Originally Posted By pecos bill Thanks for the reply Shiva. I just could not figure out what was going on. I knew it would be a tough question, since the only way I ever heard the answer was to be told by Roger Jr. himself, who was kind enough to give me a personal tour of his workshop up in Oregon. Google is an amazing thing, but now I have this urge to come up with more questions. Regarding the original post,If someone is going to make a claim like that, they should not just abandon the thread, it really compromises their integrity.
Originally Posted By Roger55 You have to HAVE some integrity before it can be compromised. If the OP was doing it to just "yank our chains", then that too should be noted.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Okay, each of us Cauldron girls has a question, too! I get to go first. How tall is Sleeping Beauty's Castle? ORGOCH: How tall's the Splatterhorn? ORDDU: What color are Prince Phillip's unmentionables? (I really need to know this because I'm going to be getting something for his up-coming birthday and the thing I'm getting has to be the same color of his underwear.)
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie >>>ORDDU: What color are Prince Phillip's unmentionables? (I really need to know this because I'm going to be getting something for his up-coming birthday and the thing I'm getting has to be the same color of his underwear.)<<< Does he wear undies under his tights? You'd think he'd have problems with panty lines.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, you have a very good point there, RockyMtnMinnie, duckling. And only the most deeply, devoted Disney fan would know the answer to this question.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I guess we're going to have to schedule a Pants the Prince Meet to find out. xD
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer pecos bill, you're welcome. I was sort of hoping that this thread would have turned out differently. I loved your question and wasn't even aware that the original Lilly Belle had been taken off display at the Main Street Train Station. Thanks to you, I not only learned who made the original, when it was made, when it was taken off display and also who made the replica. I find this kind of stuff fascinating. I had a few questions of my own that wouldn't have minded asking and it seems that I wasn't alone. BTW, I did know the answer to the first two of the Witches questions. As for the 3rd, RockyMtnMinnie has scarred me for life. >>Does he wear undies under his tights? You'd think he'd have problems with panty lines.<< I suspect Prince Phillip wears one of those new Frederick's of Hollywood panty line hiding g-string cod-pieces...there's no way I'm checking for color but Ursula might want to make sure none of her leopard EARS are missing.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 According to Dave Smith's Book "Disney A to Z" Sleeping Beauty Castle stands 77 feet above the moat. The Matterhorn at Disneyland is 147 feet high, about 1/100th the size of its Swill counterpart, but to make it look larger, forced perspective was used. And there you have it dear Witches. This "duckling" was happy to answer your question regarding the Castle and the Matterhorn. I'll leave the question about Prince Phillip to one of the other ducklings.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Well, since the beans have been spilled on the Lilly Belle II, I simply must chime in with what I know. Bear in mind, none of this is from Googlin', it's just what I know off the top of my head. Walt's original engine, the Lilly Belle, was displayed in Main Street Station in a specially designed glass case. That case was located in the northwest corner of the station, in a section of diagonal wall. (Fun fact: the wall is still there. You can tell it was a display case, because the chair rail is lower there. I believe the case is still sealed up in the wall, but have been unable to confirm.) After Santa Fe dropped sponsorship of the Disneyland Railroad in the 1970s, the display was closed down. Lilly Belle was moved to a free standing case, and Walt's hand built caboose was added to the display. These were removed for loan to the Ronald Reagan Museum. (The Disney family has personally owned Walt's miniature locomotive all along.) After the Reagan Museum exhibit, the Lilly Belle and caboose were returned to the Disney family, who will place it on display in the Library and Museum they are building in San Francisco. The Lilly Belle II was then pressed into service to fill the case. This engine was built as a commission for the Oriental Land Company. They wanted to display the Lilly Belle in the Tokyo Disneyland Disney Gallery, but the Disney family declined to send the engine across the ocean. But they did offer parts that Walt had machined in the 50s to create a replica. That became the Lilly Belle II. After the TDL exhibit, it came to Anaheim where it is still on display in Main Street Station. That's all I know... but then I don't claim to know the most that anyone else does...!
Originally Posted By pecos bill The last time I saw the Belle was at the Railroad museum in Sacramento, she had the full compliment of cars and caboose. It was a great display. I guess the next time will be at the Presidio in San Francisco sometime in 09. Cant wait! Dug, anyone who is anyone knows you are the man when it comes to a knowledge of Disneyland. There are some Imagineers that are supposed to be really good, but I would bet you could hold your own with them.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Thank you ever so much for answering my question, Mickeyfan1, duckling! You're such a sweetie pie. ORGOCH: Yeah, thanks fer answerin' mine, too. ORDDU: I suppose I'll just have to find the answer to mine some OTHER way...
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >>Dug, anyone who is anyone knows you are the man when it comes to a knowledge of Disneyland.<< I'd like to 2nd (or 3rd?) that motion!! Dug, you're always willing to share your incredible knowledge of the park with us but still treat us like equals in the process. That's a rare gift and just one of the reasons we love you! <--Removes Mouse Ears as a sign of GREAT respect! Does anyone (other than Dug) remember who lived in the tree just outside the entrance to the JC?
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie >>>Does anyone (other than Dug) remember who lived in the tree just outside the entrance to the JC? <<< I do! It was the Little Man of Disneyland! Patrick Begorra.
Originally Posted By YensidWED101 Sorry I was Taking so long to answer. I was busy and talking care of a few personal things that came up... Anyway, I hope no one took it the wrong way. I opened this topic to you guys kinda and you guys are asking the ?'s urself... sorry anybody. Also its kinda hard to ask me ?'s bcuz u ppl will think I'm Googling it(which I promise I won't) if I don't respond soon enough, So please enjoy this topic and don't hate!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Well, since you put it that way... There is a glass case in the lobby of the Opera House that holds a collection of Disneyland tickets. This is the second such collection to be placed there for the Disneyland 50th Birthday exhibit (which is now three years old!). A three part question: 1.) Who owns the tickets currently displayed in the glass case? 2.) Who owned the ticket collection that was displayed when the exhibit opened in 2005? 3.) What was originally displayed in the case?
Originally Posted By dizkid Well big buddy dug, i don't know the answer to your question. Although I do have one of my own. Who placed the plaque on the door of the old Don Defore's Silver Banjo Resteraunt? And is it still there?
Originally Posted By Ursula OOOh, can we guess to Dug's question? I think 3) is autographs to and from Walt Disney. Or letters signed to him and from him. I know when you say the answer to 1) I will die. I know it but I can't think of it. I have no idea on 2).
