- Tampa and Miami were first choice sites for Disney World, but the threat of hurricanes forced Walt Disney to look inland
- Disney World donates the coins thrown in the water of the It’s a Small World ride to Give Kids the World, an organization that makes wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses
- Disney developed a signature scent for Norway in Epcot that’s called Laila and smells like airy mountains
- Sometimes the phone in the red phone booth across from the Hotel du Canada in Epcot rings and it’s a Disney character calling to have a conversation with whoever answers
- Some spoonbills in Disney’s Animal Kingdom are given fake eggs to sit on to help prevent over-population by tricking the birds into thinking they’ve fulfilled their reproductive obligation
- Disney World has closed only three times, all in anticipation of hurricanes
- Every year Disney World finds an average of 6,000 cellphones, 3,500 digital cameras, and 18,000 hats that visitors have lost
