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Walt Disney was an entertainment pioneer, introducing families to groundbreaking
cartoons, feature films, theme parks and more. Most everyone knows when he was
born (in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1901), his first motion picture (a 1928 short titled
"Steamboat Willie") and his other landmark family-entertainment ventures
("The Mickey Mouse Club," "Davy Crockett" and "The
Wonderful World of Disney").
But did you also know that:
• Walt Disney only attended one year of high school.
• In 1923, in California, Walt and Roy formed the Disney Brothers Studio. At Roy's insistence, the company soon became the Walt Disney Studio, since he felt that Walt's name should be emphasized. This is officially recognized as the starting date of The Walt Disney Company.
• Micky Mouse's offical birthday is November 18th 1928.
• He grew his famous mustache at age 25.
• He was the voice of Mickey Mouse for two decades.
• He often ate lunch at his desk -- his favorite meal was chili and beans, which he ate with tomato juice and soda crackers.
• He admitted to being "scared to death" when he had to face the camera to introduce episodes of the "Disneyland" television series.
• He won more Oscars than anyone else -- 32.
• He was named after the family's pastor.
• He once had a summer job selling newspapers, candy, fruit and soda on the Santa Fe Railroad.
• He joined the Red Cross Ambulance Corps at 16 and saw duty in France during World War 1.
• He formed his first business called Laugh-o-gram Films in 1922 which made a series of Fairy Tale Cartoons.
• He created the World's first feature -length animated feature film in 1937 called "Snow White".
Orlando Facts
Below are some interesting facts you may not know about Orlando.
• The Orange County was originally called the Mosquito County, the name was changed in 1845 when Florida became a state.
• The city of Orlando was named after Orlando Reeves, he was a soldier killed by Indians near the vicinity of downtown Orlando's Lake Eola Park in 1835.
• The
orange is not native to Florida, the fruit was brought to the New World by
Christopher Columbus on his second voyage and was introduced to Europe by the
Chinese before 700 B.C.
• The
Church Street Station was originally the Orlando Hotel, built in 1915 it was
one
of the finest hotels in downtown Orlando.
• Annual visitation to the Disney parks in Orlando is nearly 25 million people.
• Lake Buena Vista is the smallest of three major sections in Orlando and is home to Walt Disney and its wonderland of attractions. Buena Vista means, "beautiful view".
• Walt Disney World was sculpted out of 43 miles of swampland.
• The Orlando area has more than 39 million square feet of retail shopping space.
• Orlando boasts more than 800 tennis courts, 125 golf courses and more than 300 lakes, springs and rivers.
• Orlando is Florida's largest inland city.
• Orlando is known as the theme park of the world.
• Kissimmee is only 62 feet above sea level.
• Cattle ranching was once Orlando's most lucrative economic resource.
• Orlando International is the Twenty-Fourth largest airport in the world.
• The name Kissimmee is of Indian origin and means Heaven's Place.
• Orlando lies on the same latitude as the Canary Islands.
• Universal car Parks cost $65 million to build.
• Sea World in Orlando is the largest and most popular Marine Park in the world.
• Universal Studios opened in Orlando in 1966.
• Orlando consists of three main Counties Orange, Osceola and Seminole.
• Magic Kingdom Disney's-first park opened in 1971.
• Orlando area boasts more than 100,000 hotel rooms and almost 4,000 places to eat.
• The
first known settlers to the Orlando region were the Apalachee and Timucuan Indians
some 8,000 to 10,000 years ago.
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