Cool Disney Facts

Lilo & Stitch was originally placed in an isolated town in Kansas.

It actually takes place on Kauai.

 Stitch was originally going to be an intergalactic gangster.

The character of Cobra Bubbles, voiced by Ving Rhames, looks a lot like Ving’s character in Pulp Fiction.

What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

The spaceships in Lilo & Stitch were designed to resemble marine life.

Since Disney World’s opening, an estimated 1.5 million pairs of sunglasses have been lost in Magic Kingdom.

The Sorcerer’s Hat weighs 156 tons.

The back half of the plane in The Great Movie Ride can be found in the Jungle Cruise.

The plane can be seen in the Casablanca scene of The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios, and near the hippo pool in Jungle Cruise at Magic Kingdom.

The setting of Lady and the Tramp was inspired by Walt Disney’s hometown of Marceline, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman once declined to ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant.

The President visited Disneyland in 1957, where he politely declined to ride on Dumbo, due to the fact that the elephant is a Republican symbol, and Truman was a Democrat.

Nearly 5% of all photographs taken in the United States each year are taken in Disney World.

Submitted by: Melissa