Walt Disney World has a lot of things to try and take in, situations to grasp, and secrets to know. Some of the most obvious facts are as blatant and right in front of your eyes, but you may never even realize them.
Here are just a few of the fun facts about Walt Disney World that are 100 percent true.
It’s Not a Small World, After All . . . Covering 40 square miles, Walt Disney World
Resort is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan islands. Of the more than 25,000
acres, less than 35 percent has been developed with a quarter designated as a wilderness
preserve.
A Cast of Thousands . . . around 62,000 to be more precise. That’s how many people it
takes to create the magic at the Vacation Kingdom. Not surprisingly, Walt Disney World Resort
is the largest single-site employer in the United States.
What the Well-Dressed Mouse Will Be Wearing . . . depends entirely on the occasion.
Mickey Mouse himself has more than 290 different sets of duds, ranging from a scuba suit to a
tuxedo. Minnie Mouse’s wardrobe contains more than 200 outfits, including everything from a
cheerleader ensemble to evening gowns.
Suds ‘R Us . . . If you were to wash and dry one load of laundry every day for 52 years, you’d
clean as much as the folks at Walt Disney World Laundry do in a single day. The cast members
there launder an average of 285,000 pounds each day. In addition, between 30,000 and 32,000
garments are dry-cleaned daily.
Smile! . . . With millions of visitors annually, it’s no wonder the Disney parks are among the
most photographed places in the United States. On any given day, Disney’s PhotoPass
photographers take between 100,000 and 200,000 photos of guests at Walt Disney World Resort.
The PhotoPass service allows guests to view, share and order their Disney photos online and
create Disney products such as PhotoBooks and mugs.
I’m Dreaming of a “Green” Christmas . . . The 1,500 Christmas trees at Walt Disney
World Resort won’t be the only “green” holiday delights this season as each Walt Disney World
resort hotel will glow with new “conservation” lighting – more than 700,000 LED lights in all.
String the bulbs end to end and the strand would stretch for 96 miles or light the path from
Jacksonville to Orlando, all while using 1/10th of the power of traditional incandescent bulbs.
Who’s Still Thirsty? . . . More than 75 million Cokes are consumed each year at Walt Disney
World Resort along with 13 million bottles of water. Guests also gobble 10 million hamburgers,
6 million hot dogs, 9 million pounds of French fries and more than 300,000 pounds of popcorn.
Ears to You . . . When laid end to end, there are enough of the famous “Mouse Ear” hats sold
each year to stretch 175 miles or cover the head of every man, woman and child in Orange
County, Fla. There are also enough Disney character T-shirts sold to put Mickey Mouse’s
smiling face on the chest of every resident of Montana.
Sign Here . . . If you stacked the number of standard autograph books sold annually, it would
match the height of 200 Cinderella Castles. Add the Princess-style autograph books and, end to
end, the books would reach 88 miles into space.
