Video Hidden Secrets at Disney World

From secret passages for cast members and hidden pirates, Disney World has more to see than meets the eye.

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10. Epicots “The Seas with Nemo and Friends” is an amazing high-tech exploration of an underwater world. It is a world class saltwater aquarium that holds 5.7 million gallons of water making it one of the biggest aquariums in the United States. It’s much more than an aquarium it is a large scale conservation project. When sea turtles were injured in the BP oil spill, Disney staff rescued 68 turtles to the rehab center at the aquarium.

9. Cast members, maintenance crews, and staff need to be able to travel quickly throughout the park. Walt Disney saw this need and decided to build what he called “Utilidors.” The “Utilidors” is a vast networking tunnel system that is under the park and over 9 acres long. In the tunnels, there are dressing rooms, design, makeup facilities and even cafeterias for employees. People say that the tunnels are so vast that employees have to drive golf carts from one place to another.

8. Throughout Disney World theme parks if you keep your eyes peeled you can find tiny mickey mouse designs that have been hidden by artists and designers. There are said to be over one million of these little Mickeys sometimes hidden the image is not a complete image, and sometimes it is.

7. The Walt Disney transport system is the third largest in the state of Florida. The fleet consists of over 300 buses and will take tourists from every park to every hotel and between attractions when walking is impractical. The resort also has watercraft that is used for transporting people to and from various parks to hotels. The watercraft provides another way of transportation for tourists with extreme amounts of visitors Disney attempts to keep wait times under 20 minutes.

6. During the construction of Disney World, Walt Disney wanted a place to stay so he could personally see and watch the park being created. Above the firehouse on Main Street U.S.A he constructed a hidden apartment for his family and him to stay. The apartment is tiny but fully operational with a kitchen and small bathroom. The apartment was designed to look like a firehouse with a red and white theme.

5. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is one of the few rides that is still operational from the parks in the Magic Kingdom from opening day in 1955. The ride is an adaptation of the “Wind in the Willows “film. The ride that passengers ride today are a recreation of the original ride, and the original ride was in the section of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. There is even a picture of Mr. Toad handing the deed to Owl.

4. Sadly after the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride closed to be reworked Mr. Toad’s statue was placed outside in the graveyard at the Haunted Mansion. You can see his statue after you leave the Haunted Mansion there is a small pet cemetery off to the left. Mr. Toad is amongst the tombstones. It is said that a poem is at the base of the statue that says “Here lies Mr. Toad. Sad but true. Far less popular than Pooh”.

3. Tourist can ride on The Mark Twain Riverboat in the Magic Kingdom. As you cruise along, you can view scenic rivers that allow passengers to see life in the United States over a century ago. The ship is a recreation of ferry’s that sailed people up and down the Mississippi. If you ask to pilot the boat you will be taken to the captain’s rooms where the staff will kindly allow you to blow the horn and give you and a certificate that says you were the driver of the boat.

2. On the Great Movie ride, you can journey into movies that are amongst Hollywood’s most famous films. The ride is a dark ride that is located in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. There is a section of the ride that is reserved for the romantic drama film Casablanca. In this section, you can see a portion of the front half of an airplane. The airplane is really the front half of the crashed plane from the Jungle Cruise ride.

1. Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark water ride that opened in 1967. The ride inspired the famous film series and was the last ride that Walt Disney participated in designing before his death. Disney brought to life the salty characters in this ride and made it a truly magnificent experience. Near the end of the attraction riders will go past a scene with pirates in a jail with a small dog holding a key in its teeth that help the pirates escape from their fate. The dog is said to be the same dog in a different ride called the Carousel of Progress.