Disneyland Quiz

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

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Bah! I can't believe that I missed two of the questions!

 

Originally Posted By berol

I can't believe it, either. I missed 6.

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

I missed 6 too. I don't believe that the tallest height restriction is on Autopia though.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I missed 3 (one of which I misread, but may have missed regardless). It seems like a couple of them were worded in a way to leave the questions pretty vague, and that some of the 'correct' answers could be rather debatable

>>I don't believe that the tallest height restriction is on Autopia though.<<

Yep! It's to make sure that you'll be able to press the pedal the entire time, since it's pretty tough to hold it down. The height to ride along with an adult is lower, but still on the higher end of everything in the park due to the potential for whiplash from a collision

 

Originally Posted By darcy-becker

I also missed 2

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

Missed one, but I think it's debatable (last attraction Walt "participated in designing.") Depends how you define "participating in."

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"Yep! It's to make sure that you'll be able to press the pedal the entire time, since it's pretty tough to hold it down. The height to ride along with an adult is lower, but still on the higher end of everything in the park due to the potential for whiplash from a collision"

That's BS. lol I took my one year old on Autopia, but he certainly couldn't have ridden on California Screamin, and still can't at 6!

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

"Yep! It's to make sure that you'll be able to press the pedal the entire time, since it's pretty tough to hold it down"

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Originally Posted By oc_dean

I got two wrong.

I thought Splash Mountain had the highest height requirement.

And I picked Savannah, Georgia for the HM facade.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I had heard Baltimore for HM before, but I thought it was for WDW's version. That one certainly looks more like the typical Mid-Atlantic Colonial style than the plantation-style house in DL

 

Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795

I missed 3.

"I don't believe that the tallest height restriction is on Autopia though."

Only to drive alone. It is much lower to drive with an adult, mostly because smaller kids can't reach the gas pedal. I remember the first time my son was finally tall enough to reach it-he could just barely touch it with his tiptoes at age 8.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

"I had heard Baltimore for HM before, but I thought it was for WDW's version"

Here's an image of the original house Ferret.

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Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

I dug a little further and found this:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shipley-Lydecker-House/479587508754182?sk=info

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

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Originally Posted By darcy-becker

That's too bad it was destroyed.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

At least one could look at the replica built in Duluth Georgia -

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Originally Posted By Dabob2

And I hold that Walt "participated in designing" the HM, and that should have been the correct answer to that question. He can be seen discussing some of the interior effects (some of which got used, and others for the "Museum of the Weird," which didn't) on the Wonderful World of Color "DL 10th Anniversary Show" (along with POTC), and of course the facade was erected way back in 1963 and approved by Walt.

Legend even has it that the original imagineer plan was for a run-down decrepit looking house, but Walt didn't want anything unkempt looking and insisted it look neat - so it's hard to say he didn't participate in its design.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

^^Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is a little bitter over that. I knew when I answered it that it would probably be considered wrong, but I had to do it anyway

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

I saw an old promo clip of Walt Disney talking about the Haunted Mansion with an Imagineer in the late 60s and he seemed to be unfamiliar with some specific details of what they were planning. Not saying he wasn't involved, but that clip gave me the impression that the ride was still very much in development when he passed.

 

Originally Posted By phruby

I scored 17 out of 17 correct!