Friday, April 25, 2014

How Many Cups of Sugar Does it Take to Get to the Moon?

My other job, the Disney Store, does this nifty thing where they hold a nation wide trivia challenge for Disney Store employees as a way of encouraging Cast Members to be knowledgeable so they can better impress guests.  They've got these trivia scratchers they're using to test our knowledge leading up to the big test, so I've been thinking about trivia lately.  So I figured I'd put some of my trivia facts that I know up here, and maybe you guys can post some more.  This is a far from exhaustive list, because I know a disturbing amount about Disney, but there you have it.

The three peas in a pod from Bonnie's room in Toy Story 3 have names: Peatey, Peatrice, and Peanelope.

Merida was celebrated as the eleventh Disney princess, but there are actually more.  Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Aurora, Jasmine, Mulan (yes, I know, she's not a princess, but the company acknowledges her as one.), Pocahontas, Tiana, Rapunzel, and Merida are the ones typically acknowledged by the company, but there are a couple more:  Eilonwy from The Black Cauldron and Kida from Atlantis.  And now, of course, we have Anna and Queen Elsa.

The town in Pete's Dragon is called Passamaquody.  I may not have spelled it right.  I think I did, though.

Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger, also invented the first artificial heart valve.

As you're exiting the new Little Mermaid themed ride at California Adventure, one of the silhouettes on the wall is Hans Christian Andersen's, the creator of the original story.

On Disneyland's opening day, there was a gas leak and half of the park had to be closed, which was really lousy because someone forged a bunch of press release tickets and so the park was already overcrowded.  And it was ridiculously hot out.  It was an absolutely terrible day all around.  And now Disneyland is the happiest (and probably richest) place on earth.

The gold circle in the floor just behind the castle used to mark the exact center of Disneyland until Toontown was added on.

The hard thing about trivia is I can't figure out what I know that people would be unlikely to know!  So much Disney knowledge in my head!  Haha.
Hope you guys found something cool; share more stuff with me!

3 comments:

  1. Basketball court that got destroyed in the Matterhorn...
    All the hidden Mickeys...
    Skull in Pirates....
    Hidden things in Disney movies... Like the original cover of the Little Mermaid....or some things in Aladdin, the first and second Lion King, Frozen....

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  2. Haha yes! I didn't hear about the court getting destroyed, though! that was new info for me.
    Oh, and Sherlock Holmes in the window of one of the buildings inside Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
    And lightning McQueen's number being 95 because toy story came out in 1995.

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  3. Also, apparently, the weather was so hot on the opening day of Disneyland that women's heels were sinking in the tar on Main Street.

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