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past couple years on this channel we've
spoken heavily about theme parks secrets
at Walt Disney World but now it's about
time to dive deeper into Disneyland I
mean it was the very first Disney theme
park and there's so many little hidden
details that go unnoticed now we already
have a few videos dedicated solely to
Disneyland secrets so if you haven't
seen those yet they're all in the card
on the right hand side earlier in the
year we posted a video just talking
about general hidden secrets at Walt
Disney World and a lot of you requested
that same solid video but for Disneyland
so get ready to explore the original
Disney theme park as we count down the
top seven hidden secrets at Disneyland
number seven Main Street USA is the
gateway to many magical lands at
Disneyland but if you run right down the
middle of Main Street USA to get to that
next attraction you're probably missing
some little hidden details along the way
right in the center of town square sits
a flagpole that soars 65 feet over the
park when have you ever noticed that the
base of the flagpole has this fancy
design now the man responsible for
dressing Main Street with the
appropriate props and fixtures was
Imagineer emile curie on a window above
the market house his name can be found
credited as the interior decorator while
the base of the town square flagpole was
actually acquired by a meal and had a
previous life on a street in Los Angeles
one day after work Mr curry was driving
through Los Angeles on his way home when
he saw a light post on Wilshire
Boulevard that had been knocked down by
a car he thought it could fit in with
the look of Main Street so he purchased
the base of the light posts for $5.00 he
brought it back to Disneyland and to
this day that light post has remained
the base of the town square flagpole
ever
number six the King Arthur carousel has
72 majestic white horses that gallop and
spin around Fantasyland all these
antique wooden horses look like a
uniformed team but each is unique and
there's one horse in particular that's
especially unique jingles who got its
name from the bells that hang off the
saddle can be found on the outside ring
and is the lead horse on the carousel it
just happened to be mrs. Disney's
favorite horse
in saving mr. banks Walt Disney offers
jingles to P L Travers and this gives
you a clearer idea of what the horse
originally looked like for Disneyland's
50th anniversary Julie Andrews who
played the iconic Mary Poppins was the
theme park ambassador for the 50th so
after the celebration ended they
dedicated jingles to Disney legend Julie
Andrews on April 8th 2008 she was asked
what her favorite colors were and
Imagineers painted the horse accordingly
now that jingles is dedicated to Julie
Andrews there are some hidden tributes
to her and Mary Poppins on the horse
first off there's a blue umbrella on the
saddle blanket then on the crest you
have the J and a for Julie Andrews who's
a pair of Mary Poppins boots with a bird
and there's a classic silhouette of Mary
Poppins flying with her umbrella so the
next time you're choosing a horse on the
King Arthur carousel keep an eye out for
jingles who holds a lot of significance
in Disney history number 5 everyone
loves a good gag right well at Mickey's
Toontown there's a bunch of hidden gags
right in front of your eyes you just
need to explore the land really
carefully any handle you can pull door
knob you can grab her button you can
push will definitely give you a little
surprise now we aren't gonna spoil all
of them but here are just two of my
favorites
near the back you'll find the Powerhouse
or the sign on the door says opening
this door is absolute
positively and unquestionably forbidden
while in true Disney fashion anything
that tells you to not do something means
they want you to do that thing so if you
go and pull the doorknob you'll be in
for a little surprise this one's
especially great when you tell someone
who doesn't know what happens to go and
pull that doorknob it always makes for
some great reactions across from the gag
Factory you'll find this phone that will
connect you with the police department
of toontown if you pick it up you'll get
to eavesdrop on some conversations with
some pretty familiar voices for Indiana
Jones Adventure temple of the forbidden
eye has probably one of the best cues at
Disneyland so much detail on theming has
gone into the entire queue experience
that stretches about a half a mile until
you reach the loading area it's a pretty
far walk it was anticipated that this
ride would be extremely popular
so Imagineers actually built many
interactive elements into the queue to
keep you entertained while you wait one
of them can be found in the room with
the excavation site you'll find a sign
that reads caution do not pull rope but
remember this is Disney and they want
you to pull the rope you'll hear a
little surprise
you may have also walked through the
queue and noticed some hieroglyphics
written on the walls
well Imagineers actually made up their
own hieroglyphic language called mara
glyph --ax you never want to stare into
the eyes of Mara but if you stare at the
messages on the wall they do provide a
backstory for the attraction well that's
if you can figure out what they mean
when Indiana Jones Adventure first
opened they actually used to hand out
these decoder cards which would allow
you to decode the messages engraved on
the walls
apparently Disney officially
discontinued these cards in the late 90s
only a few years after the ride opened
but sometimes if you ask the right cast
member they will still have a card they
can give you if you encounter a cast
member who doesn't have a card you can
always just screenshot this image here
and use it the next time you walk
through the queue you'll be able to
decode a message like this on the wall
you'll find out it reads Mara shall
guide you through the doorway of your
most secret desires in the chamber of
destiny when you know which symbols are
which letters you'll realize that many
of them look like their corresponding
letter decoding these hidden messages
along the queue are a fun little way to
pass the time while you wait in line on
Indiana Jones Adventure number three
next we'll head back to Main Street USA
telling the stories of beloved Disney
movies through the display windows of
the Emporium have always been a
Disneyland tradition but for the diamond
celebration in 2015 they debuted the
enchanted window displays which added
some hidden magic to Main Street now
when you walk by you might see one
specific scene like Aladdin reaching for
the magic lamp it may just look like
that's all this window is but if you
stick around and watch the entire
segment the scene transforms by
introducing the genie then places the
action into the Cave of Wonders with all
the gold and jewels these window
displays are quite magical and there's
six different films represented this
includes frozen
a lot in Peter Pan The Princess and the
Frog Cinderella and Toy Story each of
them transforms and contains many little
hidden details the spot you can easily
spend a half an hour watching all of
them one of the most magical windows is
Cinderella where you see the fairy
godmother turning Cinderella's rags into
a beautiful ball gown now the vast
majority of people probably wouldn't
think to stop and look at what would
usually be generic gift shop windows
but these enchanted windows are truly
hidden gems next time you find yourself
on Main Street USA make sure to take
some extra time to absorb all the Disney
magic hidden right outside the Emporium
number two around Sleeping Beauty Castle
you can find Snow White's grotto tucked
away in this quiet little path off the
hub it's a really relaxing spot to visit
while you're at Disneyland and it just
happens to be full of many hidden
details Snow White's grotto was added in
1961 but have you ever noticed an issue
with the scale of these figures well
here's a little secret the snow-white
figure is the same height as the other
Seven Dwarfs that's right these marble
figures from Italy were a gift to Walt
Disney and he wanted to use them in the
theme park
he gave Imagineer John hench the task of
figuring out how to make these figures
work in a display well by creating a
multi-level scene playing with distance
and height hench placed Snow White on
the top of the hill with the other
figures below her this allows forced
perspective to trick your mind into
thinking she's smaller than the dwarfs
because she's higher up but really
they're all the exact same height now as
you're walking through Snow White's
grotto you may have been lucky enough to
see and hear this area come to life
numerous fountains begin spraying water
you'll hear the sounds of birds chirping
and hear the song I'm whooshing from
Snow White in the movie Snow White sings
the song into the Wishing Well
which then echoes back at her during
this little fountain surprise at
Disneyland if you listen closely into
the Wishing Well directly across from
the grotto you'll also hear Snow White's
echo during the song
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number one on February 24 2017 the
village house restaurant and Fantasyland
was transformed into the red roast to
burn the quick service restaurant used
to be themed to Pinocchio but is now
themed to Beauty and the Beast when he
think of Beauty and the Beast the 1991
animated film probably comes to mind
with this specific wreath iime it was
actually done to coincide with the
release of the 2017 live-action film but
the restaurant does incorporate elements
from both the animated and live-action
films familiar characters like Belle
Lumiere and Cogsworth can be found on
the walls
the enchanted objects from the animated
film are what we've become used to
identifying these characters eyes but in
the live-action film they all have a
very different look
well Imagineers use these live-action
characters as props and they're all
hidden in the restaurant you just need
to take a look up to find them this
credenza is home to many plates and cups
but sitting on top you'll find mrs.
Potts and chip the facial features of
the live-action characters are so subtle
that if you don't take a really close
look you'd never know that these items
were these two characters the same goes
for the other enchanted objects at the
front of the restaurant by these windows
Lumiere is hanging out on top of this
shelf with his other fellow candlesticks
his eyes and mouth are so subtly
designed into the character where not
only is it tough to see them in the
restaurant but it's also hard to see
them in the actual movie lastly on a
display ledge you'll find a collection
of quacks and on the far right sits
Cogsworth looking rather tense now if
you haven't noticed by now each of the
figures has a frame place behind them to
help identify these characters because
they all look like regular household
items they are very easy to miss but now
that you know that they're in here make
sure to stop in to the Red Rose
verne to say hi to these enchanted
objects from Beauty and the Beast so did
you know about any of these little
hidden details before the video do you
have any other favorite hidden secrets
at the Disney parks I'd love to know
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