Mythbusting, Disney style

ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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Let's come up with all of the myths/legends we've heard about the parks and also if you know whether they are true or false
I know a few:

The Turkey Legs are actually Emu Legs, not Turkey - False

There used to be a wave machine in the Seven Seas Lagoon - True

There is a basketball mini-court at the top of the Matterhorn in Disneyland- True

The black sections in the middle of the Swan and Dolphin hotels were designed for a monorail to eventually go through- False

During a preview show for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, the AA had a malfunction where red hydraulic fluid came out and the guests thought they were re-creating the assassination- True

During the design of EPCOT Center at one point, were 2 separate projects/models but were pushed together by Marty Sklar and John Hench to create the basis for what we see now- True

There is a Disney "jail" underneath the magic kingdom - False

The top spires Cinderella Castle can be dismantled if a hurricane is coming - False ....it also isn't the home of a top secret missile silo
 
Chevross

Chevross

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This thread is gonna be good, I love Urban Legends and WDW.

The Castle is made of stones. - False
Disney World was originally suppose to be a new type of community. True
Disney was funded by Nazi's. - FALSE!!! (some people actually believe this, or try to tie in Disney with Nazi's)
Disney's Hollywood Studio's was supposed to be a pavilion within Epcot. True



 
MKCP 1985

MKCP 1985

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here are a few that come to mind, off the top of my head:

All the benches in the parks are repainted every night - not true, thankfully

all the light bulbs are inspected and all burned out light bulbs are replaced every night - not true. there is no formal inspection for every light bulb on a daily basis.

Coca Cola donates all product at no cost in exchange for advertising - believed to be true

it is believed by some park employees that there is a ghost inhabiting the Pirates of the Caribbean building - true

There is a series of tunnels underneath the Magic Kingdom - true

Disney throws away a lot of unsold food at the conclusion of every day rather than donate it to a food bank or homeless shelter - true when I worked there. The reason expressed to me was a belief that knowing the food would be put to such use would discourage efficiency.

Mickey Mouse is brought to life by a girl - mostly true.
 
rsoxguy

rsoxguy

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Main Street is paved with the bones of former Universal employees- False

Churros is Spanish for “greasy like a pig”- False

The Swiss Family Tree House was once used as the White House Christmas Tree- False

Disney takes the clothes off the backs of homeless people and uses them as CM uniforms- False

“Short People” by Randy Newman was once considered as a replacement for the IASM theme song- False

Wild boars are used to clear the parks at night- False

Spaceship Earth was once used as a progressive commune for hippies- False

Entrance fees for DAK are used to fund a secret Robert Iger Monkey-Chow addiction- False

DHS will be converted to a leper colony in 2015- False

Disney strollers are made from recycled denture materials- False

Toy Story Midway Mania is used to train Walmart security guards during off hours- False

Evian is the water of choice used in the Fountain of Nations- False

The Emporium was sued by a local junk dealer for trademark infringement- False
 
ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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rsoxguy said:
Wild boars are used to clear the parks at night- False
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Right, I believe what really happens if it's really late at night is they'll play the IASW music through the park louder and louder until everyone is forced to flee...the CM's all have earplugs
 
DisneyPrincess5

DisneyPrincess5

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rsoxguy said:
Main Street is paved with the bones of former Universal employees- False

Churros is Spanish for “greasy like a pig”- False

The Swiss Family Tree House was once used as the White House Christmas Tree- False

Disney takes the clothes off the backs of homeless people and uses them as CM uniforms- False

“Short People” by Randy Newman was once considered as a replacement for the IASM theme song- False

Wild boars are used to clear the parks at night- False

Spaceship Earth was once used as a progressive commune for hippies- False

Entrance fees for DAK are used to fund a secret Robert Iger Monkey-Chow addiction- False

DHS will be converted to a leper colony in 2015- False

Disney strollers are made from recycled denture materials- False

Toy Story Midway Mania is used to train Walmart security guards during off hours- False

Evian is the water of choice used in the Fountain of Nations- False

The Emporium was sued by a local junk dealer for trademark infringement- False
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:ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:Awesome!
 
K

Krack

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MKCP 1985 said:
all the light bulbs are inspected and all burned out light bulbs are replaced every night - not true. there is no formal inspection for every light bulb on a daily basis.
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This is an interesting one because Disney used to claim that on Main Street, all the bulbs were inspected nightly and that all the paint was stripped down and repainted on a monthly basis. It was the kind of thing they'd tell you on the behind the scenes tours when they started in the 80s.
 
ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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Krack said:
This is an interesting one because Disney used to claim that on Main Street, all the bulbs were inspected nightly and that all the paint was stripped down and repainted on a monthly basis. It was the kind of thing they'd tell you on the behind the scenes tours when they started in the 80s.
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Heh, "inspected" is different than "replaced". I know just working there when I did which lightbulbs would go for a while without being replaced.
 
K

Krack

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Let's see ...

The bride's wedding ring is embedded in the concrete near the queue entrance of the Haunted Mansion - FALSE, although it does look like it

People routinely spread their deceased relatives ashes in the Haunted Mansion - True

There's a "chocolate chip cookie" asteroid in the Space Mountain projection - UNCONFIRMED?

A man was decapitated on the People Mover when he stood up while the ride was in motion - FALSE

Nobody is ever pronounced dead on Disney property - FALSE

Captain EO is the most expensive film ever shot (on a $ per second basis) - TRUE (at least it was when it was made)

They've had yearly cast member canoe races around DL's Tom Sawyer's Island since the 60s - TRUE

In the 80s, if you got lost (separated from your parents) in EPCOT Center, they'd let you sit in the backstage room with the cast members and answer World Key Information Kiosk questions - TRUE (I was 10 - most fun I ever had at WDW)

They Hydrolators never moved - FALSE (dropped about 2 inches)

Stitch ruins every attraction in which he appears - TRUE
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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ChrisFL said:
During a preview show for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, the AA had a malfunction where red hydraulic fluid came out and the guests thought they were re-creating the assassination- True
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Sumshine 904 said:
I've never heard of that before. :eek:
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I have never heard this story in relation to a public showing. The version I have heard is that it was a private showing before the 1964 - 1965 New York World's Fair and one of the visiting officials jokingly made the comment about recreating the assassination, a comment that angered Walt.


I seem to rile people up when I say this, but I doubt the story that the apartment inside Cinderella Castle was intended for Walt Disney, especially the story that it was not completed due to his death. Design work for the Magic Kingdom began in 1967 and there is no evidence that design work on Cinderella Castle began earlier while Walt was still alive.
 
Billy6

Billy6

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Your "Dixie Landings" resort mug will be accepted at all WDW resort refill stations-TRUE :lookaroun

All red scooters are permitted to jump the line of 1,000,000 people at the Bus Stop for Pop Century at the Magic Kingdom at park close-TRUE :shrug:

People dressed in Yellow Neon jumpsuits are to be treated with the utmost respect and dignity, as they will gladly make your 90 minute wait for TSMM a pleasant one-TRUE :ROFLOL:
 
ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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The original SSE Narrator was Vic Perrin - Unconfirmed?, most people said that it is, but Marty Sklar said it was someone else

The Beatles were legally broken up as a group by John Lennon in the Polynesian Resort- True

President Richard Nixon said the famous line "I am not a crook" at the Contemporary Resort- True

The Peoplemover used to travel all the way around the space mountain building- False
 

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