Conference koolit::disney

    
    
    Spaceship Earth - - 180' diameter (give or take)  approx 18 stories
                        tall ?? !!
    
    Mark !
    
    

    
     That sounds about right (17 or 18 stories, I didn't expect an answer
    so soon, I wanted to look it up).  OK, Mark...Do you have a question?
    
    
    Rich

    
    Question:
    
    How may miles of monorail are there at WDW ?
    
    Mark (who forgot and can't find it at the moment)
    
    

    
     I'm going to take a shot at this one...please, any/everyone correct
    me if I'm wrong (I'm going to look this up later, so I'll find out)
    
    EPCOT Center loop    -  7.6 miles
    Magic Kingdom loops:
     Lagoon loop(resort) -  4.2 miles
     MK Express loop     -  4.3 miles
    Service Spur
     (to garage)         -  1.2 miles
    
             TOTAL       - 17.3 MILES

      For some reason, these numbers stick in my head, and since I worked
    for the transportation dept. (although, in parking), and I was tested
    on this after my training period, but after testing, I totally forgot
    about the other transportation departments stats... well, at least
    my answer SOUNDS convincing...
    
    No more for me until later, someone else's turn...
    
    Rich

    A couple of questions for you Disneyholics:
    
    1) What are the number of triangles on outside of Spaceship Earth?
    
    2) What is the size of the showcase lagoon?
    
    3) What is the overall size of EPCOT?
    
    
    Answers will follow later.
    
    Jeannie
    

    
    
    I realise that I said I would wait...what can I say, I'm a 'Disnoid'...
    
       How large is the Magic Kingdom's Main Car Parking Lot?
    
       How many parked cars does it have 'designated'(sp?) spaces for?
    
    Rich
    (who says this really is it for now)
    

rep to < Note 54.0 by CIM2NI::CARINI >

>                            -< DISNEY TRIVIA QUIZ >-
>
>  PS. Claude, go easy on us, but go for it...you should be allowed 
>      your fun, too...


    Rich.
    
    Heh I'm  just  a  loyal  fan,  who rekindled his love for Disney on his
    honneymoon to WDW (It  was  my  wife's  idea  to  go, I wanted Hawaii),
    anyway didn't you use to  work  for them?  so you probably have all the
    answers huh?  ;^)

    Gee and to think I was going to open a topic on this today.
    
    Claude

>    Now, to start the 'ball' rolling with an easy one...How big is
>  Spaceship Earth?...
    
    Spaceship Earth is 180 feet tall and is not a  perfect  sphere  due  to
    design considerations  from  the steelworker's it is 164 feet wide, and
    is supported by  6  pylons sunk 100 feet into the ground, there are 954
    triangular panels, not all of equal size or shape, weighinig 1 millions
    pounds, and 2.2 million cubic feet of space and is called a GEOSPHERE.

rep to < Note 54.5 by HAZEL::FLYNN >
    
>    1) What are the number of triangles on outside of Spaceship Earth?
    
    954
    
>    2) What is the size of the showcase lagoon?

    The promenade is 1.2 miles, the lake is the size of 85 football fields
        
>    3) What is the overall size of EPCOT?

    about 195 acres, twice the size of the MK    

    Claude    

rep to < Note 54.6 by CIM2NI::CARINI >

>                        -< Magic Kingdom's Car Parking >-
>       How large is the Magic Kingdom's Main Car Parking Lot?

    Going from memory  here,  there  are  a dozen lots, named after cartoon
    characters each the size  of  a  football  field,  don't  remember  the
    acreage that the attendent said.
    
    Claude
    
    PS How much did Disney  originaly pay for the 27,400 acres that make up
    Walt Disnye World?
        

       A few easy ones...............
    
      What is the size of the new WDW-MGM studio park?
     
      How many cars can be parked at WDW-MGM?
    
      How many to be employed at WDW-MGM?
    
      What is the total square footage of soundstages on the site?
    
      How tall is the "Earffel Tower"?
    
      How much does the the Mousketeer cap weigh? and what are its "specs"?
    
      Hint: The answers to these are in an earlyer note!!!!!

rep to < Note 54.9 by ATE012::CLAUDE "Claude G. Berube" >
    
>    PS How much did Disney  originaly pay for the 27,400 acres that make up
>    Walt Disnye World?

    Here's a hint, it's in the 7 figures.
    
    Claude        

    
    RE: .7 + .8
    
       I rest my case, Claude...
    
     About ALL the answers that I'm supposed to have,...we needed to
     know the IMPORTANT things, like: "Where's the nearest bathroom?"
     and "What time's the 3 o'clock parade start?" (seriously, these
     are the two most asked questions on Main Street, USA) and "What's
     the average, maximum speed for the trams in the parking lot?"
    
      Oh, and about the answer to the size of the parking lot, I think
    I'll wait until everyone gets a chance to answer it.
     (HINT:  "...If any of you have ever been to our Disneyland, in
            Anaheim, Calf., we could put all of Disneyland inside this
            parking lot and still have room to park 500 cars...." 
             Borrowed without permission from MK Parking Tram Spiel.)
    
    
      And here's an interesting trivia question:
    
          Florida is infamous for its many sinkholes.  Within the 43
    square mile property of WDW, there is no doubt many of them.  How-
    ever, there are two that are visible to most Guests, but are hidden
    cleverly (is that a word?...oh,well).  Where are they?
     (HINT:  If you've ever been to WDW, then there's a good chance
           that you've stood over one of them.)
    
     (DISCLAMER: WDW doesn't normally admit that they exist/don't exist
           officially, even to its own Cast Members, so this question
           may be leading you down the sinkhole following the White
           Rabbit (you'd think I'd asked if Walt was in Cryo-freeze
           in Cinderella's Castle, or something...).)
    
    Rich

rep to < Note 54.12 by CIM2NI::CARINI >

>      And here's an interesting trivia question:
>              Florida is infamous for its many sinkholes.  Within the 43
>    square mile property of WDW, there is no doubt many of them.  How-
>    ever, there are two that are visible to most Guests, but are hidden
>    cleverly (is that a word?...oh,well).  Where are they?
>     (HINT:  If you've ever been to WDW, then there's a good chance
>           that you've stood over one of them.)

    Rich,
    
    You wouldn't be talking about the MK are you?  I thought the MK used to
    be mostly swamp  area  and the had to build it up about 14 feet so that
    the could have the basement level above sea level.
    
    Is the other sinkhole  off  the monorail run for the Hotels?  I seem to
    remeber an area that was well  landscaped except for this one spot that
    had rather tall grass growing in it.
    
    Claude

    
    Claude !
    
    You "remember" seeing a spot with tall grass near the monorail ?
    
    Considering the total landscaping marvels of WDW, your memory is
    incredible !
   
    Mark
        

rep to < Note 54.14 by GENRAL::HIMES "Close Encounters of the Disk Kind" >

>                        -< Tall blue-grass memories ? >-
>    You "remember" seeing a spot with tall grass near the monorail ?
>    Considering the total landscaping marvels of WDW, your memory is
>    incredible !
   
    Mark,
    
    Remember I've  been there on 4 dif trips, for a total of around 25 days
    on property, and  everytime  I went into the park I'd leave around noon
    to go elsewhere and  relax  and  head  back in aroun 3:30, so I did the
    loop several times.
    
    The spot I have in  mind  is in between the TTC and the Contemporaly on
    the lake side of the Monorail.
    
    Claude
        

    Here's a question related to the Disney characters.  
    
    We all know that Mickey Mouse turned 60 last year, but there's another
    character that's even older and currently employed.  By "currently
    employed", I mean that the character is still appearing in Disney
    shorts (the last one being "Mickey's Christmas Carol").  Name the
    character.
    
    - Skip

    	I'm gonna guess that one of the sink holes is the Lagoon for
    the 20,000 leagues under the Sea ride, and that the other one may
    be in the Jungle Cruise ride.   And on the question of the Old Disney
    Character, I'm going to guess that it may be ' the big guy with
    the cigar' I don't know the name of the character, but in 'Mickey's
    Christmas Carol' he was the last of the spirits, and in Steamboat
    Willie he was Mickey's nemesis.
    
    
    Tom

    
    RE: .6
    
       The Magic Kingdom's Main Car Parking Lot covers an area of 125
    acres of land and has 12,156 parking spaces (during a BUSY day,
    they can park an extra ~2000 cars along the canals, pole areas,
    and grasses around/in the parking lot...Have any of you parked in
    the Dopey Grass Section of the parking lot?(Oops...this is a family
    enviroment we're supposed to be talking about, but it always got
    a few snickers whenever we needed to spiel it onboard the trams))
    
    Rich

    
     RE: .12 - .15; .17
    
      While it's true that the land on which the MK now stands was once
    a swamp and the water table is so high there that during construction
    it was impossible to build foundations for the buildings, it was
    just a swamp, not the sinkholes I was thinking about.  As to the
    grassy area, Claude, you have me stumped as to what that is there.
    Perhaps it is a sinkhole, but I just can't place the area in my
    mind... Hmmm, you say it's between the Transportation and Ticket
    Center (TTC) and the Contemporary off the left side of the Monorail.
    That would have to be on the TTC side of the boat-bridge which connects
    Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon.  I do know that there is a power
    transformer for the monorail beams near there.  Could that be what
    the grasses are covering could you see it all completely from the
    monorail.
      Anyways, whether it is or isn't a sinkhole, it's not the one I
    was thinking of.
      The sinkholes are not in the Magic Kingdom (although, as crazy
    as it sounds to have them become 20K or Jungle Cruise, you are 
    actually on the right track)
    
      Remember my hint about one of them: (WALKED OVER one of them)

      HINT for sinkhole #2:  Remember the department I work/worked for.
   
    
    The beginning paragraph of my reply seems to be calling out for
      myself to ask another question (and I promise, this will be my
      last until I work at getting some answers for the past questions)
      
    it's an easy:
    
    
      If the water table is so high that they had difficulties putting
    in foundations under the Kingdom, how is it that they have such
    a network (oh, that word) of service tunnels under it? 
    

    Well since no  one seems to know the original purchase price of WDW, by
    the time Walt aquired  the  27,443  acres  back  in  '64, through dummy
    corporations (so as to through off  any  speculation,  and  to keep the
    prices from skyrocketing) he had spent a  little  over  $5  million.  I
    wonder what those 27,443 acreas will bring in today? 
    

rep to <<< Note 54.19 by CIM2NI::CARINI "Lower Your Heads, Folks..." >>>

>    As to the
>    grassy area, Claude, you have me stumped as to what that is there.
>    Perhaps it is a sinkhole, but I just can't place the area in my
>    mind... Hmmm, you say it's between the Transportation and Ticket
>    Center (TTC) and the Contemporary off the left side of the Monorail.
>    That would have to be on the TTC side of the boat-bridge which connects
>    Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon.  I do know that there is a power
>    transformer for the monorail beams near there.  Could that be what
>    the grasses are covering could you see it all completely from the
>    monorail.

    Well maybe that's what it is, I was  thinking  more  of the area on the
    shores of Seven Seas Lagoon between the TTC and  boat-bridge  I seen to
    remember  a  tall  grass  area over there, maybe it just  part  of  the
    original swamp.
    
>      Remember my hint about one of them: (WALKED OVER one of them)

    Is it in Epcot? or one of the parking areas?
    
>      HINT for sinkhole #2:  Remember the department I work/worked for.

    Is it along the Monorail run to Epcot?   
    
>      If the water table is so high that they had difficulties putting
>    in foundations under the Kingdom, how is it that they have such
>    a network (oh, that word) of service tunnels under it? 

    See  .13  I already said they had to add about 14'  of  fill  over  the
    original site so as to have the tunnels.
    
    Claude    

    
    RE: .20
    
      Sinkhole #1 is in the middle of the Magic Kingdom's Main Car Parking
    Lot. (Oh, my Buick!)  It is that island of trees in the center,
    called Cyperus Head(how do you spell that?).
      
      Sinkhole #2 IS in EPCOT Center, but where? (you probably have walked
    over it...)

    Rich

rep to <<< Note 54.21 by CIM2NI::CARINI "Lower Your Heads, Folks..." >>>
    
>      Sinkhole #1 is in the middle of the Magic Kingdom's Main Car Parking
>    Lot. (Oh, my Buick!)  It is that island of trees in the center,
>    called Cyperus Head(how do you spell that?).

    I haven't used that parking lot since '82 so I forgot about that area.
          
>      Sinkhole #2 IS in EPCOT Center, but where? (you probably have walked
>    over it...)

    Would it be the garden area in Canada?
    
    Rich, sinced you worked in the transportation area, would you know more
    about the upgrades to the Monorails that were being planned back in '87
    and some company in Montreal was looking to do?
    
    Claude

    re: .17 (Tom)
    
>>    And on the question of the Old Disney
>>    Character, I'm going to guess that it may be ' the big guy with
>>    the cigar' I don't know the name of the character, but in 'Mickey's
>>    Christmas Carol' he was the last of the spirits, and in Steamboat
>>    Willie he was Mickey's nemesis.
    
    Sheesh, one answer and it's the right one.  I gotta make these
    questions harder...
    
    Anyways, Tom, you're right.  The character's name is Black Pete and he
    appeared in several shorts before Mickey's debut in "Steamboat Willie".
    And as you mentioned, he most recently appeared in "Mickey's Christmas
    Carol" as the Ghost of Christmas Future (or Christmases yet to come,
    whatever).
    
    - Skip

    Heres one  that  only  those who read up on Disney World, or had one of
    their kid attend the halfday seminar at WDW on Energy/Conservation will
    get.
    
    Reedy Creek  District (which I reference in note 31.6) was incorporated
    in the late  60's  as part of the water conservation portion of WDW, it
    contains the canals, lakes,  water conservation areas, treatment plant,
    Power Plant, Tree Farm etc.
    
    The question is How many miles of Canals and Flood Control Dams make up
    the Reedy Creek District?
    
    I'll post the answer next week, if noone answer this one.
    
    Claude

    
    RE: .22
    
      I think this has dragged on long enough.  According to my sources,
    the section of water at the Odyssey Rest. was a sinkhole which filled
    in with water from the lagoon.  After trying to fill it in, they
    decided to build over it in a style similar to the World's Fair
    pavilion in Montreal.
    
      About the monorails, see note 26.19 & 26.20
    
    Rich.

    
    This may not be a fair question since I don't know the answer. 
    
    However, can anyone name the ALL the original mouseketeers?
    Keep in mind that doing so reveals alot about how old you are!

    
>    The question is How many miles of Canals and Flood Control Dams make up
>    the Reedy Creek District?

    Well since  noone has hazzard a guess, heres the answer, When the Reedy
    Creek District was  created by the Florida Legislature, it comprised 55
    miles of canals and 22 flood control gates.
    
>    However, can anyone name the ALL the original mouseketeers?

    From my source, There  were originaly 24 Mouseketeers when it premiered
    in Oct '55 (I was  2  at  the  time), of which only 9 remained when the
    show closed, they were Sharon Baird,  Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Tommy
    Cole, Annette Funicello, Darlene Gillespie, Carl "Cubby" O'Brien, Karen
    Pendleton and Doreen Tracey.  My source does  not  go  on  to  name the
    remaining 15 of the original 24, so if someone  else  has  those  names
    please supply.
    
    Claude

    	Here's a question from the Baby Boomer edition of Trivial Pursuit.
    
    What was the original weekly salary of the original Mousekateers?
    
    
    Tom

    The monorail topic (26.20) brought up an interesting point...
    
>   new monorails [...]  Disney wanted to be able to sell this design to
>   municipal/cities around the world and that the parks would be a perfect
>   place to showcase them.
    
    I've heard other rumblings in the past about Disney trying to sell
    their transportation systems for commercial use.  In fact, several
    years ago they did sell a variation of one of their systems.  What is
    it, and where is it located?

    RE: .29
    
    I believe that would be the WEDway PeopleMover which is in Houston's
    airport (?).
    
    David.

    RE: .30  I guess that one was too easy.  That's what I was thinking
    of, the PeopleMover at Houston Intercontinental Airport.

rep to <<< Note 54.28 by BUSY::TBUTLER >>>
    
>    What was the original weekly salary of the original Mousekateers?

    $185, which I beleive was the minimum wage for actors at the time.
    
    Claude
    

    	Ohhh, very good Claude.  You're absolutely right.
    
    Tom

    Here's a few on WDW
    
    On what day did WDW Magic Kingdom open to the public?
    
    Name the 1st familly to enter the Park on that Day?
    
    How many horse are there on Cinderella's Golden Carousel?
    
    20,000 leagues under the sea, how many submarines and seating capacity?
    
    Why did  the  original  plans  for  the  Magic Kingdom, not include the
    Pirates of the Carribean?
    
    Which is the largest pavilion in Epcot?
    

    
    RE: .34
    
      Ok.  Let's try a few of these...
    
    Magic Kingdom opened on Oct. 1, 1973
    
    12 Subs in 20K, seating Cap. 39?
    
    Largest Pavillion in EPCOT Center is The Land.
    
    The first family was from Lakeland, FL and was typically blond,
     two sons, a mother and father and they were first in by means of
     a lottery/drawing...but I don't remember there names!
    
    Horses...I guess 90, but I think it's actually more.
    
    Rich_Who_Guessed_At_Some_Of_Them_So_Go_Easy_On_Me,_Please
    

    
    Oops, forgot the easiest question.
    
     Original plans didn't call for Pirates because Walt felt that Florida
    was too close to the seen of the Real Thing, but insistence from
    the Public brought it to Florida, even though it wasn't quite as
    good as the one in Calf. (see corrisponding Notes on complaints
    about Pirates)
    
     Rich

rep to .35 and .36
    
    Ok Rich, do you have the same book I do?  ;^), I guess they were rather
    easy or we shouldn't  ask trivia question with an temporary Disney Cast
    Member in DEC. ;^)
    
>    Magic Kingdom opened on Oct. 1, 1973

    Yes
    
>    12 Subs in 20K, seating Cap. 39?

    actually 38.
        
>    Largest Pavillion in EPCOT Center is The Land.

    Yup
        
>    The first family was from Lakeland, FL and was typically blond,
>     two sons, a mother and father and they were first in by means of
>     a lottery/drawing...but I don't remember there names!

    Marty and  Bill  Windsor Jr.  and their sons Jay and Lee, from Lakeland
    Fl.
        
>    Horses...I guess 90, but I think it's actually more.

    Yup
        
>    Original plans didn't call for Pirates because Walt felt that Florida
>    was too close to the seen of the Real Thing, but insistence from
>    the Public brought it to Florida, even though it wasn't quite as
>    good as the one in Calf. (see corrisponding Notes on complaints
>    about Pirates)
    
    right again.
    
     Rich

    

    What was the busiest day in WDW history?

    I remember the day, but forget the year.
    But the story teller claimed they closed 
    the airport to park cars on the runway.

    mike

    New Year's Eve Day, 1980 with aprox 93,000 people in the MK.
    
    Claude

    I was told it was a July 4. (So crowded they stopped admitting people.)

    
       I don't know the answer to this question; I'm hoping someone
       out there does:
    
       Who is the owner of the distinctive voice heard in the Haunted
       Mansion (and I think Pirates of the Caribbean) as the narrator?
    
      - David
    

rep to .35 and .37
    
>    Ok Rich, do you have the same book I do?  ;^), I guess they were rather
>    easy or we shouldn't  ask trivia question with an temporary Disney Cast
>    Member in DEC. ;^)
>    
>>    Magic Kingdom opened on Oct. 1, 1973
>
>    Yes


	Are you sure it was 1973?  The Newsweek article said that 
	the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971.  

	I also checked my old issues of "Disney News."  The Fall
	1986 issue had an article on the 15th anniversary at WDW
	(page 16).

	mis

rep to <<< Note 54.42 by DEC25::STANLEY "Marilyn I. Stanley" >>>

>                            -< WDW opened in 1971 >-
>	Are you sure it was 1973?  The Newsweek article said that 
>	the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971.  

    Yes your right , I didn't catch the '73 year in the reply my mistake.
    
    Claude

    RE: .41
    
    I believe that would be the voice of the late Paul Frees.  Paul
    provided the voices for The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean,
    Monsanto's Journey Through Inner Space (in Disneyland...now replaced
    by Star Tours) and a host of others.  Additionally, he was noted
    for his voice characterizations in several Rank-Bass productions
    (i.e. Frosty the Snowman et al.) as well as commercials and cartoons.
    
    
    David.

    Unless I missed someone answering it earlier, the second sink hole
    is in EPCOT Center.  It is the body of water that you walk over
    to get to the Odesyee restraunt.  If I remember correctly, they
    had to move the World of Motion 12 feet in order to avoid the hole.
    

    Here's one...
    
    Where and when can you hear "Baroque Hoedown" in WDW?
    
    I'll give everyone a week.
    
    Mike

rep to < Note 54.46 by COEM::SCOPA "The Major" >

    Mike,

>                                -< A Toughie! >-

    For some maybe, ;^)
    
>    Where and when can you hear "Baroque Hoedown" in WDW?
>    I'll give everyone a week.

    I know  it,  but  to  give  others  a  chance,  I'll  give  a hint.  It
    associated  with some  activity  in  the  MK,  in  which  you  wouldn't
    associate the word 'Hoedown' too.
    
    Claude

    I know the answer too, even though I've never been to WDW during the
    time of the year when it can be heard (that's another hint).  Some
    friends returned from the World last weekend and couldn't stop raving
    about it.  They managed to see it twice during their stay.

    BTW, I saw a cassette tape at the Disney Store in Burlington last week
    for $3.99 of the Baroque Hoedown, and other music from the same event.

    No, Jim, it's not King Stephan's Feast.

    
     My favorite song/music in the place...

    My guess would be the opening of the Main Street Electrical Parade!?
    The music sounds kinda 'baroque' to me.
    
    Am I close?
    
    Vinzenz (just guessing...)
    

    
    OK, so you people think you are so smart.....
    
    
    How many magnet units are used along the whole track of the Wedway
    People Mover in Tomorrowland?
    
    How many "spirits" are said to be in the Haunted mansion?
    
    What is the name of the parrot that entertains the folks waiting
    to enter the Tiki Birds show? (behind waterfall).
    
    What is the last thing you see in the Small World boat ride (not
    the landing dock).
    
    How many gallons of water does the Living Seas tank hold? (approx).
    
    
    
    Jim
    

    >    How many "spirits" are said to be in the Haunted mansion?

         If I remember correctly, it's 999.
    
    >    What is the name of the parrot that entertains the folks waiting
         to enter the Tiki Birds show? (behind waterfall).
  
         Claude and Claw.
    
    >    What is the last thing you see in the Small World boat ride (not
         the landing dock).

         If you're talking ride, then it's the good bye room where they
         have signs from the different languages saying good bye.  If
         you're talking exit ramp, them I believe it is a picture of some
         children from around the world.
    
    >    How many gallons of water does the Living Seas tank hold? (approx).
    
         Is it 27 Million or 27 feet deep, I can't remember.
    
    >    How many magnet units are used along the whole track of the Wedway
         People Mover in Tomorrowland?
    
         I think it's 101, but I'll have to look that one up.
    
    Joel

    
    >    How many gallons of water does the Living Seas tank hold? (approx)
    
    It holds 5.7 million gallons of water and is 200 feet in diameter and
    27 feet deep.
    
    peter
    

    
    No one has had any new questions in while, so I have a batch of new
    questions.......
    
    What was Donald Duck's first cartoon?
    
    In what year was it produced?
    
    Who presented the special Academy Award to Walt Disney, for Snow White?
    
    How was this award unique?
    
    What was the setting for Disney's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
    (place/year)?
    
    How many lights are in Main Street's Electric Parade (approx.)?
    
    These questions might be rough for some, but take your best shot...
    

Academy answers...

Shirley Temple is my first guess is correct handed the award over.  It was
unique in that is was one normal oscar, with seven smaller ones on descending
platforms.

George

rep to <<< Note 54.56 by REBOK::KILGORE "Dan @ Washington" >>>
    
>    How many lights are in Main Street's Electric Parade (approx.)?

    about 1  million  rings  a  bell.   As far as the DD and B&B questions,
    where did I put that trivia book....
    
    
    Claude

    Donald Duck's first cartoon was "The Wise Little Hen" produced in 1934.
    
    And "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" was set in England and the year was 1940.
    
    - Skip

    
    Yep! Y'all are too smart for me I guess I'll have to try to come up with
    some rougher questions......
                      

    What is the name of the system that does the following:
    
    1) Allows people that are foreign speakers to hear shows in EPCOT
    Center in their native language. 
    
    2)  Has cars continually moving in the rides.
    
    3)  Allows the individually controling of the soundtrack for the
    cars on the system in 2).
    
    4)  Collects the trash in the Magic Kingdom.

rep to <<< Note 54.61 by USCTR2::TOMYL "Joel R. Tomyl DTN 297-4282" >>>
                          -< Some Tougher Questions >-

>    1) Allows people that are foreign speakers to hear shows in EPCOT
>    Center in their native language. 
 
    PTU (Personal Translation Units)?

>    4)  Collects the trash in the Magic Kingdom.

    AVAC (Automated Vacumm Assisted Collection)

    Not sure  of 2 and 3, since there are several rides that have contimues
    moving cars, don't remember one that allowed the occupant to adjust the
    sound.
        
    Claude
    

    Clarification of 2 and 3
    
    2)  The cars are linked together like in the Haunted Mansion or
    Spaceship Earth
    
    3)  Not that the person controls anything, but as each car passes a
    certain point, they hear the sounds appropriate for that scene within
    their car. 

rep to         <<< Note 54.63 by USCTR2::TOMYL "Joel R. Tomyl DTN 297-4282" >>>
    
>    2)  The cars are linked together like in the Haunted Mansion or
>    Spaceship Earth

    OK I'll admit I don't know this one.
        
>    3)  Not that the person controls anything, but as each car passes a
>    certain point, they hear the sounds appropriate for that scene within
>    their car. 

    I beleieve  they  call  this  system DACS for Digital Animation Control
    System.
    
    Claude

    Here is one for the Disney experts:
    
                      Who is Dagobert Duck?

    re: .65
    
    Beats me.  Is he a character from Duck Tales??
    
    - Skip

>>  < Note 54.66 by CADSE::AWILLIAMS "An' a catfish shall lead 'em..." >
>>                    -< Dagobert Duck from Duck Tales?? >-
>>
>>  re: .65
>>  
>>  Beats me.  Is he a character from Duck Tales??

  
    Yes, he's in Duck Tales.  Any other guesses?
    
    If you want a hint (which however, might make it too easy to guess),
    press return to get over the form feed.  If you don't want the hint
    press NEXT UNSEEN or similar.
    
    Vinzenz
    
    
    
    Hint:  As the name already implies, he's related to Donald Duck.
           His original, English name, is different from Dagobert Duck.
           Dagobert is his German name.
    
    

    Answers to .63
    
    The system that is described is called the Omnimover system and
    it uses the PAL (Personal Audio Link) to communicate to each of
    the cars through infared light transmissions in the track.

>>                            -< Another trivia question >-
>>
>>  Here is one for the Disney experts:
>>  
>>                    Who is Dagobert Duck?
  
    No guesses???  Well, then here's one more hint:
    
    	You ALL know him.  He's very tight.
    
    
    And after the form feed you'll find the answer.
    
    Vinzenz
    
    
    
    Dagobert Duck or Oncle Dagobert is the German name of Uncle Scrooge.
    
    They have kept the original names of most of the characters here
    in Germany, like Donald, Mickey, Goofy, etc.  Just a few characters
    have different names, like Uncle Scrooge (Dagobert Duck),  Donald's
    three nephews (in German they are Tick, Trick, and Track; I don't
    even know their original names) plus a few others.
                                                      
    

    re: .69
    
     Hewie, Dewie, Louie (Donald's nephews names) {:-)
    
    Rich

    Hmm...it's been about 3 months since our last trivia question so here's
    one to ponder...
    
    What is MAPO and what does it stand for?
    
    I'll answer this on Friday if noone has guessed it by then.
    
    Mike_139_to_go

    In the OLD days of Disney, MAPO was the think tank that came up
    with the ideas for Disneyland.  It was WED that actually made the
    ideas and blueprints become a reality.  MAPO came from MAry POppins,
    a movie who's revenues gave Walt the inspiration to go further.
    WED is comprised of Walt's on initials.  It wasn't until 1987(?)
    that the two became one with Walt Disney Imagineering.
    
    EPCOT Center is full of inside jokes.  One of them puts WED's initials
    in the Journey into Imagination ride.  In the scene with Figment
    holding the alphabet blocks that change from CAT to BAT, look to
    the left of the figure and you'll see stacked blocks.  Reading from
    top to bottom, you will see WED as the letters on the blocks.
    
    Joel
    

                   Sometimes
                   some crimes
                   go slipping through the cracks.
                   But, these two
                   gumshoes
                   are taken' up the slack.

                   There's no case too big,
                   there's no case too small.
                   When you need help just call
                   [...]

    
    
    Sounds like the Theme song from Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers.

    re: .73,.74
    
    Correctomundo, .74, but actually the real answer should be...
    
    		Ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
    
    - Skip

    Very good, but what took you guys almost a whole hour? :-)

    OK, now who can:

    Finish the lyrics to the theme song.

    Supply a list of characters. (Don't forget the villains)

    What kind of animals they are, idiosyncrasies, etc.

    
    RE: .76
    
    	OK, here's some bits and pieces:
    
    	LYRICS:  (Too bad my daughter (3 yrs old) is here - she sings
    	          them everyday!)
    
    	CHARACTERS:
    		Chip: chipmunk, wears a flyers jacket (?) fur collared
    		      leather, is in charge of the RR.
    
    		Dale: chipmunk, wears tropical print shirts, not as bright
    		      as Chip, tooth spread is wider than pre-RR days!
    
    		Gadget: female mouse(?), inventor, pilots the Gadget-mobile
    
    		Monteray Jack: male mouse, big boned, his love for cheese
    		      usually gets the RR in trouble.
    
    	VILLIANS:  I'll have to pass on this one!
    
    	Moe

    ...All the birds sing words, and the flowers croon,...

    


    [Again, finish the lyrics, and name the characters.

     Bonus: What is the date and place first performed, and what was unique
     about it?]

    I'm not going to enter any more lyrics.  Only bits and pieces are
    popping into my mind right now.  If I concentrate too hard the
    song will be with me all night.  Just like It's a Small World.
    
    
    Characters, let's see... Wake up Jose, it's showtime!  Um, Jose,
    um, Pierre, um, um ...
    
    I believe this was the first use of audio-animatronics.  (Insert
    film of Walt saying "It's a type of animation so new, we had to
    come up with a name for it.")

�   If I concentrate too hard the song will be with me all night.

    Why do you think I keep entering the songs here?  It's the only way I
    can get them OUT of my head :-)

�   I believe this was the first use of audio-animatronics.  (Insert
�   film of Walt saying "It's a type of animation so new, we had to
�   come up with a name for it.")

    Correct.  Now who can remember when and where the show opened?  Also,
    who is the sponsor of the show?

    "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", "The Enchanted Tiki Room", "The G.E.
    Carousel of Progress", and "It's a Small World" all opened at the 1964
    New York World's Fair and were the first AudioAnimatronics (tm) shows
    from Disney.  I do not remember the sponsor of the show circa 1964, but
    currently it is Dole (figures).

    After the close of the WF, all shows were moved to their permanent
    home in Disneyland; clones of some of these attractions have been
    placed in Walt Disney World.


    David.

    I knew I would catch someone on this trick question.  According to
    Birnbaum (1990):

         "THE ENCHANTED TIKI BIRDS: The first of the Audio-Animatronics
         attractions, the one that laid the foundations such as 'Great
         Moments with Mr. Lincoln' at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair,
         this one, *introduced at Disneyland in 1963*, features 4
         emcees..."  [emphasis mine]

    There were four Disney built attractions at the fair.  The other three
    you mentioned, plus one with dinosaurs.  I believe it was sponsored by
    one of the oil companies, much like Universe of Energy currently at
    Epcot.  The dinosaurs later became part of the prehistoric diorama
    along the train ride at Disneyland.

    Who remembers the names of the four emcees of the Tiki Birds?

    The attraction is known by at least three names, "The Enchanted Tiki
    Birds", "The Tiki**5 Room", and  what is the third?

    Rep to <<< Note 54.82 by INDMKT::GOLDBERG "Len, WORLD Traveler" >>>

>    Who remembers the names of the four emcees of the Tiki Birds?

    Jose (The Mexican),  Michael  (The  American?), Pierre (The Frenchman),
    and Fritz (The German)- plus some 225 birds
    
>    The attraction is known by at least three names, "The Enchanted Tiki
>    Birds", "The Tiki**5 Room", and  what is the third?

    Tropical Serenade is the third name.
    
    Claude

The four pavilions at the 64-65 World's Fair that had exhibits done by Disney 
were:

	Illinois - Lincoln (I'll take the word of .81 as to the exact title)
	Pepsi -- "It's a Small World"
	General Electric -- "Carousel of Progress"
	Ford -- the dinosaur murals now part of the Disneyland train ride

The Carousel of Progress, which uses 20 year intervals between each scene, has
since been updated to better reflect the reality of 1985.  They've also
changed the tune to be more concerned with the present than with the future,
perhaps because they want the future to belong to Future World of Epcot, and
not Tomorrowland.  Anyone remember the title or words?  (Hint: the tune is as 
insidious as the tune to "It's a Small World.")

My biggest disappointment when I first saw the Carousel of Progress at 
Disneyland was that they failed to take the prettiest part of the pavilion,
namely the roof.  It was a domed roof with multicolored lights that were
controlled to create seemingly random patterns of spirals from the center to
the edge.  The effect was that of a giant electronic pinwheel, and at night
it was easily the most noticeable landmark in the northern half of the 
fairgrounds.

The Ford pavilion was a disappointment in its own right, although Disney's
involvement has made it memorable.  I remember that I considered the GM ride
far superior, but I can't for the life of me remember what the GM ride was
about.

   Gary

    Yes Spot, it *is* a great time to be alive!  And with all the
    miriculous inventions like the phonograph and the trolleys that
    those engineers at General Electric are working on, you can be 
    sure... [music vamp up]
    
    	"Now is the time.  Now is the best time. 
    	 Now is the best time of your life.
    	 Life is a prize, live every minute
    	 Open your eyes and (?)watch how it glimmers(?)"
    
    	"Yesterday's memorys, may sparkle and fade
    	 Tommorow is still but a dream [boop-boo-doo-oopy-doop]
    	 Right here and now, you've got it made,
    	 The worlds forward marching and your in the parade!"
    
    	"Now is the time, Now is the best ti..." 
    
    ...[music fade down] "Well..its been another twenty years and things
    couldn't be better."
    
    George
    

    Minor addendum to the "Tiki Room" discussion.  When first designed,
    it was intended to be a restaurant in Adventureland with the Tiki-Birds
    adding to the atmosphere.  But when it was done it was obvious either
    the attraction was to go, or the restaurant...Its pretty obvious the
    attraction won.
    
    George
    

>   <<< Note 54.85 by NITMOI::WITHERS "Another Hallmark Moment. -Al Bundy" >>>
>                              -< Now is the time >-
>    
>    	"Now is the time.  Now is the best time. 
>    	 Now is the best time of your life.
>    	 Life is a prize, live every minute
>    	 Open your eyes and (?)watch how it glimmers(?)"
    			       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
thought it was:		       watch how you win it
        
>    	"Yesterday's memorys, may sparkle and fade
>    	 Tommorow is still but a dream [boop-boo-doo-oopy-doop]
>    	 Right here and now, you've got it made,
>    	 The worlds forward marching and your in the parade!"
>    
>    	"Now is the time, Now is the best ti..." 
    
more:	be it a time of joy or strife,
    	There's so much to cheer for, be glad you're here
    	For it's the best time of your life!"    
    
    
    Now I'm stuck with that going thru my head for the rest of the day. 
    Not quite as bad as "small world", but close :^)
    
    /Don

re: .85, .87

Very good, but that is the current song.  I was asking about the previous song,
which was used when the Carousel of Progress was at the World's Fair, and when
it was at Disneyland before moving to Florida, and I think even for the first
few years it was at the Magic Kingdom.

   Gary

Re: .87 (Don)

Sorry!  I knew the "glimmers" line was wrong but I was in a rush and nothing
was coming.  As far as the last verse goes..I intended only to do a line or
two but then the first two verses were done..

George

    Gary is correct in 54.84.  The four Disney pavilions at the 64-65 New
    York World's Fair were Illinois, Pepsi, GE, and Ford.

    I dug out the guide book from the 1965 season of the Fair to check.  I
    haven't looked at this for a long time, what a gas!  I also have a
    guide book from the 1940 Fair, but I wasn't at that one :-)

    Here are some excerpts from the descriptions of the Disney built
    exhibits:


    PEPSI-COLA

         A salute to the children of the world, designed by Walt
         Disney, presents animated figures frolicking in miniature
         settings of many lands.

         Visitors are carried past the scenes in small boats.  In an
         adjoining building Pepsi sponsors exhibits by the U.S.
         committee for the United Nations Children's Fund.  Above the
         pavilion rises the 120-foot tower of the four winds, a
         fanciful creation of colored shapes that dance and twist in
         the breeze.

         GIRDLING THE GLOBE.  Inside, visitors glide by such scenes as
         France's Eiffel Tower, a Dutch windmill and India's Taj
         Mahal.  Animated figures of children dance, play with droll
         animals and sing "It's A Small World."  The 12-minute ride is
         conceived as a "Salute to UNICEF."

         � Admission: free to pavilion. Boat ride: adults, $1.00;
         children, 60 cents.


    ILLINOIS

         The highlight of a collection of Lincolniana and state lore
         is Walt Disney's moving, talking figure of Abe Lincoln
         himself.

         In addition to the life-sized animated figure and various
         other Lincoln sculptures, exhibits include every known photo
         of the 16th President and an original copy of the Gettysburg
         Address.

         DISNEY'S LINCOLN.  After watching a brief sound and slide
         presentation, "The Illinois Story," visitors enter a
         comfortable theater where the figure of Lincoln rises from
         its char and recites excerpts from some of the speeches of the
         Civil War President.  The figure is capable of more that
         250,000 combinations of actions, including gestures, smiles
         and frowns; the facial features are taken from Lincoln's
         life mask.

         � Admission: free.  The Lincoln figure performs five times
         every hour.


    FORD

         Animated displays and scale models depict man's progress from
         prehistoric times to the space age.  Viewers ride past some
         of the exhibits in new Ford cars.

         Walt Disney designed many of the displays; which include
         delicate models of historic settings; huge animated dinosaurs
         and cavemen; and a gallery of ford cars, past present and
         future.  The pavilion combines a glass "Wonder Rotunda,"
         surrounded by 64 towering pylons, with an exhibit hall
         several blocks long.

         MAGIC SKYWAY.  Seated in late-model Fords, visitors are
         carried along a track on the rotunda's exterior for a
         sweeping view of the fair, then on to the spectacular scenes
         in the main exhibit hall.

         o The dawn of life on earth shows huge dinosaurs battling
         while primeval birds soar above.  Life-sized cavemen appear
         in a spectacular display of electronic animation.

         o In the space age the viewer glides on a Superskyway over a
         City of Tomorrow complete with suggestions of soaring spires
         an bubble-dome buildings.

         � Admission: free.


    GENERAL ELECTRIC

         In a one-hour show, the changes electricity has brought in
         American living are dramatized by life-sized, animated
         figures created by Walt Disney.

         Visitors also see graphic displays of GE's scientific
         achievements climaxed by a demonstration of controlled
         nuclear fusion.

         CAROUSEL THEATER.  Audiences seated in separate auditoriums
         are carried past a four-part circular stage on which animated
         human figures act out the story of electricity from the gay
         nineties to the present.  In the opening scene, a family
         struggles with such "appliances" as gas lamps and a kitchen
         pump.  In the final scene, the electrical wonders of today
         glitter in a living room at Christmastime, in an electrically
         heated patio and in a kitchen that all but runs itself.

         SKY-DOME SPECTACULAR.  On passing through a photographic
         display of GE scientists at work, visitors enter the sky
         dome, which is filled with the sights and sounds of great
         natural sources of energy: fierce electrical storms, fire, a
         blazing sun and spinning atoms.

         � Admission: free.  A new show starts every four minutes.

    At the end of the guide book, there is a list of pavilion architects
    and designers.  It reads like a Who's Who of 1960's architecture.  WED
    Enterprises, Inc. is listed as a collaborator on the Ford, GE, and
    Illinois pavilions, and as the sole designer of the Pepsi pavilion.

    Well since I haven't posed a question in here for a while, here's a few
    on the MK,
    
    1. What/where is the Disney-odendron eximus?
    
    2. What/where is the Quercus Virginia?
    
    3. Why can't you find  the  phrase  S-E-U-G-A-E-L anymore, what was the
       significance about it?

    OK, I'll play. (Without looking things up in the book!)
    
�   1. What/where is the Disney-odendron eximus?
    
    In Adventureland.  It is the "tree" that holds the Swiss Family
    Robinson's tree house.

    RE: .82

    <Blush!>  You got me, Len.  That is what I get for shooting from the
    hip instead of "cheating" and looking things up first.  Good job!  What
    confused me is that the diorama of the Grand Canyon opened in 1958 and
    I lumped the dinosaur piece of the train's tunnel in with that.  My
    references at home (written by WDI/WED people) confirm the responses
    as to the true attractions at the 1964 World's Fair as given in the last
    few replies.

    Now let me see if I can redeem myself by attempting to answer...

    RE: .88

    I will take a stab at the "original" Carousel of Progress lyrics. 
    Everyone else please kibitz if I miss a word or two, or if this is not
    what was desired...
    

    	Oh there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
    	Shining at the end of every day
    	Oh there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
    	And tomorrow's just a dream away

    	Well Man has a dream and that's the start
    	He follows his dream with mind and heart
    	And when it becomes a reality
    	It's a dream come true for you and me

    	Oh there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
    	Just a dream away!


    
    David.

    What attraction at Disneyland was originally slated to be the park's
    first roller-coaster, but was transformed into a more
    main-stream/sedate one at Walt's insistence?


    David.

    >> 2. What/where is the Quercus Virginia?
    
    Might this be the scientific name for the Liberty Tree in Liberty
    Square?  ASITD/WAG
    
    >>3. Why can't you find  the  phrase  S-E-U-G-A-E-L anymore, what was the
    >>   significance about it?
    
    
    I believe that in Disney World, the penants above the 20,000 Leagues
    under the Sea were supposed to spell out L-E-A-G-U-E-S, but someone put
    it up incorrectly.  They put them up backwards.
    
    Joel
    

    re: .92 and .95
    
    Correct, I guess those questions weren't tough enough.
    
    Claude

re: .93

Yep, that's the way I remember the refrain.  Congratulations on the second
stanza; I couldn't even begin to guess at that part.

Like I said, there's a very stark contrast between the forward-looking view of
the original song, and the now-generation view of the current song.

   Gary

    Yikes!  Not even a *nibble* on this one!

    "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" was to be an indoor roller-coaster until Walt
    interdicted with concerns about parents and children having fun
    *together*.  Mr. Disney thought that a truly wild Mr. Toad would
    probably frighten off the very young children (and a good portion
    of the adults) resulting in a ride in Fantasyland which would run
    counter to his plans for the park.  Hence, the ride was "tamed" during
    a redesign into the attraction we all know and love today.


    David.

    When I visited Disneyland in February, one of the locals who was my
    host told me a story.  His favorite ride was Mr. Toad.  It wasn't the
    ride so much as the statue of Mr. Toad inside that kept him happy.
    
    Apparently the statue had Mr. Toad standing with his right hand behind
    his back.  His left had was extended up infront of his face with the
    thumb and index finger clutching a monacle.  As with all statues in a
    public area, the monacle was broken out of the hand leaving the hand
    empty.  It wasn't too much later that people started to put cigarette
    butts and rolled up paper in the toads clenched fingers.  
    
    It didn't look too good to see Mr. Toad appearing to smoking
    "substances, foreign or domestic."  Apparently Disney finally got fed
    up with this problem.  To remedy the situation, Disney cut off the arm
    and repositioned it so that now both arms are behind Mr. Toad's back.
    
    For my host, the subtle change ruined the park experience for him.
    
    For what it's worth.
    
    Joe

    This may be in the wrong place, but it's Disney, and it's trivia, 
    so here goes. 
    
    My kids have been trying to capture the words to some of the songs 
    from the Little Mermaid, repeating sections ad nauseam, and then 
    printing them out to make their own song book. We are stuck on the 
    names of the Daughters of Triton. Phonetically they come out as :-
    
    Agranta, Adriena, Arista
    Athena, Adella, Amana
    
    And of course Ariel
    
    Can anyone improve on these guesses, or sneak a look at any books 
    that may be available over there to get the correct versions.
    
    Thanks for any help,
    
    Mike (Around 13 months to go before the next visit.)
    

    re: Triton's daughters
    
    I think you pretty much have the names although I'd say the first and
    sixth names are Aquata and Anna, respectively.  My only source is
    listening to the tape I have here in my office.
    
    - Skip

    
    I don't know if this is the right place, but here goes.......
    
    This year the annual church picnic's theme is "Disney".  One of the
    priests asked me to make up a Disney trivia quiz.  The junior version
    would be for kids under 12 or so; consisting of 10 questions.  The
    adult version is supposed to be "impossible for anyone to answer
    [for the un-Disney-phile]" maybe 20 questions long.  I have a pretty
    good grasp on the senior version, but the kids one leaves me clueless. 
    I would really appreciate any help anyone can supply.
    
    *************************************************************************
    
    I also have a few trivia questions:
    
            1) How did Hayley Mills end up being casted for the title role
               in Pollyanna?
    
            2) What was unusual about Julie Andrews contract to play Mary
               Poppins in the film of the same name?
    
            3) What was Ub Iwerks famous for and what was his name before
               he shortened it?
    
        ****BONUS****  
                
                What was the name of the original Tinkerbell that did
                "Tinkerbells Flight" in Disneyland?
    
    (A friend is convinced all good Disney-philes know this last trivia. 
    I'm posting it to see if she is right or if I am right that the name is      
    immaterial.)
        

    A group of us that worked at Disney keep in touch via a newletter.  I
    did the one for last Spring when I included a 100 question trivia
    contest.  I used the Disney Edition of Trivial Persuit for most of the
    questions.  In there they have 2 sets of questions, one for adults and
    one for children.  One of the main differences between the questions is
    that the kids are multiple choice or yes/no type questions whereas the
    adult questions are more open ended.  I would suggest using that as a
    source of your questions.  
    
    Joel
    

    re: .102

    You might also try _The_Official_Disney_Trivia_Book_ by Bill Ginch and
    Fred Miranda.  It was published in December, 1988 by PaperJacks Ltd. 
    ISBN 07701-1002-9.

    The book focuses mostly on Disney movies, with some on TV shows and a
    little on the theme parks.  It is the source of many of the early
    questions in this topic.  Along with the Disney Edition Trivial Pursuit
    game mentioned in an earlier reply, it should suit your needs very
    well.

    I meant to put this in Monday but forgot, memory is going you know ;^).
    
    For those of you who watched Sunday's Funniest Home Video show on ABC.
    
    Which film clip took place in WDW and where was it located?
    
    Claude

    I know that they had a clip of Mickey falling off a float during the
    parade.  Is that the one you're talking about?

    Rep to <<< Note 54.106 by USCTR2::TOMYL "Joel R. Tomyl DTN 297-3188" >>>

>    I know that they had a clip of Mickey falling off a float during the
>    parade.  Is that the one you're talking about?
    
    I missed the first 5 minutes or so, if that was shown last Sunday, then
    there was 2  clips  from  WDW,  and is not the one I was thinking.  

    Sorta of a Hint, the clip  I'm  refering  to  had  no characters shown,
    involved water and if you didn't pay  attention probably didn't realize
    it was at WDW.
    
    Claude

    The "funniest" video Claude is referring to was shot at the serpentine
    fountains outside of Journey into Imagination in Epcot Center.  These
    are the fountains that appear to jump to and fro over the walkways near
    the exit of Captain EO.

    A small boy had climbed up on the edge of the planter surrounding the
    fountain so he could see what made the water jump.  Sure enough, just
    as he was peering down into the thing, a spurt of water came out and
    soaked him.

    There was another home video that involved the same fountains earlier
    in the season, but I don't remember what happened.  It might have been
    on another show, there seem to be lots of clones on the air.

    Neither one of my kids has ever been to WDW yet my son saw that video
    and immediately yelled, "DAD! DISNEY WORLD!"
    
    I had mentioned that little bit of Disney Imagineering to him a few
    months back and he remembered it.
    
    That's one bit of WDW I gotta capture on video.
    
    Mike_who's_vacation_is_just_62_days_away

    I think I have a good one for you:
    
    What is Retlaw Enterprises?

re: <<< Note 54.111 by USCTR2::TOMYL "Joel R. Tomyl DTN 297-3188" >>>

>    What is Retlaw Enterprises?

    Joel, isn't  this  the  Disney family corporation that owns some of the
    rides in Disneyland like Space Mountain or something like that.  Disney
    had set up a corporation  for  his  family members to take care of them
    after he died, and I thought  it  was RETLAW (Walter spelled backwards)
    if I remember right.
    
    Claude

    Claude,
    
    Your answer is partially right.  It was set up by Walt and Retlaw
    spelled backwards is Walter.  It doesn't own the rides, but something
    else more important than that.  What does that corporation own that is
    valuable?
    
    Joel

    I am just guessing, but does RETLAW own the land that the park
    is built on?
    
    Lynda

    Retlaw owns the copyrights to the characters and other intellectual
    property which is (was) licensed back to the Walt Disney Company.

    This was sort of a fast one that Walt pulled on the Roy side of the
    family.  It generated great resentment, and was in part responsible for
    the schism that almost ended the company as we know it in 1984.

    For more information on the whole 1984 situation, and what lead up to
    it read the book _Storming_the_Magic_Kingdom_.

    A geography question:

    What are the names of the three islands in the Seven Seas Lagoon?

    Len is correct...something that I'm not sure about now is if the
    company is still in existance or if the rights are back with the Walt
    Disney Company.
    
    One note about the attempted take over is that even though all of the
    properties and other assets could have been bought, the buyers would be
    without Disney created characters and likeness of the fairytale
    characters.  And what good would Walt Disney World be without the Mouse
    and his pals?

    re: .116
    
    Over 24 hours and no answer?  Have I finally stumped the Disney-Holics,
    or are you all out on a Dole Whip break?

    Huey, Lewie, and Dewie?
    
    David.

    re: .116

    It looks like I finally stumped the experts!!  Answer follows.  An
    easier geography question is in the next reply.

    

    From West to East (Left to right as you face the MK from the Poly or
    TTC) the islands are:

    Beachcomber Isle
    Castaway Cay
    Black Beard's Island

    An easier geography question:

    Name the four peaks in the Disneyland mountain range.
    

    re: .121
    
    Do you mean:
    
    	Space Mountain
    	Big Thunder Mountain
    	Splash Mountain
    	Matterhorn (Mountain?)
    
    or did I just make a fool of my self?

�   or did I just make a fool of my self?

    No, you answered the question correctly.

    Okay,
    
    Here's some Cinderella Castle (WDW) trivia:
    
          - How tall is the tallest spire?
    
          - Within 25 tons, how many tons of steel was put into its
            construction?
    
          - From which century (or centuries) was this structure taken
            from?
    
    Mike_who_will_be_looking_at_that_tall_spire_in_7_weeks

    A lot of people love Chip & Dale.
    
    Does anyone know the three distinguishing characteristics which
    separate these two lovable characters?
    
    Mike_who_will_be_taking_a_picture_with_Chips_in_3_weeks

    1. Chip has a black nose, Dale a red/brown nose.
    2. Chip has one tooth, Dale two.
    3. They dress differently on Rescue Rangers, but they are both sweet on
       Gadget.

    Well, 1 & 2 are correct, I doubt that #3 counts.  This kind of question
    is simple for the father of identical twins, especially when C & D are
    their favorite characters.

    I'll take a guess at the 3rd one...
    
    Chip is the smarter of the 2 and Dale is the one who always seems
    to get into trouble 8-)

    Isn't there some difference in the tufts of hair at the front of 
    their heads? It's certainly different on the soft toys we bought, 
    but nowhere near as obvious as the noses and teeth.
    
    Mike in Warrington.

    That's right....Dale has some hair, Chip doesn't.
    
    Mike

    
    Here is a fairly simple question to anyone that has done a lot of reading.
    
    Where in classic literature does the name Ariel first appear, and who
    is credited with coining the name?
    
    I'll post the answer in a week, if no one has got it before then.
    
    John.

>    Where in classic literature does the name Ariel first appear, and who
>    is credited with coining the name?

"The Tempest" by William Shakespeare comes to mind...

							-- Nina

    
    I'm impressed, Nina.  Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (one of his better
    comedies) is correct.  As you may know, Ariel is spirit conjured by the
    wizard and the rightful Duke of Milan, Prospero (the name Prospero was
    later used in Poe's classic short story, "Mask of the Red Death"), and
    first appears in Act I, Scene II.  If I may quote:
    
    "Prospero:
    	
    	Come away, servant; come; I am ready now.
    	Approach, my Ariel.  Come.
    
    		Enter Ariel.
    
    Ariel:
    
    	All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come 
    	To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly,
    	To swim, to dive into fire, to ride
    	On the curl'd clouds.  To thy strong bidding task
    	Ariel and all his quality."
    
    The interesting thing about the name Ariel, is that it was originally a
    masculine name.  I hope this hasn't bored anyone, but being an English
    minor, I fine the classics exciting.
    
    John.

RE .132 - I'm flattered you're impressed, John, but there's no need to be, 
really.  I was an English *major*... :-)

						-- Nina

What was Goofy's original name, what cartoon did he first appear in & when, and
when did his name change to Goofy?

						Trace

    Goofy, aka Dippy Dog?
    
    Didn't he make his first appearance in one of the Silly Symphonies?
    I can't remember the name, but it's the one with the band concert
    in the park, that gets swept up in a storm.
    
    I can't remember when the name change took place, though.                  
    
    Becky (who's dying to go back - it's been almost 2 years )

From that ever-popular book, The Best-Ever Book of Dog & Cat names:

Goofy first delighted the public as "Dippy Dawg" in Disney's 1932 cartoon
Mickey's Revue. He got his own series - and a new name - in 1939 and went on to
become one of Disney's most popular characters.

						Trace

    We are all familiar with the Disney characters appearing on all manner
    of merchandise, and this we all know this is a major source of revenue
    for  the Walt Disney Company.  But who knows how it all started (at
    least according to Disney legend?)

    1) Who was the first character licensed? (easy)

    2) When?

    3) For what product?

    4) For how much?

    5) Under what circumstances?

    re: .-1
    
    I can't believe no one has even GUESSED at this question.  What happened
    to all our Disneyphiles?

    re: .137

    I am totally snowed on this one, but for the sake of argument I will
    hazard a guess:


>   1) Who was the first character licensed? (easy)

    Micky Mouse

>   2) When?

    circa 1939

>   3) For what product?

    Micky Mouse Watch

>   4) For how much?

    $100,000

>   5) Under what circumstances?

    ????


    C'mon, Len, let us off the hook on this already!     ;-)



    David.

    
    re .137, .139
    
    I don't remember where, but I _just_ read an article about this.
    It was Mickey, I think 1939 is right.  The product was a writing
    tablet, if I remember correctly; and the sum was more like $5000.
    
    Not sure what's meant by "under what circumstances", but I think
    Walt was approached by somebody who had the idea of licensing the
    likeness of Mickey... is that what you're after?
    
    -- John

    re: .139 & .140

    John and David have some of it right.  It was Mickey, and it was a
    writing tablet.  The year was not 1939.  Remember Mickey's first
    appearance was in "Steamboat Willie" in November, 1928.

    Walt was approached by a man in the lobby of a hotel and offered a sum
    to allow this him to use the image of Mickey Mouse.  The amount,
    however, was way below John's guess of $5000.  Would anyone like to
    hazard another guess?

    This was the beginning, (well maybe not *THE* beginning), of a
    multi-billion dollar licensed product industry.  (...If I'd only kept my
    Roy Rogers lunch box, it's worth about $300 now...)

    I just read the article too.  It was not in Disney literature, but in a
    general circulation magazine.  If you could just remember where you
    read it, you could find ALL the answers.  Most people don't throw out
    this magazine (that's a hint).

    re: .100
    
    Well it took four months of exhaustive research :-), but finally here
    are the official names of Tritons Daughters:
    
  Ah, we are the daughters of Triton,
  Great father who loves us and named us well.
� Aquata, Andrina, Arista, 
� Atina, Adella, Allana.
  And then there is the youngest
  In her musical debut,
  Our seventh little sister,
  We're presenting her to you
  To sing a song Sebastian wrote.
  Her voice is like a bell.
  She's our sister, Ari....
    
    These are from rec.arts.disney on USENET, from someone who claimed to
    have an official TLM songbook.

    Alright, someone's got to do it.  Check out the article about
    advertising and children in the latest issue of Consumer Reports.
    Unfortunately, I have a mind like a sieve and can't remember the
    details.

    Just happen to have my latest issue of Consumer Reports with me. 
    The year was 1929, and the amount of money was $300. 
    
    Linda
    
    (Never would have found it by myself.)

    The team of Ruth and Linda are correct:

�   1) Who was the first character licensed? (easy)

    Mickey Mouse.

�   2) When?

    1929, one year after his first appearance.

�   3) For what product?

    A writing tablet.

�   4) For how much?

    $300

�   5) Under what circumstances?

    Walt was approached in a hotel lobby.

    here's some that may prove difficult, at least some of them did
    for me.
    
    Name the feature film in which each animated character is found:
    	*EASY*
    	o Thumper        
    	o Brer Rabbit
    	o Prince Charming
    	*NOT SO EASY*
    	o Tiger Lily
    	o Prince Phillip
    	o Pongo
    	*NOT EASY AT ALL*
    	o Taran
    	o Basil
    	o Sir Hiss
    
    Hope this brings back some fond memories.
    Regards,
    JP

    >>Name the feature film in which each animated character is found:
    >>	*EASY*
    >>	o Thumper       
    	"Bambi"
    >>	o Brer Rabbit
    	"Song of the South"
    >>	o Prince Charming
    	"Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"
    >>	*NOT SO EASY*
    >>	o Tiger Lily
    	"Peter Pan"
    >>	o Prince Phillip
    	"Sleeping Beauty"
    >>	o Pongo
    	"101 Dalmatians"
    >>	*NOT EASY AT ALL*
    >>	o Taran
    	"The Black Cauldron"
    >>	o Basil
    	"The Great Mouse Detective"
    >>	o Sir Hiss
    	"Robin Hood"
    
    So how'd I do??
    
    - Skip

    You got them all but one........and I'm not going to say which one
    ...at least not yet.
    
    Any one out there want to make the correction?

    I'll take a shot.
    
    Was it Sir Hiss?
    
    The film is "The Jungle Book"?
    
    Mike

Nope....wrong answer.... Sir Hiss is from Robin Hood.
    
    everybody give up yet....your're all going to kick yourselves when
    you see which one is wrong.
    
    BTW this is not exactly my question (I got it from the newspaper)
    
    Try again

    
    Well...
    
    I'd say it's Prince Charming.  Not Snow White, but.....Cinderella.

    re: .145
    Thanks for the credit on the team work, but the prior noters deserve
    it more!
    
    re: .84 and .93 (words to original song for the Carousel of Progress)
    I was watching the videotape I shot in May.  I'm pretty sure this
    song has migrated to the goofed-up robot scenes in Epcot's Horizons
    pavilion.  It's hard to make out the words on my tape.  Could someone
    else confirm?
    
    Thanks,
    Ruth

    re:151
    
    Yuppp that's it.  Give this man an all expense paid trip to to to
    to, no I can't do it I wouldn't want to tease you.  ;-) 

re: .152

Yes, I recognized the tune right away when I was on Horizons.

   Gary

    
    This isn't a true trivia question (because I don't know the answer),
    but this is as good a place as any to ask:
    
    I was browsing through a book about Disneyland, and in the back it had
    an index listing every attraction that is or ever has been a part of
    Disenyland, as well as the year the attraction first opened.  One of
    the entries listed an attraction named "Bathroom of Tomorrow", with a
    year of 1956 or 1957 (I don't remember which).  Nowhere in the main
    part of the book was there any reference to this attraction (either
    text nor a picture).
    
    Does anybody know what the "Bathroom of Tomorrow" was?  (I assume it's
    no longer there because I've never heard of it, but you never know.)
    
    And never mind my reasons for asking.
    
    - David
    

    Here are the first two lines of a song from a Disney movie. Let's see
    who can be the first with the title of the song and title of the movie.
    
    Extra bonus if you can also give me the year.
    
       "Be brave little one...
    
          make a wish for each sad little tear...
    
              hold your head up no...noone is near...
    
                  someone's waiting for you...."
    
    Mike_who_is_listening_to_the_song_right_now
           
        

    
    	I believe the song's title is " Someone's Waiting for You " from
    Disney's 1977 animated feature, " The Rescuers. " ( Do I get extra -
    extra points for mentioning that this film's sequel is due out in 
    November ? )
    
    				  Robespierre

    Give that man a Dole Whip!
    

"Even though he has no caboose, he's Disney's favorite talking moose".

    
    	RE : -.1
    
    		Mind you, I haven't been to this Fort Wilderness breakfast
    myself, but this lyric wouldn't be about Melvin the Moose, would it ?
    ( Here's a better trivia question : How exactly do they use Melvin at 
    these breakfast ? As I understand it, his head pokes through the
    on-stage curtain at Pioneer Hall throughout the show. So, is the head
    controlled by audio animatronic -- like the Melvin the Moose at Grizzly
    Hall in the " Country Bear Jamboree " show -- or does someone live
    behind the curtain manipulate Melvin, like a puppet ? ( " Ignore that 
    man behind the curtain !! " ) Is Melvin's part done live -- like the
    Greek masks at Pleasure Island's Adventurers Club -- or performed to
    a pre-taped track ? Inquiring Disney minds want to know.
    
    					Robespierre
    

    Yes, it would be about Melvin Moose. (Note the clever pun in the
    title.)  And indeed the quote is from a lyrics of the Pioneer Hall
    Show.

    The Pioneer Hall Breakfast was known as the "Melvin the Moose
    Breakfast Show" when it premiered in 1987 or so.  It was later
    changed to "The Chip 'n Dale Country Morning Jamboree".  I guess
    they figured they needed more recognizable names to draw a crowd. 
    Alas, the show was canceled last September.  I wonder where else
    in the World they will serve the outrageous chocolate-chip muffins
    that for me were the highlight of the experience.

    The show combined live actors and piano player, costumed
    characters, cartoons, and of course the aforementioned
    Audio-animatronic Moose head.  Melvin was hanging in a frame at
    the rear of the Pioneer Hall stage, and in the best Disney
    lip-syncing fashion interacted with the live cast as they sang and
    danced around him, making all kinds of bad jokes about his
    hang-ups. (groan here)

    I'll miss the C&DCMJ.  But for nostalgia purposes, here are some
    follow-up questions:

    1) Now that Melvin is no longer appearing at Pioneer Hall, where
       else in the World will you find him?

    2) Can you name his costars in the show that is running at the
       place that is the answer to #1?

    3) What are the lyrics to the Melvin the Moose song that was the
       finale of the Chip & Dale Country Morning Jamboree?

    4) Where else in WDW can you find disembodied "headliners"?

    
    	RE : -.1
    
    		Okay, I think I can bag a few of these moose-related
    trivia questions.
    
    	1) Now that he's lost his breakfast gig, Melvin " hangs out "
    in Grizzly Hall, where he heckled the bruins performing in the
    " Country Bear Jamboree / Vacation Hoedown / Christmas show. "
    
    	2) His two co-stars are Buck ( an elk ) and Buff ( ? ) a gruff
    buffalo. ( And -- if I remember correctly -- you also can see and hear
    these three " talking heads " when you exit Grizzly Hall into the Mile
    Long Bar ... Or is this where Disney got the second Melvin head to 
    perform at Pioneer Hall ?  Does anyone have any definitive info on
    this ? )
    
    	3) Seeing as I never got to attend the Chip & Dale / Melvin the
    Moose / Whatever they called it / Fort Wilderness Breakfast show, I 
    have no idea what the lyrics to that song might be ... And I am truly
    depressed at the notion of having missed out on chocolate chip muffins
    * AND * the monte cristo sandwiches. * sigh *
    
    	4) But -- when it comes to Disney " headliners " -- I think I
    can come with most of them :
    
    	A) Melvin the Moose -- Country Bear whatever
    	B) Buck the Elk     --  "    " "  " "      "
    	C) Buff the Buffalo --  "    " "  "  "     "
    	D) The skull 'n' bones before the waterfall -- Pirates of the
    				Carribbean
    	E) The head in the crystal ball -- The Haunted Mansion
    	F) The singing busts -- Graveyard finale -- "" "     "
    	G) The tikis -- The Enchanted Tiki Room
    	H) The last troll -- The Maelstrom -- Epcot Center
    	I) Most of the masks ( as well as the wall hangings and the
    	   furniture ) -- The Adventurers Club -- Pleasure Ilsnad
    
           That's all that I can come up with right now. I'm sure I'm
    missing some fairly obvious ones which some other dedicated DEC Disney
    dweeb can come up with.
    
    				Robespierre
    
    		P.S.
    
    			Since I haven't seen too many notes in here
    about Pleasure Island, let me say that -- if you're looking for a
    real terrific evening of entertainment, be sure to stop by the
    Adventurer's Club at Pleasure Island during your next trip to Orlando.
    Forget the other night clubs here. This single club provides a full
    evening of music, magic and laughs. And -- whatever you do -- don't
    miss the lectures in the mask room.
    
    						R
    
    

    Gee Len,
    
    Give me a chance to view my video tape and I'll give a shot at
    answering your "lyrical" question.
    
    I was surprised at the sparseness of the crowds this past Summer when I 
    attended Chip & Dale's Character Breakfast at Pioneer Hall. People were 
    able to walk right in.
    
    I found the show to be entertaining and the food better than that
    served at the Hoop-Dee-Doo the night before. That's right I had
    scheduled the character Breakfast the morning following our
    Hoop-Dee-Doo evening. It worked out pretty well.
    
    Anyway, could it be that people are looking for more characters and
    felt that this breakfast did not offer enough?
    
    I have a feeling that there will be a replacement breakfast show for
    Pioneer Hall. I cannot see that building laying idle for the morning
    hours when it could be generating $$$$.
    
    Mike

.0>  except that all topics Disney are fair game...
    
    Who is Carl Barks and what is his relationship with Disney?
    
      John

    <<Who is Carl Barks and what is his relationship with Disney?>>
    
    Carl Barks is the author/illustrator who created the old Donald Duck
    and Uncle $crooge comic books.  They were my favorites when I was
    growing up.
    
    --Jay
    

I'm not sure if I read this here or in rec.arts.disney, but here goes:

Where is the only place in Disneyland that liquor is served?

    RE: .166

    You aren't thinking about the Mint Juleps at "The Blue Bayou"
    restaurant located inside Pirates of the Caribbean are you?  Those are
    *non-alcoholic* variants, and to my knowledge, *no place* in Disneyland
    (or WDW/MK) serves liquor.

    Or has *that* changed too?    :-(


    David.

        There is supposedly an exclusive private club, located near
        the Pirates, and membership is invitation only.  The name is a
        number if I remember right (number 39 ?) and there is a door
        with that number on it located near the Blue Bayou restaurant. 
        This restaurant is the only one in Disneyland that serves
        liquor.
    

    
    	RE : Actually, the club's name is " Club 33." I'm not sure of the
    number's significance, but the club / restaurant is located upstairs
    over the Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square. Yes, liqour is
    served here -- as well as fine french cuisine. And yes, the membership
    list is quite exclusive -- only senior Disney employees and prominent
    Southern Californians were originally invited to join. However,
    nowadays, most anyone can sign up for membership. However, there's at
    least a seven year waiting list right now. ( Ask me. I know. I'm on 
    the list right now and hope that I'll be able to dine in " Club 33 "
    before the year 2000 ! Wish me luck. I'll need it. )
    
    	If you'd like to get some idea where the restaurant is situated,
    it's located upstairs over the " Pirates of the Carribbean " attraction
    in Disneyland, right next door to the Disney Gallery. For further
    information on the restaurant, you might want to snag a copy of the
    tell-all book, " Bigger Secrets. " The author's name escapes me right
    now, but I have the book at home. Should anyone want further info on
    the restaurant or book ( Which has a snazzy passage about how Disney
    pulls off the " Ghostly Balloroom " effect in the Haunted Mansion as
    well as info on Club 33 ), juts lob a letter to me at the usual
    address.
    			Robespierre

Club 33 it is.  As I understand it membership is quite expensive.  There is a
substantial initiation fee, plus annual dues.

Is there anything comparable in WDW?  Do Club 33 members have any privileges at
WDW or other Disney parks?  Exactly what are the costs?  (These are not trivia
questions, I'm just curious.)

Just Dreamin'
Len

    RE: last few

    Well!  You learn something everyday, yes?  I had not heard of Club 33
    before; wow!  What/why/how did it come about and why is it now being
    offered to the public?

    But...isn't this "cheating", Len?  I mean, if it is a secret/exclusive
    restaurant and so on, then this was not a "fair" question, was it?


    David.

    The club is frequently used for disney corporation sales pitches
    held in association with events (such the book and video shows)
    at the nearby convention center.
    
    mike

    What significance do the initials O. E. J. have to the Disney family?

    According to the shuttle driver who transports you from WDW to
    the parking lot, WDW is the second largest parking lot in the
    world.  Does anyone know the name of #1???
    
    Brigit (who along with her family enjoyed herseld imensly
            this past week at WDW)

    The Pentagon.

>    According to the shuttle driver who transports you from WDW to
>    the parking lot, WDW is the second largest parking lot in the
>    world.  Does anyone know the name of #1???

	Sumner/Callahan tunnel and associated highways.

    Re: .153
    
    No guesses on the O. E. & J. question yet?

    Well here's a hint:

    The initials represent three different people, one was, one is, and one
    is gonna be.

    Orlando
    Europe
    Japan

    ...but wrong.

    Remember I said the initials represented people.

    Roy  O  Disney
    Walt E  Disney
    XXXX J  Disney?
    
    Haven't a clue who the J could be!
    
    While I'm on, I know that E stands for Elias, but waht does the O 
    stand for.
    
    
    Merry Christmas to all our readers!
    
    Mike in Warrington, UK.
    

    Mike is on the right track.  The following parts of his answer are
    correct:

    Roy O. Disney (Walt's brother and partner)
        E. Disney
        J. Disney

    All you have to do is fill in the first names of the second and third
    Disneys.

    BTW, I don't know what the initials stand for.  Extra credit if anyone
    can come up with that bit of information.

    
    Roy O. Disney
    Roy E. Disney (Roy O's son)
    Roy J. Disney (Roy E's son)
    
       I don't know if there is a Roy J.- but there could be!
    

    The three generations of Roys.  Roy E. is currently on the board, and
    is the de facto spokesman for the family.  He also presides, (with Eisner
    in the background), at various events the reminisce about "the good old
    days."

    Roy J., (I'm almost certain it's "J"), is also involved in the company
    somehow, but I don't know where.

    The book "Storming the Magic Kingdom" tells the story of the rift
    between the "Walt side" of the family, and the "Roy side" of the
    family.  It almost destroyed the company.

    The most astounding fact I remember from that book Len is the return on
    investment by the Bass Brothers.
    
    Get this.
    
    They invested $14 million in 1984 and sometime in late 1986 that
    investment was worth $950 million.
    
    Yup.
    
    * * * *
    
    Here's a pretty good trivia question. Len you can't answer this but I'd
    like your input if a discussion comes out of it.
    
      "Describe why EPCOT never evolved the way Walt first envisioned it"
    
    Mike

    Did you give up on the largest parking lot??
    
    The tram (shuttle) driver told us it was the Astrodome lot
    in Houston, TX.
    

    RE: .166-172
    
    I ate at Club 33 ten years ago!  My uncle arranged it.  He's an exec at
    GE and they have a membership for "important clients."  So my mother,
    cousin and I became important clients (cheating like that is no longer
    allowed!).  It was wonderful!
    
    I had fillet mignon au poivre for lunch.  Dessert was Grand Marnier
    souffle in a hollowed and iced orange.  It really was a terrific (and
    once in a lifetime) experience.
    
    Back then, at least, you would never know there was a restaurant there. 
    The bell was kind of hidden, and we even had a "password" to use to get
    in.
    
    The bathrooms had actual thrones in the stalls!  Bowls of cashews were
    all over the place, waiting to be munched.
    
    It was a fun experience!  I would probably appreciate it more now that
    I did at 21, though!
    
    
    Susan

    I'm in kind of a crabby mood today, so how about a few questions about
    one of my favorite characters.

    Some of these are harder than others, but the rule is no peeking.  Try
    to answer from memory.

    1.  What is the full name of King Triton's court composer?

    2.  Specifically what kind of creature is he?

    3.  In the original treatment for the movie this character was to be
        cast as a different kind of creature with a different name.  What
        kind of creature was it and what was the original name?

    3.  Who played the role?

    4.  The actor who played the character in question has played roles in
        several films and plays, but for many years portrayed what famous
        fruit?

    5.  Who are the members of the "Hot Crustacean Band", and what
        instruments do they play?

    Shouldn't it be Lobstery questions, not Crabby?
    
    I'll answer the others when I can get to my Little Mermaid books, 
    but here's 5, Crustacean Band + Dancers
    
    The newt play the flute.
    The carp play the harp.
    The plaice play the bass
    And they soundin' sharp.
    The bass play the brass.
    The chub play the tub.
    The fluke is the duke of soul.
     
    The ray he can play.
    The ling's on the strings.
    The trout rockin' out.
    The blackfish she sings.
    The smelt and the sprat
    They know where it's at.
    An' oh, that blowfish blow.
     
    Under the sea.
    Under the sea.
    When the sardine
    Begin the beguine
    It's music to me.
    What do they got, a lot of sand?
    We got a hot crustacean band.
    Each little clam here
    Know how to jam here
    Under the sea.
    Each little slug here
    Cutting a rug here
    Under the sea.
    Each little snail here
    Know how to wail here.
    That's why it's hotter
    Under the water.
    Ya, we in luck here
    Down in the much here
    Under the sea!
    

re .-2
        1.  What is the full name of King Triton's court composer?
    
    
    This is a variation of one of my favorite trivia questions on the
    subject:  I'll ask people what Sebastian's last name was, and watch
    them all claim he didn't have one, when in fact his name was
    
    Horatio
    Thelonius
    Ignaceous
    Crustacious
    Sebastion
    
    tom

    re: .188

� From Memory, Honest! 

    Really, Mike?  I'm impressed.

    re: .189

� Horatio
� Thelonius
� Ignaceous
� Crustacious
� Sebastion

    Correct Tom, except for the spelling of the last three.  It should be:
    Horatio Thelonius Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian.

    I wonder if Sebastian is his family name, or he's one of those royal
    types that just has five first names.

    Also, what is the name of the sea horse who is the royal herald?  He is
    the one who announces Sebastian with all his names, and has a few other
    lines in the film.  I don't know the answer, so I didn't ask in 54.187.

    A question that has been floating around on rec.arts.disney is who does
    the voice of Ariel's sister Andrina.  She is the one who speaks the
    lines: "Ariel, it's time to come out.  You've been in their all
    morning." and "Isn't it obvious, Daddy?  Ariel's in love."  Many people
    seen to think it is L.A. Law's Susan Rutan.  Any thoughts?

>    4.  The actor who played the character in question has played roles in
>        several films and plays, but for many years portrayed what famous
>        fruit?

He was one of the Fruit-of-the-Loom guys, the grape, methinks...(what a claim
to fame! :-) )

							-- Nina

    
    Yes Nina, he was (is) the Fruit of the Loom grape.  That was the hard
    one, no one has guessed the easier question, "What is his name?"
    
    Other unanswered questions from .187 are: 2, 3, and 3. 
    (I guess I numbered two questions number 3 by accident).
    

    I was poking through one of my Disney reference books the other night
    and thought I'd put together some trivia questions to get us geared up
    to the re-release of "101 Dalmatians" this summer.
    
    So here goes...
    
    1) What are the names of the two "leads"??
    
    2) Who are their owners??
    
    3) How many puppies are in the original litter??
    
    4) Cruella De Vil is the villain of the film.  What are her plans for
    the puppies??
    
    5) Once the puppies are dog-napped, how do our heroes track down their
    whereabouts??
    
    6) Who aids them in the rescue??
    
    7) Now here's a hard one.  How many spots do each of the leads have?? 
    What about the puppies??  And how many spots are animated throughout
    the whole movie??
    
    [Granted, I cheated on this one because I have the book, but take some
    guesses and we'll see who's closest.]
    
    8) Lastly... whatever happened to the re-release of "The Great Mouse
    Detective" that was advertised with "The Rescuers Down Under"????  :-)
    
    - Skip

    
    Re. -1
    
    
    1.    Pongo and Perdita
    2.    Roger and Anita ?
    3.    15 puppies
    4.    to make a coat
    5.    thru animal communication across the countryside
    6.    not sure about names  but there was a cat (Tibbs), a dog, and a
          horse.
    
    7.    can't even venture a guess on the spots question.
    
    This is one of my sons favorites, have read it quite a lot.
    They mentioned that they were re-releasing when I was down at WDW.
    I am sure I will have to take that one in again.  Although I really
    don't mind.   Going to check the book when I get home to see how
    much I remembered.  Have a good night Disney fans.
    
    
    Pat 

    re: .194
    
    Congrats, Pat, you got them all (except for the spots question which I
    didn't really expect anyone to get).
    
    Just for the completists though, the method of communication was called
    the Twilight Bark and the cat, dog, and horse that helped in the rescue
    were Sergeant Tibbs, the Colonel, and the Captain, respectively.
    
    Now to the questions of the spots, relying on the author who in turn is
    taking these figures on trust...  Pongo has 72 spots; Perdita, 68; and
    each of the 99 puppies have 32.  The grand total of animated spots in
    the movie is 6,469,952!!  The book goes on about animating the spots,
    "In the old days this would have been impossible - there is a dearth of
    tigers in Disney movies because of the difficulties of animating
    stripes, a simpler task than keeping track of 3,308 spots.  That Disney
    was able to cope with this was thanks to the technical genius of Ub
    Iwerks, who adapted the Xerox process to create "Xerography", a
    technique that not only made it possible to contemplate making a movie
    with 101 spotty dogs, at a time when other studios avoided even *one*
    spotty dog becasue of the technical difficulties, but also reduced the
    number of steps in transferring the animator's drawing to the finished
    film, thereby retaining much more of the vigour of their original
    work."
    
    Pretty neat, eh??
    
    - Skip

    This isn't really a trivia question but.. having just run the
    spell checker on a Disney article I found this to be extremely
    amusing.  Do you know what it suggests replacing Tiki (as in
    the Enchanted Tiki Birds) with?  Try it and see!

    Hey Ruth, which one did you think fitted best? My Spell Check 
    offers Tacky, Turkey and Take-out amongst others.
    
    Mike_with_only_20_days_to_go!
    

    Three part trivia question
    
     1. Name the first three cartoons good Ol' Mick appeared in.
        (These must be in the correct order)
    
     2. Give the title of the first "Silly Symphony".
    
     3. Who is Thurl Ravenscroft and in what WDW attraction can you
        experience his craft?
    
      Answers on Monday unless someone comes up with them before then.
    
      Mike

    The old brain's a little slow this morning, the answers to numbers 1 &
    2 are in there somewhere, but just won't pop out.

    I can handle #3 though.

    Thurl Ravenscroft is one of the "Gr..r..r..r..eat" voice talents that
    you hear all the time, but never see.  He is best known as the voice of
    Tony the Tiger.  At WDW he is heard in the Haunted Mansion.  I believe
    he is one of the Grim Grinning Ghosts.  (Right Ruth?)

    That's right Len....but there's another attraction where ol' Thurl is
    heard.
    
    Any guesses?
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.198 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>     1. Name the first three cartoons good Ol' Mick appeared in.
>        (These must be in the correct order)

    Plane Crazy
    Galloping Muchacho (or somethineg like that)
    Steamboat Willie (his first staring role.)
    
    In one  of the first 2 he co-stared with a Moose (Melvin the star at FW
    character breakfast, I beleive)
        
>     2. Give the title of the first "Silly Symphony".

    The Skeleton Dance
        
>     3. Who is Thurl Ravenscroft and in what WDW attraction can you
>        experience his craft?

    One of the singers at  Haunted  Mansion (graveyard head scence) and the
    Lead?  singer at Pirates.  At least I remember a similar voice at those
    two attractions.
    
    how's taht Mike?
    
    Claude

    re: .199
    >Thurl Ravenscroft is one of the "Gr..r..r..r..eat" voice talents that
    >you hear all the time, but never see.  He is best known as the voice of
    >Tony the Tiger.  At WDW he is heard in the Haunted Mansion.  I believe
    >he is one of the Grim Grinning Ghosts.  (Right Ruth?)
    
    I don't know.  But I do know this...
    
        When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake
    	spooks come out for a swinging wake.
    	Happy haunts materialize
    	and begin to vocalize.
    	Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize.
    
    	Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide
    	or a silly spook may sit by your side.
    	Shrowded in a daft disguise
    	they begin to terrorize.
    	Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize.
    
        As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree
    	spooks arrive for the midnight spree.
    	Creepy creeps with eerie eyes
    	start to shriek and harmonize.
    	Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize.
    
    There's another verse which I can't remember right now.  It starts
    out something like, "When you hear the knell of the requiem bell..."
    The "Disneyland Fun" Sing-Along-Songs tape includes another verse
    as well.
    
    	If you would like to join our jamboree
    	there's a simple <???> that's compulsory.
    	Mortals pay a token fee
    	rest in peace, the haunting's free.
    	So hurry back we would like your company.
    
    Please excuse any errors, typos, etc..  This is my first week back
    at work and I'm rather brain dead due to exhaustion.
    
    Ruth

    Thurl may also be one of the heads outside "Country Bear..." next to
    the Mile Long Bar. I'm guessing he's the Bison.
    
    Mike

    re -.1
>>>    Thurl may also be one of the heads outside "Country Bear..." next to
>>>    the Mile Long Bar. I'm guessing he's the Bison.
    
    
    
    
    Something happened to my last note, so I had to delete it, but my
    comment was basically the same thing:  that Thurl is also the voice of
    "Buff" in Country Bear.
    
    tom

    We brought the guys to see "One Hundred ane One Dalmations" last week. 
    What a fun picture.
    
    For those of you who have seen it, or remember it from your youth, a
    few trivia questions:
    
    1. Who is Pongo's pet?
    
    2. What are the names of Cruella De Ville's henchmen?
    
    3. Who was the puppies' favorite TV star?  Who was his sponsor?
    
    4. Name all 99 puppies...OK, OK, then name 6.
    

    
        Well I guess it is time to go see this film again.
    
        I can only guess at #2 and 3.
    
         #2) Horace and Jasper.
    
         #3) I don't remember the star of the show but I think that it was
            sponcered by "Canine Crunchies".
            I wish I could remember the others.....
    
            Oh well, I know what I will do this weekend.
    
                        -Rob
    
    
         

    We actually saw 101 Dalmations on the last day of our vacation, 
    but then re-read the original book, so everything is hopelessly 
    mixed up.
    
    1. Pongo's pet is Mr Dearly.
    2. The thieves are Horace (Or Saul) and Jasper Baddun.
    3. Can't remember the canine star.
    4. The only puppies we remember are Patch, Lucky and Roly(-Poly).    
    The puppy that was delivered dead, then resuscitated, was    
    called Cadpig in the book, but we don't remember that name from    
    the movie.
    
    Mike in Warrington.

    Correct Dalmation answers so far:
    
    1. none yet
    
    2. Horace and Jasper
    
    3. Kanine Krunchies (notes spelling) was the sponsor of the show, but
    no one has named the star yet.
    
    4. Three of the six puppies named in the film have been identified:
    Lucky, Patch, and Roly.

    Ok, try these trivia questions..
    
    1) Which WDW Magic Kingdom land contains the most concrete?
    
    2) Which Disney Animated feature, the Censors in Great Britain wouldn't
       let kids under 16  years  old  see,  unless  three  scenes  were cut
       because they were considered too frightening for children?
    
    3) The  morse  code  quests  hear  at    Disneyland  train  station  in
       Frontierland is actually tapping out a message.  What is it?

    1. Tomorrow Land
    
    2. Fantasia
    
    3. Just a guess, Welcome to Disneyland

    Rep to <<< Note 54.211 by SNAX::SKERRY >>>

>                            -< Any of these right? >-
>    1. Tomorrow Land

    Correct, Space mountain has a lot to do with it I believe.
        
>    2. Fantasia

    Nope
        
>    3. Just a guess, Welcome to Disneyland

    Nope

    1. Well AdventureLand and FrontierLand have a lot of waterways but
       BTMRR may be a factor here. FantasyLand? Nope. Liberty Square could
       be the answer (trick question). I'll go with TommorrowLand just
       because Space Mountain is there. The rest of TommorrowLand offsets
       BTMRR.
    
    2. I've thought of Fantasia as a possibility but don't actually think 
       many young children see it. I'd say it boils down to Alice,
       Cinderella, or Snow White. Since my wife says that she was pretty 
       frightenend the first time she rode Snow White's Scary Adventure in
       DL I'll go with Snow White.
    
    3. The morse code question is a tricky one. I know I've come across it
       before. It's either "It all started with a mouse", "When you wish
       upon a star", or Walt Disney's address. I am going to go with Walt's
       address.
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.213 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>                            -< Guessing on Trivia >-
>
>    1. Well AdventureLand and FrontierLand have a lot of waterways but
>       BTMRR may be a factor here. FantasyLand? Nope. Liberty Square could
>       be the answer (trick question). I'll go with TommorrowLand just
>       because Space Mountain is there. The rest of TommorrowLand offsets
>       BTMRR.

    Gee you didn't happen to see .212 by any chance did you?
        
>    2. I've thought of Fantasia as a possibility but don't actually think 
>       many young children see it. I'd say it boils down to Alice,
>       Cinderella, or Snow White. Since my wife says that she was pretty 
>       frightenend the first time she rode Snow White's Scary Adventure in
>       DL I'll go with Snow White.

    Correct Snow  White and the Seven Duarfs is the right answer, I believe
    it was the scences of the witch.
        
>    3. The morse code question is a tricky one. I know I've come across it
>       before. It's either "It all started with a mouse", "When you wish
>       upon a star", or Walt Disney's address. I am going to go with Walt's
>       address.

    Correct, Walt's 1955  dedication  speech for Disneyland is being tapped
    out in morse code.
    
    Claude
    
    BTW,  these  were trivia questions found in the  latest  issue  of  the
    'Magic Key' newsletter, that you get when you are  a  Gold Card member.
    Someone here in Salem loaned me his issue.
        
    Mike

    Not yet...I have my sources...shhh quiet Mick...he'll hear ya....yes
    you can have the cheese now.
    
    ;^)

    Another trivia question from "101 Dalmations".
    
    There's a Disney animated feature hidden in this movie. Can anyone
    provide the name of this Disney effort?
    
    Answer on Monday.
    
    Mike
    

    Thought someone would have gotten this by now.
    
    The answer is "Flowers and Trees".
    
    MJS

    OK, Mike, (and others),
    
    What was special about "Flowers and Trees"?
    
    I can think of at least two answers.
    
    

    Well, geez Mike, you threw us off by referring to it as a "feature"
    when it's really a "short"... :-)
    
    As to what's so special about "Flowers and Trees"...  It's one of the
    first Disney shorts, correct??  Also, it seems rather appropriate in
    "101 Dalmatians" to have puppies watching cartoons about trees.
    
    - Skip

    You're probably right Skip. I should have qualified that a bit more.
    
    Let's wait and see if someone else can answer Len's followup question.
    
    M

    
    RE : What's so special about " Flowers and Trees " ?
    
    	Well, if I remember correctly, it was the first color animated
    cartoon. I also seem to recall that it won an Academy Award for Best
    Animated Short Subject that year -- and that this Oscar may have been
    Disney's first ... But I'm not entirely sure on that last part.
    
    	

    In 1932 when Walt released "Flowers and Trees" it was the first time he
    employed the use of Technicolor. Remember that up to that point all the
    shorts in the Silly Symphonies series were in black and white. From
    that point on Walt used color exclusively.
    
    Is that what you were looking for Len?
    
    The following aren't trivia questions but will be interesting to the
    'holics in here. Does anyone want to take a stab at them? These are
    toughies. Points are awarded for each correct answer.
    
         1. What does "The Reluctant Dragon", a 1941 Disney film and MGM 
            Studios have in common? (2 Points)
    
         2. "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Shaggy Dog" were released in the
            same year. How these films were received by audiences made
            the Disney Studios change their outlook on filmmaking. Does
            anyone know why? (2 points)
    
         3. What Disney film starring Brian Keith is often labeled as one 
            of, if not the worse Disney film ever and why did the critics
            come down on this film. This is a toughie. (4 points)
    
         4. Does anyone know what you get when you use this recipe?
    
            "One pound of salt water taffy, add one heaping tablespoon of
            polyurethabe foam, one cake of crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth,
            allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over one cup cracked
            rice mixed with one cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil
            til it lifts lid and says "Qurlp.'" (1 Point)
    
         5. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" could have been produced a lot
            sooner than 1971 but the Studio Chiefs purposely delayed 
            production on the film for almost 6 years. Does anyone know
            why? (3 points)
         
                             Rating
    
                10-12 points  -  Excellent 
                 6-9  points  -  Good
                 3-6  points  -  Fair
                 0-2  points  -  You've been away from Disney too long
    
    
     Have fun.
    
    Mike

    re: .221  -< " Flowers and Trees " trivia answer ... I hope >-
    
    Jim is correct on all three counts.  First color cartoon by anyone,
    Oscar winner (it was the first year the Academy had an award for
    animation), and for the same reason I also believe it was the Disney
    Studio's first.

    
    RE : Tough Disney Quiz
    
    	You're right, these * ARE * tough Disney trivia questions. But I
    think I got a lock on a few of these ...
    
    1) The link between " The Reluctant Dragon " and Disney-MGM Studio
    Theme park is that both allow guests a behind-the-scenes peek at how
    Disney Studios operates. The 1941 film followed noted comic author
    Robert Benchley on a roundabout tour of Disney's California studio,
    while the studio theme park gives everyday slobs like ourselves the
    same opportunity.
    
    2) If I remember correctly, " Sleeping Beauty " did fairly poorly on 
    its initial release while " The Shaggy Dog " did tremendous business.
    It was the " Shaggy Dog " 's success that spurred Disney to change the
    studio's operation from a company noted mostly for its animated features
    with an occassional live action film to a company that produced
    numerous live action films with only an occassional animated film.
    
    3) Mind you, I've never seen this film myself -- but there's supposedly
    this live action Disney film from the early '70s called " Scandalous
    John. " It starred Brian Keith and was Disney's half-heated attempt at
    a socially relevant comedy ... As for why the critics stomped all over 
    it : Because it was exceedingly lame ( ? ). 
    
    4) This -- if I remember correctly -- is the recipe for the rubbery
    goo that Disney used in " The Absent Minded Professor " and " Son of 
    Flubber " to simulate flubber ..
    
    5) Disney deliberately delayed production of " Bedknobs and Broomsticks "
    to avoid having the film unfavorably compared to " Mary Poppins. " You
    see, " B & B " and " MP " featured scripts by the same people ( Bill
    Walsh and Don Da Gradi ), music by the same people ( Robert B. and
    Richard M. Sherman ), as well as the same director ( Robert Stevenson ).
    The films even had a few actors in common -- David Tomlinson being the 
    most note-worthy. He played the stodgy Mr. Banks in " Mary Poppins " as
    well as the con-man Emilious Brown in " Bedknobs and Broomsticks. "
    
    Despite the delay, " Bedknobs and Broomsticks " was still unfavorably
    compared to " Mary Poppins. " A charming film in its own right, critics
    just weren't willing to overlook the similiarities between the two
    movies -- which both feature heavy mixes of music, animation and
    special effects. Long thought of as a quasi-failure, " B & B " has come
    back into favor over the past decade -- thanks in a large part to
    Angela Lansbury's continued success with " Murder She Wrote. " The film
    turns up every month or so on the Disney Channel. If you haven't seen 
    it yet, make a point to some time in the near future. The animated 
    soccer game in the middle of the film -- master-minded by by veteran
    Disney animator Ward Kimball -- alone makes " B & B " worth watching.
    
    So ... How'd I do ?

    Give that man some mouse ears. Right on all accounts.
    
     1. "The Reluctant Dragon" hoped to show audiences how cartoons are
        made, as does MGM (Animation Tour).
    
     2. "Sleeping Beauty" cost much more to produce than did "the Shaggy
        Dog" but the latter brought in more money. This became the
        barometer which told the Disney Studios that rehashing classic
        fairy tales may not be as successful as putting out comedic movies
        with animals, kids, and funny adults.
    
        I believe "Beuaty and the Beast" is the first "classic" Disney has
        produced since SB.
    
     3. "Ten Who Dared" was pretty bad. It's problem was that it came under
        the Disney logo and thus expectations were high. The critics really
        came down on it for the following reasons:
    
        o Character portrayal was shallow and "dimensionless". Most of the
          actors were described as being "cardboard" while Brian Keith's
          portrayal of Bill Dunn was so lively it made for a contrast that
          made the acting pretty uneven.
    
        o Important scenes were filmed in studio interiors, using mattes.
          It lacked authenticity.
    
        o This is interesting. I guess there were a lot of zoom shots which
          seemed odd for this type of picture. Action pictures are not
          supposed to have zoom shots I guess.
    
     4. Flubber
    
     5. Bingo on "B & B".
    
    Mike

�       I believe "Beauty and the Beast" is the first "classic" Disney has
�       produced since SB.

    Are we forgetting "The Little Mermaid"?
    

    >>>Are we forgetting "The Little Mermaid"?
    
    Nope! I just don't consider "Mermaid" a classic.
    
    M

    
     >   "Sleeping Beauty" cost much more to produce than did "the Shaggy
     >   Dog" but the latter brought in more money. This became the
     >   barometer which told the Disney Studios that rehashing classic
     >   fairy tales may not be as successful as putting out comedic movies
     >   with animals, kids, and funny adults.
    
    "Sleeping Beauty" cost about $6 million to make, but lost about $1
    million in its initial release.  I don't think the ensuing trend
    towards live-action films was so much a result of a disenchantment
    with fairy tales, so to speak, but rather a realization that
    full-length animation had become prohibitively expensive.
    
    - David
    

    Dave,
    
    You're right. SB lost $700K in it's initial release. TSD cost $1M to
    make and I think it brought in $8M in it's initial release.
    
    Fairy tales were out but not necessarily animation.
    
    Mike

    Time for a few more toughies.
    
       1. Can anyone tell me what was the link between Walt Disney and 
          Walter Lanz?
    
       2. Which Disney classic first made use of the multiplane camera?
    
       3. There were four serialized stories during the original Mickey
          Mouse Club television shows. Can you name all four and the stars?
    
       4. What actor turned author played the starring role in "Texas John
          Slaughter" and "Moon Pilot?"
    
       5. Remember the early years on TV when the show "Disneyland" was
          first broadcast? Remember Walt having the Magic Mirror from "Snow
          White?" Which of you old timers out therte can name the actor who
          posed as the mirror? This is a toughie.
    
    Answers by Friday (unless someone gets them before then).
    
    Mike

    
    > Fairy tales were out but not necessarily animation.
   
    Could you point me towards a source for that statement?  I don't recall
    reading anything that would indicate that (c. 1960) audiences were
    tiring of animated fairy tales, or that Walt felt they were.
    
    "Sleeping Beauty" lost money because:
    
    a)  It was tremendously expensive to produce
    b)  It wasn't up to the standards of previous Disney efforts
    
    Disney's response was to turn to forgettable but cheap live-action
    films that brought in respectable profits rather than increasingly
    expensive full-length animated movies.  I don't remember seeing any
    statement to the effect that "animation can stay, but not fairy tales".
    In fact, Walt disliked the animated films that were *not* taken from
    fairy tales; he wasn't terribly fond of movies such as "Alice in
    Wonderland" and "Peter Pan", because he felt they had too much of a
    literary tradition to be able to 'Disnify' them as he could with fairy
    tales.
    
    - David
    
    

    I can only remember one of the names of the stories for #3:
    
         The Adventures of Spin and Marty, starring Tim Considine and 
         Tommy Kirk
    
         There was another story about a boys' and a girls' summer camp, 
         starring Annette Funicello and Darlene (mumble) at the girls'
         camp and, again, Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk at the boys' camp. 
         Don't have a clue as to the name, unless it's something like 
         Spin and Marty at Summer Camp. 
    
    I think #5 is Tom Tryon, author of The Other and Harvest Home.
    
    These are really tough!!
    
    
    Linda

Pushing it but I think the Hardy Boys was one of the serial stories.

    
    	Congratulations ! You've stumped the panel, Scopa. I pride myself
    on knowing truly obscure Disney trivia ... But most of these questions
    are beyond me. The two I think I know the answers to are :
    
    	2) The Oscar winning short subject that Disney first used its
    infamous multi-plane camera was " The Old Mill. " I do know that there
    a few ( And the accent is on few ) multi-plane shots in " Snow White 
    and the Seven Dwarfs, " but the first Disney feature film to really
    make use of the multi-plane camera was " Pinocchio. " ( By the way,
    even a more obscure bit of trivia : You know the multi-level machine
    they built back in the 1930s to accomplish these multi-plane shots ?
    They're still using this very same set-up in Burbank today ...
    Evidently, it's a monster to operate and difficult to keep up and 
    running ... Replacement pieces have to hand tooled ... But it's the
    same unit that Ub Iwerks and the other camera effects genius at Disney
    created by in the late 1930s ... )
    
    	5) This one, I know ( I think ). The actor who played the Magic
    Mirror in many of Disney's " Wonderful World of Colors " was veteran
    comic actor Hans Conreid. Nickelodeon fans may know him best as 
    Uncle Tanoose on " Make Room for Daddy, " while Disney animation fans
    may remember him as the voice of Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in 
    " Peter Pan. " ( Conreid also did a lot of voices for Jay Ward's
    cartoons, " Bullwinkle, " etc. )
    
    	As for questions Number # 1 ... I do know that a lot of the animators
    worked at Disney churning out Mickey Mouse cartoons eventually ended up
    over at Lanz's studio pumping out Andy Panda cartoons. ( Why for ? 'Cause
    both characters -- back in the 1940s, at least -- suffered from terminal
    case of cutes. Luckily, Mickey came through this bland period and --
    thanks to his TV work as the animated host of the " Mickey Mouse Club "
    as well as his appearances in the Disney theme parks  -- was able to 
    become -- in the words of Robin Williams -- " a corporate symbol. " On
    the other hand, Andy Panda ultimately just faded from view ... )
    
    	How'd I do ?
    					jrh

    You guys are good.
    
    1. Still not the answer I'm looking for. 
    
    2. Jim Hill is right on with the multi-plane camera question. Some
       people are quick to say "Snow White" but production on SW had been
       going on for awhile and I think there were no more than two or three
       occasions where the MPC was used. 
    
    3. This question has been partially answered. I'll wait until tomorrow
       before giving the complete answer.
    
    4. Linda Gibson got the Tom Tryon question.
    
    5. Jim got this right also...Hans Conreid was the mirror. I also
       believe he was the host of "Fractured Flickers", not a Disney
       product.
    
    Mike

    Here are the answers to #1 and #3:
    
    1. The link between Walt Disney and Walter Lanz began in 1927 when
    Disney's distributor encouraged him to drop the "Alice" series he was
    working on and begin a new one. 
    
    Disney created a character known as Oswald the Rabbit. This character
    allowed Disney's staff much more flexibility in creating all kinds of
    amusing adventures. The Oswald cartoons were released through
    Universal.
    
    When Walt asked for a raise from Universal they refused and also told
    him that they had copyrighted Oswald in their name.
    
    Walt severed his relationship with Universal and soon the Oswald series
    was taken over by Walter Lanz, creater of Woodie Woodpecker.
    
    
    3. Okay gang here are the Mickey Mouse serials:
    
    The Hardy Boys with Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk.
    
    Spin and Marty with Tim Considine and David Stolley.
    
    Annette starring guess who?
    
    This last one is the one everyone forgets. It was called "Corky and the
    White Shadow". Anyone out there who grew up with the old B&W MMC show
    will get bigtime nostalgia if they saw an episode or two today and saw
    stars Darlene Gillespie and character actor Lloyd Corrigan.
    
    
    My favorite was The Hardy Boys.
    
    Mike

    Okay a three question trivia quiz for the weekend. I'm purposely making
    this one real tough 'cause you guys are good:
    
      1. What prompted Walt Disney to create Donald Duck and Pluto?
    
      2. What Disney characters were used in a Laurel and Hardy feature?
         Oh yeah, name the feature.
    
      3. Finally, can anyone identify the 38 year old Disney feature
         (color) that can be prominently seen in an attraction at one of
         the WDW theme parks? Can you tell me what is so special about
         this feature and how it relates to the attraction it resides in?
    
         Mike
    
         Answers on Tuesday

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>      1. What prompted Walt Disney to create Donald Duck and Pluto?

    Because Mickey  was too sweet, and the audience favored more crazy/zany
    antics in the  cartoons,  so  not to detract from Mickey's character he
    invented Donald and Pluto.
        
>      2. What Disney characters were used in a Laurel and Hardy feature?
>         Oh yeah, name the feature.

    Got me there
        
>      3. Finally, can anyone identify the 38 year old Disney feature
>         (color) that can be prominently seen in an attraction at one of
>         the WDW theme parks? Can you tell me what is so special about
>         this feature and how it relates to the attraction it resides in?

    Hmm, there are several  Disney  clips  shown inside Spaceship Earth, is
    this the one's your thinking of, or is it one inside Disney/MGM?
    

    
    	The questions just get tougher and tougher ....
    
    	I believe Claude has Number # 1 basically right, so I leave that 
    one alone.
    
    # 2 : I believe the film Mike's refering to is Laurel and Hardy's
    version of " Babes in Toyland " ( Now best known as " The March of 
    the Wooden Soldiers. " ) In that film, Mickey Mouse ( Played by a
    spider monkey in a teeny MM suit ) and the Three Little Pigs ( Played
    by midgets in rubber pig suits ) make cameo appearances.
    
    	The reason this particular film is now known as " March of the
    Wooden Soldiers " is to avoid confusion with Disney's own version of
    " Babes in Toyland. " A quasi-remake of the Laurel and Hardy version,
    it even featured two actors ( The heavy-set gentleman who played Sgt.
    Garcia and the slight quiet fellow who played Don Diego's mute man
    servant in Disney's TV version of " Zorro. " For extra Disney dweeb
    points : Name these actors ... ' cause -- right now -- I can't !! )
    who played Laurel and Hardy look-alikes. ( Just for the record, though
    Disney's version is colorful and cute ... Laurel and Hardy's version 
    is better. Genuinely funny and scary, check this out when it pops up
    on the tube between Thanksgiving and Christmas ! )
    
    # 3 : .... As for this question, if my math is correct, the film
    Mike's talking about may be " 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. " If
    this is the film, I know there are numerous references to this
    particular film in the Disney parks :
    
    1) The " 20,000 Leagues " attraction in WDW's Magic Kingdom
    
    2) The model of the Nautilus as well as Nemo's diving suits used in 
    the production of the film are on display in the cue area for Epcot
    Center's " The Living Seas. "
    
    3) Inside Spaceship Earth, clips from " 20,000 Leagues " are shown as
    part of the movie marquee toward the end of that attraction ...
    
    But -- for some reason -- I don't really think this is what Mike's
    looking for. 
    
    	Am I at least close ?
    					jrh

    Here's one
    
    What do  Howard  Ashman and Alan Menken have in common with "the Little
    Mermaid', the soon to be released 'Beauty and the Beast' and the now in
    production 'Alladin', and what  is unigue with Mr Ashman in relation to
    Mr Menken and 'Alladin'?
    
    

    Answers
    
    1. Mickey became a problem to the Disney staff. He became such an
    institution that the staff was actually limited in what they could do
    with him? How is this? They had to be very careful in what they had
    Mickey doing. They couldn't have him kicking people in the rear; he had
    to always be sweet and lovable because all the merchandising for MM was
    to get kids to wash, eat, clean, etc.
    
    Thus was born Pluto who was allowed to show his temper and frustration
    because it somehow fit his canine personality.
    
    Donald's debut came in 1934 in the short "The Wise Little Hen". Donald
    was everything Mickey wasn't. He had a terrible temper and showed other
    characteristics which turned out to make him more popular than Mickey
    for awhile. Many feel it was the voice that caused the popularity.
    
    2. Jim was right. Hal Roach actually contacted Disney to ask permission
    to use the characters in the L&H film.
    
    3. Boy Jim you almost could use that answer for this question but the 
    answer I was looking for was "Working for Peanuts" with DD and C&D.
    This is the 3-D pre-show feature prior to the "Magic Journeys"
    attraction no residing in TMK (FantasyLand).
    
    Oh yeah.....Henry Calvin played Sgt. Garcia and Gene Sheldon played
    Bernardo.
    
    Mike

    re:  Claude's question about Ashman and Menken
    
    Well, I know Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were the musical team behind
    the success of "The Little Mermaid" (Menken wrote the music; Ashman
    wrote the lyrics) and that they were collaborating again for "Beauty
    and the Beast".  But didn't Mr. Ashman die this past year??  So I'm not
    sure what you're getting at regarding the production of "Aladdin". 
    Could it be that Mr. Ashman completed his work on that film prior to
    his death??  I don't know, but it's certainly giving me the willies...
    
     Skip

    Rep to <<< Note 54.242 by MR4DEC::AWILLIAMS "Not this hare, cueball!!" >>>
    
    Skip,
    
    You've got  it.    Ashman  and Menken had worked on doing the songs for
    Aladdin.  In the Disney News fall issue is an article on Beauty and the
    Beast, were it mentioned  they had also done some work for Aladdin, and
    that Alladin would mark the  last time for Ashman and Menken working as
    a duo and for Disney.  The article doesn't mention if they had finished
    the song for Aladdin or not thought.
    
    BTW another similarity between TLM and BATB, is  that  the same actress
    who possed for the live sequences as an animation model  for  Ariel  in
    TLM, also posed for Belle in BATB.
    
    Claude

>   Oh yeah.....Henry Calvin played Sgt. Garcia and Gene Sheldon played
>   Bernardo.
    
    Very good.  Now can anyone tell us what other Disney feature they both
    appeared in.

    
    	Well ... I can't be absolutely certain on this, but -- in addition
    to the " Zorro " TV series and the " Babes in Toyland " feature film --
    weren't Calvin and Sheldon in " Toby Tyler " too ?
    
    

    Gene Sheldon also appeared in "The Golden Horseshoe Revue" featured on
    The Wonderful World of Color.
    
    Mike

    re: .245
    
>>  	Well ... I can't be absolutely certain on this, but -- in addition
>>  to the " Zorro " TV series and the " Babes in Toyland " feature film --
>>  weren't Calvin and Sheldon in " Toby Tyler " too ?
    
    	You can now be absolutely certain.  I recnetly got a copy of "Toby
    Tyler" and was happily surprised to see Calvin (whom I remembered as
    being in the movie) and Sheldon (whom I didn't).
    
    tom

    This bit of trivia was inspired by a phone call I just received.
    
    I'll make this a bit of a puzzler by phrasing it in general terms.
    
    Which animated figure in "Peter Pan" was viewed as controversial back
    in 1952. I also want to know what/who the animators used as a
    design/model for this character.
    
    Mike
    
    

    re: .248
    
>>  Which animated figure in "Peter Pan" was viewed as controversial back
>>  in 1952. I also want to know what/who the animators used as a
>>  design/model for this character.
    
    
    Could this be in reference to Tinkerbell, for whom we got to see a lot
    of tuchus shots?  Supposedly she was based on Marily Monroe, but since
    we saw a lot of Tink's uderpants (and Monroe claimed to not wear them)
    this couldn't be the case.
    
    
    tom

    'Twas Marilyn indeed.
    
    Walt Disney was chided for allowing his animators create a "well
    endowed nymphet."
    
    Mike

    Some new ones:
    
     1) Who is Mickey's official portrait artist? He's the same guys who
        has been doing it for the last 40+ years.
    
     2) What is the largest living thing in TMK (Is this a repeat?)?
    
     3) How much bigger is WDW than DL?
    
     4) What was Goofy's name before he was called "Goofy"?
    
     5) When Dixie Landings opens next Spring what will be, within 1,000
        rooms, the number of rooms available on Disney property?
    
    Answers next week

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>     1) Who is Mickey's official portrait artist? He's the same guys who
>        has been doing it for the last 40+ years.

    Hmm, need to look this one up.
        
>     2) What is the largest living thing in TMK (Is this a repeat?)?

    Liberty Tree in Liberty Square.
        
>     3) How much bigger is WDW than DL?

    DL is about 300 or so acres total, with WDW 27,400 acres.
        
>     4) What was Goofy's name before he was called "Goofy"?

    I think I have this at home in my trivia book. Daffy Daug?
        
>     5) When Dixie Landings opens next Spring what will be, within 1,000
>        rooms, the number of rooms available on Disney property?

    About 15,000,  with  plans  to  go  around 25,000 with the other hotels
    planed.
    
    Claude

    Well Claude you got the Liberty Tree question right.

    Dippy Dawg?

    1. John Hench is Mickey's official portrait artist.
    
    2. The Liberty Tree in Liberty Square is the oldest living thing.
    
    3. The "official" word is that WDW is 150 times larger than DL.
    
    4. Dippy Dawg.

    Here's some more trivia:
    
    
    1. When did it snow in "The Magic Kingdom" enough for a couple of
       inches to cover the ground?
    
    2. What was "The Traffic Jam Heard 'Round the World?"
    
    3. Who will be the voice of the "Ghost Host" for Euro-Disney's
       Phantom Manor?
    
    4. Where does Mickey appear in the Kitchen Kabaret performance in The
       Land Pavillion?
    
    5. Name the two areas in TGMR where Mickey's likeness can be found.
    
    Answers on Friday

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    Ah you must od gotten the latest Disney news, Eh Mike?
        
    
>    1. When did it snow in "The Magic Kingdom" enough for a couple of
>       inches to cover the ground?

    Tokyo Disneyland, Winter of '81/82, the winter just before opening.
        
>    2. What was "The Traffic Jam Heard 'Round the World?"

    October 1st 1971, The year WDW opened
        
>    3. Who will be the voice of the "Ghost Host" for Euro-Disney's
>       Phantom Manor?

    Vincent price
        
>    4. Where does Mickey appear in the Kitchen Kabaret performance in The
>       Land Pavillion?

    Handle on the Refrigerator
        
>    5. Name the two areas in TGMR where Mickey's likeness can be found.

    his legs are shown behind a peeling Billboard, I forget the other one.
    
    

    Good memory Claude....except for question 2. Need the other half of
    question 5 also.
    

    Rep to <<< Note 54.258 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>    Good memory Claude....except for question 2. Need the other half of
>    question 5 also.

    Oh yeah now I remember,  first  a  bit  of  history,  then  the answer.
    Opening  day crowds on Oct 1st '71 were somewhat dismal, and Nunis  had
    to go before the Board and explain why.  One of the reason  for the Oct
    1st opening  (which  is  Florida least busy tourist season) was so that
    they wouldn't have  to  contend with the crowds like they had to for DL
    opening, and it would  allow  them  time  to  get the kinks out.  Nunis
    basicly told the Board Wait  'till  thanksgiving  and  then  you'll see
    Crowds.
    
    The answer to question #2 was the Friday following Thanksgiving '71.
    
    Claude
    
    

    It'd amazing what a phone call can accomplish!

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>    It'd amazing what a phone call can accomplish!

    Yeah but we didn't discuss the history around it though did we? ;^)
    
    Claude

    Okay gang I've been saving this one. Kathy Jette, you are ineligible
    for this as we discussed this earlier today.
    
    Here goes:
    
    At the end of The Great Movie Ride trams roll into this large theater
    and the grand finale takes place. This finale includes a collage of
    films over the past 70 years or so. 
    
    How many films are covered in this finale? Bits and pieces from famous
    and not so famous movies are shown. 
    
    Also, can you name two movies conspicous by their absence in this
    finale? These two movies are covered in TGMR prior to the Grand Finale.
    
    The only problem with this question is that only those who have visited
    MGM have a shot at getting it correct.
    
    Mike_who_has_about_200_days_before_he_can_see_this_finale_in_person_again
    
    

>>    The only problem with this question is that only those who have visited
>>    MGM have a shot at getting it correct.
    
    Gee, Mike, don't you mean only those who have visited MGM *and
    videotaped this part of TGMR* have a shot at getting it correct??
    
    I don't know how many films are represented in the finale but I'm
    willing to take a guess as to which ones are absent.  I say, "Tarzan"
    and "Alien/s"...  How far way off base am I??
    
    - Skip
    
    P.S.  BTW, if you're a movie freak like me, the finale of TGMR is well
    worth the cost admission and airfare.  I loved it!!
    

    Skip, 
    
    You're right....gray matter couldn't handle remembering the finale.
    
    Yeah "Tarzan" and "Alien" are two of them....one or two more may also
    be omitted....any ideas?
    
    Mike

I'm sure if you checked at EPCOT Outreach you could get the exact list of
films represented in the finale, also the list for the pre-show.  They showed
me the titles of all the atmosphere music played in the four different areas
at typhoon lagoon.

As for the question Skip threw in in the title of 54.263.  The answer is zero.
It is made of Fiberglas.

    I took the kids to see Beauty and the Beast yesterday.  What a great
    picture!

    Anyway, I noticed in the credits that B&tB and the late Twin Peaks
    share a cast member. (Must make for a strange resume).

    Can you tell me who the actor or actress is, and what roles he or she
    played in each show.

    Also, what former Laugh-in performer had a role in B&tB, and who or
    what did he/she play? (This one is easier than the first).

Len,

Joanne Worley is the Laugh-in performer that also had a part in Beauty and the 
Beast. She was the "Dresser/Bureau" in Belle's room at the castle.

Sorry I can't answer the first question, not a Twin Peaks fan.

Steve

    Regarding TGMR question.....I counted 114 films.
    
    Mike

Yes Steve, Joanne Worley did the voice of "Wardrobe".  I reccognized it right
off, but it took me a few minutes to figure it out.

    re: .265
    
    Uh, yeah... you're right, Len.  Trick question.  Yeah, that's it, trick
    question.
    
    re: Twin Beasts
    
    Len, was it Sherilyn Fenn, who played Audrey in Little Shop of... er, I
    mean, Twin Peaks??  I thought I saw her name in the credits of BatB,
    but I don't remeber what part she 'played'.
    
    - Skip

� Was it Sherilyn Fenn?

No.  At least that's not the one I noticed.  I wish it was though, she was
my favorite on TP.

    Here are four questions:
    
     1. Who turns 55 next week?
    
     2. Name the three other hotels originally planned for WDW but were
        never realized.
    
     3. What Adventureland attraction never got off the drawing board?
    
     4. What the the original name of "Hall of the Presidents"?
    
    Answers Wednesday, Jan. 8.
    
    Mike_who_has_73_more_days_to_wait_than_Claude
    

    Len,
    
    how about the answer to the Beauty and the Beast/Twin Peaks question.
    
    John
    

    
    RE : .272       Okay, I'll take a shot ...
    
    	1) I have no clue as to who turns 55 next week ... But I'll take
    a WA guess : Roy Disney, Jr. ?
    
    	2) Back in 1971, in addition to the first two original monorail
    hotels -- the Contemporary and Polynesian -- Disney had plans to build
    three other themed hotels along " the loop. " Their announced names 
    were the Thai, the Persian and the Venetian Resort Hotels. ( Interesting 
    side note : Though the site prep work was done back in '71 for the Thai
    Hotel, the site stood empty 'til the late '80s ... when the Grand
    Floridian built there. To my knowledge, no site work was ever done on 
    the proposed construction sites of the other hotels. )
    
    	3) Actually, there's lots of Adventureland attractions that never made
    it off the drawing board. Back in the ever-so-dim past, Disney originally
    wanted to do the " Jungle Cruise " like a zoo cruise -- with real boats
    floating past real animals. But -- given that lots of those critters 
    are deadly and/or noturnal ( And Walt's insurance people had heart attacks 
    just contemplating the liabilities involved in an atttraction like this )
    -- Disney eventually decided to go with animated animals lining a fake
    river ... which -- judging by the continued popularity of this 36 year
    old attraction -- worked out just fine.
    	Then there's the restaurant that would have featured entertainment
    by animated birds hanging down from the ceiling and masks on the walls.
    Disney's logistics people pointed out that -- due to the small capacity
    of the proposed hall ( As well as the likelihood that guests would
    linger over their dinners to insure that they caught all of the enter-
    tainment ) -- only a small number of the park's visitors would ever get
    the chance to check out the show. So, Disney dropped the restaurant
    idea but kept the show -- which is now known as the Enchanted Tiki
    Room.
    	Now -- as for more recent Adventureland attractions that made it
    off the drawing board -- there is the long planned " Temple of Doom "
    thrill ride that keeps * almost * getting approved. This variation on
    Space Mountain and Big Thunder would recreate the finale of the second
    " Indiana Jones " feature. Only, this time around, it'd be Disney's
    guests -- not Dr. Jones -- who'd be riding mining cars through volcanic
    caverns while being pursued by evil priests. ( I'm told that senior WDW
    executive Dick Nunis kept killing this particular proposed attraction,
    saying that it'd be too scary for a Disney park. But -- given that the
    " Alien Encounter " attraction is definitely going into both Disneyland
    and Walt Disney World's revamped Tomorrowland -- I guess Nunis is
    backing down on the " too-scary-for-a-Disney-park " issue. ) ... Oh --
    by the way -- the latest word out of Glendale is that the current
    rethink of the " Indiana Jones " attraction is that it'd use jeeps, not
    mine cars, and that guests would have a certain amount of control over
    which route the jeep would take through the attraction ... which means 
    the attraction would have a variety of different endings, depending on 
    the route the driving guest chose. Snazzy, eh ?
    	But -- somehow -- in spite of this Adventureland info I've just
    slung in here -- I get the feeling that * none * of these proposed
    attractions are the ones Mike's looking for. 
    
    	4) The original name for " The Hall of Presidents " was " One
    Nation Under God. " However, Disney was concerned that the use of the
    word " God " in the title of a theme park attraction might offend some
    guests, so they eventually opted for the safer sounding " Hall of
    Presidents. "
    
    	So ... How'd I do ? 
                                  
     
    
    	

    I have a guess for 1:  Snow White

    Another WA guess for 1. Isn't Goofy coming up for a birthday soon?
    
    Mike B.

    -.1
    
    Goofy is going to be 60.
    
    -Jay
    

    Jim,
    
    As always you're close to 100% on these things. You have two of the
    hotels correctly named. My source does not give Thai for the third
    hotel so I will check this out through a second source just to be sure.
    
    The Adventureland question is sort of difficult. The name of the
    attraction I was referring to was called "Western River Expedition", a
    cowbow version of "Pirates...." I gotta give you credit for this one
    'cause you were so close.
    
    You're right on target for "One Nation Under God". Walt was
    careful...he wanted Patriotism up the yingyang but was wary of showing
    any religious influence.....still makes you wonder about the
    Candlelight Ceremony on Christmas Eve tho don't it?
    
    I think Roy Disney is in his late 50's.....well it wasn't him anyway.
    
    So we're looking for the name of that third hotel and also who will be
    turning 55 next week.
    
    Have a nice weekend.
    
    Mike

    Site prep. work began about two years ago for the Mediterranean Resort
    that was announced at the beginning of the "Disney Decade".  It was to
    be  located on Seven Seas Lagoon between the Contemporary and the TTC.
    Work stopped however when the pilings promptly sunk into the soft soil.

    No one is quite sure if the project will ever get off (or out of) the
    ground.

    I think it's Donald Duck who will be 55 next week...
    

    Yep,
    
    Donald turns 55 on Thursday, January 9th.
    
    Getting back to that question on the hotels. The three hotels
    originally planned but never built were called The Venetian, The Asian,
    and The Persian.
    
    They may pop up somewhere some day.
    
    Mike

OK, OK....

    Kimmy Robertson, Lucy the filghty receptionist at the Twin Peaks
    sheriff's office, was listed in the credits of Beauty and the Beast
    as the voice of one of the "bimbettes".

    RE : .278
    
    	Actually, Mike, I think I'm going to have to dispute your call on
    that Adventureland question. Actually -- if you'll look into it -- you'll
    find that the " Western River Expedition " attraction was planned for
    WDW's Frontierland, * NOT * Adventureland.
    	You've got the basics right on the attraction being a sort of wild
    western version of the " Pirates of the Carribbean. " However, the
    original plan was that " WRE " was to have been located inside a huge
    table-top mountain ( Which would have been called -- get this ! -- Big
    Thunder Mesa ... Hmnn, now where have I heard that name before ? ) that
    was to have been built on the western-most shore of the Rivers of America.
    	According to literature published before Walt Disney World opened,
    " Western River Expedition " was originally slated to open during the
    Magic Kingdom's first five years of operation -- then known as " Phase 
    One. " Sometime after that, the Disney Company was supposed to get around 
    to building EPCOT ( The city, not the theme park ) ... But that never
    came to pass.
    	How come ? Well, according to WDW's master plan, " Pirates of the 
    Carribbean " was never supposed to be built at Orlando's Magic Kingdom.
    " Western River Expedition " would have filled that park's need for a
    big flashy audio animatronic show. However -- Back when the park opened in
    1971 and Disney began conducting exit polling WDW's " guests " to see
    how they liked the second Magic Kingdom -- the largest single complaint
    about the Florida park was that it didn't have its own version of 
    " Pirates of the Carribbean. "
    	So -- by January of 1972 -- Disney had temporarily set aside its
    plans to built " Western River Expedition " and set the Imagineers to
    work to come up with a new version of " Pirates. " Construction began 
    that summer in Adventureland and -- by the spring of '73 -- Florida's
    " Pirates " was open for business. ( Trouble is -- the Orlando version
    of " Pirates " shows signs that it was rushed. Missing whole sections 
    of the much better Disneyland version, it's really more of a " Reader's
    Digest " version of the attraction. Worse still -- due to the somewhat
    nondescriptive looking entrance building as well as the attraction's
    out-of-the-way location -- WDW's " Pirates " has never proved to be as
    popular with the public as Anaheim's version. Anywho ... )
    	And -- as for " Western River Expedition " -- the site for the
    attraction was left empty for years, holding out the hope that Disney
    might someday move the project off the drawing board and into reality.
    But -- by the mid '70's ( And given the resounding success of Anaheim's
    and Florida's Space Mountain attractions ) -- it was decided that this
    particular piece of real estate might better serve Disney's needs as
    the location of a new thrill ride : Big Thunder Mountain Railway.
    	Judging by the conceptual material I've seen on " Western River
    Expedition, " it really would have been one hell of a show. Trouble is
    -- it really was a lot like " Pirates, " down to the forest fire finale.
    Just as he had when " Pirates " was in its developmental stage, veteran
    Disney animator / Imagineer Marc Davis drew up sketches of all the
    cowboys, indians, outlaws and saloon girls that would have the lined
    the river's edge along the attraction ... Had the attraction finally
    been built, I'm sure all people who had been to Disneyland would have
    said after exiting " WRE " was : " Well, gee, all that was ' Pirates '
    in an old west setting. "
    	So -- in the end -- maybe it was wise of Disney just to built a
    second " Pirates of the Carribbean. " After all, it's what the public
    cried out for ... 
    	So add the " Western River Expedition " to the list of Disney
    would-have-been-great-if-they'd-built-that attractions. Like
    Disneyland's Discovery Bay and Mickey's Circus, or Disney-MGM's 
    Muppet Movie Ride, all we can do is moon over the sketches and 
    descriptions and wonder if we missed out on something truly snazzy
        

    I wasn't sure as to whether the WRE was an Adventureland or
    Frontierland planned attraction. 
    
    I wonder how many other attractions are still on paper locked up in a
    filing cabinet.
    
    M

    re: .281    Donald turns 55 on Thursday, January 9th.
    
    Really?  Our first visit to WDW was in August 1984.  At that
    time they were celebrating Donald Duck's 50th.  The afternoon
    parade in the MK was a Donald's birthday celebration.  In fact,
    I'm sitting here looking at my souvenir shirt.  It has a picture
    of Donald which is encircled by "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" on the top and
    "1934 - DONALD DUCK - 1984" on the bottom.
    
    Ruth

    Well Ruth I happen to have a Calendar put out by The Disney News and
    OOPS..............OOPS....OOPS. I stand corrected.
    
    You're right.....Donald was "born" in 1934....it's Daisy Duck who
    turned 52 this week.
    
    I didn't realize Daisy came 3 years later than Donald.
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.287 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

    last few,
    
    Gee Mike  if  you  had look at your Directory listings of late you'd of
    notice topic 112 "Donald Turns 55" which was entered in '89.
    
    ;^)

    Of Disney's 30 full-length animated features, which one used the fewest
    animations cels?

    re: .283
>             <<< Note 54.283 by LJOHUB::GOLDBERG "Len Goldberg" >>>
>                         -< TP/BatB Dual Role Answer >-
>
>OK, OK....
>
>    Kimmy Robertson, Lucy the filghty receptionist at the Twin Peaks
>    sheriff's office, was listed in the credits of Beauty and the Beast
>    as the voice of one of the "bimbettes".
    
    I was listening to the soundtrack from Beauty and the Beast and
    was wondering if Kimmy sings the lines in "Belle":
    
        Now it's no wonder that her name means 'Beauty'.
        Her looks have got no parallel.

>    Kimmy Robertson, Lucy the filghty receptionist at the Twin Peaks
>    sheriff's office, was listed in the credits of Beauty and the Beast
>    as the voice of one of the "bimbettes".
    
    Never watched Twin Peaks, but I came across the name, and she was
    listed as being in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."  Can someone please tell
    me who she was there?
    
    thanks,
    tom

    re: .292 (Kimmy Robertson in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids")
    
    Hmmm... was she the ant??
    
    Actually, if I'm remembering correctly, she was the wife of Russell
    Thompson's (Matt Frewer) friend, with whom the Thompsons were supposed
    to go on a camping/fishing trip, before their kids got shrunk down to
    the "size of boogers" (to quote the movie).  It was a pretty small role
    (no pun intended), only a couple of lines.
    
    - Skip

    One of these may be a repeat....too lazy to check.
    
       1) Is the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse all manmade? If not then 
          explain. 
    
       2) What is so unusual and expensive about the leaves on the tree
          mentioned in question 1?
    
       3) Where can you find the Lily Belle in WDW and what is the
          significance of the name?
    
       4) Toughie! Name the breed of horses used to pull vehicles up
          and down Main Stree U.S.A.
    
    Answers Monday (if not sooner)

       The first two are easy, the answers are in Birnbaum, I'll let someone
    else look them up.

    �         3) Where can you find the Lily Belle in WDW and what is the
              significance of the name?

    I think one of the steam trains is named this in honor of Walt's wife
    the former Miss Lily Pounds.  The Empress Lily is also named for her.

    �         4) Toughie! Name the breed of horses used to pull vehicles up
              and down Main Street U.S.A.

    Not really tough, they are Belgians.  They can be seen in their off
    hours at the Tri-Circle-D stable in Ft. Wilderness

    Len,
    
    Right on #3 but #4 is incomplete.
    
    We'll wait on #1 and #2.
    
    Mike

    
    WAG - Belgian Quarterhorse
    
    George

    Rep to <<< Note 54.294 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>       1) Is the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse all manmade? If not then 
>          explain. 

    Only the Spanish moss is real.
        
>       2) What is so unusual and expensive about the leaves on the tree
>          mentioned in question 1?

    Made of vinyl.
        
>       3) Where can you find the Lily Belle in WDW and what is the
>          significance of the name?

    is a Mogul-type engine, with 2 small front wheels and 6 drive wheels.
    WDW Railroad.
        
>       4) Toughie! Name the breed of horses used to pull vehicles up
>          and down Main Stree U.S.A.

    Belgian and Percherons    

    To add to the answers the leaves (800,000) cost $1 each.

OK, here's a "trivia" question that I unfortunately don't know the answer to. I 
need to be sure I have this right since it is part of a contest locally whose
ultimate prize is a trip to WDW! 

The question is.....What was the first color Mickey Mouse cartoon?

(whoever provides the correct answer to this question will receive a really nice
souvenir from The World should I be lucky enough to actually win this thing :-))

Jack

    My answer would be "The Band Concert". It was the first MM cartoon shot in
    color (actually Technicolor). The year was 1935.
    
    Mike

    Here's some more...
    
     1. What was the first MM cartoon nominated for an Academy Award?
    
     2. What Disney cartoon was the first to win an Academy Award?
    
     3. What was the first MM cartoon to win an Academy Award?
    
     4. In what year did Disney begin the notion of reissuing old cartoons?
    
     5. Name the first two cartoons reissued (see question 4).
    
     

re: .301

Thanks, Mike! That's what I thought the answer was. The question was actually 
multiple choice (but I didn't remember the choices when I posted my entry last
night) and that was the one I would have guessed. I'll let you know if I win
the trip so you can tell me what you want.....

Jack

    RE: .302
    
>    2. What Disney cartoon was the first to win an Academy Award?

    I'm guessing "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?

    >> 1. What was the first MM cartoon nominated for an Academy Award?
    
    My guess would be "The Band Concert" which someone just recently
    mentioned somewhere in here because it was the first MM cartoon in
    color.
    
    >> 2. What Disney cartoon was the first to win an Academy Award?
    
    "Flowers and Trees".
    
    >> 3. What was the first MM cartoon to win an Academy Award?
    
    Don't know.
    
    - Skip

    So far noone has answered any of the questions correctly.

    re: .302
    
    Mike,
    
    Could you clarify questions #4 & #5 a bit??  Are you referring to
    features or shorts??
    
    - Skip

    Skip,
    
    I would say these are "shorts"....one is fairly well known and the
    other is probably not widely known.
    
    Actually, one of his more famous cartoons was also reissued the same
    year. Most people will know this third cartoon.
    
    Mike

    Well, perplexed that my answer for #2 was wrong, I checked a few
    sources last night and stand by my answer that "Flowers and Trees" was
    the first Disney cartoon to win an Academy Award.
    
    Also, "Mickey's Orphans" was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be
    nominated and "Lend a Paw" was the first (and only) Mickey Mouse
    cartoon to win an Academy Award.
    
    Still haven't a clue regarding the reissued cartoons, only guesses.
    
    - Skip

    Sorry Skip...you're right. I had the numbers messed up. "FLowers and
    Trees" was the first Disney cartoon to win an Academy Award.
    
    "Mickey's Orphans" was indeed the first MM cartoon nominated for an
    Academy Award.
    
    "Lend a Paw" starred Pluto, not Mickey, and is thus not recognized as a
    MM cartoon. A MM cartoon won the award 4 years before "Lend a Paw" was
    released.
    
    Mike

    Well, if the answer isn't "Lend a Paw" (which did have Mickey in it),
    then the answer is that *no* Mickey Mouse cartoon ever won an Academy
    Award.
    
    "Lend a Paw" won in 1941.  Four years earlier, Disney won for the
    superb short, "The Old Mill", but Mickey's not in it.
    
    - Skip

    Looks like we have to get Wopner to rule on this one. My source claims
    that "The Old Mill" did indeed have Mickey in it.
    
    Either way Skip you deserve credit for the answer...persistency pays
    off.
    
    Mike

    Answers to 
    
    # 4. Disney began reissuing films in 1947.
    
    # 5. The first two reissues were "Hawaiian Holiday" and "Clock
    CLeaners".

    Can you name all the attractions (including stage shows, but not stores
    or restaurants) in WDW that are based in some way, shape or form on
    Disney's 30 fully animated films??  
    
    Try to name off the top of your head.  Don't cheat using Birnbaum, etc.
    
    - Skip

Let's see:

Snow White's Scary Adventures
Dumbo
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Cinderella's Castle (does that count?)
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Peter Pan
The Beauty and The Beast show (live show at MGM)
The Little Mermaid 
The intro video at The Animation Studio Tour (uses clips from several of
the movies)

I thought Song of the South was animated, but it isn't in the list in 162.99;
I've never seen it, but it is the basis for Splash Mountain.

I'm sure some of the elements from Fantasia show up in other places, but I
can't name them.

   Gary

Correction to 54.283

I saw the picture again last night, and watched the credits more closely this
time.

Kimmy Robertson did the voice of the feather duster, not one of the bimbettes
as previously reported.

Sorry about that.

    I'm not sure if these have been asked yet, but here goes anyway
    
    Who turns 60 this year?
    
    Who will turn 65 next year, and probably not retire? ;^)

    Liz Taylor and Goofy?

Mickey Mouse turns 65 next year.  (I doubt that he'll retire.  If so the
DUCK could take over.  But someone would probably put Roger Rabbit in the
position instead.  Maybe it's just as well that Mickey not retire.)

    
    1. What was Phase I of Epcot?
    
    2. What was Phase II of Epcot?
    
    3. Name the Future World and World Showcase pavillions which didn't
       make the "final cut" when Epcot opened. These pavillions 
       have yet to surface.

    Well we have two correst answers
    
    Goofy turns 60 this year and Mickey turns 65 next year.
    
    now onto Mike questions
    
>    1. What was Phase I of Epcot?

    What opened  as  Epcot  on  Oct  '82,  I'm to lazy to type the 7 future
    atractions and 9 Worldshowcase Pavilions.    
    
>    2. What was Phase II of Epcot?
    
    I  believe your  talking  about  the  added  attraction/pavilions  like
    Morroco, Norway, Living Seas,  Human  Body  and  Horizons.   Or are you
    talking about the Epcot Hotels?
    
>    3. Name the Future World and World Showcase pavillions which didn't
>       make the "final cut" when Epcot opened. These pavillions 
>       have yet to surface.

    World Showcase, Irseal, Equatorial Africa are the one I can name of the
    top of my head.
    
    Future World - I seem to remember a Space Pavilion.

    Rep to <<< Note 54.320 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>    1. What was Phase I of Epcot?

    What Walt himself announced as Epcot back in the Mid Sixties
        
>    2. What was Phase II of Epcot?

    What Epcot finaly became on Oct. 1 '82

    Claude,
    
    Pretty close with your last reply. I'll wait until 5 P.M. today before 
    posting the answers.
    
    Mike_who_has_learned_to_post_trivia_questions_which_cannot_be_answered
    _using_Birnbaum

    
    1. Phase I of Epcot was... 
      
             - The Magic Kingdom
             - The Hotels 
             - The Recreational Facilities
    
    2. Phase II of Epcot was to be...
    
             - The EPCOT Theme Center
             - World Showcase
             - International Village
    
    3. Epcot attractions that didn't make the final cut...
    
             - Century 3 (Future World)
             - Costa Rica (World Showcase)
    
    
    Source: The Disney News

    Rep to <<< Note 54.25 by STRATA::CARINI "Lower Your Heads, Folks..." >>>

>    I think this has dragged on long enough.  According to my sources,
>    the section of water at the Odyssey Rest. was a sinkhole which filled
>    in with water from the lagoon.  After trying to fill it in, they
>    decided to build over it in a style similar to the World's Fair
>    pavilion in Montreal.

    Beside the one listed above (not sure, my source didn't list this one),
    where is the other main sinkhole in Epcot?
    
    
    

    
    World Showcase Lagoon   (The hole lagoon is one large sinkhole if
                             memory serves me.)

    Rep to <<< Note 54.326 by WMOIS::HIGGINS_G "The Moema" >>>

>    World Showcase Lagoon   (The hole lagoon is one large sinkhole if
>                             memory serves me.)

    your memory  serves  you  well,  from  the latest Spring '92 edition of
    Disney News article  'Epcot  Center:  Dawn of a new Disney Era The Walt
    Disney World Story: Part III'
    
    'There were of course,  still  more surprises.  Part of the site chosen
    for EPCOT's location had to  be  changed  after it was learned that the
    area's  old  diseased pine trees were  the  home  of  the  red-cockaded
    woodpecker, a protested species.  More unsettling  was the discovery on
    the property of a number of "sinkholes"--so named because under certain
    conditions  the  limestone  below  the  land  would  collapse,  causing
    anything built atop it to sink down and disapear--which were  to  large
    to  be  filled  in.  After a complicated dredging process, the  largest
    sinkhole was transformed into the World Showcase Lagoon.'
    
    Overall  a  good article on Epcot, with some background info on how  it
    became  what  it is today.  It also mentions that all the Future  world
    Pavillions  will  be  upgraded    during  the  '90's  with  the  latest
    technological advances.
    
    Claude

    Two Questions:
    
    1. Can anyone (with the exception of Jim Pappas and Claude) describe
       the Hanuted Mansion Weathervane and why it's shaped that way?
    
    2. Here's a toughie (unless it's in Birnbaum...I haven't checked).
       Where in Epcot do the Disney Employees joke about "Max got the Axe"?
       
    3. Yesterday was the 68th Anniversary of the debut of a significant 
       Series. What was that series and why was it so significant?
    
    Mike

    Mike, I'll take a guess at the answer for your third question (out of
    two...).
    
    Are you referring to the Alice Comedies which were the first animated
    shorts produced by Disney??  These shorts preceded Disney's work with
    Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and of course, Mickey Mouse, as well as the
    Silly Symphonies.
    
    - Skip

    Re: Weathervane
    
       It has something to do with the previous owner (ghost) being a
       pirate with the weathervane being a ship replica. I'm kinda
       close I just don't know if it's close enough....
    
    George

    Both Skip and George are about 95% there.
    
    The Haunted Mansion is supposed to have been owned by a sailor, hence
    the weathervane. Anyone want to take a guess as to why there is a bride
    in the attic with a beating heart?
    
    The Alice in Cartoonland series was the first time live action and
    animation was combined. Anyone want to guess when the next time the
    Disney Studios produced a feature that used this unique combo?
    
    I'll give everyone another 24 hours on the Max question.
    
    Mike

    
    Supposedly the bride is the sailors wife (bride).... But the bride
    finds out the sailor is noneother than a ruthless pirate... I believe
    she killed herself when she found this out. (Or he killed her ?)
    
    George

    Here's the lowdown on "Max got the ax."
    
    At the Germany Pavillion in World Showcase there is a bookstore modeled
    after a kaufhaus (merchant hall) in Freiburg, Germany. The facade bears
    statues of the emperors Ferdinand, Charles, and Phillip. The original
    kaufhaus includes a fourth emperor, Maximillian, but there wasn't
    enough room for him on Disney's version of the building.
    
    Thus, Disney employees like to jest that "Max got the ax."
    
    Mike

    Hmmm, 2 weeks go by and no quiz? Okay here are a few questions:
    
    1. Remember when Journey into Imagination opened? The pavillion
       introduced "Stepping Tones". Where else in the World can "Stepping
       Tones" be found?
    
    2. Anyone want to guess as to how many frames per second the Epcot
       Center films are shot? Films are normally shot at 24 frames per
       second.
    
    Mike

    1.  The Sound Works in the Monster Sound Show at the Disney-MGM
        Studios.
    
    2.  A guess, but I think it's 30 frames per second.
    
    - Skip

    1. Nope
    
    2. Yup

    re:334
    
    1. It's off Disney property, but "Stepping Tones" can be found
       in the Boston Museum of Science.
       
       If you wanted another Disney location, I don't have a clue.
    
    Linda
    
    

    	When EPCOT was designed, there was one pavilion in Future World
    and one pavilion in The World Showcase that never have been built.
    What are the two pavilions?
    
    
    Tom

re: .334

This is just a wild guess, but at the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground?

  Gary

    Nice work Gary.
    
    So much for my "tough" questions.
    
    mike

    By popular demand I will once more issue this trivia quiz.
    
    Name the 20 Official Reasons to Visit the WDW Resort During their 20th
    Anniversary Year Long Celebration:
    
    The answers, validated by an official Disney source, will be given by
    Noon on Friday.
    
    Mike 

>    By popular demand I will once more issue this trivia quiz.

    Well since I finaly was able to tape the commercial last night, and run
    it in slomo, come looking for the questions and it was gone ;^(
        
>    Name the 20 Official Reasons to Visit the WDW Resort During their 20th
>    Anniversary Year Long Celebration:

    They seem to have dif tv adds as well as print adds, since this was not
    the order I remember seeing it  before,  I  remember  Port Orleans pool
    shot being #13/14, and #13 in a  print  add  matched the one below, any
    way  based on the one from last night  (names  from  the  current  adds
    found in print)
     
        "Surprise in the Skies", EPCOT Center
 
        Baby Manatee "Chester", EPCOT Center
 
        Pleasure Island
 
        "SpectroMagic", Magic Kingdom
 
        Roger Rabbit Surprises, Magic Kingdom
 
        Jim Henson's Muppet-Vision 4D, Disney/MGM studios
 
        Disney Vacation Club Resort
 
        Disney's Port Orleans Resort
 
        "Surprise Celebration Parade", daytime parade Magic Kingdom
 
        Disney Dixie Landings Resort
 
        TV Dinosaurs Live on stage, Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park
 
        Mickey and Minnie Surprise Greetings, Orlando International Airport
 
        Sci-Fi Drive-In Diner, Disney-MGM Studios 
 
        Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts
 
        "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" Adventureland, Disney-MGM studios 
 
        The Little Mermaid Show, Disney-MGM Studios 
 
        "Sorcery in the Sky" Fireworks Fantasy, Disney-MGM Studios 
 
        "Beauty and The Beast" Live on Stage, Disney-MGM Studios 
 
        Minnie Moo at Grandma Duck's Farm, Magic Kingdom
 
        Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Disney-MGM Studios 

    Claude,
    
    17 are correct. Those incorrect are:
    
           Baby Manatee "Chester"
    
           Roger Rabbit Surprises (Although I think this is a good guess)
    
           Mickey and Minnie Surprises
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.344 by AUDIBL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>           Baby Manatee "Chester"

    Well on  the  TV  add  I  taped  last night, there is definitely a baby
    Manatee or something similar in the Living Seas Tank as # 6
        
>           Roger Rabbit Surprises (Although I think this is a good guess)

    Well it should be since they show Roger Rabbit on Thunder Mountain.
        
>          Mickey and Minnie Surprises

    Well how does  Darkwing  Duck  or  The  Trool in Norway sound?  Both of
    these are in the TV add.
    
    It appears that maybe there are several 20 reasons going around, with a
    majority of the reasons being  the  same  with  only slight deviations.
    From my Feb '92 National Geographic front inside cover add
    
        Surprise in the Skies (Castle Ballon on TV ADD)
        Dinosaurs Live
        Yatch and Beach Club
        Beauty & the Beast (Tv add had Darkwing Duck)
        Baby Manatee
        Sorcery in the Sky Fireworks Fantasy
        Disney Vacation Club (this was not  on  the  TV add)
        Jim Hensons Muppet*Vision 3-d
        Sci-Fi Drive-in Diner
        The Little Mermaid
        Honey I Shrunk the Kids Adventureland
        Surprise Celabration Parade
        SpectroMagic
        Dixie Landings Resort
        Golf Courses (The 2 new ones)
        Port Orleans Resort
        Minnie Moo
        Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles
        Roger Rabbit Surprises
        Pleasure Island (tv add show the New Years Eve Party)
    
    Note  the  numbering  between  the  TV ads  and  the  Prints  adds  are
    different.    
    
    Claude

    Rep to <<< Note 54.342 by AUDIBL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>    The answers, validated by an official Disney source, will be given by
>    Noon on Friday.

    Can't be  that official since the TV add's differs from the print adds,
    which also seem to differ for your Source.
    

    My source is the 1992 Official Disney Travel Agency Guide and there are
    several differences between the TV ads and the 2 page spread in the
    book.
    
    Claude's original list had 17 and he missed 3 which I think are kinda
    hard to get and really don't fall into this category but they are
    listed and they are:
    
            1992 Mickey Mouse Club
    
            New Golf Courses 
    
            "Hollywood's Pretty Woman" stage show (gone?)
    
    I think the "20 Reasons" may change from time to time.
    
    Claude wins and gets a trip to Orlando. He must take it before the end
    of April.
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.347 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>


>    Claude wins and gets a trip to Orlando. He must take it before the end
>    of April.

    Thanks Mike, I'll send you the bill when I get back......

    
    RE : The last few
    
    	Actually, the " 20 New Reasons to visit WDW " * HAVE * already
    changed a couple of times since the 20th anniversary celebration
    started back in October. I was speaking with a person in WDW's
    marketing office last week, and -- according to him -- they've
    changed the line-up twice already. Not only that, a revamped " 20
    New Reasons " will begin airing shortly. Only this time around, 
    the Dixie Landings Hotels as well as Splash Mountain will be featured
    prominently.
    	So don't feel too bad if you didn't get the trivia question right
    this time around ....

    Maybe it should be "30 Reasons".
    
    Mike

As you may or may not know the Disney Stores have an on-going trivia competition
among the casts of the various stores.  Winners in each area of the country
travel to Disneyland for an annual play-off.

Here are the questions for April, as posted to USENET.

From: [email protected] (W. Scott Radeker, IV)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Disney Store Trivia - April
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:05:03 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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This is the April version of the Disney Store trivia competition.
Thought I'd post it for two reasons.  

1.  I want answers for my store.
2.  When the answers come back from Home Base, I'll post them.

People wishing to enter the contest can email me the answers and
I'll post the answers and the winners when I get a copy of the answers.

Email your answer to me before the 25th of April.

The Questions:

1.  How many borthers did Walt Disney have?

2.  Name the theme song for the original 1930s Mickey Mouse Clubs.

3.  What Disney film was the highest grossing film in the U.S. in 1969?

4.  With the Rivers of America at Disneyland drained this winter for the
    building ofthe "Fantasmic" show, how many attractions were unable to
    operate?

5.  What is Euro Disneyland's equivalent to Disneyland's Rivers of America?

6.  If you were experiencing the "Meet the World" attraction, where would
    you be?

7.  What series of books by Franklin W. Dixon led to two serials on the
    1950's Mickey Mouse Club?

8.  In the cartoon Ben and Me, who is Me?

9.  Which character in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs uses a feather pillow?

10. Old Yeller almost dies when he protects travis from an attack by what
    kind of animal?

11. Which character is represented by an oboe in Peter and the Wolf?

12. Who threatened to knock Brer Rabbit's head "clean off"?

Good Luck and Happy Hunting for the answers!

Scott Radeker
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    # 7 - Franklin W. Dixon wrote "The Hardy Boys" series.  I don't know
    the two serials that appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club. 

RE .352 --

Slightly off the subject, but as a matter of trivial interest: Franklin W. Dixon
was not a real person, but actually a "syndicate" of writers who churned out
the Hardy Boys series, the Nancy Drew series, and some others...

							-- Nina

    Here's an interesting trivia question while we all wait for Claude to
    finish up his trip report (hope it's in here before the Birthday Bash):
    
    Disney Dollars.....we've seen them and used them. Does anyone want to
    take a shot at guessing when Disney Dollars first arrived on the scene?
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.354 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>    Here's an interesting trivia question while we all wait for Claude to
>    finish up his trip report (hope it's in here before the Birthday Bash):

    Gesh talk  about  a  pushy  mod,  you'll have it by the end of the week
    I promise!!!!!  I  already  have  1/3  of  it  done,  will do some more
    tonight.
        
>    Disney Dollars.....we've seen them and used them. Does anyone want to
>    take a shot at guessing when Disney Dollars first arrived on the scene?

    A guess would  be  either during '85 or '86 since they didn't have them
    when I went down in '84 but did in '87. But I'd guess '86.
    
    Claude    

    Nope!

    Didn't the Disney Dollars arrive the year of WDW's 15th Anniversary ?
    (1987)

    Yep!
    
    Disney Dollars were first used in Disneyland on this date in 1987.
    
    Mike

OK, for all you Disney guru's.  These Top Five Disney "Mickey's Madcap Trivia" 
Questions were printed in the Orange County Register, Calif, 5/6/92.

Who can get them all correct?

5.  What time does the clock say on the Duckburg Train Depot?

4.  What is the elevation of the town of Big Thunder?

3.  What colors are on the Small World clock facade?

2.  What is the population of Disneyland?

and the No. 1 trivial trivia question:

1.  What is the name of the first bird introduced in the Enchanted Tiki Room?


Linda

    Can anyone gather a guess as to which eight attractions in The Magic Kingdom
    required an "E" ticket back in the "salad days?" The "E" ticket was the 
    most valued of tickets.
    
    I have a feeling that most people will guess 6 or 7 but everyone will
    miss the 8th one.
    
    Also, can anyone guess as to which six attractions were FREE when these
    A-B-C-D-E tickets were being used back in the 70's?
    
    How far back am I going? Well the three big blockbuster Disney films at
    that time were "Peter Pan", "Gus", and "Treasure of Matecumbe."
    
    Mike
    

    I'll take a stab:
    
    'E' tickets:			FREE
    
    Haunted manchen			people mover
    Hall of Presidents			circlevision
    20000 legues under the sea		If you had wings
    jungle crucse			carresel of Progress
    tikie birds				flat boats
    pirates of the Car
    raceway
    Its a small world

    Sorry Ed,
    
    Not quite....close but not quite.
    
    I'll post the answers Monday before lunch.
    
    Mike

Tough one! 

My Guesses for "E" tickets:

Space Mountain
Haunted Mansion
20,000 Leagues
Jungle Cruise
Pirates of the Carribean
Gran Prix Raceway

As for free attractions, I can only think of these two wild guesses:

The Wald Disney Storey
Main Street Cinema


Bill

    Hey Mike, which Monday are you gonna post the answers?

re: .361

You're suggesting that people actually paid to go on It's a Small World?
I'd have guessed it was one of the free ones (or maybe you're
suggesting that they gave the guest an E ticket for riding it :-).

Two possible E rides yet to be mentioned are the Star Jets, and the
monorail.  Either I'm vaguely remembering, or my mind is manufacturing
out of cloth, the notion that the monorail was free to WDW
hotel/campground guests, but that everyone else had to pay per trip;
I'm not sure how that could have worked, since you needed to take
either the boat or the monorail to get to the MK.  Or maybe that's the
old Disneyland scheme in the back of my mind. 

   Gary

Re:  54.360

From my memory (without looking at other answers):

"E" attractions

  It's a Small World (ugh!)
  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  The Haunted Mansion
  Jungle Cruise
  Hall of the Presidents (Is this what you thought I'd miss?)
  Space Mountain (was this around then?)
  The Enchanted Tiki Birds (who would ever use a "E" ticket for this???)
  Country Bear Jamboree

"D" attractions
  Pirates of the Caribbean 
  Mission to Mars
  StarJets (I think)
  Indianapolis 500 raceway
  two attractions in FantasyLand - I think they were
    Dumbo and 
    Peter Pan
  Sky.... (my mind went blank, carries people from Tommorowland to Frontierland)
  Liberty Square Riverboat?

Free Attractions (can only think of three)
  The Walt Disney Story
  Carousel of Progress
  DreamFlight (is this the name of it?  The Delta? (was Eastern) ride/flight in
     Tomorrowland

Story about Hall of the Presidents:
  My mother wanted to be sure I saw this and I was out of "E" tickets,
  so she gave me one of her "E" tickets and told me to be sure I went
  to see it.  However, it didn't much interest me and so I used an
  "E" ticket for a "C" attraction - the Mad Hatter's Tea Party - and
  felt *terrible* after riding it (and it wasn't because I had missed
  seeing the Hall of the Presidents either!)  I'll never ride the
  teacups again.

I remember that "E" tickets cost $.90, "D" were $.75, "C" were $.60,
"B" were $.45 and "A" tickets were $.30 each.  Of course, we bought
the coupon books which cost just over $7.00 for over $9.00 worth of
tickets.

Collis

Re:  .361

If my memory serves me correctly, the Wedway People Mover and the
Keel boats were both "B" attractions.  Circlevision was a freebie
and so was the Main Street Cinema (that's five of the six freebies).

Collis

    Re: .366
    
    Since my answers would be duplicated anyway (I'm late) I'll add a
    correction.  
    
    ``Dreamflight'' is the NEW Delta Airlines attraction in Tommorowland. 
    In the ``Salad Days'' that was Eastern Airline's ``If You Had Wings''
    (ending with the blantant commericial.."Let US be your wings!  Eastern!  
    The wings of man!").
    
    George
    

    Well for this old-timer "If You Had Wings", the original Country Bear
    Jamboree, and The Mickey Mouse Revue were three of my favorite
    attractions back in the 70's. 
    
    It's great to see the original Jamboree back in business.
    
    Remember that room in "Wings" when you felt you were water skiing and
    also skiing down a mountain (sigh).
    
    Mike

>Note 54.362                    Disney Trivia Quiz                     362 of 369
>VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando"              7 lines  15-MAY-1992 17:04
    
>    I'll post the answers Monday before lunch.
    
    Mike, I know you didn't specific *which* Monday, but can you give us
    a clue?  This is the only quize I could come close to and I'm waiting
    to see where I went wrong.
    ed
    I'll be in MK02 wed, thurs in case you don't want to post, I can look u
    up.
    

    Ed,
    
    shhhh...I forgot where I put that booklet....when I find it I'll post
    the answers....shhhh.
    
    Mike

This is our challenge to Mike Scopa while he is at WDW.

While standing in line for Jungle Cruise what is very
much out of place?

Hint given to Mike before we sent him on this mission: 

        If you are from New England you should notice it.

Jackie & Ken

 Mike, hope your having a good time.  How many times did
 you go through the Jungle Cruise to get the answer? 

    Ok folks Trivia Time, not sure if these have been asked before but here
    goes.
    
    
    1. What major event in Walt's life led to the creation of Mickey Mouse,
       and how did that  event  start  the ongoing Disney/Universal Studios
       fued?
    
    
    2. We all know about Walt's  famous  Brother  Roy, but how many bothers
       and sisters did he have and what were their names?
    
    Answer on Friday if no one answers these.
    
    Claude
    

    Carl Laemmle of U.S. wanted a cartoon for his studio and asked Charlie
    Mintz for help. He suggest Walt to help with the RABBIT that Carl
    wanted, Walt did a lot of work and finally Mintz pulled a name out of a
    hat to call the rabbit OSWALD. What neither Walt or Charlie appreciated
    was that as the idea was Carl's it was his copyright.
    
    Later after working on the series for a while U.S. hired most of the
    disney staf to produce the cartoons themselves. Disney then created
    Mickey who was a metamorphosis of Oswald so that he could fight U.S.
    
    
    
    
    Father    Elias
    Mother    Flora
    
    Brother   Roy
    Brother   Ray
    Brother   Herbert
    Sister    Ruth
    
    
    All the children were born in December except Roy as were Walt's two
    children

    Rep to <<< Note 54.374 by CHEFS::LEWIS >>>
                           -< History a speciality >-

>>   1. What major event in Walt's life led to the creation of Mickey Mouse,
>>       and how did that  event  start  the ongoing Disney/Universal Studios
>>       fued?

>    Carl Laemmle of U.S. wanted a cartoon for his studio and asked Charlie
>    Mintz for help. He suggest Walt to help with the RABBIT that Carl
>    wanted, Walt did a lot of work and finally Mintz pulled a name out of a
>    hat to call the rabbit OSWALD. What neither Walt or Charlie appreciated
>    was that as the idea was Carl's it was his copyright.
>    Later after working on the series for a while U.S. hired most of the
>    disney staf to produce the cartoons themselves. Disney then created
>    Mickey who was a metamorphosis of Oswald so that he could fight U.S.

    Well according  to  the  new book 'The Magic behind the Man' it tells a
    slightly diferrent story, here is a  condensed version  from the book
    
    'After struggling in  the  competitive  animation  business  for  seven
    years, Walt went to  New  York  to  meet with Charlie Mintz who was the
    distributor of Walt's Oswald the  Lucky  Rabbit  cartoons  to see about
    borrowing more money.  Mintz's never  gave Walt any money, turns out he
    secretly hired Walt's animators on the side.   When Walt heard this, He
    and  Roy  decided  so what, they would hire  more  animators  and  find
    someone else to distribut Oswald for them.  When  Mintz  caught wind of
    this  that  when  he  dropped  the  other bombshell, Although Walt  had
    breathed  life  into  Oswald,  formed his personality, and overseen the
    development of  his  appearance,  leggally Oswald did not belong to the
    Disneys.  The  fine print in the contracts said that Oswald belonged to
    Universal Pictures.  Mintz's  had  complete control over the Rabbit and
    was plotting to force Walt  to  work  for  him.   Unwilling to work for
    Mintz, Walt decided to walk away from Oswald.  As for the ANimators, he
    warned Mintz:  "These boys will do  the same thing to you, Charlie.  If
    they'll do it to me, they'll do it  to  you.   Now watch out for them".
    And that's exactly what happen several years later.'
    
>>    2. We all know about Walt's  famous  Brother  Roy, but how many bothers
>>       and sisters did he have and what were their names?

>    Father    Elias
>    Mother    Flora

    Gee did I asked for these? your right 
        
>    Brother   Roy
>    Brother   Ray
>    Brother   Herbert
>    Sister    Ruth

    Correct on all four    
    
        

    If we are into trivia histroy how about these two:-
    
    1. What was the name of Walt's 1st grade school and his senior school?
    
    2. Walt tried to help out in World War I, what job did he volunteer to
       do and what job did he actually do?

    
>    1. What was the name of Walt's 1st grade school and his senior school?

    1st Grade School - Park School then Benton School in Marceline  Mo.
                        BTW he  started  1st  grade  at  age  7,  the  most
                        significant mark he left behind  was  his initials,
                        carved carefully on his desk, which can now be seen
                        behind  a glass showcase in the Walt Disney  school
                        in Marceline.
    
    Senior School - McKinley High School in Chicago
    
>    2. Walt tried to help out in World War I, what job did he volunteer to
>       do and what job did he actually do?

    Well he tried to enlist in all the branches, but was to young 16 years,
    he  volunteered  for  the  Red  Cross  Ambulance Corp which would  take
    17  years  at min.  (Walt forged his birth Cert.), but ended  up  as  a
    chouffeur for offices and delivery man in Paris after the war, when the
    Spanish influenza held him back from going prior to War's end.

    Yes, you have all the answers, however my source says that the job he
    finished up with was driver for the Red Cross canteen car.
    
    I think we must both go and find some harder questions.
    
    	Dave 

    
    Okay, for all of you moderators and other Disneyholics fresh from WDW
    (and everybody else as well) here's a question that my husband picked
    up on a local radio station.
    
    Who is the voice of the narrator in the opening sequence of "Beauty and
    the Beast" ?
    
    No fair waiting until October to check it on your freshly ordered copy
    of the movie (you have all ordered one, haven't you??).
    
    Ellen
    
    

    
    The narrator at the beginning of the film -- with all his clipped
    diction and cultured tones -- is the same fellow who provides the
    voice for that manic mantle clock, Cogsworth : Donald Ogden Stiers,
    best known to TV viewers as Major Charles Winchester of " M*A*S*H. "

    Rep to <<< Note 54.379 by NEWVAX::DOYLE "Endor Frequent Traveler" >>>

>    Okay, for all of you moderators and other Disneyholics fresh from WDW
>    (and everybody else as well) here's a question that my husband picked
>    up on a local radio station.

    Ellen, you make it sound like only Mod's have fun in this topic ;^)
        
>    Who is the voice of the narrator in the opening sequence of "Beauty and
>    the Beast" ?

    Since Mr.    Hill  answered  I  won't bother, but that was my asnwer as
    well, since you  didn't  need  the  Video  for  the  answer,  Mr Stiers
    mentioned this in the Making of Beauty and  the  Beast  Special  on the
    Disney Channel (Hey it was a free Disney Channel Weekend)
        
>    No fair waiting until October to check it on your freshly ordered copy
>    of the movie (you have all ordered one, haven't you??).

    Yup ordered mine when I picked up  the  Book  on  Walt  (Man Behind the
    Magic) and  a  WDW 20th anniversary Coffee Mug
    
    Claude    

RE .380 --

> Donald Ogden Stiers, best known to TV viewers as Major Charles Winchester of 
> " M*A*S*H. "

Close, but it's *David* Ogden Stiers...  :-)

							-- Nina

    	O.K., who can tell me where I got the statement in my header from?
    
    Tom

    It's got a Mel Brooks sort of ring to it. Am I right?
    
    Mike B.

    	Nope, not Mel Brooks.
    
    Tom

    Spacecamp???
    
    			

    	Maybe I should have been more clear. It is from something in one
    of the WDW Theme Parks.  It isn't from a movie, it can be seen
    somewhere in WDW.  I want to know if anyone knows where.  I think I
    have a stumper!!!
    
    Tom

Is it one of the Muppet Movie posters in MGM????

    I consulted my local gurus (my kids!). They reminded me that the 
    Mel Brooks/Spaceballs misquote was 'In Space - No one can eat Ice 
    Cream'. But they're as puzzled as I am about this one! Could it be 
    the reason (excuse) we're looking for to go back next year and 
    check it out?
    
    Mike B.

    	Re: .388.  You are correct!  It is right above the model of the
    spaceship from Pigs In Space on a poster that says.."Closet
    Encounters..In Space, No One Can Find Their Shoes."  My brother and I 
    were laughing histerically when we saw this and I told him, I've got 
    to put that in as my header when I get back.
    
    
    Tom

    Which two Disney characters have the same name?

    Rep to <<< Note 54.391 by VISUAL::SCOPA "I'd rather be in Orlando" >>>

>    Which two Disney characters have the same name?

    Hmm,
    
    Are you  refering  to  characters  with just 1 name?  if so you have me
    stumped.
    
    but if you  are  referring  to  characters ith 2 names then there are a
    couple of pairs I can think of of the top of this old crome dome.
    
    Minnie and Mickey MOUSE
    Daisy and Donal DUCK

    Single Name
    
    

    Chip, 1 from B&B and the other from Chip and Dale.....
    
    what do I win, free trip maybe  ;-)
    
    regards,
    JP

    Correct.
    
    Next question, where and what is the only moving topiary in the WDW
    resort?
    
    Also, can you name a topiary that has a piece of clothing on it?
    
    Mike

    Rep to <<< Note 54.394 by KAOOA::LAVIGNE >>>

>    Chip, 1 from B&B and the other from Chip and Dale.....

    Gee and  here  I  am a B&B fan and was stumped on this, I guess the old
    crome dome got to much sun up in Maine last week ;^).
        

    

    Claude,
    
    You cannot answer the topiary question.
    
    Mike

    Why because we happen to be on the phone right now? ;^)
    

    Isn't there a dancing hippo from Fantasia with the tutu being real?
    	
    	Dave Brunell

    Nope.
    
    I stand corrected. There are two moving topiaries.
    
    Answer at the end of today.
    
    Mike

    One of the moving topiaries is of Mickey and Minnie at the top of Main
    Street in MK.
    
    Linda 

    That's right Linda.
    
    Here's another one...toughie.
    
    Where is a likeness of Kermit prominently displayed in TMK? Hmmm, I may
    have mentioned this to someone offline. 
    
    Mike
    

    	Is there a poster in the entry under the railroad station?  There
    are posters for almost every ride and I wonder if there is one for The
    Muppet 3D Movie in Disney MGM.
    
    Tom

    I don't recall any posters with Kermit's likeness.
    
    His likeness is on the very last float in the SpectroMagic Parade.
    
    It's the carrousel float....look at the top "border" of the float.
    
    Mike
    
    P.S. Did we ever get the answer to Jackie Kuscher's Jungle Cruise
    trivia question?
    
    Jackie, I didn't have much time to study that waiting area. You see, we
    entered The Jungle Cruise and they were holding the boat for us. I can
    only guess the Jeep was out of place.
    
    

    What was Discovery Island's name before it was called Discovery Island?
    
    Mike

"Treasure Island"???

 I think the plan was to have a wrecked "pirate ship" on the shore, and various
pieces of pirate memorabilia along with the exotic animals and birds.

    Treasure Island, in the late 70's (78/79?) it became Discovery island.
    
    BTW Mike stop looking at your Disney News '92 Calendar!!!!

    
    A stumper:
    
    What are the titles of the four volumes the White Rabbit keeps on the shelf
    in his rabbit hole in Disneyland's "Alice in Wonderland" ride?
    
    - David
    
    

    Point of order!  Mike Scopa should NOT be allowed to enter any more
    questions until he provides answers to the previous unanswered
    questions he entered many moons ago.   well, Mods.?
    ;-), ed

    Ed,
    
    Which question hasn't been answered? Hmmmm, are you referring to the
    one about the tickets?
    
    Mike

    you got it.  Its the only one I might have even come close to.
    Now get those answers!
    ed
    

    Trivia Alert!!!!
    
    Did you see what the new Miss America does for a day job?
    
    
    
    She's plays Ariel at WDW.  I assume it VOTLM, but I have not seen it
    as yet.

In note 65.52 the press release for Splash Mountian at WDW claims:

" Splash Mountain is a log-flume attraction boasting the world's
longest flume drop, promising guests a 40-mph descent -- faster than
any other attraction at Walt Disney World Resort."

The question is, (have we asked this before?):  What ride does Splash Mountian
displace as the fastest?  That is, what ride is now in second place?

Also, what speed is claimed for that ride?

    Len,
    
    I don't  have  a clue on this, but according to the COASTERS conference
    Cedar Point Park will be getting  a water slide/flume ride that will be
    putting WDW Splash Mountain in second place  in  '93.  Here is the info
    from COASTER.NOTE
    
    Claude
          <<< NOTED::DISK$NOTES1:[NOTES$LIBRARY_1OF5]COASTERS.NOTE;1 >>>
           -< The Amusement Park/Roller Coaster/Carousel Conference >-
================================================================================
Note 19.71         Cedar Point -- MEAN STREAK / MAGNUM XL-200           71 of 73
CAVLRY::BUCK "Why you wanna break my heart?"         12 lines  14-SEP-1992 12:34
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    From USENET:
    
    ************
    
    Cedar Point will begin building the highest, fastest, wettest flume
    ride in the world, later this month.  The ride will be called Snake
    River Falls.  It will take a 20 passenger boat to the top of an 80 foot
    hill dropping them at a 50 degree angle at 40 MPH.  It will share the
    title of tallest flume ride with a similar ride being built at Dorney
    Park in Allentown, PA.  The ride will be built by Arrow Dynamics. 
    

    Could be a trick question.
    
    Space Mountain is 28 MPH but the question is, "How fast is BTMRR?"
    
    But it's neither...it's the Monorail System which has units that can
    reach a top speed of 40 MPH.
    
    That's my guess.
    
    Mike
    

    The second fastest would now be the monorail since I assume that splash
    mountain is now faster.  

Yes, the Monorail is rated at 40 mph on the straightaway between the TTC
and EPCOT Center.

For all of you who guessed the parking lot tram, please keep you head inside
the ride next time.

The slowest moving ride at WDW has got to be It's a Small World.  It takes
at least three hours to get through that thing :-)

    Now .415 has dissappeared, but I thought it said what's the second
    fastest in the Magic Kingdom, in which case the monorail wouldn't count
    would it?
    
    JohnK

    Is Splash Mtn. higher in elevation that Space Mtn?  I was wondering if
    it displaced space Mtn. as the 3rd (I think) highest Mtn. in Fla.
    
    John McG.

    What foreign phrase (possibly two) is uttered in both "The Little
    Mermaid" and "B&TB?"
    
    Mike

    How about "Sacre Bleu" ? Used by Lumiere in BatB and the Chef who
    attempts to cook Sebastian in TLM.
    
    Probably wrong, but I just wanted to write an entry to show that I'm
    still around.
    
    Mike B.
    

    re: .423
    
    Well, gee, Mike, if you entered your (ahem) trip report, we'd know
    you're still around... :-)
    
    As to the question at hand, I don't think it's "sacre bleu".  I think
    it's (spelled phonetically because I don't speak French) "zoot-de-low".
    But Mike's right as to who said the expression in both films.
    
    - Skip

    Skip's got the phrase and Mike's got the characters. Who can describe
    when and why the phrase was uttered?
    
    Mike_who's_still_around_too

Here's some Christmas trivia questions.  

Answers will follow in a couple of days.

1.  What role does Goofy play in Mickey's Christmas Carol?

2.  What was the first Disney TV special which aired on Christmas in 1950?

3.  What are the only two Disney short cartoons that feature an animated 
    Santa Claus?

4.  What two characters inhabited the Christmas tree in Pluto's Christmas
    tree?

5.  Who lead the very first Holiday Parade held at Disneyland in 1955?

Here's some Christmas trivia questions.  

Answers will follow in a couple of days.

1.  What role does Goofy play in Mickey's Christmas Carol?
** Marley's Ghost and I can't remember the other one.
    
2.  What was the first Disney TV special which aired on Christmas in 1950?
** I have no idea!
    
    
3.  What are the only two Disney short cartoons that feature an animated 
    Santa Claus?
** One was a silly Symphony maybe "Twas the Night Before Christmas"?
    
4.  What two characters inhabited the Christmas tree in Pluto's Christmas
    tree?
** Chip and Dale, that was an easy one
    
5.  Who lead the very first Holiday Parade held at Disneyland in 1955?
    ** My guess would be Walt.
    

re: 54.427    


1.  What role does Goofy play in Mickey's Christmas Carol?
** Marley's Ghost and I can't remember the other one.

> Yes, Goofy played Marley's Ghost.

2.  What was the first Disney TV special which aired on Christmas in 1950?
** I have no idea!
    
    
3.  What are the only two Disney short cartoons that feature an animated 
    Santa Claus?
** One was a silly Symphony maybe "Twas the Night Before Christmas"?

>  Correct.
    
4.  What two characters inhabited the Christmas tree in Pluto's Christmas
    tree?
** Chip and Dale, that was an easy one
    
>  Correct.
    
5.  Who lead the very first Holiday Parade held at Disneyland in 1955?
    ** My guess would be Walt.
    
>  Walt was one of the people but there is another one.

    I know we risk playing in parallel but I must ask this, as I learnt the
    answer on my recent visit......
    
    Which is higher at WDW, Cinderella's Castle or Space Mountain?
    
    And by how much?
    
    JK
    
    (One of those bus drivers enlightened us with this!!)

                <<< CLOSET::W7_:[NOTES$LIBRARY]DISNEY.NOTE;1 >>>
                       -< The Disneyphile's Disney File >-
================================================================================
Note 54.428                    Disney Trivia Quiz                     428 of 429
IMTDEV::GULLIKSEN "Longing to be at WDW"             28 lines  12-NOV-1992 21:14
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re: 54.427    


2.  What was the first Disney TV special which aired on Christmas in 1950?
** I have no idea!
    >>>Was it the first episope of the Wonderful World of Disney?  I'm not
    sure what it was called at first but I'm refering to the ABC/Disney
    show that led to Disney Land.
    
5.  Who lead the very first Holiday Parade held at Disneyland in 1955?
    ** My guess would be Walt.
    
>  Walt was one of the people but there is another one.
    >>>Vice President Nixon???

    RE:.429
    
    	Space Mountain is higher but I don't know bny how much....I'll
    guess by about 25 feet.
    
    Tom

re: 54.430 

>2.  What was the first Disney TV special which aired on Christmas in 1950?
>** I have no idea!
>    >>>Was it the first episope of the Wonderful World of Disney?  I'm not
>    sure what it was called at first but I'm refering to the ABC/Disney
>    show that led to Disney Land.

     All I have is the name of show and I don't know the what the first episode
     of the Wonderful World of Disney is.

    
>5.  Who lead the very first Holiday Parade held at Disneyland in 1955?
>    ** My guess would be Walt.
>    
>>  Walt was one of the people but there is another one.
>    >>>Vice President Nixon???

     No, it was not Vice President Nixon.

    Ok all  one  last trivia question before I go, (no mod's are allowed to
    answer this one, sorry)
    
    Which of the Disney.Note Moderators first full name (sorry no nicknames
    allowed) is promenantly displayed as part of prose, some where in WDW
    
        Name the Park/location
        Name the Moderator
        list the prose
    
    Claude

    	In the MK/at Haunted Mansion
    	
    	Claude
    	
    	I don't know exactly the prose but it's on one of the headstones in
    	the graveyard next to the HM.  Something about Claude being under
    	the Sod.
    
    
    	Tom

    Rep to <<< Note 54.434 by BUSY::TBUTLER "Carpenter Diem - 'Sieze The Tools'" >>>

    Tom is right, please excuse my peotic license in the prose below
    
                                 ____________
                                /            \
                               /              \
                              |   AT PEACEFUL  |
                              |    REST LIES   |
                              |     BROTHER    |
                              |     CLAUDE     |
                              |  PLANTED HERE  |
                              |  BENEATH THIS  |
                              |  DIGITAL TFSO  | 
                              |       SOD      |
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         <<< Note 54.426 by IMTDEV::GULLIKSEN "Longing to be at WDW" >>>
                             -< Christmas trivia >-

And the answers to the questions in 54.426 are

1.  Marley's Ghost

2.  One Hour in Wonderland

3.  Santa's Workshop (1931) and The Night Before Christmas (1932)

4.  Chip and Dale

5.  Walt Disney, along with Fess Parker

    Oh boy - my first trivia question!
    
    What Academy Award winner was released on Jan. 1, 1943?
    
    Kathy
    

    	I'll guess Pinnochio because I'm pretty sure that Pinnochio was
    released during WWII and that because of that is why it did not have
    the enourmous box office of Snow White since much of Disney's revenue
    was from Europe which wasn't quite in the mood for a full length 
    animated feature at the time.
    
    Tom

    Nope - it was not Pinnochio. I guess I should have been more specific
    yesterday / in my previous note - this is not a full feature film.  It
    is one of the cartoons that won an Academy Award.
    
    Kathy
    

    	Oh, then I'll guess that it was one of the Silly Symphony shorts.
    Was it Flowers and Trees the first color animated film?
    
    Tom......if that's not it I'll keep guessing

    As a guess, I would hazard "Donald in Nutziland", aka "Der Fuhrer's
    Face"?
    
    tom
    (who could look it up in his "Ultimate Trivia Quiz" book, but that
    would be cheating

    
    Tom wins the prize - my congratulations!
    
    It is Der Fuhrer's Face!
    
    TTFN,
    
    Kathy
    
    

    Anyone want to try these two questions?
    
       1. What does Houston International Airport and WDW have in common?
    
    
       2. Give me the name and location of three "Casablanca" props in 
          WDW? This is a trick question.
    
    Answers Monday.

    >1. What does Houston International Airport and WDW have in common?
    
    The WEDway People Mover
    
    Jason/Jodi-

    >   2. Give me the name and location of three "Casablanca" props in 
    >      WDW? This is a trick question.
    
    1. The piano is in the lobby of The Great Movie Ride.
    2. The front half of the airplane is inside The Great Movie Ride.
    3. The back half of the airplane is in the bone yard seen during the
       tram tour.
    
    So do 2 and 3 count as separate props or as one prop and I've missed
    one?
    
    Ruth

    ...and I thought I could stump you guys for a couple of days!
    
    Mike

    Here's a quick quiz for a Monday morning...
    
      Name two WDW attractions in which visitors can hear the
      same song? At first this may seem like an easy question. Let me 
      add a handicap. The answer I'm looking for does not include any
      Disney/MGM Studios' attractions.
    
             Name the two attractions and the song.
    
    Mike
    

    Horizons and Carousel of Progress, the song is "It's a Great Big
    Beautiful Tomorrow" or something like that.

    I'll stump you yet Ruth!
    

    Okay gang, 
    
    I got this bit of trivia from the AOL Disney chat.
    
    Name two things that set the Bill Clinton audioanimatron apart from the
    rest of the presidential audioanimatrons in the Hall of Presidents.
    
    Mike 

    He gets booed has to be one.
    

    He speaks!

    Lincoln speaks also!

    Is one that the audioanimatron wears clothes that were once worn
    by the real President?
    
    -- Bill

    Is he anatomically correct?
    
    I meant that he has no brain!  What where you thinking?  ;^)
    

    Clinton's voice is used for the soundtrack.

    Nope....wow I've stumped Ruth....
    
    .....so far!

    Okay. Time's up.
    
    The Bill Clinton audioanimatron is the ONLY one in the Hall of
    Presidents wearing a watch and a ring.
    
    Mike

    Do you guys know that you can see the "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror"
    every night on TV? Can you tell me where?
    
    And it's not on The Disney Channel.
    
    Mike
    
    

    I've seen it on the commercial that is running, but I thought it was
    only an artist rendition.   I assume that if you look real close at the
    MGM fly-by that you would be able to see a bit of it.
    
    John
    

    Nope,
    
    Sometimes it's on camera for 4-5 seconds several times each day, same
    channel, same time.
    
    Mike

    
    
    Wheel of Fortune?
    
    
    (If not, *every day*?)
    
    John
    

    That's right. When you watch Wheel of Fortune these days it's
    originating from the Disney/MGM Studios. If you look at the back of
    the stage near the big prizes you will see a huge cutout of the Tower.
    It is usually on the right hand side of the prize display.
    
    Mike

    Not to insult you or anything, but why would you ever be spending time
    watching WOF when you could be doing something more creative, like
    watching paint dry!  ;^)
    
    I guess I just spend too much time on the Disney channel!
    
    

    Someone in the Movie notesfile was asking for the title of a movie made
    in the 50's about the Vienna Boy's Choir.  I remember a Disney movie
    from about that time that would seem to be the one in question, but I
    can't remember the name.  I knew that someone in here would be able to
    supply it - who will it be?
         
    Steve

    I think it was called "Almost Angels"

    Try this one gang:
    
          We all know Lea Salonga and Brad Kane sang as Jasmine and
          Aladdin on the "Aladdin" soundtrack.
    
          But do any of you know the name of a song they recorded,
          outside of the movie, that was also made into a music video?
    
          I'll give everyone to the end of the week to figure this one.
    
    Mike
    

           
       "POOR PAPA" was part of which one of the following cartoon series?

        MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, GOOFY, OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT,
        SILLY SYMPHONIES, or ALICE COMEDIES.

        Please do not answer unless you know.  If I scratch the wrong
        answer on the cup, then I loose.


                                                               _ed

    There was an Alice movie called "Alice chops the suey". It was part of
    the "Alice Comedies". What I need to know is: When was this film (Alice
    chops the suey) first released to theaters?
    
    Thanks,
    
    /jim
    

"Alice chops the Suey" was released in 1925.
I don't know the month.

Steve