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Fact #1981
On October 1st, it was Disney World's birthday!
Fact #1982
The Enchanted Tiki room was intended to be a resturant.
Fact #1983
3 million churros are sold at Disneyland every year.
Fact #1984
The wine cellars at Disneyland’s Napa Rose and Steakhouse 55 are so well-stocked, they’ve been awarded the Golden Bacchus Wine Award, the highest honor awarded by the Southern California Restaurant Writers Association.
Fact #1985
At the Storyteller’s Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, guests eat more than 14,000 bowls of signature Charred Nebraska Corn Chowder per year.
Fact #1986
At California Adventure, they sell so much popcorn that if you stacked every kernel on top of each other, it would be 200 feet every two days.
Fact #1987
Minnie’s full real name is Minerva Mouse.
Fact #1988
In World War 2, the phrase ‘Mickey Mouse’ was used as a password.
Fact #1989
In 1935 the League of Nations presented Mickey with a special medal in recognition of the fact that Mickey was a symbol of universal good will.
Fact #1990
Director Chris Buck, director of Frozen, has worked on animation for other Disney classics including The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Oliver & Company, and The Rescuers Down Under.
Fact #1991
The co-director and writer of Frozen, Jennifer Lee, also wrote the screenplay for Wreck-It Ralph.
Fact #1992
Frozen was the first full-length Disney, non-Pixar, movie to win the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.
Fact #1993
Christophe Beck, the composer for Frozen, composed a bunch of movies you love including Bring it On, Just Married, Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night, The Hangover Part 2, Crazy, Stupid, Love and lots more.
Fact #1994
Donald Duck first appeared on the silver screen on June 9, 1934, in the animated short film, The Wise Little Hen, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe.
Fact #1995
Donald Duck has gone on to star in seven feature films--which is more than any of his Disney counterparts.
Fact #1996
Donald Duck is 6 years younger than Mickey Mouse.
Fact #1997
In 1988, Snow White was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fact #1998
Belle is the first and only Disney Princess to not sing the film's theme song, "Beauty and the Beast". Instead, it is sung by the supporting character, Mrs. Potts.
Fact #1999
According to legend, Pocahontas changed her name to Rebecca. However, this doesn't occur in any of the Disney films.
Fact #2000
Pocahontas is the first Disney Princess to have a human best friend,second being Tiana.
Fact #2001
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to kill the film's villain, before Tiana in 2009.
Fact #2002
Although Mulan cut her hair it remained long in Disney Princess merchandise.
Fact #2003
Tiana is the first new Disney Princess to be introduced since Mulan in 1998.
Fact #2004
Tiana is the Disney Princess seen wearing the most outfits. In total, she wore ten on different occasions.
Fact #2005
Despite having her hair cut and turn brown in the movie, making her the first Disney Princess to have her hair change color, Rapunzel's hair is kept long and blonde in many of the promotional images and in the Disney parks.
Fact #2006
Rapunzel is the first Disney Princess to have a female villain in her story since Ariel in 1989.
Fact #2007
The conductor of the music used in Fantasia was Leopold Stokowski. When The Sorcerer's Apprentice was being worked on, Stokowski offered to conduct the orchestra for free.
Fact #2008
Fantasia was turned into a videogame in 1991. Released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, the game allowed the player to control Mickey Mouse as he made his way through various scenes in the film. Although the graphics and the sound were good, the game overall was poor and frustrating to play, mainly down to its unresponsive controls and unfair difficulty level.
Fact #2009
The words at the beginning of The Lion King are Zulu for “Here comes a lion, father” and “Oh, yes, it’s a lion.”
Fact #2010
The character Lots-o’-Huggin Bear in Toy Story 3 was originally meant to appear in the first Toy Story film but Pixar didn’t have the technology to realistically animate his fur.
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