Working for the Mouse

One Lynn University student’s experience in the Disney College Program

Allan - College of Hospitality Management
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Disney Fun Fact: Spectacle of Lights!

12/16/07
7:49 pm

Disney, Fun Facts

The Osborne Spectacle of Dancing lights required 30 miles of extension cords, 2 million tie wraps and 20,000 man hours to create the dazzling display of over 5 million lights(including 40 hidden Mickey’s)!

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Disney Fun Fact: Haunted Mansion

10/31/07
1:13 pm

Disney, Fun Facts

The Haunted Mansion is the only Disney attraction featured in different lands throughout Disney parks around the world.  Also, while in the portrait chamber, the floor at Disneyland’s attraction in California actually lowers, while the ceiling in the attraction at Walt Disney World here in Florida must rise due to the inability to go below ground level in Florida.

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Disney Fun Fact: Disney Cruise Line

10/17/07
9:30 am

Disney, Fun Facts

The Disney Cruise line is the first in the industry to create a rotating dining experience.  Guests rotate through three differently themed restaurants throughout their voyage.  Both Disney Cruise Line Ships The Magic & The wonder can accommodate guests in 875 various staterooms, and with the recent announcement of adding two more ships by the year 2012 both of these newest additions will be 50% larger than the current ships.

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Disney Fun Fact: Spaceship Earth

10/01/07
12:32 pm

Disney, Fun Facts

Spaceship Earth, commonly referred to as “the big golf ball,” weighs in at about 16 million pounds within it’s 165 foot diameter, it encompasses 2.2 million cubic feet of interior & consists of 11,448 aluminum facets!

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Disney Fun Fact: Laundry

09/11/07
8:22 am

Disney, Fun Facts

If you were to wash and dry one load of laundry every day for 44 years, you’d clean as much as Walt Disney World does in a single day. Cast members launder an average of 240,000 pounds each day. In addition, between 30,000 and 32,000 garments are dry-cleaned daily.

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