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One of my favorite facts is that disney has put these little receptors around the parks and they pump out certain smells (like pop corn and turkey legs) to make you want to eat the food your smelling.... also i find it fun to pull on the rope near the indiana jones stunt show and hearing the guy in the well
92 Fort Wilderness.
96 Disney Institute
2000 Off site
2009 all star movies.
2011 Port Orleans FQ
2013 Port Orleans FQ
2016 ??
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I like the facts related to the original intention of Epcot as E.P.C.O.T., the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. I find myself drawn to the videos and models of that, and find it interesting to see what the park is(n't) today. It's also interesting to me the view of "the future" or "the ideal" from times past, just like when considering Tomorrowland.
=) Travis
WDW, multiple visits. DLR, many years ago pre-DCA. Disneyland Paris, one amazing two-day visit. Up next: Disneyland Shanghai, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, and Disneyland Hong Kong!
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Apparently, if Tower Of Terror Dropped at the same time Rock N ROllercoaster launched it would cause a power outage in sunset beulevard. Thankfully there are sub-stations to stop that happening. Or so I am told....
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What I love is the back round music, and how it changes as you walk though the park. Also how the buildings in the distance blend in with the ones in the foreground, like when looking at Space Mountain from Fantasyland, in the back round is the futuristic Contemporary. Or standing at the entrance to World Showcase looking at Morocco, the Tower of Terror in the back round is the same color scheme.
76 CR,80 Offsite,82 CR, 85 Offsite, 88/89 GF,
91 Dolphin, 93 DxL,94 WL,94 POLY,
97 Offsite, 99 CSR, 02 ASMo, 03/04 ASMo
04 POR, 05 POR, 08 POR, 10 ASMu FS,
12 ASMu FS, 14 ASMo,
14 POR, 15 POR
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I love the whole process to how the land was purchased for the "Florida Project." From the dummy corporation names, to tax breaks, to loopholes, it was a genius plan. Walt was a great businessman as well, and every shrewd businessman has a little bit of bending the rules in them.
1979, 82, 85 & 88-Contemporary
1990-Polynesian
1995-All Star Sports
2001-Coronado Springs (Honeymoon)
2003-Offsite
2007-Buena Vista Palace
2010-Old Key West Resort
6/2012-Pop Century
11/2012-Art of Animation
11/2013-Art of Animation
11/2015-Art of Animation
11/2016-Bay Lake Tower
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I love the way the Disney busses always play music that is related to wherever you are going. IE pop music on the way to POP.
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'78, '89 - DW -off property;
'94, 00, '07 - Dixie Landing; '96 - CBR; '98 - CSR;
'99 - Disney Cruise;
'01 - WL Christmas Celebration; '03, '06, '12, '13
'10 POFQ; '11 POP (2x)
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 Originally Posted by retiredfigment
I love the way the Disney busses always play music that is related to wherever you are going. IE pop music on the way to POP.
Never noticed this. But will in Feb.
76 CR,80 Offsite,82 CR, 85 Offsite, 88/89 GF,
91 Dolphin, 93 DxL,94 WL,94 POLY,
97 Offsite, 99 CSR, 02 ASMo, 03/04 ASMo
04 POR, 05 POR, 08 POR, 10 ASMu FS,
12 ASMu FS, 14 ASMo,
14 POR, 15 POR
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I love the fact that the park is built over the Utilidors. Just to know you don't see any "backstage" stuff is pretty cool. Plus the forced perspective of things, which is evident looking around Epcot at all the pavilions.
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Yearly '98 - '08
Last Trip July 2014
Next Trip ???
Keep to the code... If you fall behind, you get left behind.
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The general marketing genius. Free transportation from airport when you stay on site = less likely to rent a car and visit any other attractions. Price of park tickets decreases the longer you stay = longer vacations just at Disney.
The way they know people tend to walk towards the right, so Main Street has the candy store, bakery, and ice cream shoppes on the right as you enter, and the gift shops on right as you leave.
*Cindy
Sep20 - Yacht Club
Sep19 - WL Villas
Sep18 - Contemporary
Oct17 - Offsite
Sep16 - POFQ
Sep15 - Poly
Sep14 - Disneyland
Sep13 - Beach Club
Oct11 - POR
Sep10 - CBR
Sep09 - POP
Sep08 - WL Villas
Sep07 - POR
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Jun90 - GF
Aug86 - Big Red Boat
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Originally Posted by The Horned King
Apparently, if Tower Of Terror Dropped at the same time Rock N ROllercoaster launched it would cause a power outage in sunset beulevard. Thankfully there are sub-stations to stop that happening. Or so I am told....
Wow this is a pretty awesome one! Never heard of it!
Been to Disney over 20 times...
Last Trip: September 2014! All Star Sports
Next Trip: September 2015???
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I'll play.
As a child of Disneyland (see signature below) this has always blown me away:
Disneyland - (the area "inside the berm") would fit (roughly) inside the World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot. Disneyland is 43 acres, the Lagoon is a bit over 40 acres.
Similarly, whereas Disneyland is 43 acres, WDW is 43 square miles - that's 640 times larger.
Steve
First visit: Disneyland, July 17, 1955 (well, somebody had to be there on opening day!)
Most Recent Visit:
Disneyland - June 21-25, 2017
WDW - Sep 22 - Oct 5, 2019
Next up: WDW - May 9 - 16, 2020 at Riviera!
Dec 5 - 16, 2020 at Poly
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The front round music is also good. 
"You used all the glue on purpose!"
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Originally Posted by Mendelson
The front round music is also good.
Took me a minute. 
Many visits over 35+ years!
DVC member since 2004 (SSR)
Stayed at: Bay Lake Tower, Polynesian, Contemporary, Wilderness Lodge, Boardwalk, Beach Club, Dolphin, PO Riverside, AS Sports, AS Movies, Saratoga, Vero Beach, Hilton Head, Aulani, Disneyland Hotel, and Grand Californian.
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Originally Posted by Mendelson
The front round music is also good.
Im not as smart as Auroura...Please explain lol.
Been to Disney over 20 times...
Last Trip: September 2014! All Star Sports
Next Trip: September 2015???
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Richard Nixon's "I'm not a crook!" speech was from the newly opened Contemporary Resort at WDW.
Johnny Po!
1978 - 1984 too many to count - OffSite
2000 - POFQ, MOWC (Sept)
2001 - CS, Offsite (Jan) ASM (June) POFQ (Sept)
2004 - POFQ (Sept)
2005 - WL (June) AKL (Sept)
2008 - Poly (Nov)
2009 - Poly Club (July)
2011 - BC Club (Sept)
2013 - BWI Club(Aug)
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Originally Posted by masonlovesdisney
Im not as smart as Auroura...Please explain lol.
It was a good-natured dig at Bay Lake, who apparently has heard "background music" as "back round music" most of his/her life, as it was written that way three times in his/her post.
Used in a sentence: I love the back round music but the front round music shouldn't be unappreciated! 
Kind of like how people say things like "doggy dog world" (for dog-eat-dog world) "for all intensive purposes" (for for all intents and purposes), etc.
Actually, that should be its own thread - similar malapropisms exclusive to WDW!
"You used all the glue on purpose!"
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When I first wrote it the spell check line showed up so not thinking I thought it was wrong and went with it.
76 CR,80 Offsite,82 CR, 85 Offsite, 88/89 GF,
91 Dolphin, 93 DxL,94 WL,94 POLY,
97 Offsite, 99 CSR, 02 ASMo, 03/04 ASMo
04 POR, 05 POR, 08 POR, 10 ASMu FS,
12 ASMu FS, 14 ASMo,
14 POR, 15 POR
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Originally Posted by Awesome_guy
I like the facts related to the original intention of Epcot as E.P.C.O.T., the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. I find myself drawn to the videos and models of that, and find it interesting to see what the park is(n't) today. It's also interesting to me the view of "the future" or "the ideal" from times past, just like when considering Tomorrowland.
I totally agree with this. The original idea of EPCOT is totally fascinating to me as well asthe pasts' idea of the future.
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
90 - CBR
94 - Dixie Landings
98 - CBR
03 - AKL
05-POFQ
07 - Grand Flordian
08 - AKL
10 - Contemporary (Aug)
13 - POFQ
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That's a tough one. I can think of lots of favorite Disney design details, but a singular fact...
I love that John Lasseter (head of Pixar) once worked as a skipper on the Jungle Cruise ride.
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DL - 1996, 2019
Next up - January 2023 short trip! We just want to try that 50th Anniversary chocolate monstrosity at Mexico!
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