John Pomeroy, the supervising animator for John Smith in Pocahontas, watched a number of Errol Flynn movies to get the movements of the character down pat. Once the look of Smith was finalized, 14 other animators were drafted in to make him come to life. 

On The Great Movie Ride in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Humphrey Bogart animatronic is taller than Bogie was in real life.

This is because Ingrid Bergman was actually a few inches taller than Bogart, though during the filming of Casablanca, to create the illusion that it was vice versa, director Michael Curtiz had Bogart stand on boxes or wear platform shoes and sit on pillows in some shots, or had Bergman slouch down. The animatronics in the ride are the percieved height of the actors in the film.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney’s Hollywood Studios launches you at a speed of 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.

**That’s me and my friend Rob in the back row on our choir trip in 2007**

Did you know that if you send Mickey and Minnie Mouse an invitation to your wedding they’ll send you back an autographed photo and a ‘Just Married’ button?

Also, if you send Cinderella and Prince Charming an invitation, you’ll get an autographed congratulatory certificate.

Here are the addresses:

Cinderella and Prince Charming

P.O. Box 1000
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830

Mary Gibbs, the voice of Boo in Monsters Inc, was so young at the time of production that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines. Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo’s lines together from the things she said while she played.

When a child gets lost, they are often worried that their parents are going to be angry with them for wandering off. Because of this, in Walt Disney World there are no lost children, only lost parents.

On average, about 15 children’s parents get lost every day in the Magic Kingdom.

In October of 2010, Johnny Depp (or rather, Captain Jack Sparrow) recieved this letter:

 ”Captain Jack Sparrow, at Meridian primary school we are a bunch of budding young pirates. Normally we’re a right handful but we’re having trouble mutinying against the teachers. We’d love it if you could come and help. From Beatrice Delap, aged nine, a budding pirate.”

Depp was in London at the time filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, so he and several cast members decided to stop by the school. After his arrival, a special school assembly was called and the film star - along with other members of the cast, dressed in full costume - walked in.

Depp produced Beatrice’s letter, saying that he planned on framing it, and called her up to the front to give her a hug. Depp and his castmates hung around and performed for the children for 15 minutes.

He told them, however, that it was not a good day to organize a mutiny, because police were watching.

Many of the rides in the Disney Parks that take place inside in darker areas (like Pirates of the Carabean) have infared cameras mounted on the ride vehicles so that cast members can keep an eye on the riders. This way they can tell if riders are being rowdy and putting themselves or others in a potentially dangerous situation. The cameras have also given cast members quite a few good shows over the years, when young lovers think they’re all alone :)