Disneyland
 

I love Disney facts and secrets, they are great fun to look for in the parks and to add to my scrapbooks. Please add your Disneyland fun facts here and please include where you found your fun fact, there are a lot of Disney urban legends out there.

Here's mine for today.
The organ at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is a piece of Hollywood history, being the actual organ played by Captain Nemo in Disney's own 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Exact duplicates have been built for the other Haunted Mansions.

This fun fact was found at the website below. This is a really interesting site dedicated to the Haunted Mansion. They reveal how a lot of the special effects are done, so if that might spoil the magic for you beware.
http://www.doombuggies.com/secrets_ballroom2.php

Re: Disneyland
 

I never knew that about the organ, Janna... interesting!

How to get free coffee at Disneyland
 

I just read this on ocresort.freedomblogging.com

How to get free coffee at Disneyland
November 5th, 2009, 3:00 am posted by Sarah Tully

Did you know that you can get free refills on coffee at Disneyland?

Since 1955, Main Street’s Market House has given free refills on coffee. Purchase a cup of coffee (regular, decaf, vanilla or hazelnut) for $2.59 and save your receipt.

There’s no need to keep the cup. Just bring back the receipt and enjoy free refills all day.

At other food venues, visitors can get free refills only as long as they are continuing to dine at the location, said David Gill, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. They can’t come back later for free refills. That’s a unique deal at Market House only.

Market House sells mostly standard coffee.

Walt's apartment
 

When Disneyland was being constructed Walt Disney wanted to be able to stay nearby to supervise. Anaheim where Disneyland is located was about an hour away from where he lived so Disney had an apartment built above the fire station on Main Street where he could spend the night.

Everyone knew when Walt was there because of the light left on in the window of the apartment. After Disney died a light has been left on in the apartment window in his memory. The apartment has been left the same way it was when he died but it isn't open for public viewing.

http://www.visionsfantastic.com/foru...un-facts-5845/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...crets_and.html

The next time you're there, take a few moments to look at the little person "cranking" the popcorn in each popcorn wagon. They are all themed for the specific land they are in. It's really cool!

You are so right!
We got pictures of these two:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...r/DSCN6174.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...r/DSCN6178.jpg

There also use to be a fire pole in the center of the apartment. They had to remove it because people would climb up it to see Walt when he was at the park.

Okay I'm sure many people know this already but there are LOTS of things to lookout for in the Indiana Jones queue! (LONGEST QUEUE EVER!!) lol.

First, here is a photo of Mickey Mouse's initials "MM" written in the language of the mayan God Mara...it's in a hallway past the open-roof part of the queue..the pillar is right in front of you almost.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t/100_5218.jpg

Here is a photo of my darling fiance (lol) pulling a piece of bamboo in the "spear room" portion of the queue. If you pull it, air shoots out of hidden canons at you like you're being attacked by spears.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t/100_5220.jpg

Here is the "round room" There is a thing you have to go around in a circle..when you first come up to it..look closely on the flat surface of the rock formation...A HIDDEN MICKEY!! (Sorry I took a bad photo ..it's pretty dark in there!!)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t/100_5223.jpg

Around the front of the round object you'll see a sign that looks like this....
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t/100_5224.jpg
Pull that middle rope and you'll hear voices and sometimes crashing sounds too :)

Cool stuff right? :hooray:

I have yet to see the hidden Eeyore sign, I know where it is...they say its above the projector in the movie room, but I can't see it???). Has anyone seen it??

I have seen it! When you are looking at the little video go to the far left corner of the room, just as you enter the projection room. Usually there is a CM there. Ask him/her to show you Eeyore. He really can't be seen without a flashlight. They usually will let everyone go out of the room and then shine the flashlight up there so you can see.

Regarding Indy, did all of you see it before FastPass came out? It's 'almost' a shame now with the FastPass since you walk through this area really fast now. I think many people just walk by the bamboo pole, for example, without moving it (or waiting around to see what it does). The first time I rode it, the circular area where the person is 'handling fragile artifacts' was for child switch (parents and young kids would wait there). I still have some decoder cards somewhere. :D

Oh awesome, so it does exist! Thanks Andrea! lol. I was beginning to think someone told me something false to see if it would drive me nuts when I couldn't find it lol. We are going this weekend so I will have to look out for it!

Carol, no I never rode Indy before December 2009. I was always a chicken and made my husband go by himself or with my brother lol. Then they lured me into it and now it's one of my absolute faves! Someone gave me a stack of those decoder cards though. I'm saving them in an old paper scrapbook :)

My favorite hidden objects are the remnants of the Bear Country Jamboree that are left on the Pooh ride. If you look carefully behind you, you can see the Deer, Moose and Buffalo heads!

Wow, I've never heard that before! When do you look for them? I'll have to look next time.

Great tip!

I want to say they're right after the Hufflelumps and Wuzzles. It's been awhile since I was on the ride though. (We rode it looking backwards the whole time to find them. )

"When Pirates of the Caribbean opened in 1967, the fake skeletons available to the Disney designers were unconvincing and looked like tacky Halloween decorations, so real specimens, which had previously been used for research, were purchased from UCLA's medical center." -from Little Known Facts about Well-Known Places "Disneyland." (Now only one skull remains!)

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...08-Pirates.jpg

I feel the same way about Indy - the queue is 1/2 the fun. And it's my favorite ride at the park.

One random note about the rolling ball room. Even though it feels like the car is backing up as the ball is coming at you, it's actually an optical illusion. The car sits stationary while the entire wall (including the ball & Indy hanging above) move towards you. The next time you are on the ride, look off to the side of the car next to the track and you can see it moving.

Ironically I just heard that a few months ago! I still couldn't tell the last two times I went in it (though I looked at the wall). What I should have done last time (since I was in the driver's seat) was try to look at the ground... bah, next time!

Look up behind the car you can see it too...it's pretty cool!

I just found this... It's an amazing feeling, cause now I will go through the park with a whole different view :)