secrets you forgot

[shellym]

To wake up Tink, you have to be there first.

It has changed now, and it can be done many times during the day. There is a bell on the counter, and when it is rung tink flies around the shop and then appears on a flat screen behind the counter.

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

It has changed now, and it can be done many times during the day. There is a bell on the counter, and when it is rung tink flies around the shop and then appears on a flat screen behind the counter.

HOW CUTE!

 

[delaneyc52]

To wake up Tink, you have to be there first.

You can wake her up anytime! Honest. We just got back and my daughter rang the bell in the late afternoon.

 

[Malibustyle23]

Disney pumps scents through a few various places throughout the world. Soarin' has the oranges scent, the Epcot ball ride (I feel so silly for not remebering the name) has a scent also and so does Main Street USA in MK.

Those yummy freshly baked cookies you smell walking in front of the bake shop are actually SCENT out all the time to lure you in not actual freshly baked cookies.

 

[DisneyCrazy2]

Disney pumps scents through a few various places throughout the world. Soarin' has the oranges scent, the Epcot ball ride (I feel so silly for not remebering the name) has a scent also and so does Main Street USA in MK.

Those yummy freshly baked cookies you smell walking in front of the bake shop are actually SCENT out all the time to lure you in not actual freshly baked cookies.

Really? That is interesting. What other scents are on Main Street USA?

 

[snowwhitemom]

Not a secret, but not advertised at Disney, The illumination cruise that you MUST book 90 days out from your trip, you can also use the trip planning forum to find one to share with another DIS'er family.

 

[Flanigan]

Disney pumps scents through a few various places throughout the world. Soarin' has the oranges scent, the Epcot ball ride (I feel so silly for not remebering the name) has a scent also and so does Main Street USA in MK.

Those yummy freshly baked cookies you smell walking in front of the bake shop are actually SCENT out all the time to lure you in not actual freshly baked cookies.

Yeah, Spaceship Earth has the scent of burning wood or smoke at or near the roman era scenes. That scent always reminds me of Epcot.

Not a secret, but not advertised at Disney, The illumination cruise that you MUST book 90 days out from your trip, you can also use the trip planning forum to find one to share with another DIS'er family.

DW & I shared a cruise with some fellow DIS'ers a few years back, it was a wonderful experience, and a great way to view the fireworks.

 

[lilyfrog73]

FYI, you can also find over 180 WDW Secrets already compiled and arranged in a tour for each park in the "Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast. They install to the iPod Classic, iPod 5th Generation and iPod nano, as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. Easy to take around with you in the parks, and they work as kind of your own personal tour guide. The upgraded version also has over 200 Fun Facts to go with the 180+ secrets.

You'll find them at Notescasts.com. The iPhone version is on the App Store.

Thanks for the iPhone info!! Just downloaded it!!

 

[TheFirstMriethebee]

The Pirates of the Carribean is HAUNTED! Story goes that a worker named "George" was killed while they were building it. If you yell "George" on the ride, he stops the ride!

We tried it and were stuck for 20 minutes LOL. Now, we tease DS every time we go.

omg i cant wait to try this ! my mm told me that if they dont say "good morning gorge" and "good night gorge" something bad will hapen on the ride the next day!

all hail gorge

 

[weheartdisney07]

I cannot wait to go to Disney now after reading all of these!!!

 

[lizet313]

Subscribing

 

[Daphy]

In innoventions (the one next to electric umbrella) there is a new simulation called Stormstruck. You go an sit down in a very small theater with 3-d glasses and it simulates a hurricane in your home. Very cool and very overlooked.

What park is this in?

 

[SassyCat]

What park is this in?

Epcot.

 

[Scooby3x1y]

bump

 

[DisneyTiger]

What park is this in?

Or you could just come down to South La durning Hurricane season!! We rode out Gustav last year in our home and it was terrifying. I think this simulation may send me into counseling!!!

 

[jenharring]

I have a word document open every time I visit the Disboards. I copy & paste all these wonderful tips into it and can arrange them by park.

that is a great idea.
I love this thread. Keep um coming.

 

[KimDis]

here's one i recently read about in Lee Cockerell's book "Creating Magic"

In the parks you'll never be more than 30 paces from a trash bin. Apparently, Walt himself observed and tested the approximate distance people would walk before tossing a candy wrapper on the ground after unwrapping.

The book is a great read btw..
http://www.leecockerell.com/video.cfm

Fun fact - the opposite is true in Tokyo Disney. They would NEVER think of dropping their trash on the ground, so the trash cans are spaced further apart than in the other parks worldwide.

 

[ckdipp]

This is great. Lovin' all these "secrets" and tips. Thanks!

 

[GoonieBride]

if you decided to head to the Water Parks in the am. be one of the first to get there. they pick the first family.

At Typhoon: you get a private tour of the park before it opens. free soda mug that can be refilled all day for free! a free large locker, free bag of mini doughnuts. you can sometimes met up with he lifeguards during their morning meeting and they do something very special for the family. also they get to start the giant wave machine when they open the park at their very own private section of the beach. they also give you a medal so that will know you as Big Kahuna. if you wear that all day. every CM will smile and talk to you. it makes for more magic.

At Blizzard: They also get most of the same things as at Typhoon, with a few small differences a private section, not on the beach but at hut. and they get to go down that HUGE water slide first. that is how they open the park. the other guests will do a countdown and you go on the slide they get to go in the park. you also get a medal for the day.

 

[julluvsdisney]

Is this one true: ToT is 199 feet tall? I heard that if buildings are 200 feet, they need special lights or something at the top, so planes can see them? Idk if this is all true, but I think ToT is 199 feet tall.. Way to creep\sneak by the system!!

This is true! It was going to be taller but when they found that out they made it just short enough to avoid putting a flashing light bulb ontop to take away from the magic!