Originally Posted By FerretAfros You know, it really doesn't feel all that big, especially when compared with some of the things I've seen at airports and hospitals. Name a significant "first in the world" that can be found in the form of a Disneyland attraction.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I'm sorry, but I don't understand the similarity between the Disneyland Monorail System and the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure. Please explain. As to Matterhorn, I think the more accurate answer is the first TUBULAR steel coaster, but maybe that splitting snow monster hairs, I don't know.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Technically it is the first tubular steel coaster, but I was just going for the general concept, so either or you can have it. As for the parking deck and Monorail, they are both outside the park and related to modes of transportation. Also Disneyland and TDR are, to my knowledge, the only resorts with either. (Not sure about the parking garages though)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss An easy one: What was the original name for the Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes?
Originally Posted By BrerOtter ^^^I'm sorry, but I don't understand the similarity between the Disneyland Monorail System and the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure. Please explain. I said "in a certain respect." They're both structures that can be found in the "real world" - not necessarily Disney- or theme park-related...malls have parking garages, cities have monorails.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe the canoes were originally the Indian War Canoes. At some point they dropped the "War" so they became the Indian Canoes, and are now the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Name a Disneyland attraction that has an often talked about feature, not because it is a very well done imitation, but the real thing. (Hint: it's in Fantasyland)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The King Arthur Carrousel is an original, built by the Gustav A. Dentzel family of Philadelphia in 1875. Walt Disney purchased it from a park in Toronto Canada.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Nope. This Fantasyland attraction with a real feature in it is not the entire attraction. It is onlyone effect in one part, that can easily be missed if you aren't paying close attention, yet is a main feature of its area. (If that makes any sense at all)
Originally Posted By monorailblue Mr. Toad's Wild Ride has a 'real' fountain. It is not simulated like the tea in Alice in Wonderland, or the rain in Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It is a real-for-real water fountain. Also, the whatchamohoozit at Dumbo is a real-for-real pipe and percussion musical instrument, not a fake one with sound coming out of it. My best two guesses.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's the fountain in Mr. Toad. I never actually noticed it until I was specifically looking for it on my last trip. Your turn!
Originally Posted By monorailblue Argh. Note to self: always have a question in mind before guessing, in case you are right. OK. What bank had an actual branch inside Disneyland for, what, about 40 years or so?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss That would be the Bank of America, which went away in 1993. It was where the AP processing center is now.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Good job. That's the one. BofA also hosted "it's a small world" for a very long time before Mattel did.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss What was the first attraction to be dubbed having Audio-Animatronic figures?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss No. It's a trick question. While the Tiki Room was the first attraction to be credited as the first, another source said this attraction had AA's, before the Tiki Room was open.
