Originally Posted By imadisneygal It's really not even a full half-court. It's really more of a hoop with a small space for shooting. But the bottom line is...it's there!
Originally Posted By knoxvelour Walt Disney was frozen in carbonite and placed in the hub along with a Mickey statue
Originally Posted By danyoung I was a junior high SoCal kid when HM opened in 1969. The version of the story we heard was that the elevator used to drop almost instantly - WHOOSH, and a lady had a heart attack and died, so they changed it. Silly, but we believed it at the time!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I never heard the elevator one. Just various versions of something "really scary" (usually, a particularly scary ghost that came very close to you) that caused the heart attack.
Originally Posted By monorailblue For years, I thought my friend and I broke down the subs once. Long story, and I believed it, but it is not true.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ...we've got time! (And I'm sure I'm not the only one that's a little curious about how you 'almost' broke the subs!)
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Don't forget the story of the decapitations on Space Mountain!*** I have reason to believe that's not an urban legend (a cast member told me so!). Also, a cast member (interestingly, the same one) told me the story about the would-be kidnappers who shot a pellet gun at an older kid standing there with his parents and a younger sibling so the older kid would start crying so the parents would pay attention to the crying kid long enough for the would-be kidnappers to grab the younger kid and knock him out with drugs and dye his hair a different color and change his clothes and try to walk out of Epcot with the kid over their shoulder ("their" exhausted son) only to be caught due to the quick thinking security guards ignored the parents' frantic description of the child and only demanding to know "what exact brand of shoes is he wearing?". She is a long time cast member, so she must really KNOW this stuff (she was good friends with the Space Mountain cast member who had to clean up the head from the floor of Space Mountain, in fact. Sounded ghastly!).
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Hey, Mr. X, that story happened here at Walmart! Oh, and at the mall where I used to work!
Originally Posted By danyoung From magicalmountain.net - "This Disney urban legend has been around for quite some years now. However, it does have some basis in fact. When Disney Imagineers where testing Space Mountain they had a test dummy standing up on the ride. As a result of this the test dummy's head was severed from it's body." >she was good friends with the Space Mountain cast member who had to clean up the head from the floor of Space Mountain, in fact.< So you are third generation away from this information. Hmmm. What are the odds that it just might not be true?
Originally Posted By monorailblue ^^^ I understand that the good news is that after cleaning up the head, they were able to place it in the Haunted Mansion, so that's nice. The subs story? One day. It involves the Skyway, as well, so telling it makes me emotional (I miss the Skyway so much! sniff!). mb
Originally Posted By jonvn Supposedly there were a couple of "decapitation" deaths on the Matterhorn. One clown stood up on the ride many years ago. Hit his head on the cave top. Another woman somehow flew out of her car (they think she undid her seat belt) and was struck in the head by the next vehicle.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***So you are third generation away from this information. Hmmm. What are the odds that it just might not be true?*** danyoung, I hate to insinuate that you might be a dummy, but did you not catch the sarcasm in my post? If not, then yes I was "third generation" and it must not have been true.
Originally Posted By danyoung OK, you got me. But then I have to say that you wrote your story with such rabid enthusiasm that you looked just like the crazies who really do believe this stuff. Still, you hooked me like a trout - well done!
Originally Posted By SFH Everyone knows that when a kid is kidnapped in the mall or a theme park, the kidnappers will change the hair color and clothes... but they ALWAYS forget to change the shoes! And so the parents will recognize their child (usually in some Master Security Monitors-all-over-the-wall room) being carried to an exit... BECAUSE THE SHOES. So... all you need to do when taking your child to one of these places is REMEMBER WHICH SHOES THEY ARE WEARING!!! ;-) SFH
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes "This Disney urban legend has been around for quite some years now. However, it does have some basis in fact. When Disney Imagineers where testing Space Mountain they had a test dummy standing up on the ride. As a result of this the test dummy's head was severed from it's body." Not True.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I guess it was a few years ago that I managed to keep my Space Mountain severed head story (which is true) alive on these boards for quite some time.
Originally Posted By monorailblue No one ever commented on my kid-got-burned-up-on-the-lights story. I thought it at least comment worthy. MADE-UP LATE BREAKING NEWS: The Canadian manufacturer that built both Ed Grier and most of the American Idol Is a Millionaire: Play It! contestants is working on a secret new project for the upcoming "it's a small world": The Great Movie Ride! Attraction. For the first time, Imagineers plan to include a "Hidden Zack & Cody", much like the famed "Hidden Whoppies" featured in DCA at the Shady Pines Rest Home Golden Dreams Theatre. (That took more thinking that I thought it would take.)
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight <<>she was good friends with the Space Mountain cast member who had to clean up the head from the floor of Space Mountain, in fact.<<> A CM would not have had to touch any such thing,the body or any parts of it. They would have had to call the coroner/death cleanup crew to do so. CM's arent allowed to do that type of cleanup. Barf and potty stains yes, blood and body parts such as that no.
