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[WDW Novice]

On the Jungle Cruise, listen closely as you pass a group of natives chanting. They are saying, "I love disco."

[DreamFinderLives]

At the end of "Small World" they have goodbye written in many different languages. On one of the flowers, the inscription is a slightly altered spelling of "Say what the crap!" It's quite amusing for those of us who are a little older.

[Cinderbrella]

These are terrific little secrets!! Can't wait to look for everything. Would love to surprise family with the talking shrubs!! Great thread!!

[macrosswife]

Although not a secret, most people pass up a great photo op with the characters! If you go in the Town Square Exposition Hall, and keep going towards the back, there are usually characters there available for meet and greets! When we went, there were only two or three other families, and 4-5 characters.

I've also read the following. Please forgive if they've already been posted!! (And I take no responsibility for them being truth or fiction!):
-You can see Pluto's bone and Aladdin's lamp in the Main Street Station's Lost and Found.
-There is a mirror on the Pooh ride that doesn't reverse your image like a normal mirror.
-There's an old wall phone in the candy shop on Main Street where you can listen in on a mother/daughter conversation.
-At MuppetVision: When you go into the attraction, look at the box office to your right. There is a sign there that says 'key under mat'. If you pick up the mat in front of the box office, there really is a key under the mat.
-In AK, stand outside the door at the Dawa Bar. You'll swear that you can hear dishes clinking, voices talking, a radio, as well as a persistent knocking. The story is that the landlady who runs the "hotel" above the bar is trying to collect the rent from the delinquent students who live there.
Across from the Dawa Bar is what appears to be an old fort. There are actually tables and chairs in there. "It's the perfect quiet spot to take a cool drink or a snack and get out of the flow of traffic."

I've also read about a pottery exhibit in Mexico that changes about every 60 seconds, but DH and I couldn't find it during our last trip. Anyone?

Happy hunting, everyone!!
~Kimber

[LoveWL]

....and don't forget to ask for ketchup at Whispering Canyon.

[Steph A]

What a great post!!! Just when I thought that I was ready for my trip in September I realize how little I really know about Disney!!! Oh well, I have 56 days left of planning!

Steph A

[disneydadrrm]

Boy,with all these new things to look for, I'm beginning to think my latest 9 day adventure at the park won't be long enough. Oh well, guess I'll just have to schedule up another one. It's good to be retired. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]

[flynnlee]

hmm...our best theme park secret...that's a toughie...when i was little i had to watch the parades several times a day, but now that i'm older my mom and i like to ride the rides when everyone's at the parades; one year we rode pirates of the caribbean over and over and over, and when my dad was alive we rode splash mountain like, three times in a row in less than an hour, it seems... what else...

everything is good. we most like to go back to the hotel mid-day and take a break; that way we're all in a good mood and rearin' to go...in the old days we used to stay until midnight and close the parks...but...when i get back week after next i'll have to let you know more. oh, and what's fun is water proof disposable cameras so that when you are on water rides you can catch funny pics of the people you're with getting wet. funny!!

[disneyknut]

What great tips!! I'm a compulsive list maker so I compiled all of them into a nice file on my computer ready to be printed out by park..
Any more to share?

[buzzNwoodyfan]

This may not be a secret, but I'm going to post it anyway. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that embedded in the pavement all the way from Carousel of Progress to the entrance of Tomorrowland there are colored cement gears! They are enormous, 20-30 feet wide, one gear even circles the entire Rocketship Plaza where the TTA and Astro Orbiter are!! The gears, I've noticed, are part of the logo on the CoP and tie the Progress/Tomorrowland theme together. I LOVE IT!!! We rode CoP three times and filmed it in its entirety. Yea!!! Just a side note!

[Martha]

I've never looked up at the right time, but when you're in the stretch rooms of the haunted mansion and everything goes dark and there is lightning you are supposed to see a hanging corpse up in the center of the dome/ceiling.

The corpse was NOT there on our trip last November!

[DisneyDoll]

Hi,

There is an article on Mouseplanet this week that details some of the fun secrets:

mouseplanet

[jstarman]

What about the car in the New York Street backlot area at MGM that has a lift in that allows people too pick it up? Great photo op.

Anybody out there with update on this. Still there? If yes, where?

1988(July) - Off Property
1992(May) - Grosvenor(Honeymoon)
1998(Aug) - All-Star Music
2000(Oct) - Coronado Springs
2001(Dec) - Off Property
2003(Oct) - Wilderness Lodge

[markb]

Anybody out there with update on this. Still there? If yes, where?

I tried it in October, but it wasn't working. It's an amroured car, something like "Lacks Securtiy Inc". It's at the bottom end of the New York St. It's on the right hand side. Maybe it's only on during peak season

[pigletsmom1]

you can watch them make the pasta at Alfredos! (Epcot's Italy)