by Jim Smith | Jul 4, 2022 | Disney, Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
Disney Legend Ward Kimball is famous for his humor, wit, and colorful antics. This veteran Disney animator of over forty years also founded the Disney-adjacent jazz band Firehouse Five Plus Two (if that sounds familiar, it’s because the band name served as inspiration...
by Jim Smith | Jul 4, 2022 | Hidden
In which now-extinct Walt Disney World attraction could you once see the sea serpent Kimballum Horriblus? (Bonus if you can tell me where there is still a reference to this character in a Disney Park) Answer: World of Motion One of the founding attractions in EPCOT...
by Jim Smith | Jun 28, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
Walt Disney Imagineering finds design inspiration from all aspects of life: not just engineering education, but personal experience as well. One excellent example of this is Imagineer Mark Sumner, who saved an iconic Disney Parks attraction from certain doom using a...
by Jim Smith | Jun 28, 2022 | Hidden
What iconic Disney Parks attraction mechanism did Disney Imagineer Mark Sumner design using his childhood Erector set? Image: Disney Answer: Soarin’ (Over California) When designing this fan favorite attraction, Imagineers wanted three levels of seating to match up...
by Jim Smith | Jun 14, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
Disney-Pixar’s Lightyear blasts off in a couple days, giving some origin story to one of Andy’s beloved toys. The famous Space Ranger first infiltrated Andy’s room in 1995, and has been a mainstay of Disney/Pixar films, spinoffs, and Disney Parks entertainment ever...