Getting to Disneyland, people find themselves in a fairy tale, in which every detail is thought through. All this - the hard work of employees who decided to reveal a little the secret of magic and told about some secrets.
Disneyland is a park in which not only children but adults dream to visit. It's like a fairy tale, because every detail not only of the organization of the park itself, but also the work of the staff is carefully thought out and controlled. Workers at Disneyland have discovered several "magic" secrets, as the most famous amusement parks in the world function.
1. All-knowing heroes
An important rule for employees of the Disney park - it is forbidden to answer the questions "I do not know." The actor must thoroughly study everything related to his character, for example, who his parents are, how childhood passed, and so on. In addition, he must know about the "world" in which the hero lives. All this is important for maintaining the image.
2. Secret tunnels
In the parks of Disney there is a hidden system of tunnels (by the way, in Florida, it is considered to be one of the longest in the world). They are designed to move cargo, waste and, of course, characters. Interestingly, the walls in the tunnels have signs that correspond to a specific part of the park. It is necessary for easy orientation of workers. Finding an ordinary person inputs and outputs is difficult, because they are carefully disguised. Disneyland offers a special tour, called "The Key to the Kingdom", during which you can find out the other side of the magic park.
3. Inconspicuous manipulation
Crossing the gates of the most famous park in the world, people fall under its influence. For example, passing along the main street, you can hear a pleasant caramel flavor, causing a desire to buy something tasty. The smell does not emanate from the treats themselves, but uses a cunning method - from the small holes in the building spreads the aroma of caramel, which people hear. In addition, odors are also used in rides. For example, in "Pirates of the Caribbean Sea" it smells of sea water. The park uses a unique device called "Smellitzer", which distributes more than 300 smells, and the process is regulated by a special computer system.
In addition, the staff of the park came up with a unique color of the paint "Go Away Green", which translates as "Green, pass by." This pale inexpressive gray-green color, and it painted objects that should remain unnoticed for visitors, for example, fences, urns and so on.
4. Huge costume room
In the costume department of Disneyland there are more than a million outfits for different heroes, courted by a whole staff of workers. After a working day, every suit is inspected and, if necessary, repaired. In addition, the sterilization of animal costumes is mandatory, in order to eliminate all odors and bacteria.
5. Secret residents
Few people suspect that in the California Park there are many cats that hide from day to day from numerous visitors, and at night they go hunting. They protect Disneyland from rats and mice. According to existing information, the park has about 200 tailed. For animals, special houses and permanent feeders are installed.
6. Different salaries of heroes
In parks, as in any other organization, many factors are taken into account when calculating wages, for example, hours of work, type of employment, and so on. In Disneyland heroes-people, that is princes, princesses and others, receive more than heroes-animals. This is quite an adequate explanation: characters who work without masks spend a lot of time with people and communicate with them, but the "fur" characters are silent. Interestingly, before becoming a prince or other hero "with a face", an employee passes an internship in an animal costume.
7. Night Magic
The park's leaders admit that when the park closes for visitors, active work begins, for which most of the financing is spent. No, they do not organize night parties, but just general cleaning. Approximately 600 gardeners, cleaners, painters and decorators start work. They must correct all possible shortcomings: replace broken umbrellas, chairs and tables, clean water (for which there are certified divers), check the operation of mechanical parts, restore or trim the plants and paint over any scratches. In addition, experts check and update the props, which regularly suffers from vandals who want to take with them at least a piece of a fairy tale.
8. Disney's prison
Few people know, but in the park there are prisons, which are a normal waiting room, where there is nothing interesting. In it are the violators of order before the sentence is pronounced. In most cases, people are forbidden to visit the park for a year, but before particularly impudent visitors, the doors of Disneyland close forever. As an example, you can bring Justin Bieber, who hit Mickey Mouse between his legs.
9. Strict rules of appearance
There are restrictions in the park regarding the appearance of employees. So, it is forbidden to have on the face piercing except for the usual earrings, which should be one in each ear. Available tattoos should be hidden, nails painted exclusively in neutral shades. Other guys are forbidden to wear long hair, if this does not mean the appearance of the hero.
10. The Secret Club "33"
In California's Disneyland on New Orleans Square there is a door on which there is no signboard, only the sign "Royal Street, 33". Only selected people who are members of the secret club "33" can enter it. It was founded in 1967, and the name is associated with the number of sponsors. The club is located above the attraction of The Pirates of the Caribbean ride and uses it to hold private parties where Hollywood stars, politicians and investors are present. Only in this place guests of the park can consume alcohol. To decorate the club used antique items, which were selected by Walt Disney himself and his wife.
To date, there are 487 members of the club, but there is still a long waiting list. To join the club "33" you need to have a clean biography, pay a fee of $ 27 thousand for corporations and $ 10 thousand for individuals. In addition, necessarily members of the club pay annual fees.
11. Disneyland - not a cemetery
Interesting was the statistics showing that many people in wills ask that their ashes be scattered in the attraction "The Haunted Mansion". This information is confirmed also by the former employees of the park, so, one guy told that one tourist group asked the management about extra time to ride at the attraction in memory of the deceased boy of seven years. Permission was received, but during the trip, people began to disperse the ashes of the deceased. Once, it was noticed, the attraction was stopped and closed until everything was cleaned. It turns out that every year there are several requests to the leadership about the possibility to disperse the ashes in the park, but they are always denied.
12. A special gesture
If you approach any employee of the park and ask him to show the way, he will never make it one index finger, as many do in ordinary life. Disneyland uses the Disney gesture - two folded fingers. There are two reasons for its appearance. First, Walt Disney was an avid smoker, so he almost always held a cigarette between his fingers and pointed the way. Secondly, the park is visited by people from different countries, and in some states, pointing anything with one finger is considered a manifestation of rudeness.
13. Complete anonymity
During employment, actors sign an agreement that they can not upload photos to social networks, where they are in the image, so as not to destroy the fairy tale. No man should see that, for example, Cinderella has a different life outside the park.
14. No rudeness
Everything in Disneyland is saturated with positive, so it's unrealistic to meet rudeness on the part of the staff. They do not even have the right to behave badly with arrogant and aggressive visitors. In order to somehow calm themselves, the workers have invented a phrase among themselves, which they say to harmful visitors - "Have a magical Disney day", which translates as "Magic Disney Day for you," meaning quite another. If you hear such a phrase while in the park, then you know, you behaved uncivilized and you were sent.
15. Courses of autographs
Many visitors to the park ask their favorite characters for autographs and employees do not have the right to refuse it. Actors should sign exclusively as it would be done by his character, so the experts developed a unique signature, corresponding to the character and mood of the hero. All people who claim the role of a certain hero, necessarily learn to sign correctly.