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Disneyland in California is known as Walt’s park.

In 1923 with a suitcase and a dream, Walt Disney moved to California where he became

a pioneer in the animation and movie business.

Now Walt was a visionary man and by 1950 he was ready to try something new and venture

into theme parks.

He was a kid at heart and on July 17th, 1955 his dream became a reality with the opening

of Disneyland; this magical place everyone regardless of age could enjoy.

“That’s right!

Anythings possible at Disneyland!”

Walt himself was very involved in the entire process of bringing Disneyland to life going

to the park every day during the construction process.

Even though Walt Disney may be gone, his spirit still lives on at the park.

There’s many tributes & hidden details pertaining to Walt all around Disneyland and after 6

decades of operation, there’s also some myths that have circulated as well.

So today while looking at the history of Walt Disney & the theme park, we’re gonna be

counting down the Top 7 Walt Disney Hidden Secrets & Myths at Disneyland.

Number 7 This first hidden Walt Disney tribute takes

us into the whacky cartoon world of ToonTown.

Now the windows on Main Street are used as a way to honour the men and women who’ve

helped build up Disneyland.

This also includes Walt Disney, who’s name can found on the door to the Casting Agency.

Well in Toon Town, the window tradition was continued but they just honoured cartoon characters,

with one exception made for Walt Disney; the only human allowed into Mickey’s Toon Town.

Above the library, you’ll find two windows with Laugh-O-Gram Films Inc.

The bottom portion of the right window has W.E. Disney- Directing Animator- W.E. standing

for Walter Elias Disney.

Before the success of the Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney had another studio venture

called Laugh-o-Gram films which was founded in 1921.

The studio was based out of Kanas City, Missouri where Walt, along with a team of talented

artists, produced various short animated cartoons.

Unfortunately, Laugh-o-gram films didn’t last too long and went bankrupt in 1923 and

that’s what prompted Walt’s move to California.

Even though Mickey Mouse wasn’t conceived until 1928, the character was inspired by

a little mouse at the Laugh-O-Gram film office.

In the waste basket by Walt’s desk, he found a little brown timed mouse, so he placed it

in a wire cage and kept it as a pet on his desk.

Later in 1928 when Walt asked Ub Iwerks to come up with a new character, he remembered

that cute little rodent from Kanas City and Mickey Mouse was born!

Number 6 Walt Disney’s speech on opening day at Disneyland

is pretty iconic..

To all who come to this happy place; welcome.

Disneyland is your land.

Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise

of the future.

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created

America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.

Now have you ever been in New Orleans square and heard this clicking sound coming from

the telegraph cable office?

Well that clicking sound is a message in morse code which would have been used in the 19th

century; the era New Orleans Square is set in.

The message is about a minute long and its an excerpt of Walt Disney’s opening day

Disneyland speech.

It says, “To all who come to Disneyland, welcome.

Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and

promise of the future.”

Now another fun hidden Walt Disney tribute hidden in New Orleans Square can be found

on this railing above the Royal Street Veranda.

If you have a keen eye, you’ll make out Walt Disney’s initials along with his brother

Roy’s initials right in the centre of these railings.

Theses have been here since New Orleans Square opened in 1966 and act as another reminder

of the men responsible for dreaming up Disneyland.

Number 5 Disneyland was once just an idea that Walt

Disney dreamt up, and that dream happened in a very specific place.

At the entrance of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, you’ll find a bench hidden in the

doorway.

Well this is where Walt Disney dreamt up Disneyland.

On the weekends, Walt would take his daughters to the merry go round at Griffith park.

He sat on this bench while they rode the merry go round and thought to himself that some

kind of amusement enterprise should be built where the parents and children could have

fun together.

Now before this grand idea we know today as Disneyland, Walt’s original idea was called

The Mickey Mouse park.

It was to be built at the Disney studios in Burbank, California.

This park was only about 8 acres but as the dream grew, Walt Disney decided that they

needed a much larger space.

So in 1953 the Walt Disney company purchased a 160 acre parcel of land in Anaheim.

Sonstriction began in 1954 and Disneyland was opened on July 17th, 1955.

Number 4 Over in Town Square you can find the Disneyland

firehouse and it’s commonly known that Walt Disney had a small 500 square foot apartment

on the second floor.

Now you may have noticed a lamp in the front window and it’s actually kept shining everyday.

When Walt Disney would stay in the apartment he used to turn this light on and it became

a way to let guests and cast members know that he was in the park.

After Walt passed away, they kept the light on to keep his presence alive and this is

the common story told about the lamp.

The only time the lamp isn’t seen is during the Christmas season when a Christmas tree

takes its place.

Well the myth surrounding this lamp goes a little something like this.

Shortly after Walt passed, a custodial cast member was cleaning the apartment.

She turned the lamp off, went down to the park and then noticed it was still on.

She thought she just forgot to turn it of.

So she went back up, turned the light off and when she went back down to the park, it

was mysteriously on again.

Its even said that when she went back into the apartment to turn the light off again,

she actually saw the light turn on by itself.

Since that day they just chose to always keep the light on as a tribute to Walt.

Either way, both stories end with the light staying on to honour Walt Disney, but which

one do you think is true?

Comment below.

Number 3 The Partners Statue can be found in hub with

Sleeping Beauty castle as the backdrop.

Carved by Imagineer Blaine Gibson, this copper statue of Walt Disney and Mickeys Mouse was

added in November of 1993 and stands 6 feet, 5 inches tall.

It’s actually 7 inches taller than Walt’s actual height.

Back in the early 1960s, Gibson created a bust of Walt Disney, so by using that as a

model he spent a year sculpting the Partners statue to make sure it was just right.

When you take a close look, you’ll notice many small details that really capture the

essence of Walt Disney.

The Partners statue at Disneyland in California was the first to debut but today there are

5 statues in total which include one in the hub of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World

and one at Tokyo Disneyland.

On each of these statues there’s two hidden details that many people seem to overlook.

If you take a look at Walt’s hand pointing down Main Street USA, there’s a ring on

his finger.

It's an Irish Claddagh ring that Walt’s Wife Lillian bought for him on a trip they

took to Ireland.

And Walt actually wore this ring everyday.

You also may have noticed something engraved on Walt’s tie.

Well that says STR which stands for Smoke Tree Ranch.

That was Walt’s vacation home in Palm Springs.

The Partner’s Statue acts as the perfect reminder of Walt Disney; the man responsible

for the magical place that’s Disneyland.

Number 2 Sleeping Beauty Castle is the centrepiece

of Disneyland, and if you take a look up at the castle archway you’ll find a crest with

a triple set of Lions.

Well what a lot of people don’t know is that this here is the Disney family crest

and it was added to the castle in 1960.

Something else that was added to the castle later on was this chandelier clock in 1996

during a castle refurb.

You may have noticed it as you’re walking through the castle from Fantasyland towards

the hub, and theres been a longtime myth surrounding this chandelier.

If you watch the clock, you’ll realize it doesn’t actually work and that the time

is just frozen.

The commonly talked about myth is this clock marks the time that Walt Disney passed away.

Well Walt Disney passed away on December 15th at 9:35am, and without even knowing which

hand marks the minute or hour both are no where close to being 9:35.

So obviously it’s safe to say this myth is busted, but what exactly does the time

represent?

Well it actually represents nothing of importance according to a Disney Parks blog post.

When the chandelier clock was installed in 1996, it actually never worked in the first

place.

Over the years the clock has been set on different times but none of them have had any significance.

So the big moral of the story is to never rely on this broken clock to tell you the

current time or any significant time of the past.

Number 1 One of the most popular Disney myths is that

Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen and was buried under certain locations at Disneyland.

The most common location talked about is under Pirates of the Caribbean.

Another is under the Partners statue, beneath Sleeping Beauty castle has also been brought

up and even under Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom in Florida.

Well none of this is true and the myths are completely false; Walt was never frozen and

is not under anything at Disney theme park.

When he passed, he was cremated just a couple days later.

January 12th 1967 was the first time someone was cryogenically frozen and it wasn’t Walt

Disney.

So how did this myth gain steam?

Well it all started back in 1969 when the rumour was first briefly mentioned in a French

magazine called Ici Paris.

Then in 1972, the president of the Cryonics Society of California spoke with the LA Times.

He said that Walt Disney showed interest in being Frozen but he did confirm he wasn’t

actually frozen.

He said “The truth is, Walt missed out.

He never specified it in writing..”

Disney’s family denied that even this quote was true and Walt’s daughter Dianne said

“There is absolutely no truth to the rumour that my father, Walt Disney, wished to be

frozen.

I doubt that my father had ever heard of cryonics.”

Over the years the myth has continued to spread.

A lot of people still really want to believe its true.

Walt may be gone and not frozen.

He was a legendary man and his legacy does live throughout all of Disneyland.

So did any of these Walt Disney myths and hidden secrets at Disneyland surprise you?

Have you ever heard or noticed any of them?

I’d love to know!

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