Walt Disney World Adventure: January 2011

Walt Disney World Resort

30,500 acres or 43 square miles of property is what is considered the original area centrally located in Florida and is considered the largest of its kind in the world.
1965 is when the public was told about the Walt Disney World Resort Plans
52 months of construction were needed to build Walt Disney World back in 1971.
8 million cubic yards of earth were moved to build Walt Disney World.
2,000 acres remain open for development by the Walt Disney World Company.
$180 an acres was a great price for the Florida land, until Disney was named the person buying the land then the price went to $1000 an acre.
27,258 acres of land were purchased for WDW
$5,018, 770 was the cost of the 27,258 acres
18 months of moving dirt were used to just prepare the Magic Kingdom site to be built.
8 million cubic yards of earth were moved to build the Magic Kingdom.
2,600,000 chocolate covered Mickey Mouse ice cream bars are sold every year at Walt Disney World (WDW)
4 colors make up the official colors of WDW, lagoon blue, mint green, pumpkin orange, lavender.
450 acre area is Bay Lake and located near the Magic Kingdom.
4.5 miles of beach line the Seven Seas lagoon and Bay Lake
2.385 billion gallons make up the volume of water that is Bay Lake and the adjoining Seven Seas Lagoon.
3.8 million pens are purchased by WDW each year.
600 tons of steel helps make up Cinderella’s Castle, and not a single stone.
4 inches is the distance the driver of the armored car has between the door and the wall of the Utilidors, which is the only gas powered vehicle allowed in the Tunnel.
9 acres of tunnel are under the Magic Kingdom.
14 feet below ground are the 9 acres of tunnels servicing the Magic Kingdom.
2 times a month the horse shaped hitching posts on Main Street, USA are scraped and painted.
20 minutes is all it takes to fill Splash Mountain and 5 Minutes to drain it.
47 square miles is the original property size that was purchased for Walt Disney World.
7,500 acres were set aside as Conversation area in 1970 and developed a system of more than 43 miles of canals and 22 miles of levees to control the water level.
70,000 fingerling bass were originally stocked in Bay lake when WDW first opened.
4 trains are part of the WDW railroad; each train has 5 cars and can hold approximately 360 Guests and 2 wheelchairs. The train names are: Walter E. Disney (red), Lilly Belle (green),Roger E. Broggie (yellow),Roy O. Disney (blue).
10 miles per hour is the touring speed of the WDW railroad trains travel at while taking you on your scenic journey around the park.
3,000,000 are how many passengers the WDW railroad carries each year.
100,000 guests is the max capacity for the Magic Kingdom. The parking lot closes at 75,000 to allow room for Hotel resort guests arriving on buses, boats and monorail.
11,000 firework shows per year makes WDW the largest consumer of fireworks in North America.
2,300 wedding are estimated to take place at WDW in a year.
15,000 weddings have taken place at WDW since September 1991.
7 million hamburgers are sold in the park each year
5 million hotdogs are consumed each year in the park
1.4 million barbecued turkey legs are consumed each year at Walt Disney World
58,000 employees are employed by Walt Disney world as of 2006, spending more than $1.1 billion on payroll and $478 million in benefits each year
5,000 employees are dedicated to the maintenance and engineering at WDW including 750 horticulturists and 600 painters.
$100 million is spent each year to maintain the Magic Kingdom.
10 of the 12 trains can be stored in the maintenance shop on its upper level (the bottom level houses the four steam locomotives that circle the Magic Kingdom). On any given night, two Mark VI trains are parked outside the gate of the Magic Kingdom. No train will ever be left outside two nights in a row.
150 truckloads of holiday decorations adorn the Walt Disney World Resort and 300,000 yards of ribbon and bows drape over 1,500 Christmas trees during the yuletide season.
72,000 ticket holders at the FedEx Orange Bowl National Championship game in Miami each receive a surprise free ticket to any Disney theme park in the world. The largest Disney theme park ticket give-away ever was part of the launch of the Happiest Celebration on Earth, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland and Disney theme parks.
50,000th child to have a Disney theme park wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Disney. This event took place on October 6, 2005.
2,500 different Cast Member costume designs make up a working wardrobe of about 1.8 million pieces. Approximately 13,000 costume pieces are manufactured each year at Walt Disney World.
15 million miles are driven by the Walt Disney World bus fleet each year.
3,421,399 (approximately)famous “Mouse Ear” hats sold each year at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando to cover the head of every man, woman and child in Portland, Oregon.
30th year anniversary for Walt Disney World was celebrated October 1, 2001. Happy Anniversary !
392,040 square feet of space under the Magic Kingdom creates the Utilidors and are bustling with action. Beside navigation information the walls are covered with motivational information, such as the 7 rules of a Cast Member.
750 watercraft makes Walt Disney World the 5th largest fleet of watercraft in the world.
14 feet deep is the Seven Sea lagoon, but Bay lake is only 12 feet deep.
2.5 million garments(pieces) exist in Walt Disney World costuming department.
150,000 gallons of paint were purchased in 2004 enough to cover 7,500 average size homes.
263 buses are in service at Walt Disney World.
50 million soft drinks are sold annually at WDW.
9 million pounds of French Fries are sold annually at WDW.
194,871 miles of toilet tissue are used annually at WDW.
24,409 miles of paper towels are used annually at WDW.
319,353 lbs. of chocolate are used annually at WDW.
1.2 million pounds of watermelon are used annually at WDW.
741,150 pounds of sugar are used annually at WDW.
1.8 million pounds of flour are used annually at WDW.
245,000 pounds of fruit filling are used annually at WDW.
38,000 pounds of white icing glaze are used annually at WDW.
2.9 million pounds of eggs are used annually at WDW.
606,000 pounds of bananas are used annually at WDW.
510,000 of grapes are used annually at WDW.
1.5 million soft pretzels are served annually at WDW.
639,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese are served at WDW.
337,000 pencils are purchased annually to use at WDW.
148 million sheets of recycled copier paper are used annually at WDW.
730,102 gallons of bleach are used annually at WDW.
214,000 bandages were provided to guests during the year 2004 at WDW.
20,000 different colors of paint used in Walt Disney World.
14.25 pound largemouth bass is the largest ever caught on Bay Lake, but we’ll never know since it is catch and release fishing.
3 circle vision films play at WDW. n the Magic Kingdom, take a trip through time in Tomorrowland’s "The Timekeeper." The other two films using the Circle-Vision technology are both found in Epcot's World Showcase. They are O Canada!, and the Wonders of China.
175 different outfits are in Mickey’s wardrobe closet, including a scuba suit and a tuxedo.
200 different outfits are in Minnie’s wardrobe closet, including a cheerleader costume and various evening gowns.
15 million gallons of water are used each day at WDW.
5,000 plus performers, (not counting the 500 doves that were released), joined in the Grand Opening Celebration of Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom on October 25, 1971.
1,076-piece band (including 76 trombones) was led by "Music man" Meredith Wilson as part of the Grand opening parade up Main Street, USA.
51,000 employees work at WDW, this number changes with the seasons and peak park seasons.
11 miles of garland, 3,000 wreaths and 1,500 Christmas trees are spread around during the holiday season. The tallest is a 70-foot tree in Disney's Contemporary Resort. In addition, trees, which range in height from 45 to 70 feet, are placed in prominent positions in the theme parks.
500,000 character watches are sold annually mainly Mickey watches, are slipped onto wrists from Walt Disney World gift shops each year. At any given time, there are more than 200 different varieties of character watches. The most popular timepiece: a gold-tone relief of Mickey Mouse.
100 pairs of sunglasses are turned in at the Magic Kingdom lost and found alone. There have been enough "shades" submitted each year in the Magic Kingdom to outfit every resident of Sun City, Arizona; Sun City, California; and Sun City, Florida. Since 1971, an estimated 1.5 million pairs of glasses have found their way into the "lost" bin.
6,000 different types of food are served at WDW.
350 or more chefs are employed at WDW
150 semi trucks of decorations are used to decorate WDW during the Christmas season.
15 miles of garland are to decorate at WDW during Christmas season.
300,000 yards of ribbon are used for decorating at Christmas.
1,500 Christmas trees are used all around the WDW property for decorating.
8 million lights are used to decorate the 4 parks for Christmas.
18 towers are on Cinderella's Castle.
2 times the size of Manhattan Island is the property of Walt Disney World.
200 feet is the maximum building height in Florida, so the building does not have a red light installed for aircraft.
1st guest entered Walt Disney World on October 1, 1971
50,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on March 2,1976
100,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on October 22, 1979
150,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on April 7, 1983
200,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on July 20, 1985
300,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on June 21, 1989
400,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on August 5,1992
500,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on October 13, 1995
600,000,000 guest entered Walt Disney World on June 24, 1998
4 million guests of Walt Disney World Resort hotels have used Disney’s Magical Express since the airport shuttle, luggage delivery and airline check-in service launched May 5, 2005
250,000 Guests at the Walt Disney World Resort ride the Various forms of “mass transit” every day, which include monorails, ferryboats, bus services and water taxis.
100,000 to 200,000 photos of guests are taken each day by Disney’s PhotoPass photographers
4 % percent of all amateur photography is estimated to be taken at Walt Disney World and Disneyland
3 times the park has been closed, once resort wide in September 1999 for Hurricane Floyd; resort wide on September 11th, 2001 due to the terror attacks on America; and Epcot only on July 17th, 2002 due to a power outage.
72,000 individual AudioAnimatronic functions per second are controlled by the Digital Animation Control System (DACS)
800 different variety of trees had been acquired, moved and acclimated and transplanted at WDW as it was reported in 1970
2.2 million travelers were bused from Orlando International Airport to either a WDW resort hotels or cruise ships in 2008, That works out to about $1.6 million a year in payments to the airport
80,000 high school seniors will celebrate graduation during the annual Grad Nite party at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney has hosted the event for 36 years with a variety of acts from KC and the Sunshine Band to Jessica Simpson.

General Magic Kingdom

10/1971 is the opening day for the Magic Kingdom
1967 is when construction started to build the Magic Kingdom
$400,000,000.00 was the construction costs just to build the Magic Kingdom
8,000 employees were woking at the Magic Kingdom when it opened
1 million guests were serviced at the WDW Preview center that was built in 1970 before it closed
7 lands are in the Magic Kingdom
35 attractions are in the Magic Kingdom
10 Entertainment and shows are in the Magic Kingdom
25 dinning locations are at the Magic Kingdom
23 shopping locations are located at the Magic Kingdom
10 million guests visited the Magic Kingdom in less then 10 years.
10,000 guests visited WDW during the opening year that quickly grew to 10,000 an hour
16.2 million visitors in the year 2005
12,156 parking spaces are at the Magic Kingdom.
125 acre parking lot is at the Magic Kingdom
5/30/1967 began the groundbreaking on Walt Disney World Resort.
9,000 workers were needed to prepare Walt Disney World Resort for opening day.
107 acres of property was used for Magic Kingdom originally.
108 feet is the elevation of the Magic Kingdom, according to the sign at the Main Street Railroad Station.
65 foot Christmas tree is erected each Christmas season.
189 feet to the top of Cinderella’s castle.
1100 Audio-Animatronics figures are in the Magic Kingdom alone! These are all controlled using a system called DACS (Digital Animation Control System) from a central remote location, along with the more than 700 soundtracks for attractions, parades, stores and restaurants! In the four theme parks, there are close to 2000 Audio-Animatronics figures in all.
3.37 million gallons of water is in the moat that surrounds the Castle at WDW.
13 intricately carved, winged gargoyles appear on the outside of the castle at WDW.
11 attractions in the Magic kingdom that offer FastPass. Big Thunder Mountain, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan’s Flight, Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, PhilharMagic, Stitch’s Great Escape
23 attractions were all you received on opening day at the Magic Kingdom. Compared to the 37 attractions currently available.
$3.50 was the admission price on opening day in 1971.
$4.95 admission you received an adult 7-ride coupon book that contained a mix of A. B, C, D, E. Additional tickets were $.25 and .50 for each
100,000 hours and 5,000 yards of fabric were need to by the costumers to create the 125 costumes for the show Cinderellabration
15 children on average get lost each day at the Magic Kingdom and need to be reunited with their parents.
550 miles of wiring were need for the Main Street Electrical Parade.
530,000 bulbs were required to light the Main Street Electrical Parade.
3 horse-drawn street cars on Main Street, but only 2 run at a time.
10 to 12 miles per hours is how fast the steam engine trains can speed along the Magic Kingdom tracks.
14 restrooms are located thought the Magic Kingdom
1 first aid station is located in the Magic Kingdom at the Crystal Palace restaurant area.
1 Guest information is located at Town Hall on Main Street USA.
5 ATM’s are located in the Magic Kingdom.
10 designated smoking areas are located in the Magic Kingdom, otherwise smoking is prohibited.
7 pay phone locations with TTY are located in the Magic Kingdom.
1 Baby care center is located at the Crystal Place.
8 Kodak picture spots are located in the Magic Kingdom. These are great place to take family photos.
4 DVC (Disney Vacation Club) location are in the Magic Kingdom, In case you feel like buying a little piece of the magic.
5 character-greeting areas are located in the Magic Kingdom
6 restaurants/dining options are located on Main Street U.S.A, they include: Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, Main Street Bakery, Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, The Plaza Restaurant, Casey’s Corner, The Crystal Palace.
3 times has Walt Disney World been shutdown in the entire history. The first time was after the 9/11 tragedy, and the subsequent closures were due to Hurricanes Frances and Charlie.
1 million firework shells are fired at the Magic Kingdom each year.
60 miles per hour is how fast the trash moves though the Automated Vacuum Assisted Collection System (AVACS)
50 tons a day of trash is handled by the AVAC system
1 mile away is the distant the castle is designed to be seen from.
500,000 bits of glass in 500 different colors are used inside Cinderella’s castle
2 years were need to construct the mosaic panels by the artist Hanns-Joachim Scharff and his team
3 ferries are used to get from the Ticket and transportation Center (TTC) to the Magic kingdom. Each Ferry is clad in different trim colors and is named for past Disney executives: the General Joe Potter (blue), the Richard F. Irvine (red) and the Admiral Joe Fowler (green).
5 Disneyland’s can fit in the parking lot of the Magic Kingdom
44 food carts can be found though out the Magic Kingdom
48 merchandise locations can be found though out the Magic Kingdom
14 merchandise carts can be found though out the Magic Kingdom
100+ hanging baskets are located at the bus turnaround at the entrance to Magic Kingdom
2 windows on Main Street are dedicated to Walt. ! Is over the train station looking at the entrance and the other is at the end of Main street watching over the park.
1901 was the “year” the emporium opened, and was the year that Walt was born