WDW Secrets

7/29/2019 WDW Secrets

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Magic Kingdom

1. Cinderellas Royal Table: Gus and Jaq are looking down over the foyer.

(True)

2. Tonys Town Square: Paw prints of Lady and the Tramp outside of the

porch on the sidewalk. (True)3. Hall of Presidents: Bill Clinton is the only president to wear a Mickey

Mouse tie. (Unknown)

4. Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin: Some of the biggest point values

are in the first room. Turn around and hit the back of the orange robots

arm or the back of the buzz saw. 100,000 points. (at least partially

true, thought point values do tend to change)

5. Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin: When you are in line the "story" of

the attraction is unfolding. Once inside, all guests are being 'shrunk' totoy size so they are able to fit in the xp 37-space cruisers. This is why,

once you get up to the Viewfinder and Magna Doodle and Buzz, they are

all the same size as you. Then when the ride is over and you see Buzz

telling you your scores and zurg behind bars, you return to normal 'human'

size. (Unknown, but plausable)

6. Haunted Mansion: The top of the building looks like chess pieces. The

only one missing is the knight. (Its inside) (False, as per the Imagineering

book on the Haunted Mansion)7. Haunted Mansion: In the wire fencing around the mansion there are

999 stick people made out of the wire in the fence. (Unknown--anyone

want to do some counting?)

8. Haunted Mansion: Ballroom Scene: the ladies are leading the men.

(True, due to the way the effect is achieved)

9. Haunted Mansion: As soon as you enter the graveyard, you go under a

tall gate, if you look really hard, at the top left-center portion of the

gate, there is a paper tag. This is the original purchase tag from

California, they forgot to remove it, and it is still there today! (Unknown)

10. Haunted Mansion: In the scene with the lone piano player, pay close

attention to what's going on outside! Notice the direction the wind is

blowing the tree compared to the direction the clouds are moving...

(Unknown)


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11. Haunted Mansion: In the endless hallway there is a chair with a

Hidden Donald Duck embedded in it. (False, as per the WDI book on

Imagineering. It is a face, just not specifically Donald)

12. Haunted Mansion: As you exit look in the pet cemetery for a statue of

Mr Toad. (True!)13. Market House on Main Street: Go to the back of the store and look for

an old fashioned phone. Its called the Gossip Phone. Pick it up and listen

to it. (It used to be true. The ultimate future of this element is currently

unknown. There is a similar looking phone in the barber shop, but it is a

functioning telephone)

14. Center Street off of Main Street: go to the end of the street and listen

carefully, you can hear tap dancing and singing lessons going on upstairs.

(True)15. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: In the first room there is a

picture of Mr. Toad handing over the deed to Owl. (True)

16. Under the Train Station: Keep your back to the castle and look up. In

the rafters you can see some Disney character items left behind. (True)

17. Main Street: After the afternoon parade goes by, watch the upstairs

windows, they will close automatically. That is where some of the music

is piped. (True)

18. Behind the castle and to the left is a fountain with Cinderella. Whenchildren look at her (from a shorter perspective) it appears as if she has a

crown. Adults need to bend (or bow) to her in order to see it too. (True.

Adults also need to bow in order to get a drink of water from the child-

height drinking fountains)

19. Liberty Square: there is a gate around a door. It guards a marble slab

that used to be a step at Monticello. Jefferson actually walked on it.

(False, according to a Keys to the Kingdom guide, but there is a fenced-

off step there. Also in liberty square, look for two lanterns in an upstairs

window [two if by sea] Also find the Liberty Square "sewer system."

There's a LOT of overlooked detail in Liberty Square)

20. Magic Carpets of Aladdin: there are embedded jewels in the concrete

around the ride. (True. It is rumored that some of the masonry and tile

work in the concrete is from structures that were destroyed to make way


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for the Magic Carpets and the Agrabah Bazaar, though I can't confirm)

21. Casey's Corner: I was sitting in the bleachers facing the TV showing

Disney sports cartoons. On the same wall as the bleachers, there is a

bunch of old baseball pictures. One in particular caught my attention. It

seemed a lot newer than the other pictures-it wasn't really grainy at all,yet it was dated "1915." Also, the players were sitting on very modern-

looking metal bleachers. The last thing I noticed was...THEY WERE

ALMOST ALL WEARING PRECISELY THE SAME MOUSTACHE! Could these be

the Imagineers who did the Casey's corner rehab a few years back? If you

want to find it yourself, go in the TV room connected to Casey's Corner.

The pictures are just inside the doorway, on the wall to the left. The

picture I'm talking about is about at eye level. (True! I'm the one that

originally posted this )22. Tinkerbells Treasures: Try to find Tinkerbell flitting around the

store. (True)

23. Tom Sawyers Island: Try to find one of the paintbrushes, and bring it

back to a CM for head of the line passes. (True)

24. Sir Mickey's Shop in Fantasyland: look at where the roof meets the

walls. You will see Willie the Giant from Mickey and the Beanstalk

peeking into the shop. (True)

25. Liberty Square: The sidewalks are brown but the streets are not.People in that time dumped garbage out the windows, so Disney made it

appear dirty. (Sort of true. There is a brown channel that runs through

the middle of the street. This is the Liberty Square "sewer system."

Delightful, huh?)

26. Liberty Square: all the shutters on the windows are hanging crooked.

This is because in those times leather was used to fasten shutters on and

would stretch over time to hang crooked. The Imagineers used crooked

metal fasteners. (True)

27. Walts name only appears on one window on Main Street. It is the one

above the ice cream parlor and is the only one that faces the Castle.

(True. According to Keys to the Kingdom, Walt enjoyed a dish of vanilla

ice cream every day of his adult life. They decided to make it easy for

him, through the placement of his window right above the ice cream


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shop.)

28. There is a silver plate that runs between Liberty Square and

Frontierland. This plate represents the Mississippi River, separating the

east from the west, and there is water flowing out from the plate into

the Rivers of America. Additionally the buildings also reflect changes eastto west from the colonial style to the frontier boomtown to the

southwestern adobe buildings. (True, to the best of my knowledge)

Epcot

1. Electric Umbrella: Look for the talking trashcan and the talking water

fountain. (True)

2. In Epcot, if you stand in the correct spot, you can see the Tower of

Terror appear to be part of Morocco. The best spot to see it is near thesouvenir stands between Future World and World Showcase, specifically

the souvenir stand closer to Mexico. And since both have similar colors,

they blend together decently. (True, but not known whether or not this

was intentional)

3. Journey Into Imagination with Figment: as you are about to go into the

sound room, look at one of the doors, it says Dean Finder(Dreamfinder).

Also, in the finale, look to the Figment with the music book glider, there

is a Dreammobile. (True)4. Mouse Gear: look for the blimp from the original JII, sans the balloon.

(True)

5. Spaceship Earth: the scene with the monks writing. One has fallen

asleep and has a Mickey shaped ink blob next to him. (True. There is also

a hidden sorcerer Mickey in this scene, but it is not at all visible from the

ride vehicles)

6. UK pavilion: there is a path running down the side of the Rose & Crown

pub, which leads to a 'secret' garden. (True, though it depends upon your

definition of "secret." The path is often blocked off due to private

events.)

7. Maelstrom: When boarding the boats look at the Vikings, one is wearing

Mickey Mouse Ears. (True)

8. Watch out for the rock formations on the shores of the Canada pavilion


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during Illuminations: Reflections of Earth. For the fireworks show, one of

these boulders "breaks open," rising up into the air, a contoured piece of

rock topping a pole equipped with lights and speakers for the show. Once

Illuminations ends, the pole silently retracts back into the boulder, its

rocky top preserving the appearance of the Canada shoreline. It's all partof Disney's attempt to preserve show elements--outside of show time,

you'd never know it wasn't a real rock. A similar pole rises out of the

rocks at the Japan pavilion, and two light poles are cleverly concealed in

the Italy pavilion. (True)

9. Germany: The stone "castle" building, located in the Germany pavilion

alongside the Biergarten Restaurant, was to have been the home of a

Rhine River cruise attraction taking guests on a boat ride through the

German countryside. But the attraction was never built. The mainentrance to the ride would have been located at the back of the

Sommerfest Outdoor Caf. (True. There is a similar gigantic show building

behind Japan for the never-installed (at least at Epcot) Meet the World

show)

Disney Studios

1. Tower of Terror: Look for marquee with missing letters, on the

bottom, the fallen letters will read Evil Tower U R Doomed. (Was true,now unknown. This element seems to come and go.)

2. Muppet Vision 3-D: Outside of the building there is graffiti written all

over, stop and read the sometimes humorous messages. (True)

3. Muppet Vision 3-D: Look for the key under the mat when entering the

theater. (True, though the mat is immediately to your right as you enter

the turnstyles, below the "security office" and quite a bit before the

theater entrance)

4. Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular: Outside of the theater there is a

well. Pull on the rope that's dropped inside of the well and listen. (True)

5. Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular: There are crates stacked in the

bushes that say dont open Go ahead and open them. (Unknown--it's

been a while since I've seen Indy)

6. Singing in the Rain Umbrella: Near Lights Motor Action at the end of NY


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Street. (Or whatever its called now) (True, but only there seasonally)

7. Honey I Shrunk the Kids: Look for the dogs nose and stick your hand in

its nostrils, it will sniff you (and sometimes sneeze!). (Unknown--it's been

a while since I've been in Honey I Shrunk the Kids)

8. AFI shop at the Back Lot Tour ride: look for the area nearby which isstacked with wooden crates, open them and you will be rewarded with

various silly effects. (True)

9. Look for the snowman in MGM. Great photo op! (True)

Animal Kingdom

1. Look for DeVine a real human vine, usually hanging around near or

behind the Tree of Life. (True, she is often found on the path between

Asia and Africa)2. Tusker House: sit outside on the back patio area when you eat and

listen carefully. You can hear people upstairs who seem to be having

trouble cleaning. (True)

3. Tamu Refreshment Stand: Behind it is a half wall where a meet and

greet takes place. The paint is chipping and one area of chipped off paint

is a hidden Baloo. (Unknown)

4. Kali River Rapids: go on the bridge and find the buttons that allow the

two elephants below squirt the riders. (True, it's fun!)5. Dinoland Playground: Try to open the door. (Unknown)

Downtown Disney

1. Downtown Disney Marketplace: go with your children and ask at one of

the (Disney) store cash registers for the Sticker Hunt booklet. There are

15 different stickers to collect at each of 15 stores. (Unknown)

2. Art of Disney store: They run a quiz every day and give out prizes if you

get them all right! (Partially true. There is a quiz, but no prizes outside of

Magical Moment Certificates)

Resorts

1. Contemporary Resort: near the Monorail loading dock, there is a huge

mosaic. Look for the 5 legged goat within that mosaic. (True)


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2. Port Orleans: the musical notes attached to the check in counter

translate to When the Saints Go Marching In. (True)

3. Fort Wilderness: Look for the lawn mower tree. (True, though there

isn't much left of the lawnmower)

4. Wilderness Lodge: Has a smokehouse tour. (True)5. Wilderness Lodge: Get a hidden Mickey list and go on a hunt! (True)

6. Wilderness Lodge: Go look for Old Faithful. (True, but the name is Fire

Rock Geyser)

Everything Else

1. Monorail: Sit up front with the captain and get a co-pilots license.

(True--you just have to ask)

2. Watercraft: take the boats or ferries and get a Disney Watercraftsticker. (True, but seems to be uncommon)

3. Ask for a list of Hidden Mickeys from Guest Relations. (Unknown)

4. Ask for a list of Pressed Pennies from Guest Relations. (Unknown)

5. The two colors Disney paints the backstage areas/show buildings are go

Away Green and Blend In Brown. These two colors were made by Disney

to paint things they did not want to be noticed. (True, to the best of my

knowledge. There's also "Backstage Blue"--think Soarin')

6. Most people think of WDW as being "in Orlando". We Disney fans knowthat's not true. But even a lot of Disney fans don't realize that WDW is

actually in two cities. The area that includes Magic Kingdom and Fort

Wilderness is actually in the City of Bay Lake. The rest of the property is

in Lake Buena Vista. (True)

7. The original design for the resorts around The 7 Seas Lagoon were to

mirror the lands in the Magic Kingdom

Poly - Adventureland

Wilderness lodge and Fort Wilderness - Frontierland

Contemp - Tomorrowland

Grand FL - Main Street

The resorts for Fantasyland and Liberty Square were never built. (It

seems to make sense to some extent, though unknown if it was

intentional)


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BTW, my favorite secret is the key under the mat at the muppets.

Best Use of 4D Technology- Toy Story Mania at Disneys Hollywood Studios. This

ride incorporates all of your favorites from the Toy Story series, 4D technology and

video games- lets just say my boys were in heaven here. Warning- people ride this

over and over again to get better scores, so hit this ride early in the day and get afastpass too while you are at it!

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