Disney Trivia Guy

On it's a small world , there is a doll dedicated to Mary Blair known as The Mary Blair Doll.” She was an Imagineer for Disneyland and designed it’s a small world for the World’s Fair in 1964 along with Rolly Crump. Mary was known for her extravagant designs with color and shapes. The doll that is dedicated to her is located on top of the Eifel Tower holding a balloon and wearing a yellow rain poncho to mimic Mary’s real-life outlandish and wild attire. Mary was also the art director for several Disney films including Dumbo (1941), Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1944), Song of the South (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947), So Dear to My Heart (1948), Cinderella (1950), Alice In Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), and Lady and The Tramp (1955). Her designs usage of bright, vibrant colors is what led to Alice In Wonderland’s nationwide use as a focal for people who were using drugs like LSD in the 1960’s during the “hippie era.” If you liked this bit of hist...

I have seen lots of blogs written titled “Things You Didn’t Know About Disneyland” or something similar. People would post them on my wall or tag me in the posts so I could read through them. The problem is I knew them all already, or they were very common Fun Facts like “Walt’s apartment above the firehouse,” “the basketball court in the Matterhorn,” or “the only real skull on Pirates of the Caribbean.” There are thousands of Fun Facts out there that are about Disneyland, or just Disney in general. I got tired of reading the same ones over and over again. That prompted me to write this blog with 20 Fun Facts that I can almost guarantee you don’t know, or if you did know them, at least give you more information about them with accompanying photos. I scoured through my book, Discovering The Magic Kingdom, to find 20 of the most unique Fun Facts I could post. Enjoy! Check out my book with over 3,700 fun facts and trivia centered around Disneyland and Disney Movies HERE . ...