Did you know...

**Mari** · 18-12-2008, 10:13 PM

Did you know

WDW employees set up Xmas decorations during ONE night? .... so guests go to bed one night and resorts and parks look "normal" and wake up to Holiday themed EVERYWHERE the next morning!

**Dawn** · 19-12-2008, 08:06 AM

When you enter the loading area for Maelstrom look over at the viking mural on the far wall. One of the vikings is wearing Mickey ears.

**uscwest** · 19-12-2008, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Mari

Did you know

WDW employees set up Xmas decorations during ONE night? .... so guests go to bed one night and resorts and parks look "normal" and wake up to Holiday themed EVERYWHERE the next morning!

While they used to do this, they don't any longer. They were putting up decorations almost every day while we were there in November.

**Watchinherskip** · 19-12-2008, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Did you know that the TTA used to be called the Wedway People Mover and that I still call it that

We do too!! And we also love it!

**Watchinherskip** · 19-12-2008, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by uscwest

While they used to do this, they don't any longer. They were putting up decorations almost every day while we were there in November.

I remember! It only happened on our first vist back in 1987. It was truly amazing. Sorry to see that it disappeared.

**Johnie** · 19-12-2008, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Dawn

When you enter the loading area for Maelstrom look over at the viking mural on the far wall. One of the vikings is wearing Mickey ears.

Making note to self!

**Taja** · 19-12-2008, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by eeyoreguy

TTA did you knows.....

It was tested at Disneyland and then supposed to be used in the City of Epcot (which was never built) to move people from the neighborhoods to the hub of the city where they would catch a monorail to go to work.
The Tommorowland Transit Authority (TTA) is powered by 533 electromagnets. These propel the cars through a series of pulses.20% of the magnets can go down and it still function properly.
- The track for the TTA is 4,674 feet long.
- The TTA is also referred to as the Blue Line.
- Pete Renaday provides the voice on the TTA. He is also the voice of Henry from the Country Bear Jamboree and Abe Lincoln from the Hall of Presidents.
- While on the TTA, you may hear a page for “Mr. Tom Morrow”. This is a reference to the extinct Missions to Mars attraction where he was the head of operations.
-When you enter the dark tunnel that contains the City Scape, look behind you when you are approx. 20 feet in the tunnel. You will see a camera with a faint red spotlight on it. This is an infrared security camera.
- The original model of Epcot can be seen, on the left, behind a glass enclosure in the darkened tunnel when you go through Space Mountain. The model is about 10 feet deep and 20 feet long.

Once upon a time, in a place far away called Disneyland, the Carousel of Progress exit was moved to one of the revolving stages. After passing through the stage, you could view the model of EPCOT. We used to spend a good 30 minutes looking at it each time. The detail is incredible!