Did
You Know...
1.
Walt Disney World is about the size of San Francisco
or two Manhattan islands, covering
47 square miles.
Of the more than 30,000 acres, less than one-fourth
has been developed with another quarter designated
as a wilderness preserve.
2.
Walt
Disney World is the largest employer in Central Florida.
It
takes close
to 45,000 people
to create the magic at the Vacation Kingdom.
3.
Mickey Mouse has 175 different sets of costumes, ranging
from a scuba suit to a tuxedo. Minnie Mouse's wardrobe
contains some 200 outfits, including everything from
a cheerleader ensemble to evening gowns.
4.
More than 46 million Cokes are consumed each year
at Walt Disney World Resort. That goes with 7 million
hamburgers, 5 million hot dogs, 5 million pounds of
French fries and 265,000 pounds of popcorn.
5.
Since 1971, the total miles logged by Walt Disney
World monorail trains would be equal to over 25 round
trips to the moon. One dozen new cars were put into
service along the 14-mile beamway in 1990 as the original
fleet received a well-deserved retirement.
6.
. How many stones are there in Cinderella Castle in
the Magic Kingdom? NONE. The whole shell of the building
is fiberglass.
7.
If you emptied the water from The Living Seas in Epcot
into one-gallon milk jugs and laid them side by side,
they would stretch from Disney World to New Orleans,
Knoxville or Raleigh -- 540 miles. And the recipe
for the artificial sea water called for 27 truckloads
of sodium chloride, or common table salt.
8.
The fountain at Epcot Innoventions Plaza can shoot
water 150 feet in the air -- within 30 feet of the
top of Spaceship Earth. If all of the shooters were
fired at once, there would be 2,000 gallons of water
in the air.
9.
50,000 Sprinkler Heads and 2,000 miles of irrigation
pipe are needed to water more than 3,500 acres of
landscaping at Walt Disney World Resort. Since 1971,
more than 100,000 trees and 2 million tended shrubs
have been planted. For a burst of color, another 3
million bedding plants are added annually.
10.
450,000 mowing miles is what it takes to maintain
2,000 acres of turf. For the record, those mower miles
are the equivalent of 18 trips around the earth at
the equator.
Now
You Know
