Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <16 posts in and no one has mentioned the fact that Walt Disney is secretly kept cryogenically frozen under the statue in WDW?> That's because we all know he's keeping the salad bar cold in the Disney Studio commissary. Duh!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Part of WDW (including parts of Frontierland) is build upon Native American tribal land. Some of the Native tribal members require Disney jobs - specifically security jobs - or the precondition of land sale fails. << Hadn't heard that one, though all of the WDW land (and much of the land in Central Florida) at one time belonged to the Seminole Tribe.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^Years ago, many of the attractions at EPCOT Center had VIP lounges that could be used by visitors and executives with their respective companies. Horizons had a VIP lounge for GE employees and their families. World of Motion had a VIP Lounge for General Motors employees. They were very cool, and many of them were hidden from regular day guests, but provided a neat view of the park. The above is true, by the way -- not a myth. It seems like some of the attractions at The Magic Kingdom had these VIP lounges too. RCA sponsored Space Mountain back in the early days.
Originally Posted By MrDisney72 "World of Motion had a VIP Lounge for General Motors employees." I've been in the current Test Track lounge, its awesome. A cast member took us up there after her lunch break because my younger sister smiled at her. We got an awesome view of the interior portion of the ride, and a unique view of the park from up pretty high in the building. Definitely a lot of fun.
Originally Posted By leobloom Nestle also had a VIP lounge in the Land. The area has windows that look into the first few scenes of the boat ride (the rainforest, prairie and farmhouse scenes), basically the same scenes that you can see from the Garden Grill restaurant. They took us to the VIP lounge when we were getting trained for the ride. Imagination also had a lounge for Kodak employees. It's located on the far left side of the 3D theater. Today it's used as office space for attractions managers.
Originally Posted By Manfried Yep those VIP lounges are nice. The one for Living Seas was like a scene out of James Bond film. Kind of like entering the lair of Dr. No.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn The Land lounge was originally for Kraft guests. Spaceship Earth has one too at the back side of Earth Station. Here's the windows. <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/757873933_e562e48a96.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm2.static.flickr.com...8a96.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <That's because we all know he's keeping the salad bar cold in the Disney Studio commissary. Duh!> I thought he was used for skating rinks... Disney on Ice?? (nyuk, nyuk)
Originally Posted By leobloom >> The one for Living Seas was like a scene out of James Bond film. Kind of like entering the lair of Dr. No. << Absolutely right, I'd forgotten about that one. It had wood-paneling and carpet and of course views of the aquarium. Very nice atmosphere.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Concerning VIP or Corporate Lounges. At one time many of the sponsoring companies had corporate lounges in the parks. With the lack of sponsors and the fact that the remaining companies do not want to staff the lounges, most of them have been taken over by Disney. The one in Norway is a special event room and Disney uses it for training events. Off the top of my head the MK had lounges at: COP Circlevision If You Had Wings Space Mountain Grand Prix EPCOT had: Spaceship Earth Living Seas The Land Imagination Energy Horizons (COP's lounge closed then horizons opened) World of Motion/Test Track Wonders of Life Norway American Adventure
Originally Posted By Manfried sjhym333, that sounds about right. There was also a small one, more like an office, for Sperry Univac in Communicore.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Were there lounges at any of the other parks? I thought I heard there was one for McDonalds at Countdown to Extinction/Dinosaur.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe there used to be one on the second floor of a building DL's Adventureland many many years ago for Sunkist employees, since they operated a juice bar there. There is also currently one at DL's Autopia for Chevron employees, located on the ground floor of the circular teal building with the dioramas that the queue goes past.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I dont know about C to Extinction. But I worked at AK for that park opening and don't remember seeing one while testing. I think corporate lounges have mostly gone away because of the cost of keeping them open. The company has to provide a person to be the host to employees and VIP's and they just don't seem to want to pay for that. I seem to remember that the Kodak rep at Imagination was a VP who basically given that job instead of being laid off. They were at the Imag pavillion for a long time before they retired and the lounge was closed. It is now the offices for EPCOT Attractions West team
Originally Posted By leobloom Does anyone remember a lounge for AAA members in Tomorrowland at MK? I seem to remember going to it once maybe 7 or 8 years ago. I want to say it was located somewhere between Buzz Lightyear and COP.
Originally Posted By iJobs Did anyone ever learn the REAL REASON for the unfinished buildings at POP CENTURY and has anything been done about those to date?
Originally Posted By iJobs There really is a secret path at AK. I've been on it many times with my kids even.
