Disney Fun Facts

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, and grew up in several locations after being born in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to a farm near Marceline, Missouri, when he was four, where he spent a significant part of his childhood and developed an interest in drawing. Later, the family relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, and then back to Chicago before he left to join the Red Cross during World War I. Walt died on December 15, 1965, from Lung Cancer. [About Walt Disney]

28,000 Acres or 43 Square Miles (11,088 Hectares)

• Roughly the size of San Francisco or 2 Manhattan Islands in NYC!
• Purchased secretly under 5 Corporations for about $5 MILLION (about $182 / per acre).
• Land now estimated to be worth about $18 BILLION!
• 1/3 Developed — 1/3 in Conservation — 1/3 Undeveloped
• Disneyland in California is landlocked at approximately 500 acres.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD2o8MXcn4I

These are part of a broader, company-wide $17 billion investment in WDW theme parks over the coming years!

• Villains Land Coming to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom 
• The Tropical Americas: Pueblo Esperanza — An Encanto Transformation in Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom 
• Piston Peak — Cars Land Expansion Coming to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom 
• Monstropolis — Monsters, Inc. Land Coming to Disney World’s Hollywood Studios

Central Florida is the MOST VISITED Destination in the WORLD! Welcoming About 75 Million Visitors in 2025. 

Tourism generated a $94.5 billion impact in Central Florida, driven by theme parks, new attractions, and culinary scenes.

Stays at Cinderella Castle Suite are primarily awarded through rare sweepstakes, charity raffles (such as Make-A-Wish), or, on very rare occasions, special Disney promotional giveaways. 

30 Disney Resorts & Villas — PLUS 17 partner properties 

Club Rooms include Personal Concierge, 2 Potty Walks, 2 Playtimes, or Play & Stay, Bed Time Story, Flat Screen TV, Webcam, Premium Bedding & Bowls, Private Turfed Outdoor Patio, Pet Updates & Tote with seasonal gift — $339.50

About 80,000 employees/cast members

About $2 Million Daily!

• Each park has approximately 14,000 to 18,000 parking spots.
• Each Disney resort has approximately 1,000 to 2,000 parking spots.
• Magic Kingdoms parking lot is about 125 acres

About 3+ Billion Dollars for the Top 10 Rides in the Park! — 10 to 20,000 riders per day

Animal Kingdom 

• Due to a "rainforest effect" from its dense vegetation trapping heat and limiting airflow, this can create a "greenhouse effect".
• There are more than 300 different species of animals at Animal Kingdom, and around 2000 animals.

• ONE Official U.S. Flag!
• It's been taken down every day at 5 pm since October 1971
• The others are missing a stripe or a few stars 
• They are fake flag props and do not need to be taken in during inclement weather, nor do they need to be illuminated at night.

• 10 Million Hamburgers (27,397 per day)
• 6 Million Hot Dogs (16,438 per day)
• 1.6 Million Turkey Drumsticks (4,383 per day)
• 9 Million Pounds of French Fries (24,657 pounds per day)
• 300,000 Pounds of Popcorn ($60k per day)
• 3.3 million Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bars (9,041 per day)
• 13 Million Bottles of Water (35,616 per day)
• 75 Million Coke Products (205,497 per day)
• WDW has over 300 dining outlets with a staff of 350 chefs

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures

• Over 76,650 pairs of SUNGLASSES (210 per day)
• Over 6,000 CELLPHONES (16 per day)
• Over 18,000 HATS (50 per day)
• Since Walt Disney World opened in 1971, visitors have lost more than 1.6 million pairs of sunglasses at the parks

1. Space Mountain
2. Tiana's Bayou Adventure (Splash Mountain)
3. Big Thunder Railroad Mountain

About 50 YEARS!

• Disney provides laundry services for all cast members and resorts.
• They wash 285,000 LBs (129,200 KGs) of laundry daily!
• Dry Clean about 32,000 Garments
• They have 4 locations totaling about 500,000 sq ft

Disney's Washing Tunnel

648 Movies — According to "The Numbers"

1. Jennifer Stone — Actress. Producer. Writer. 
2. Selena Gomez — Music Artist. Actress. 
3. Demi Lovato — Music Artist. Actress.
4. Miley Cyrus — Music Artist. Actress.
5. Bella Thorne — Actress. Director.

• Walt Disney's meticulous attention to guest behavior led to the implementation of the 30-foot trash can rule. 
• By observing how far guests would walk before discarding litter, Disney determined that placing trash cans within a 30-foot radius minimized littering and maintained park cleanliness.

• Only the Contemporary Resort Lobby

About 10-15 Million 

• PhotoPass photographers take between 100,000 to 200,000 photographs of guests on any given day at over 100  locations in the parks.

GUM...it's not sold at Disney World.

... team consists of approximately 800 professionals. 

• They tend to 175,000 trees
• 800 hanging baskets across the entire resort properties
• 3.5 million bedding plants
• 4 million shrubs
• 13,000 rose bushes
• 200 unique topiary sculptures
• PLUS, Over 100,000 Poinsettias Are Planted for the Holidays

YES, at EPCOT, they grow over 30 Tons of Produce for their resorts in the park.

• 175 Miles
• There are 424 Resort Buses that drive over 40 million miles per year.

Goofy — Minnie — Mickey — Pluto — Donald Duck 

They have been together since 1930!

...has 12 Monorails — 14.7 miles of tracks, the largest in the world, and 3 600-passenger ferries.

...has 67 Miles of waterways with 36 Watercraft, and the Disney Skyliner has 304 Gondolas.

YES, at Golden Oak, a Four Seasons Resort.

• BUT, you don't own the land.
• Home prices generally range from $5 million to upwards of $20 million.

• Town Center
• The Landing
• West Side
• Marketplace

• Florida, USA: Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios + Disney Springs)
• California, USA: Disneyland Resort (Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure)
• Paris, France: Disneyland Paris (Disneyland Park, Walt Disney Studios Park)
• Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Disney Resort (Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea)
• Hong Kong: Hong Kong Disneyland
• Shanghai, China: Shanghai Disneyland

• Main Street, U.S.A
• Tomorrowland
• Fantasyland
• Frontierland
• Liberty Square
• Adventureland

Club 33 is a private Membership club with a variety of tailored experiences for its Members.

• $35,000 initiation fee and an $16,000 annual fee
• The waitlist is estimated at 10 years 
• Locations:
  • Magic Kingdom: Located in Adventureland. 
  • Epcot: Found in the American Adventure pavilion.
  • Hollywood Studios: The entrance is at the Hollywood Brown Derby.
  • Animal Kingdom: Situated in the Africa area of Harambe Village.

The monorail resorts are the Contemporary Resort, the Polynesian Village Resort, and the Grand Floridian Resort.

The Disney Skyliner has resorts in every category, including Pop Century, Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach Resort, and Riviera Resort. The EPCOT Skyliner station is also close to the Boardwalk area which includes Boardwalk Inn, Beach Club, and Yacht Club.