Again I'll say I borrowed these facts from an article I found online written by Hilary White!
- When Mr. Toad's Wild Ride closed, a tombstone was placed in the Haunted Mansion to honor it.--I sooo remember this ride from when I was a kid. I loved it! I saw that it was closed when I was there last over 10 years ago (sob!) but I don't think I knew to look in the Haunted Mansion Graveyard for his tombstone. Hopefully if our 2016 family trip pulls through I'll find it!
- You can't bring balloons, straws, or drink lids in to the Animal Kingdom Park.--It's for the safety of the animals!
- The camel outside the Magic Carpets of Aladdin ride actually spits on you.--Rumor has it a cast member operates the camel and decides which guests to spray with water.--this does sound familiar but I never rode this ride sadly. Probably because of said camel! ;)
- Cast members do an average of 285,000 pounds of laundry per day.--According to Disney, if you washed and dried one load of laundry every day for 52 years, you'd clean as much as cast members at Disney World do in a single day. In addition to the 285,000 pounds they wash, 30,000 to 32,000 garments are dry-cleaned daily.
- When the parks opened, admission was just $3.50.--Now Walt Disney World is the most expensive Disney park in the world.--again I say daaaaamn! I'd sooo buy a season pass for this park for that price per general day admission!
- Cinderella's Castle has a guest room suite that people can actually stay in.--Walt Disney originally built the little apartment for himself but died before it was finished. The suite sleeps up to six people, but money can't buy you a chance to stay there. You can't make reservations; the only way you can get in on this amazing experience is by winning a sweepstakes Disney prize drawing.--this I NEVER knew! I mean I knew there was a suite there, but I did not know you can't pay to stay there! That would be the ultimate dream though!
- Epcot is 32 years old.--The discovery showplace covers 305 acres and first opened on Oct. 1, 1982.
- Expedition Everest is Walt Disney World's tallest attraction.--It's just under 200 feet tall.
