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Slow but steady crowds came into the park during the ensuing weeks. The Magic Kingdom Park was barely a month old when on the day after Thanksgiving, the parking lots filled up quickly and the staff reluctantly closed the gates. Cars were backed up on the four-lane interstate for miles in what many locals called one of the worst traffic jams in history.
And it proved that the Walt Disney World Resort was a success.
Shortly after the Walt Disney World Resortd, two side-wheel steamboats made nightly moonlight cruises around Bay Lake and the Seven Seas Lagoon. Guests could enjoy music, cocktails, and a quiet, serene view of the illuminated resorts.
Some ideas for the resort made by Imagineers worked better on paper than in reality. Several attempts to make a wave machine work near the Polynesian Village Resort resulted in failure. The plan was to have artificial waves crash along the resort’s beach like real Pacific Island beaches. At one point during testing, the waves were large enough for surfing; however, they also caused massive beach erosion, and the wave machine was permanently switched off only a few months after the resortd. Parts of it still lie beneath Seven Seas Lagoon as a habitat reef for resident fish.
Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake also became a vast, watery stage at night for the Electrical Water Pageant. Colorful creatures of the deep and mythical characters floated past the hotel and park shores every evening. Giant wire screens were built on fourteen separate barges and supported by an intricate electrical system. On each screen are hundreds of Christmas lights arranged in a particular shape, such as a dragon’s head, a munching apatosaurus, or playful dolphins. A large sound system has stereo speakers set up on each barge, so that each character making its appearance has its own theme. At the end of the "parade" is a star-spangled salute to America, with flags and twinkling stars. For several seasons, fireworks were shot over the lagoon during the finale. The parade is a favorite for resort and park Guests alike. Only canceled during high winds or bad weather, it has been running since October 26, 1971.
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"Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language."
-Walt Disney
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In Tomorrowland (WDW), there is a dark, heavy, water-covered sphere which sits on a low-friction base. If it's sitting still, you can give it a hard push to put it in motion, and it will continue to move for a while, in whichever direction you push it.The ball weighs 6 tons and is held up by a fountain of water. If it was ever removed the water from the fountain would rise 210 feet in the air.
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Bug City - Fansite for the Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life. Home of the ABL Webring, this site includes pictures, movies, fanclub, fanfic/art, and much more.
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