remember the toll house cookie shop and you could smell the cookies baking? that is a trick they produce the smell with a machine!
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DAKSafariAlum
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There's also cotton Candy, peppermint, and popcorn. Did you ever notice they don't make the popcorn fresh, but you can still smell it?
Clark Griswold
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I absolutely crave the smell inside the Main Street Confectionary that sprays sweet candy smells over the folks inside. I try to smell that every day, but having a huge supply of candy left over in my refrigerator from my last trip helps.
Goin' Back to the World! July 31-August 6
Goin' Back to the World! July 31-August 6
WDWFanatic
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Its not a trick machine, they have a vent that is directed right above you as you pass the shop. it is black and puts all the baking smell in your face. ive seen it and been on the tour its not a fake smell.
Walt1967
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A little further down Main Street, we pass the Blue Ribbon Bakery. Notice the smell of fresh chocolate chip cookies as you pass. But wait! Is that really fresh-baked cookies that you smell? No, it isn't. Disney's smell specialists have crafted a “fresh-baked chocolate cookie” smell that is piped through a vent directly over the door to the bakery.
Why do they do this? Are they using nefarious means to try to get you to buy their cookies? Well, yes, to some extent. But also, think about the visually-impaired (or, as my friend's blind brother refers to them, “people who don't see so good”). If they're walking down Main Street, shouldn't they get the joy of experiencing walking past a bakery, too? How do they know they're walking past the bakery? They can smell it.
OK, you say, why don't they just use fans to blow the smell of the cooling cookies out the door? Well, actually, they tried that. However, they discovered that blowing air across the cookies would crack the cookies. Also, they're not baking all day long. Rather than make it a hit-or-miss proposition, in order for everyone to experience the wonderful chocolate chip cookie smell at all times, they need to do it artificially. By the way, the machine that generates the smell is called—you guessed it—a smellitizer.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg030911mg
Why do they do this? Are they using nefarious means to try to get you to buy their cookies? Well, yes, to some extent. But also, think about the visually-impaired (or, as my friend's blind brother refers to them, “people who don't see so good”). If they're walking down Main Street, shouldn't they get the joy of experiencing walking past a bakery, too? How do they know they're walking past the bakery? They can smell it.
OK, you say, why don't they just use fans to blow the smell of the cooling cookies out the door? Well, actually, they tried that. However, they discovered that blowing air across the cookies would crack the cookies. Also, they're not baking all day long. Rather than make it a hit-or-miss proposition, in order for everyone to experience the wonderful chocolate chip cookie smell at all times, they need to do it artificially. By the way, the machine that generates the smell is called—you guessed it—a smellitizer.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg030911mg
DisneyLover10
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I knew that the smell of those cookies was too good to be true. Well, at least they are good at making you want to buy the cookies.
NobodyBaby
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cinabon does the same thing... they pump out odors to draw people in.
good idea in my opinion...
good idea in my opinion...
One Lil Spark
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There was a "Behind the Scenes" special back in the late 80s, early 90s that I remember talking about this and even showing the tank of the concentrated smell.Walt1967 said:
I remember feeling so cheated and jaded as a kid, but now thinking about the visually impaired guests makes it seem a little less evil of them...
oxolilcherryoxo
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wow, I find that very interesting! I'll definitely think about that when I go in less than two weeks!!
by the way, I hope that I'm doing this correctly; this is my first post! :wave:
by the way, I hope that I'm doing this correctly; this is my first post! :wave:
DAKSafariAlum
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This is a little late
...but the smells are reproduced. I've seen the air tanks! You might also notice that the grass is always green. Sometimes it dies, and they spray paint it to look green again. Also, there are families of cats in the kingdom. The keep the rodent population down.
...but the smells are reproduced. I've seen the air tanks! You might also notice that the grass is always green. Sometimes it dies, and they spray paint it to look green again. Also, there are families of cats in the kingdom. The keep the rodent population down.
Woody13
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Actually, feral cats are more difficult to catch and eliminate than are rodents. They'd get rid of the cats if they could, without getting the SPCA on their case. :wave: