Disney Trivia

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Nov Sun 16, 2008 10:14 pm

I'm stumped. Every site I have come across says it wentr from HCTM to VLM, so I have no idea.

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 12:47 pm

OK, wild shot in the dark here, but I am guessing something to do with Lion King.

I am probably way off, but I figured it was worth a try.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 1:20 pm

rknrlrcstr wrote:OK, wild shot in the dark here, but I am guessing something to do with Lion King.

I am probably way off, but I figured it was worth a try.

Ding ding! Winner!

Legend of the Lion King was in soft opening/preview there for 3 or 4 months before it was moved to the Magic Kingdom. Got that tidbit from someone who saw it there... they said it was just in test, and cast members approached people to ask if they wanted to see a new show.

You're up.

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 1:30 pm

see, while I feel that bit of trivia is good...you say you "heard it from someone". I feel trivia should be something where the facts can be checked. Not heresey. What if this person had it confused with something else? Just my 2 cents, and I feel it is pretty cool, but something like that, has no backing besides "what h/she said".Am I making sense?

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 1:39 pm

I agree with you when it's not people you know/trust, I guess. Random internet trivia I would avoid unless you saw it yourself. I don't think the person in question was confused, or I wouldn't have used it.

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 1:49 pm

Holy Cow! Now that was a surprise. I was just trying to guess what would fit into that area. The closest I could think of was Legend of Lion King...rather similar to Muppets and Mermaid in that it uses the "puppet"-like animatronics.

Anyhow, here's what I'll put forward as the next question:

It's a three parter:
1) According to Disney Legend, who's namesake is bestowed upon the recently closed Pleasure Island...I am looking for the full name.

2) According to the legend, where was this person originally from?

3) And finally, according to the legend, what kind of operation did this person have on this island?

If you all think this is too elaborate, let me know and I'll revise the question.

Good luck to all and have fun researching.

-rknrlrcstr

JimB · Post by **JimB** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 2:58 pm

1) Merriweather Adam Pleasure

2) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

3) Canvas sail manufacturing and shipping

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Nov Mon 17, 2008 10:18 pm

Very well done. You are correct JimB!

I had figured that it would have taken longer. Oh well.

Alrighty, you're up.

JimB · Post by **JimB** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 6:00 am

According to Disney's backstory what is the name of the hurricane that caused the devastation that is now Typhoon Lagoon?

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 7:36 am

The same hurricane that wiped out the Pleasure's sail manufacturing business, Hurricane Connie sometime in the mid-1950's

JimB · Post by **JimB** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 7:38 am

Correct rknrlrcstr....you're up!!!

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 8:33 am

Thank you, but since it seems to be getting passed back and forth between us, I'll pass on asking the question to somebody else.

spodie · Post by **spodie** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 5:33 pm

Ok - I'll go!

What do they use to make the props in the Haunted Mansion look all old and untouched? Be specific

Post by **Len90** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 7:35 pm

I believe they use fake theatrical dust for this. Either that or they just haven't dusted it since 1971!

spodie · Post by **spodie** » Nov Tue 18, 2008 10:08 pm

Len - can you be more specific? I'm making the executive decision to see if we can get the brand of this dust.