307 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that Thunder Run at Canada's Wonderland, which is situated in and around Wonder Mountain, was previously located in a field elsewhere in the park? Did you know that there are three things at Canada's Wonderland using the name "Backlot"? The Backlot Stunt Coaster, the Backlot Cafe restaurant, and "the backlot cafe" - the employee lunchroom. Did you know that the train used on the Bat at Canada's Wonderland once belonged to Dragon Fire, the park's Arrow looper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaparri Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that the Mr. Freeze coasters actually have had two restraint changes? The first was a switch to a bulkier, more padded OTSR similar to those on Speed: The Ride, and the second was the lap bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowit Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that the stream that runs through Hersheypark is NOT made of chocolate??!!!! It's caramel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsanityFreak Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that Rhino Rally was the worlds first 3d coaster... And thus the gap between traditional coasters and the 4d coaster was filled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knottslover77 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did You Know Star Tours at DHS has theming based off all 3 original movies. The Imperial walker - The Empire Strikes Back The Ewoks home - Return of the Jedi Star trader( it's Lukes home planet forgot the name) - A New Hope --Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looty Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that the Paul Bunyan and Babe characters on the Log Chute in the Mall of America were designed by the same team that designed E.T.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that the area Disneyland sits on was once swampland? That's Disneyworld. Disneyland was built on what was an orange grove. I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJJman Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that Vortex's station at KI was originally used for the Bat? Did you know that the station for GE's Comet was originally used for the famous Crystal Beach Cyclone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that for a little while before Flight of Fear was opened, the (then) backwards Racer had one more dip at the end before the brakes than the forwards side? -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 "Did you know that Rhino Rally was the worlds first 3d coaster" (InsanityFreak) Interesting...I never thought Rhino Rally was anything like a coaster. Since I've ridden it, can I count it as a credit? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sio Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that the only relocated B&M coaster is Goliath at Fiesta Texas which moved twice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimace Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 ^What about Dominator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that when Marriot's Great America in Santa Clara first opened in 1976 it was almost surrounded by nothing but farm land (not a bunch of office buildings like now) and when driving south bound on I 880 you could see the Sky Tower and Sky Whirl (Triple Wheel) from the freeway which was about 10 miles away. Now you could drive down Great America Parkway and go right by the park and not even see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyD Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that in the queue for Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios the Tannoy Anouncer asks for 'Egroeg Sacul' which is George Lucas spelt backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know Grand Slam Canyon Adventuredome was originally supposed to be an indoor water park? The idea was scrapped for many reasons, including (at the time) Wet'n'Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolucion Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know... Knott's Berry Farm used to have a Tilt-A-Whirl? There are lots of bare boobies in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland? The CircleVision film "American Journeys" was supposed to have a Disneyland scene that was actually filmed but not used in the final movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkd freak Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know before FOF opened at KD, for the commercial they used Anaconda at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaLaVibora Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Deja Vu opened in October of 2001. Demon was called Turn of the Century before, and originally had bunny hills instead of loops. Iron Wolf was the first B&M ride, but using Intamin trains. Batman the Ride was the first inverted coaster that started at Six Flags Great America. The ball (Spaceship Earth) powers Future World in EPCOT. I think those are solar panels on it. They couldn't put any Disney characters in EPCOT, so the imagineers decided to put hidden Mickey's in some of the attractions. Thankfully, this has changed as Disney has become a little wiser over the years. It spread to the other parks. Spaceship Earth used to have a naked breast statue girl, but now they covered it up when they renovated it. Boo! There are 12 monorail colors at Disney World. They are gold, green, lime, blue, silver, red, neon yellow, purple, magenta, orange, pink, black (with red line) There are 4 per line with 3 lines. Disneyland only has one line, and the monorails are much smaller. I think the pink one looks like magenta, and sometimes they call the pink one I call, coral instead of pink. So, they call the official ones pink, and coral, or what I call magenta (instead of pink), and pink (instead of coral). Pirates of the Carribean California: Theoretical 3114 guests an hour Operational Standard Capacity: 2900 guests an hour Pirates of the Carribean: Florida: 3500 capacity Disneyland's Capacity: Mr. Toad: 685 It’s a Small World: 3200 Snow White: 1014 Space Mountain: 1700 Alice in Wonderland: 800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacups Make Me Sick Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that if you pass gass going down the first drop of a roller coaster, the person next to you can't smell it...however, not the same holds true when going up a lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 The ball (Spaceship Earth) powers Future World in EPCOT. I think those are solar panels on it. NO. NO. NO. Universe of Energy has solar panels that power IT. Nothing else. Spaceship Earth doesn't power any of EPCOT. Searching Wikipedia is a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know that Walt Disney World was originally considered for St. Louis, not Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Did you know Disney had a choice building a European Disneyland in either Madrid or Paris.... They chose Paris. --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 "Spaceship Earth doesn't power any of EPCOT. Oh, but it does power most of North Georgia. Last month's power bill was ridiculous! So, they call the official ones pink, and coral, or what I call magenta (instead of pink), and pink (instead of coral). So if the official colors are Pink and Coral, then they're Pink and Coral. Did you know that each monorail car's air conditioner is powerful enough to cool a three bedroom house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Why do I see this thread heading to lock down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 The Lime and Coral trains can be distinguished from Green and Pink by the white "deltas" on the colored stripe There are seven generations of US Disney Monorails Marks I, II, and III all operated at Disneyland. They had the signature "bubble" that the driver would sit in Mark IV's operated at WDW until the 80's. When the VI's rolled in, Disney sold many of them to the Las Vegas Monorail. Two operated in Vegas for a few years, until the new expansion opened. They originally had five cars in each train, but later lengthened to six Ex-Disney Mark IV trains in Vegas. Photo from The Monorail Society Mark V's currently operate at Disneyland, but are being phased out to be converted to Mark VII's Mark VI's make up the current WDW fleet. They are different from the Mark IV's in that they have standing room and double doors Mark VII's are being rolled out at Disneyland with a retro color scheme The Tokyo monorails are a completely different system and are built to Japanese standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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