![]() ![]() Forced perspective: the smaller windows are just one example of forced perspective. However, this TV crew was allowed to take an extensive video of the Utilidors in the 1980s. And even then, you’re not allowed to take any pictures. The “tunnels” under WDW’s Magic Kingdom: It’s a rare opportunity for guests to see the tunnels (they’re officially called the Utilidors), unless you take a tour. ![]() But the reason the water rides like Pirates of the Caribbean have a certain odor is totally different. Yes, there are some areas where they pump certain smells into the air. Smells in the different lands: They made it sound like it’s a little more than it actually is. Basketball court in the Matterhorn: Yup, true story! Click here for more info.ġ3. Club 33: I’ve never been & I don’t know anyone who could get me in. On very rare occasions, they also offer tours of the Cinderella Castle suite.ġ1. Cinderella Castle suite: they also occasionally use it as a prize for contests, sweepstakes or charitable auctions. The times are made longer than reality so you’ll be happier when you get to the end of the queue and discover it was shorter than you anticipated.ġ0. Wait times are overestimated: This is a very well known “secret.” Whatever a wait time is, you can usually knock off 20-30%, give or take, for the “true” wait time. Characters spend more time with you in the morning meet & greets: That would involve waking up early enough to do that. Want to learn some more insider/backstage information about what it’s like to be a Disney Princess? Click here!Ĩ. I heard they were made taller because of safety aspects. For example, the minimum height for shorter characters used to be smaller than they are nowadays (when I went to WDW in the late 70s, I saw a Donald Duck that was shorter than me and I was probably about 4’5″ at the time). However what they didn’t mention was that the heights have changed over the years. Height for Princesses: Yup, every Disney character has to be within a specific height range. Characters always stay in character: Absolutely true! Want to know the best ways to interact with Disney characters? Click here and go down to the 2nd “tip.”ħ. I call bullspit and am sticking with team “it’s more polite.”Ħ. They were also using it as far back as when Disneyland opened in 1955, and that was long before Walt had died and even longer before Photoshop. You’re taught in Traditions (Disney training) that the “two finger (or 4 finger) point” was indeed because it’s more polite than a 1-finger point. How the “two finger” point came to be: I’m not so sure about this one. His friend did manage to do it, and I don’t believe a “white powder alert” was called.ĥ. Scattered ashes: true story! I used to have a friend whose dying wish was for his ashes to be scattered inside the Haunted Mansion (he was a huge fan). Click here for a few more “code” words and phrases they use at Disney parks.Ĥ. I understand that other companies (read: retail) use it, as well. Yes, “protein spill” is a real term we were taught to use it at The Disney Store, too. I don’t remember using the terms they used in the video, but I do recall being taught that a “customer” was a code word for “shoplifter” (remember that at Disney, what most places call “customers,” Disney calls “guests.”)ģ. However, I did work at The Disney Store for 2 years in the mid-1990s. True guest, treasured guest: I’m not sure about this one, because I never worked at a Disney park. Before Be Our Guest opened, you could always meet Beast (and Belle) in the France pavilion at Epcot.Ģ. You can only meet Beast in the Be Our Guest restaurant: This is true (and heads up that Beast is only available during dinnertime), but its a relatively new thing. But really, like the title wasn’t good enough? Heck, even I used it! LOL!)ġ. Take that with a grain of salt □Īlso, ignore the pic that they’re using below, with Mickey “going down.” I don’t know why they chose that picture it wasn’t even taken at a Disney park □ (actually, I do know why – it was undoubtedly to get you more apt to click on it. Heads up that although I like the video that this group made, they seem to have their Walt Disney World (in Florida) and Disneyland (in California) mixed up from time to time. Some secrets are a little more well known than others, since they’ve snuck out over the years. With so many things going on at a Disney park at any given time, there are plenty of secrets that Disney cast members (Disneyspeak for “employees”) can’t or won’t tell you.
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