Captain Hank
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Great Movie Ride:
In Gangster Alley, there is a large poster for the movie "Public Enemy" on the left. This movie was released by Warner Brothers. For one reason or another, the poster was altered to read "Wagner Bros." It's tough to see, but is visible towards the top of the poster.
Near the "Public Enemy" poster, there is a sign that says "No help wanted." This sign may come from the Walt Disney Studios during World War II, though it may come from somewhere else.
The tuxedo worn by the James Cagney animatronic was actually James Cagney's favorite tux and was donated by Cagney's estate.
One of the male bandits in the Western scene is wearing a woman's hat. He's the one just to the left of the bank doors. The large bow on his hat is visible as you leave the scene.
As the vehicle enters the Alien scene, the baby Alien skin visible above the vehicle and the windchimes to the right are both props from the actual movie. Also in the Alien scene, there is a small box at Sigourney Weaver's feet. When Coca-Cola sponsered the Great Movie Ride, there was a Coke can sitting on it. When Coca-Cola dropped sponsorship, it was simply placed inside the box. It's still in there.
There is a small patch of Yellow Brick Road remaining on the ride path between the Fantasia and Oz scenes. Originally, the whole ride path in this area was painted as yellow brick, but almost all of it has worn away.
Spaceship Earth:
Most of the animatronics' faces were recycled from the Hall of Presidents and American Adventure.
The Earth projection effect at 180top is achieved through two projectors: one for the Earth projection itself, and another for the moving clouds.
One of the very early concepts for Spaceship Earth called for the vehicles to exit the sphere at the top, and spiral down on the outside in some fashion. The top section was constructed with this possibility in mind, and some of the potential track infrastructure was put in place. It still is there, extending from where the vehicles turn backwards to go down into the central core and spiraling up a bit more, until it dead-ends into the side of the sphere.
Living with the Land:
The Land's greenhouses currently hold two World Records for produce. The most tomatoes ever produced on a single plant in a single year (over 32,000) and the most cucumbers ever produced on a single plant in a single year (2,563, and the last one was Mickey-shaped). Several other world record attempts are currently being made. Each fruit from a record-candidate plant is individually counted by hand. The fruit is also weighed in small batches.
Pumpkins from The Land (non-mickey shaped ones) will be used in one or more episodes of The Unit this season. The producers were looking for pumpkins in July, and The Land was the only place that they could find them.
Much of the produce grown at The Land is used at Sunshine Seasons and The Garden Grill. Over 500 heads of lettuce are sent to these restaraunts each week, along with many boxes of cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and the occasional pumpkin.
The Behind the Seeds tour was originally meant to include a tour of the Aquacell filtration building (or, "Life Support"). The building was designed with this in mind and built so that Guests would enter at ground level, but be on a catwalk about a story above the floor of the building. However, the catwalk was never built.
The Integrated Pest Management lab seen from the Behind the Seeds tour was originally The Land's biotechnology lab. The current biotechnology lab was build during the conversion from "Listen to the Land" to "Living with the Land."
There are 9 backstage greenhouses that support the 4 show houses.
The corn seen in the Biotechnology exhibit in Innoventions and the E85 ethanol exhibit in Test Track's post show was grown in one of The Land's backstage greenhouses.
In Gangster Alley, there is a large poster for the movie "Public Enemy" on the left. This movie was released by Warner Brothers. For one reason or another, the poster was altered to read "Wagner Bros." It's tough to see, but is visible towards the top of the poster.
Near the "Public Enemy" poster, there is a sign that says "No help wanted." This sign may come from the Walt Disney Studios during World War II, though it may come from somewhere else.
The tuxedo worn by the James Cagney animatronic was actually James Cagney's favorite tux and was donated by Cagney's estate.
One of the male bandits in the Western scene is wearing a woman's hat. He's the one just to the left of the bank doors. The large bow on his hat is visible as you leave the scene.
As the vehicle enters the Alien scene, the baby Alien skin visible above the vehicle and the windchimes to the right are both props from the actual movie. Also in the Alien scene, there is a small box at Sigourney Weaver's feet. When Coca-Cola sponsered the Great Movie Ride, there was a Coke can sitting on it. When Coca-Cola dropped sponsorship, it was simply placed inside the box. It's still in there.
There is a small patch of Yellow Brick Road remaining on the ride path between the Fantasia and Oz scenes. Originally, the whole ride path in this area was painted as yellow brick, but almost all of it has worn away.
Spaceship Earth:
Most of the animatronics' faces were recycled from the Hall of Presidents and American Adventure.
The Earth projection effect at 180top is achieved through two projectors: one for the Earth projection itself, and another for the moving clouds.
One of the very early concepts for Spaceship Earth called for the vehicles to exit the sphere at the top, and spiral down on the outside in some fashion. The top section was constructed with this possibility in mind, and some of the potential track infrastructure was put in place. It still is there, extending from where the vehicles turn backwards to go down into the central core and spiraling up a bit more, until it dead-ends into the side of the sphere.
Living with the Land:
The Land's greenhouses currently hold two World Records for produce. The most tomatoes ever produced on a single plant in a single year (over 32,000) and the most cucumbers ever produced on a single plant in a single year (2,563, and the last one was Mickey-shaped). Several other world record attempts are currently being made. Each fruit from a record-candidate plant is individually counted by hand. The fruit is also weighed in small batches.
Pumpkins from The Land (non-mickey shaped ones) will be used in one or more episodes of The Unit this season. The producers were looking for pumpkins in July, and The Land was the only place that they could find them.
Much of the produce grown at The Land is used at Sunshine Seasons and The Garden Grill. Over 500 heads of lettuce are sent to these restaraunts each week, along with many boxes of cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and the occasional pumpkin.
The Behind the Seeds tour was originally meant to include a tour of the Aquacell filtration building (or, "Life Support"). The building was designed with this in mind and built so that Guests would enter at ground level, but be on a catwalk about a story above the floor of the building. However, the catwalk was never built.
The Integrated Pest Management lab seen from the Behind the Seeds tour was originally The Land's biotechnology lab. The current biotechnology lab was build during the conversion from "Listen to the Land" to "Living with the Land."
There are 9 backstage greenhouses that support the 4 show houses.
The corn seen in the Biotechnology exhibit in Innoventions and the E85 ethanol exhibit in Test Track's post show was grown in one of The Land's backstage greenhouses.
