Originally Posted By sherrytodd I had heard that when they start up the Matterhorn, the start-up screen on the computer says "Harold isn't going to like this."
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Also it is possible to steal the apple from the witch?<< Yes. And please don't ask me how I know this. My favorite Disneyland myth: Walt Disney's cryogenically suspended body is carefully stored in the icy caverns under Pirates of the Caribbean.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Re: the Matterhorn basketball court... Better look here (and click for the photo) before determining whether it's REALLY an actual half-court set-up. Sure looks like it to me: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/matterho.asp#add" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/disney/p arks/matterho.asp#add</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 My favorite urban legend is that there was an earlier, scarier version of the HM opened before 1969, but it was so scary that one or more people suffered heart attacks, and thus they had to shut it down and open a less scary version. It's my favorite because it was VERY prevalent in the late 60's/early 70's, and virtually every kid at my school knew it as "fact." Quite a few claimed to have RIDDEN the (non-existant) earlier version. This myth was given life by the fact that the exterior building was built in 1963, but the ride didn't open till 1969.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I have also heard that the skull on the pirate captains bed is a real human skull that was given to Disney as a gift.
Originally Posted By DlandDug A good rumor based on half truth: Underneath Disneyland there is a vast network of tunnels and workrooms, all interconnected.
Originally Posted By DiseyDad I heard that every year disneyland gets requests for people to spread the ashes of loved ones in the park.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal "Better look here (and click for the photo) before determining whether it's REALLY an actual half-court set-up. Sure looks like it to me:" Yep, the article confirms that it's there and that it's not the size of an actual half-court. It's not as big as a regulation half court. If you've ever been in there you'd have seen how small it really is...
Originally Posted By DrShrinker "My favorite urban legend is that there was an earlier, scarier version of the HM opened before 1969, but it was so scary that one or more people suffered heart attacks, and thus they had to shut it down and open a less scary version. It's my favorite because it was VERY prevalent in the late 60's/early 70's, and virtually every kid at my school knew it as "fact." Quite a few claimed to have RIDDEN the (non-existant) earlier version." We must be about the same age. My friend Steve SWORE he had been on the previous version, and as he described it, it was truly terrifying (although as I got older I also realized it was completely unbelievable that riders would, for example, fall through trap doors). Awesome memory to bring back, dabob!
Originally Posted By avromark They save all the snow from the Northpole put it in a big ice cream container and release it every December on Main Street.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Re: #28 - But it's also more than "a just a hoop and some space for shooting." ;-) The 'key' is painted on the floor, etc. To be honest, I didn't have time to read the page today and just clicked on the photo. I'd seen it before, but didn't remember the stuff about it not being a regulation half-court.
Originally Posted By dsnykid Re Ashes in the park... I actually have looked into this and was told that "due to the numerous request recevied, Disneyland Park no longer accomodates requests for the dispersal of ashes"
Originally Posted By pecos bill I heard there is an old man who spends almost all of his time at the park. Also that some kid actually lived in the park for a while.
Originally Posted By PirateJohn >>Also that some kid actually lived in the park for a while. This one, according to Rod Miller, is true. Rod knew the kid. Apparently, he was kicked out of his parents' house for coming out as gay. He worked at Disneyland at the time, so he decided to live there as well. Someone caught him when they saw a light on in a window after the park was closed. He was fired shortly thereafter. Rod said he saw the guy a couple of years ago and said he has become very successful and is doing well for himself.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I heard there is an old man who spends almost all of his time at the park.<< This is almost certainly based on Arthur, an actual man who spent hours every day at Disneyland. I remember him well from the early 90s. He is also mentioned in David Koenig's "Mouse Tales." Arthur had a mild mental disability, and spent the last 22 years of his life (1970-92) at Disneyland every afternoon and evening. He believed it was his job to pick up lost items and take them to lost and found. He was NOT a member of the Disney family, or a former cast member. But he was real.
Originally Posted By allygator206 There a surely a ton of cats at DL. Last time I was the my sister and I were have lunch at the Hungry Bear and a tabby cat came winding around our legs. We were delighted to see the furry little fellow and asked a near by elderly CM what the deal was. He smiled and said (classic quote) "Oh yes, there has been quite a few cats living here in Disneyland for quite some time. We find they can control our other population." There's no better way to tell us DL has a serious rat problem. lol this CM had the only right answer to our question!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Yes, many cats are permanent residents in the home of Mickey. Do not let your children play with them, though. They are mostly feral.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>Arthur had a mild mental disability, and spent the last 22 years of his life (1970-92) at Disneyland every afternoon and evening. He believed it was his job to pick up lost items and take them to lost and found.<<< Just curious...how did he pay to get in?
Originally Posted By DlandDug I do not know. I assume he had an AP during the later years. He was very friendly with the cast. In fact, every night at closing he would wait by the exit at Harbor, and someone would drive him home. (He came to the park by bus every afternoon.)
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I heard that when they went to demolish the Monsanto House of the Future, that the wrecking ball just kept bouncing off of it.
