Facts

Walt Disney World's Buildings



Cinderella Castle

October 1998: Cinderella Castle can now be illuminated in 16 million colors, providing even more magic during "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. The castle's new computer-controlled light system creates visual excitement with 60 color changes synchronized to the evening's fireworks show. As the park closes, guests can view the ever-changing lights as they complete a loop of dramatic colors.



Hotel Rooms on WDW Property

All-Star Music - 1,920

All-Star Sport - 1,920

Beach Club Resort - 580

Caribbean Beach Resort - 2,112

Contemporary Resort - 1,053

Dixie Landings Resort - 2,048

Fort Wilderness Trailer Homes - 407

Grand Floridian Beach Resort - 897

Old Key West Resort - 500

Polynesian Resort - 855

Port Orleans Resort - 1,008

The Villas at the Disney Institute - 585

Wilderness Lodge - 728

Yacht Club Resort - 635

Total 15,248



Non-Disney Operated Hotel Rooms

Buena Vista Palace -1,028

Courtyard by Marriott - 383

Double Tree Suite Resort - 229

Grosvenor Resort - 614

Hilton Inn - 814

Royal Plaza - 396

Shades of Green -288

Travelodge - 325

WDW Dolphin - 1,514

WDW Swan - 758

Total 6,349





Heights of Buildings

Big Thunder Mountain - 197 feet

Campanile (Italy Showcase Bell Tower) - 83 feet

Cinderella Castle - 189 feet

Earffel Tower - 130 feet

Expedition Everest - 199 feet

Mount Mayday (Typhoon Lagoon) - 95 feet

Space Mountain - 183 feet

Space Ship Earth - 180 feet (excluding wand)

Splash Mountain - 87 feet

Tower of Terror - 199 feet

Wonders of Life DNA Tower - 75 feet

Wonders of Life Dome - 65 feet



If Spaceship Earth were a golf ball, the club would be:

A 43 inch driver would be .8 miles high

A 35 inch putter would be .65 miles high



DOLPHINS, Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort

The heroic dolphins topping the Walt Disney World Dolphin weigh 68,000 pounds each. The art design and construction of the dolphins was done by WALT DISNEY WORLD Central Shops.



"EARFFEL TOWER" (Disney's Hollywood Studios Water Tower)

Tower height: 130 feet [ 39.62 meters ]

Weight of tower top: 32,000 lbs. [ 14,514.94 kilos

Weight of each ear: 5,000 lbs. [ 2,267.96 kilos ]

Diameter of ear cap: 28.5 feet [ 8.96 meters ]

Hat size: 342 3/8

NOTE: The tower is not designed to hold water.





Resort Architects



CASTING CENTER - Robert A.M. Stern, Architects. Designed to reflect the architectural styles found in the theme parks.



CARIBBEAN BEACH RESORT - Fugleberg Koch Architects, Winter Park Florida. Designed in the style of Caribbean island bungalows.



CONTEMPORARY RESORT - Welton Becket & Associates. Designed in a futuristic, modular style themed to American vacations.



GRAND FLORIDIAN BEACH RESORT - Wimberly, Whisenand, Allison, Tong, & Goo of Newport Beach, CA. The style is reminiscent of the Victorian era with a strong Key West/Caribbean influence.



POLYNESIAN RESORT - Welton Becket & Associates, Santa Monica, California. Designed with a South Pacific theme.



SWAN and DOLPHIN RESORTS - Michael Graves designed the hotels with the theme "entertainment architecture."



TEAM DISNEY BUILDING - Arata Isozaki and Associates, Tokyo, designed the building as a contemplation of time and space.



WILDERNESS LODGE - Peter Dominick Jr. of Urban Design Group and DDC. The lodge is based on the romantic visions of the early west and an interpretation of the National Park Service lodges created under the direction of Stephen Mather from 1904-1924 and inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement.



YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS - Robert A.M. Stern. The Yacht Club is themed to a late 1800, New England seaside resort. The Beach Club is themed to 1860 and 1870's seaside wooden cottages.



MIRRORS on the Universe of Energy

There were 149,000 mirrors originally glued to the exterior walls at the Universe of Energy.





Cast Members



Disneyland - 8,000

Disneyland Paris - 14,000

Disney's Hollywood Studios - 2,800 to 4,500

Epcot - 5,000 to 7,000

Magic Kingdom - 6,000 to 8,000

Pleasure Island - 300

WDW Property-wide - 65,000

Tokyo Disneyland - 6,000

Typhoon Lagoon - 380





Number of Audio-Animatronics



Epcot

Norway 21

Mexico 29

The American Adventure 35

Wonders of Life 1

Universe of Energy 36

Space Ship Earth 65

The Living Seas 1

The Land 64

Journey into Imagination 26

Horizons 54



Dinosaurs at Universe of Energy

Brontosaurus

Allosaurus

Stegosaurus

Edaphosaurus

Trachodon

Ornithomimus

Pteranodon

Elasmosaurus

Meganeuron

Giant "dragon fly"





Balloons



CASTLE IN THE SKY

This balloon is a blend of all three Disney Landmark Castles (Disneyland, WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, and Euro Disney Resort)

The balloon has interchangeable cloud banners for each park.

Height: 145 feet



EAR FORCE ONE, Mickey Mouse Hot-Air Balloon

100 feet high

Ears = 35 feet in diameter

Nose = 33 feet long

Head = 168.3 feet around

Weighs 330 pounds uninflated and without basket

Manufactured by Cameron Balloons, Ltd., Bristol, England





Water



Depths

Bay Lake: 12 feet

Living Seas Tank: 27 feet

Seven Seas Lagoon: 14 feet

World Showcase Lagoon: 15 feet



Volumes

World Showcase Lagoon - Approx. 133 million gallons [ 503.44 million liters ]

Typhoon Lagoon's Wave Pool - Approx. 2.75 million gallons

Stormalong Bay at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club - Approx. 750,000 gallons



Water Bridge

The bridge linking the Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake is 14'5" [ 4.40 meters ] above the road below.



Watercraft

The WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort boasts the fifth largest navy in the world with over 750 watercraft.



Circumference of World Showcase Lagoon

One and a quarter mile (1.24 mi.) [ 2 kilometers ]





Costumes

Walt Disney World's Costuming department has 2 1/2 million garments (pieces).





Holograms

The only true hologram on WDW property is the "Equation Fish" seen at the beginning of the Dreamport scene in Journey into Imagination. This holographic image of letters & numbers measures 42" by 60" and combines real and virtual image holography. Based on film size, it is the largest hologram in the world.





Lawn Types at WDW

Zoysia japonica x (cross) tenuifolia "Emerald"





Services

Amount of Laundry

69 tons(238,000 pounds) per day

1,000,000 pounds per week

32,000 costumes per day



Energy Consumption at WDW

The average daily consumption is of 60 to 62 megawatts.





Location

Orlando, Florida, USA.

Latitude 28.33; Longitude 81.21





Logo, Epcot

The logo symbolizes unity, fellowship and harmony around the world. The five outer rings are linked to form the shape of a flower - a celebration of life. The heart of the logo represents the Earth embraced by a star symbolizing hope - the hope that with imagination, commitment and dedication we can create a better tomorrow.





Monorails, Mark IV

Capacity: 204 guests (5-car monorail)

244 guests (6-car monorail)

300-372 guests (Mark VI 6-car monorail)

Beam Length, total: 15 miles (79,200 feet) [ 24.14 kilometers (24,146.26 meters) ] Monorail Length: 171 feet (five-car train)

201 feet (six-car train)

Monorail Speed: 40 miles [ 64.37 km. ] per hour maximum

Monorail Weight: 50 tons (empty six-car train)

Number of Monorails: 14 (1 five-car train, 9 old six-car trains and 4 Mark VI six-car trains)





Parking Spaces

Epcot = 11,391

Magic Kingdom = 12,156

Disney-MGM Studios = 6,500

Typhoon Lagoon = 692

Pleasure Island = 1,800





Radio Frequencies for WDW Information

Magic Kingdom - incoming guests = AM 1030

Magic Kingdom - outgoing guests = AM 1200

Epcot - incoming guests = AM 850

Epcot - outgoing guests = AM 910





Recipies

There are over 8,000 recipes on file throughout the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort. The most requested of these are available in "Cooking with Mickey around Our World."





STOLport

Former private aircraft landing area on World Drive (located to the right just past the Magic Kingdom Toll Plaza). STOL stands for "Short Take Off & Landing."





Telecommunications

Vista-United Telecommunications is a partnership between Vista Communications Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, and United Telephone. 51% is owned by Walt Disney Productions, providing the capital. The remaining 49% is owned by United Telephone, which provides the technology. Currently Vista United provides service, installation, and maintenance for over 18,000 phones on property.





WKIS

The WorldKey Information Service is an experimental interactive information retrieval system; one of the first to combine audio, text, data and video in an integrated and centrally controlled network. It makes use of the latest information age technologies: microprocessor- controlled laser videodisks, computer software and data banks, computer generated graphics, and a glass fiber optics lightwave transmission system.



