13 Walt Disney World Secrets

For an article titled "13 Walt Disney World Secrets You’ve Never, Ever Heard Before," most of these are either common knowledge, or wrong. Here's a couple of examples:

  1. "Have you heard the one about Magic Kingdom piping in the scent of freshly baked cookies onto Main Street?" - Common knowledge. How could it be anything else? It starts by asking if you've heard it before?

  2. "Tinker Bell flying over the Magic Kingdom is one of the most iconic parts of the Wishes Nighttime Spectacular, but it doesn’t happen with magic alone...." It also isn't always true. Tink's weight is the biggest factor in whether she completes her trip.

  3. "The most harrowing part of putting on EPCOT’s nightly show, IllumiNATIONS: Reflections of Earth, is actually getting the globe to the center of the World Showcase Lagoon. When it’s transported from backstage through the canal, there are only six inches on each side for the LED-covered orb to pass through—which explains the dark scratch lines on the walls!" Well, gee. Do you suppose that's why they do it in full sunlight? Don't MANY ships make routine trips in and out of ports with limited clearance?

  4. "Even with its replica Liberty Bell and Liberty Tree, Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square is much more authentic than you may have realized. Because there were no modernized bathrooms..." Common knowledge.

  5. "Magic Kingdom’s Main Street is lined with our nation’s flags—only they’re not technically American." This is semantics, but actually they're not actually FLAGS. The lack of a star or stripe doesn't change their nationality.

  6. "Disney pays incredible attention to detail, right down to the sidewalk you step on. On Main Street, the differing colors help to subconsciously guide guests and keep them from tripping at night and at Liberty Square, well, the brown wavy path down the center of the road is said to represent..." Gee, I wonder where we heard this one before? Maybe number 4?

  7. "Though the true reason varies between Disney experts, the current monorail stop at EPCOT is not originally where it was intended to be. Sinkholes made building so challenging that the monorail had to be rerouted, which is why it now travels completely around EPCOT before stopping...." Um, if it traveled completely around EPCOT it would miss the park and keep going. It goes around Spaceship Earth, but that's a small fraction of the entire park.

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