by Tim Foster | Mar 23, 2025 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
The Cinderella Castle Mosaic: By the Numbers 5 Number of murals in the Cinderella Castle breezeway. As you enter from the Main Street side, the five murals depict:1) Lady Tremaine reading the invitation to the ball, with Cinderella, Drizella, and Anastasia...
by Tim Foster | Mar 16, 2025 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Fun Facts About It’s Tough To Be a Bug As we say goodbye to It’s Tough To Be a Bug, we thought we would take one last look at the Pixar-inspired attraction and uncover some facts (and a few bugs)! Here we go! 1. Simba In the Tree of Life? Once...
by Tim Foster | Mar 2, 2025 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
8 Fun Facts About Carl and Russell from “Up” 1. A Ripe Old Age At 78 years old, Carl Fredricksen from Up is the oldest protagonist in a Pixar film. Or is he? We have to introduce a couple of asterisks here. We should properly say “human” protagonist...
by Tim Foster | Feb 16, 2025 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About the Barnstormer 1. Happy Birthday Mickey! To celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 60th birthday in 1988, a new area was created in the Magic Kingdom next to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in Fantasyland. The new land, called Mickey’s Birthdayland,...
by Tim Foster | Feb 9, 2025 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Fun Facts About Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 1. Thunder Mesa When the Magic Kingdom opened on October 1, 1971, Frontierland looked much different than it does today. The areas where the headliner attractions Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Big Thunder Mountain...
by Tim Foster | Jan 19, 2025 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About Monsters, Inc. 1. Monsters In the Closet The concept for the film grew out of early story sessions for Toy Story. As everyone involved confided in believing they always thought their toys came to life, director Pete Docter hit upon the...