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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Did you know Disney World employs more than 62,000 as part of its "cast," making Walt Disney World the largest single-site employer in the United States?

Did you know Walt Disney bought the 43 square miles of Central Florida swampland for Disney World for $5 million, or about $185 an acre?

Did you know after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration put a flight restriction over the Disney World resort?

Did you know the flight restriction over Disney World extends out in a three-mile radius from Cinderella's Castle and up to 3,000 feet?

Did you know an estimated 1.65 million pairs of eyeglasses have made their way to Disney World's lost-and-found bins since 1971. Every year, the park finds an average of 6,000 cellphones, 3,500 digital cameras and 18,000 hats?



Alex and Donna Voutsinas as kids
Alex and Donna Voutsinas
Did you know a married couple from Boynton Beach, Fla., Alex and Donna Voutsinas, realized years later that they were coincidentally photographed together at Disney as children?

Did you know the Walt Disney World resort is about the size of San Francisco, and only about 35 percent of its more than 27,000 acres has been developed?

Did you know that Mickey Mouse has more than 290 outfits, from a scuba suit to a lighted tuxedo?

Did you know that Minnie Mouse has more than 200 outfits, from cheerleading attire to evening gowns?

Did you know that the Animal Kingdom features more than 3,000 species in its 4 million trees and plants?


 Did you know if you were to stay in a different room every night at the Disney World resorts, to sleep in
them all would take you 68 years?


Did you know Disney World employs more than 62,000 as part of its "cast," making Walt Disney World the
largest single-site employer in the United States?

Did you know that Epcot mean? Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow?



Did you know Disney World infrastructure has more than 270 buses, making it the third-largest bus system in the state, behind Jacksonville and Miami?

Did you know that Disney World decorates more than 1,500 Christmas trees at holiday time?


Did you know if you dress up folks in all the shirts sold at Disney World in one year, you'd have enough for every resident of the state of Montana (pop. 974,989.)?

Did you know when Disney World opened, adult admission to the Magic Kingdom cost $3.50, Today it costs $85?


Did you know the first film made at Disney's Hollywood Studios was "Ernest Saves Christmas?"


Did you know Jane Eisner, wife of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, came up with the "I'm going to Disney World!" campaign, Michael Eisner wrote in his 1998 memoir?

Did you know Disney World flew its flags at half-staff on the day Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died?

Did you know Jobs was Disney's largest single shareholder (7 percent), and he was on the board of directors?




 Now if you didn't know, now you know...



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