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Fact #841
At Walt Disney World, Cinderella's Castle is made out of fiberglass.
Fact #842
The Land ride at Epcot isn't just for entertainment. More than 30 tons of fruit and vegetables are grown there every year for Disney restaurants.
Fact #843
Disney's infrastructure has more than 270 buses, making it the third-largest bus system in the state, behind Jacksonville and Miami.
Fact #844
Disney World decorates more than 1,500 Christmas trees at holiday time.
Fact #845
The first film made at Disney's Hollywood Studios was "Ernest Saves Christmas."
Fact #846
Television shows were filmed at Disney's Hollywood Studios, too. "The Mickey Mouse Club" featured soon-to-be stars Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and Christina Aguilera. No shows are filmed there today.
Fact #847
Jane Eisner, wife of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, came up with the "I'm going to Disney World!" campaign, Michael Eisner wrote in his 1998 memoir.
Fact #848
Wall-E was actually named after Walter Elias Disney.
Fact #849
What was the original nickname given to Walt Disney World? The Vacation Kingdom of the World.
Fact #850
In The Voyage of the Little Mermaid ride, Disney adds helium to the bubble makers to create bubbles that float up instead of down.
Fact #851
Even though they're talked about in Animal Kingdom, there are no actual hyenas in the park. They're considered too vicious to be kept safely in Animal Kingdom.
Fact #852
Up was the first Disney & Pixar movie to be presented in Disney Digital 3D.
Fact #853
More than 450 kids read for the part of Russell. Jordan Nagai, the voice of Russell, had not planned on auditioning for the role. He accompanied his brother, an actor with some commercial and TV credits, and was asked to try out on the spot.
Fact #854
When Russell and Carl are served dinner by Muntz, Carl is actually served the scallop dish from Ratatouille.
Fact #855
Pixar started as a division of Lucasfilm before being bought by Steve Jobs for $5 million.
Fact #856
Clownfish are sequential hermaphrodites, meaning when the female of a group dies, the male changes sex/gender. Therefore, in Finding Nemo Marlin should have become a female.
Fact #857
To promote 'Ratatouille,' Disney and Pixar planned to sell wine with Remy the rat on the label. The promotion was canceled after criticism that it encouraged underage drinking.
Fact #858
The name Pixar is derived from a fictitious Spanish word meaning “to make pictures” or “to make pixels.”
Fact #859
One of the earliest teams of pre-Pixar computer animators worked on action titles including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Young Sherlock Holmes.
Fact #860
In order to give Dash a realistic out-of-breath voice in The Incredibles, director Brad Bird made actor Spencer Fox run laps around the studio.
Fact #861
All the studio’s movies include a character who is voiced by John Ratzenburger as he is regarded as “Pixar’s good luck charm.”
Fact #862
In Cars, the character of The King is voiced by retired NASCAR driver Richard Petty.
Fact #863
John Barry was originally hired to score The Incredibles in the style of James Bond…but left the project after scoring only a few demos.
Fact #864
The story for A Bug’s Life is a parody of Aesop’s moral fable of hard work and preparation "The Ant and the Grasshopper."
Fact #865
Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks brother, provided the voice of Woody in all of his voice activated toys and figurines, video games and even the “Toy Story Mania” ride at Disney’s theme parks.
Fact #866
Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, began as a short story called “The Great Dog Robbery.”
Fact #867
Brother Bear was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Fact #868
"Dumbo” is the nickname given him by some of the other elephants, but the big-eared guy’s real name is Jumbo, Jr.
Fact #869
Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella, the voices of Timon and Pumbaa, played off each other’s performances in The Lion King so well that they were the only two actors in the film to record their dialogue together.
Fact #670
The 66-acre West Side, the largest of the three Downtown Disney areas, includes 344,000 square feet of buildings and a 9,500-square-foot area for events and entertainment.
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