Fun Fact #11

Mulan and Jasmine’s singing voices are performed by the same person, Lea Salonga.

Princess Jasmine and Mulan having Tea

Fun Fact #10

The car made for Steve Jobs.

Disney World flew its flags at half-mast on the day Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died. Jobs was Disney’s largest single shareholder (7 percent) and was on the board of directors. Cars features a white racing car with the Apple logo, and the number ’84’, which refers to the year the first Apple computer was released.

 

 

Fun Fact #9

Mickey Mouse was the first animated character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We imagine he’d rather have had a cheese wheel, but you can’t always get what you want.

Mickey Mouse at his star

Fun Fact #8

Glasses

While a million and one kids have lost their minds at Disney World, adults have misplaced an estimated 1.65 million pairs of glasses since 1971. Every year, the park finds an average of 6,000 cellphones, 3,500 digital cameras and 18,000 hats.

 

Fun Fact #7

Wayne Anthony Allwine, who voiced Mickey Mouse for 32 years, got hitched to Russi Taylor, who played Minnie, in 1991. They stayed happily married until he died in 2009.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse at their wedding.

Fun Fact #6

Blogger Jon Negroni has a unified theory of Pixar films and how they all connect, from Brave through to the frightening, sci-fi world of Wall-E, and finally to a freakish future when animals and humans have inter-bred, to create the monsters of Monsters Inc/University. Strange but fascinating.

To hear about Negroni’s theory visit his website, above, or watch his video on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQcrVoAsVQ

Fun Fact #5

Yen Sid the sorcerer.

The sorcerer in Fantasia is called Yen Sid, which may sound more familiar if you read it backwards.

Fun Fact #4

The Oscar awadrs that Disney won

Walt Disney received one regular Oscar statue and seven smaller statues when Snow White and the Seven Dwarves won an honorary Academy Award.

Fun Fact #3

The character Russel from the movie UP, is based off a pixar employee.

Russel and the employee that he is based on.

Fun Fact #2

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is the most expensive film ever made. Tangled is the second-most expensive movie ever made. That means that Tangled cost more to make than James Cameron’s Avatar.

Rapunzel