Disney Theme Park Trivia

schinkus98 · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:45 am Post subject:

What famous sci-fi, horror, and mystery author conceived the original storyline for Spaceship Earth, as well as writing the original script for the attraction?

kraysister · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:33 pm Post subject:

Would love it if it were Shirley Jackson!

schinkus98 · Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:17 am Post subject:

No, but I wrote a paper on " The Lottery" years ago. That book haunted me for a while! It's a male author, who did most of his work during the same years as Jackson.

kraysister · Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:54 pm Post subject:

Ray Bradbury?

schinkus98 · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:56 am Post subject:

kraysister · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:24 am Post subject:

Which Disney park does not have It's a Small World?

I could only think of Jackson, Bradbury & Pratchett, so glad it was one of those 3.

schinkus98 · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:46 am Post subject:

I think I'll take a stab at guessing the newest one, in Shanghai?

kraysister · Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:26 pm Post subject:

And you would be correct!

schinkus98 · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:05 pm Post subject:

What country ironically wasn't represented in the original It's a Small World attraction at the '64 World's Fair?

kraysister · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:01 pm Post subject:

The US?

schinkus98 · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:36 am Post subject:

That's the one! Made quick work of that one.

kraysister · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:12 pm Post subject:

Oversight or deliberate i wonder?!

What is the oldest item in Disneyland?

schinkus98 · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:54 am Post subject:

Ooh, I like this kind of trivia!

Could it be one of the railroad engines?

The USA wasn't added to Small World at DL until the 2014 controversial refurb, when dozens of Disney characters were also added to the attraction. As patriotic as Walt was, I can't believe it was done this way for any other reason than to show the majority of the riders, who would be american, a little slice of the rest of the world. I'm just guessing, though.

kraysister · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:40 am Post subject:

That guess on small world sounds good to me.

As far as the railroad engine, nope. This item is not as long as that but it is approximately 10ft tall.

schinkus98 · Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:52 pm Post subject:

How about the Omnibus? Think that might be more than 10' tall, but it seems like a reasonable guess!