Does anyone here have any juicy tidbits on any WDW scandals or secrets? It can be about anything relating to WDW....
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WDW Scandals and Secrets!
- Thread starter DizkneeBoi
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Never heard of it. Where can I get a copy?!maxime29 said:
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
too bad i signed the "no see, no speak" document....................... ahhh just kidding, dont have any here, but im sure plenty are known, but probably wont share in a public forum..........DizkneeBoi said:
HauntedSquirrel
New Member
I don't know about scandals, but there is a secrets thread on this board, i'm sure there are a lot of secrets there.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
Random thread..............
No truths - I repeat NOT TRUE - but a good laugh : www.disneylies.com
Woody13
New Member
Walt Disney & Money!
We often hear the Walt Disney quote, "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money." Other Disney quotes leave us with the impression that money was low on Walt's list. Well, in reality money was at the very top of his list. For example Walt also said:
"Biggest problem? Well, I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life. MONEY. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem. Getting the money to open Disneyland. About seventeen million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance."
Of course, Walt didn't mention in that quote about his privately owned company. You see, Walt Disney Productions was the public company that Walt and his brother Roy ran. It was public in every sense of the word. However, in the 1940's Walt created WED Enterprises which was solely owned and operated by Walt himself. WED was the home of the Imagineers and it was a cash cow for Walt! Roy Disney had no ownership in WED. Walt Disney Productions had to pay WED as an outside contractor and they paid through the nose!
Roy and Walt actually had several loud and heated arguments about WED because Roy was just fed up with dealing with the outrageous prices they charged. Roy wanted to go out for competitive bids, but Walt wouldn't allow it because WED was putting big wads of cash in Walt's pockets!
We often hear the Walt Disney quote, "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money." Other Disney quotes leave us with the impression that money was low on Walt's list. Well, in reality money was at the very top of his list. For example Walt also said:
"Biggest problem? Well, I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life. MONEY. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem. Getting the money to open Disneyland. About seventeen million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance."
Of course, Walt didn't mention in that quote about his privately owned company. You see, Walt Disney Productions was the public company that Walt and his brother Roy ran. It was public in every sense of the word. However, in the 1940's Walt created WED Enterprises which was solely owned and operated by Walt himself. WED was the home of the Imagineers and it was a cash cow for Walt! Roy Disney had no ownership in WED. Walt Disney Productions had to pay WED as an outside contractor and they paid through the nose!
Roy and Walt actually had several loud and heated arguments about WED because Roy was just fed up with dealing with the outrageous prices they charged. Roy wanted to go out for competitive bids, but Walt wouldn't allow it because WED was putting big wads of cash in Walt's pockets!
I thought some of those were true! hahamarni1971 said:
MrNonacho
Premium Member
marni1971 said:
Ha, that's site's actually pretty clever.
http://www.disneylies.com/dca/goldenstate/condorflats.shtml
So that's why it's Soarin' and not Soaring...
ClemsonTigger
Naturally Grumpy
Also check out Snopes.com. They have a large Disney section with all sorts of info.
http://www.snopes.com/disney/disney.asp
http://www.snopes.com/disney/disney.asp
marni1971 said:
LOL!
"After the premier of the re-release, company head Michael Eisner was heard to say, "How can you watch this? There's almost no computer animation!" To which a soon-to-be-ex-employee responded, "Well, some people use their imagination."
Best part EVER