Did You Know This Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia about The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios?
At the end of the great movie ride you enter a room and watch a series of movie clips. How many movies are represented in these clips?
A. Less than 50
B. 50 to 100
C. Over 100
Answer: C. Over 100, I have heard the number 107 thrown around, but I haven’t been able to count. That’s a lot of movies to catch on in just a few minutes :).
If you came to this post looking to see Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain then you are in for a disappointment. The fastest ride at the Magic Kingdom at 40 mph is Splash Mountain. You will reach this great speed as you drop 52 feet at a 45 degree angle with a bit of moisture in your face. Oh and don’t forget to smile, just as you reach full speed they snap a picture for your viewing pleasure as you leave the ride.
Our friends at the Disney Parks Blog continue to offer up some exciting news for this summer. For those of you who missed the last 24 hour park event, or those of you that were there and want to experience it again you are in luck. This Memorial Day weekend (Friday night) you will be able to hang out for 24 hours in the Magic Kingdom Park, Disneyland, and Disney’s California Adventure. Who’s with me???
The parks will stay open from 6 a.m., May 24 to 6 a.m., May 25, 2013, local time. And here are more details – along with Mike introducing us to the action….In Florida, Magic Kingdom Park will feature a “Monsters University” theme where Mike and Sulley will be the Grand Marshals of the “Celebrate a Dream Come True” day parade and make appearances in Tomorrowland. There will be extra entertainment throughout the day and night, including characters in their pajamas in Town Square during the late night and early morning, and late-night dance parties in and around the courtyard of Cinderella Castle.
In California, you’ll be able to party the night away at both parks with special entertainment including: a “Monsters University” “TLT Monstrous” Dance Club and Star Wars characters in Tomorrowland and late-night Character Pajama Party in Mickey’s ToonTown at Disneyland park. The new Fantasy Faire Royal Theatre at Disneyland park will become a Royal Dance Hall late at night with a live band and dancing; and guests of Disney California Adventure park will find Monstrous photo opportunities with new “Monsters University” “Dorms” in Hollywood Land and a new “Monsters University” float leading the Pixar Play Parade.
Today our friends at the Disney Parks Blog posted another great video showing us the progress of Princess Fairytale Hall and teasing us more with a tour of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. We cannot wait to experience the Mine Trail, it looks amazing behind those walls. Let us know what you are most excited to see….
From the book – The Making Of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
From just a twinkle in Joe Rohde’s(Imagineering Concept Designer) eyes as he drove his pickup truck in January 1990 to the opening of the park in April 22,1998 to the ever changing landscape of the park we see today the Animal Kingdom is an amazing place. Today Animal Kingdom celebrates its 15th Birthday. Just as we celebrate any birthday, I thought I would look back at some of the amazing facts about Animal Kingdom.
Animal kingdom is the largest Disney park at 600 acres.
Over 1,000 animals and 250 species are on display.
During construction around 2,600 construction workers would be on site each day.
The designers asked that the plants have 2 growing seasons in the savannah before any animals arrived. This meant all plants in the savannah had to be in place in the spring of 1996.
Facts about the tree of life
140 ft tall
The tree is built to withstand 74 mph winds.
102,583 leaves were made and attached to the tree.
There are only 4 types of branches, but with the way they are placed on the tree the branches look random just like a natural tree.
45 secondary branches lead to 756 tertiary branches which lead to 7,891 end branches.
Over 400 animals have been carved into the tree
More than 4 million plants were brought in, from huge trees to individual blades of grasses. The number of grass species alone is over 300. Just in Africa alone more than 770,000 shrubs and 70,000 trees were planted.
Water was a problem on site. Huge concrete drainage pipes, some 7 feet in diameter were installed as deep as 28 feet underground. All of this was part of the 60 miles of underground pipe that had to be laid to keep the land dry.
Yes there was to be a Beastly Kingdom and you can still point them out today…..
Unicorn is one of the parking areas
There is a dragon in the park’s logo
There is a dragon shaped fountain just outside Camp Minnie-Mickey
Since 1995, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund has funded over 230 projects and $6 million dollars to conservation efforts around the world.
So we tip our glass to the Animal Kingdom today, Happy Birthday buddy, and here is to many more.
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Facts about the tree of life
Not AK, but if you love the Flower and Garden Festival – be sure to check our walk through pics.
