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Dumbo The Flying Elephant was supposed to open when the park did, but because of issues with the 700-pound fiberglass prototypes, they had to wait. Dumbo originally had ears that flapped up and down, but they proved problematic, so the ears just stayed locked into place until the mid-1960’s when the Dumbo vehicles were created from one solid mold. To learn over 3,700 fun facts about Disneyland and Disney Movies visit www.DisneyGuy.org

Doritos were invented in Disneyland .  There was a restaurant in Frontierland called Casa De Frito , which is now Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante , and was sponsored by Frito-Lay and opened shortly after the park did in 1955. This was a sit-down restaurant and was well known for its Frito Pie. At the end of the day, the restaurant would throw out old corn tortillas supplied by Alex Foods. A distributor for Alex Foods noticed this happening and suggested to the chef to turn the unwanted corn tortillas into corn chips. The chef did this and added seasonings to the final product to resemble the Mexican chilaquiles. Over time, they became so popular that the restaurant began selling them in bags for 5¢ in 1964. The Frito Kid was the mascot and had a statue standing near the restaurant while people inserted their money into the “vending machine.” The Frito Kid had two locations from which you could purchase the chips. One was by the entrance to Casa De Frito and the second was at Aunt...

*spoilers* * * * * * * I saw Christopher Robin last night. I liked it. I thought it was a semi-biographical story about Christopher Robin Milne but that the characters from his past showed up and were in his head. For those of you who don't know, I have had two books published about Disneyland and Disney movies. I have quite a bit written about the Pooh movies. In my research, I learned a lot about Christopher and his father's life. One of the things I noticed was that his daughter was named Madeline and in real life her name was Clare, and she had severe cerebral palsy. His father also didn't die when he was a child but after he was an adult. He was even denied entrance to the military. His father used his influence to let his son join as a sapper, or engineer/infantry. He also got married, to his cousin, and had his daughter after he returned from the military. So this all threw me off. Then I realized that his and his famili...