Ever heard about people spreading ashes of their loved ones in the Haunted Mansion ride?
It’s goddamn true!
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Updated 1 year ago,January 16, 2024
Here are some crazy Disney facts fromAsk Reddit.
Omar Lopez
1.Former Disneyland employee here.
We see everything in the rides, there are cameras everywhere and we have night vision.
Yes, I saw you cop a feel on your girl when you thought no one was watching.
2.I worked at Kilimanjaro Safaris in Animal Kingdom.
4.I was given a 6 am walking tour of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Theyre top-half only, mounted onto poles.
If the boat riders cant see a part of an animatronic character, then it doesnt need to exist.
The novelty of it was that there was no sophisticated mechanism to stop her.
Nightly, cast members would gather at the base of the tower backstage just to see this happen.
As soon as she crashed, everyone would go back to their locations.
7.My SIL got the role of Cinderella at Disneyland Paris.
Mid-sentence and while opening the door to the construction trailer, George Burke just…died.
The project was very affected by this.
His knowledge of the work that needed to be done was deep and irreplaceable.
His laughter and personality were loved by all 1400 workers that were there.
They invited his family to the middle of an active construction site to let them view it.
The family, friends, and a few Imagineers, were the only people there.
Only we can point out where the hardhat is underneath the plaster, theming, and plants.
I revisit the spot every time I go back to Pandora.
9.You have to be in specific height ranges to play the different characters.
Because Mickeys height range is so short hes usually played by a woman.
11.I worked in reservations.
They give you a name, that is not your own and you better use it.
My name is not Robyn Leigh, but in Disney reservations, it was.
12.We actually care a lot about the guest experience.
If someone drops their ice cream, I can get them a new one free of charge.
Its called keeping the magic.
13.Both hands had to be visible in photos (e.g.
one outstretched and the other on someones shoulder).
14.Night of Joy its called.
Disney employees lovingly refer to it as Night of Hell.
I had to work it during my college program and its HORRIBLE.
These are rides that are in darkness for a significant portion of the ride, like the Peoplemover.
Disclaimer I worked at Disney over a decade ago so I only know what was true at the time.
15.Former college program cast member, worked at Magic Kingdom.
16.Not a Disney employee, but hear me out.
Disney employees are not, under any circumstances, allowed to leave Disney in their costumes.
Have you ever seen a drunk, headless Winnie the Pooh fall down a flight of stairs?
I miss that place.
If you got sent home for this more than three times they would fire you.
Under that slab is an opening that falls into a large empty space.
The opening is in the middle of the space and about 10 feet high.
There is no rope, no ladder, and no stairs to reach the opening from inside the space.
It is for this and many other reasons that there is a checkout system on the ride.
If you enter the ride on foot, you take a card.
When you return from the ride you turn in the card.
19.The Magic Kingdom park is actually on the second floor.
The land was cleared and the tunnels and offices were constructed, then the park went on top.
There is only a small section of the tunnels that actually goes below the actual ground level.
There was a pump going constantly to keep it dry.
20.There is (was?)
a very weird culture there.
Seasonal employees were largely separated from the full-timers.
21.No idea how different it is now, but the underground tunnels always smell like hot garbage.
Literal hot garbage as the tunnels are used to collect and transport everything that gets thrown away.
Its really bad in the summer.
22.Ever heard about people spreading ashes of their loved ones in the POTC or Haunted Mansion ride?
23.I used to occasionally work at one of the outdoor carts in front of the castle at Disneyland.
25.Disney will give VIP treatments to wealthy people and celebrities.
Including being chauffeured from backstage between attractions, surrounded by a circle of cast members.
26.We were told about the color they used to paint the buildings outside of the park.
Apparently, they are painted a specific shade of green, specifically made to be uninteresting.
27.Not a Disney employee but I saw a sort of behind-the-scenes event at Disneyland that was interesting.
Guy decides to sneak a cig.
He leans on the wall next to the doors, looks around and lights up a cigarette.
Whole thing took less than a minute.
I have no clue what happened to the guy.
28.Disneyland first interview papers include a blank outline of a person to indicate where you have tattoos.
29.Epcot was 100% the best place to work when I was there.
Until food and wine got so popular that we had to deal with all the drunks.
The amount of complaints that were because of sheer stupidity on the guests part is staggering.
