them while they were putting them up.
Man #1- Yeah, because it would be too hard to climb up there now to count them.
Woman- This sounds like a question you would hear on Jeopardy..."How many squares are on the Epcot ball?"

My guess? ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My guess would be three, and they were all standing behind you.

 

[EOD K9]

Just an FYI, there is a similar thread out here somewhere.

 

[EOD K9]

There was a good one years ago how the Castle can be dismantled in case of a hurricane. I really wanted to ask those people where they heard that one. I'd say a bus driver but even they wouldn't perpetrate that fraud.

 

[Patricia Melton]

Almost every trip I hear someone say that Space Mountain is in "Spaceship Earth" at EPCOT. It's almost always an adult male saying this. Never a child and I've never seen a woman do it.

Variations on this are:
* That's Space Mountain!
* Lookit Space Mountain!
* Where's the line for Space Mountain?
* After we look around we'll ride Space Mountain!

For some reason, people think that the Space Mountain ride is inside Spaceship Earth.

 

[FettFan]

 

[pumpkin7]

There was a good one years ago how the Castle can be dismantled in case of a hurricane. I really wanted to ask those people where they heard that one. I'd say a bus driver but even they wouldn't perpetrate that fraud.

What, is that not true? A Disney Bus driver told the whole bus that during my first visit in 1997 and that was one of my interesting facts about WDW! I honestly thought that was true....

My favourite is that Walt is frozen and kept in a vault under the castle! Oh dear.

 

[Avenger117]

When I was really young my uncle told us the Magic Kingdom had a big timeout room for kids that were being bad(running, being loud). I really thought this room existed for awhile.

 

[NormC]

While I was walking under SSE in Epcot last week, I heard a conversation from behind me......
Man #1- I wonder if they know how many triangles are on this ball?

It is a Class 2 Frequency 16 Icosahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles. Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 silvered facets, with 954 partial or full flat triangular panels.

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[Chrononymous]

For some reason, people think that the Space Mountain ride is inside Spaceship Earth.

I have heard this before as well...hey at least they know that there is some kind of ride in there! A lot of people I overheard didn't go near it, because they didn't think there was any way to get in.

 

[Steve-B]

It is a Class 2 Frequency 16 Icosahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles. Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 silvered facets, with 954 partial or full flat triangular panels.

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Thank you, Dr. Cooper.

 

[EOD K9]

What, is that not true? A Disney Bus driver told the whole bus that during my first visit in 1997 and that was one of my interesting facts about WDW! I honestly thought that was true....

My favourite is that Walt is frozen and kept in a vault under the castle! Oh dear.

^^^ Is 100% true. What's the problem??

 

[Bob Saget]

When I was really young my uncle told us the Magic Kingdom had a big timeout room for kids that were being bad(running, being loud). I really thought this room existed for awhile.

It does. It's located in Tomorrowland and is called: "Stitch's Great Escape".

 

[The Empress Lilly]

It is a Class 2 Frequency 16 Icosahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles. Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 silvered facets, with 954 partial or full flat triangular panels.

Pft, I use sentences like this in everyday conversation!

 

[afar28]

I hear people always say how Harry Potter land is in Disney World. It also annoys me when people call Magic Kingdom Disney world.
A big one is that once while in WS, a Russian tourist walked up to me and kindly asked where's the Russia pavillion. This is how the conversation went:
Me: Sorry there isn't a Russian pavillion.
Her: yes their is it was here last time
Me: sorry I think you're confused, there is no Russia pavillion.
Her: yes there is.
Me: no I'm sorry but there isn't. I think you are mixing them up.
She then yelled at me and Russian and stomped away...I speak some russian and I'd rather not post what she said

 

[copcarguyp71]

Walts' head frozen...that is all.

 

[copcarguyp71]

She then yelled at me and Russian and stomped away...I speak some russian and I'd rather not post what she said

Should have told her to go find the Peoples Republic of Information Stand!!!

Or told her "in America...Soviet Russia find YOU!"

 

[FettFan]

I hear people always say how Harry Potter land is in Disney World. It also annoys me when people call Magic Kingdom Disney world.
A big one is that once while in WS, a Russian tourist walked up to me and kindly asked where's the Russia pavillion. This is how the conversation went:
Me: Sorry there isn't a Russian pavillion.
Her: yes their is it was here last time
Me: sorry I think you're confused, there is no Russia pavillion.
Her: yes there is.
Me: no I'm sorry but there isn't. I think you are mixing them up.
She then yelled at me and Russian and stomped away...I speak some russian and I'd rather not post what she said

That's why you keep a guidemap tucked away in a back pocket.

 

[EOD K9]

Thank you, Dr. Cooper.

Bazinga!