Let's see...
How about if you are born in DL you get a lifetime pass?
Or wheelchairs get to go to the front of the lines? (Yes, I am tired of that one... I wish this one would die.)
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Let's see...
How about if you are born in DL you get a lifetime pass?
Or wheelchairs get to go to the front of the lines? (Yes, I am tired of that one... I wish this one would die.)
My favorite Diseneyland Myth is that the Matterhorn sinks a half inch every year. I wonder how these things get started.
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but I would like to indicate that there is a very good reason why the hearse myth has persisted for so long - because Disneyland adopted it as their official story. Perhaps not knowing it to be likely false?
My former roommate went on a family trip to WDW and brought me back as a souvenir a model reproduction of the hearse outside of Florida's Haunted Mansion. On the box itself (which I saved) there is a large-print text description of how the hearse outside the original DL Haunted Mansion is the actual hearse which carried Brigham Young to his grave.
Naturally I took this as a confirmation. Only later when I looked into it did I find that there was no documentation that proved this was Young's hearse - not only that, it was Mormon tradition that the deceased be carried by hand to his grave by pallbearers, not in a hearse. It is likely that Young would have been carried by hand.
--The Rivers of America are about 15 feet deep.
--The C.K. Holliday is built from Walt's 1/8th scale Lilly Belle plans that were simply blown up five times to get to 5/8th scale.
"I am going to sue"?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by MouseketeerSince86
Actually, I thought that one was true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeGaetano
Oops, I thought that was a true one--thanks, Steve!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeGaetano
Definitely NOT true, as a comparison of the drawings reveals.Quote:
Originally Posted by disneytim
Of course, in the interest of not getting too technical in their press blurbs, it was probably just easier for Disney to explain it that way. The C.K. Holliday certainly looks to the Lilly Belle for inspiration, but they vary greatly in their details and proportions.
Another one:
--The telegraph sounder in Frontierland Station taps out Walt's Opening Day dedication speech.
Here's an oldie but a goodie:
"The Pirates of the Caribbean ride is underground."
I understood it played the first 2 sentences of it. Is this incorrect? It was supposedly screwed up for years, but what is the truth then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeGaetano
The first two sentences, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcon10t
But the "Disney urban legend that refuses to die" is that it is his entire speech.
The most interesting thing about this thread so far, to me, is the fact that some of these legends have been perpetuated by Disney itself.
Wait, I thought that was true....Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeGaetano
Well of course it is, it is in the basement...Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeGaetano
This is the urban legends thread, and none of these are urban legends.
I read on doombuggies that there was a woman who spread the ashes of her son inside the HM after being told not to by CM's. Now the boy, who wears a red sweatshirt haunts the ride.
That isn't a legend either, that is true too. I remember seeing that on the local news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Experiment626