Secret Stories of Walt Disney World Quotes

“It was speculated that a car manufacturing company like Ford, or a space or aircraft project like NASA’s Manned Orbiting Laboratory Project, or millionaires like the Rockefellers or Howard Hughes were secretly purchasing the land. One account even suggested the Mafia was buying land to launder ill-gotten gains or dump bodies in the swamps. However,”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“One Disney “urban myth” is that in the event of a hurricane, the castle can be dismantled. That is untrue. The main building has an internal grid of steel framing, secured to a concrete foundation. The turrets and towers also have internal steel framing and were lifted by crane, then bolted permanently to the main structure.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“Horizons opened exactly one year after Epcot Center opened. Amusingly, the phrase in the attraction—“If we can dream it, we can do it”—that is often falsely credited to Walt Disney was in reality the creation of Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald, who modeled for the Audio-Animatronic “young man” character with the solo submarine.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“To help cement the friendship between Japan and Disney, Emperor Hirohito personally presented to Roy O. Disney, for the dedication of the Magic Kingdom, a stone Japanese lantern known as a Toro to light the way to success and happiness.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but no one is entitled to make up their own facts, especially when they conflict with the actual facts.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“The Disney trademark is all over it: the businesslike use of fantasy, the no-nonsense approach to nonsense.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“The placement of the statue at DHS was not just to honor film-making, but to suggest that the guests are being filmed as they enter the park and are part of the motion picture they are about to experience. At”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“Before considering a geodesic sphere, different design structures were considered for Spaceship Earth including the Roman Parthenon, the dome of Saint Peter’s Cathedral in the Vatican (150 feet high and 107 feet in diameter), and the 125-foot-diameter steel frame supporting a map of the world, like the one at the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair. A golden geodesic dome was also seriously considered, inspired by the Expo ’67 dome in Montreal.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“Cast members also insist on rearranging three of the plates on the table at the banquet so they form a “Hidden Mickey”, despite Imagineers’ constant efforts to change it back to the original configuration. Even though the Imagineers physically marked the table to indicate where the plates should go, the Hidden Mickey continually returns. Other”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“The Tri-Circle-D Ranch at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground at Walt Disney World is now the home for the famous Dragon Calliope. It can be viewed by guests and it is free to do so. It is even rigged so that by pushing a button, it briefly plays a tune.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

“In front of the restaurant, on the side walk, just like in the movie, someone outlined a heart when the cement was wet and there are two sets of dog paws. To the left of the restaurant is a sign for the Chapeau shop that features a hat box exactly like the one that little Lady was in at the beginning of the film. Details like these enhance the overall experience for sharp-eyed guests.”
― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

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― Jim Korkis, Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew