Disneyland: Fact or Fiction? Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Believe it or not, Walt really wanted a circus, despite his Imagineers early attempts to scrap the idea, Walt insisted and had the tent built. After a few shows of complete disaster, Walt had the whole thing removed.

Answer: False

There really was a House of the Future, but not with high tech stuff. Believe it or not, some of the items the guests and imagineers found futuristic were microwaves, dishwashers, and 16 inch televisions.

Answer: True

This is one fact I found very interesting. The Haunted Mansion was originally intended to be a walk through in its early development stage along with Pirates of the Caribbean. But, after the worlds fair, Imagineers decided to turn it into a mass capacity ride after learning a few things.

In order build the Haunted Mansion, the Imagineers needed a VERY big building. Restrictions at ground level forced the Imagineers then to go underground. The mansion itself is a shell housing mainly the elevators.

These elevators then take guests below the train tracks and into the main show building where the bulk of the ride is. At the end, guests come back to ground level by a speedramp. The only other attraction to utilize this kind of system was Pirates of the Caribbean; but instead of using elevators to get down, you go down and up waterfalls.

Answer: True

Tiny Kline really was the first woman to be Tinkerbell at Disneyland. During one performance in the late 50's early 60's, Tiny was stranded up on the wire that goes from the Matterhorn to the tower in Frontierland. Fire fighters eventually got her down with the help of a ladder.

Answer: True

This 3D movie was made back in the late 80's with the cooperative efforts of Michael Jackson and George Lucas. Even though the show was a hit at Disneyland, Imagineers thought the show was a little outdated for the New Tomorrowland.

Answer: False

There is only one real track. To give the illusion that there are 3 different rooms, there is a huge panel that shifts back and forth throughout the day. One of them is a real doorway while the other two are fake. The hall after the doors can be made to look like different rooms due to the lighting and special effects that also change during the day.

Answer: True

On August 6, 1970. A group of Yippies decided to have the first ever Yippie "Pow Wow". This was kind of cool to me, because I remember seeing some newspaper clippings my dad kept!

Answer: False

Way before Critter Country existed (on top of Bear Country!) there was an Indian Village. It didn't have any rides, just a few shows where Native Americans put on ceremonial dances, and some shops where guests could buy Native American arts and crafts.

Answer: False

Even though Big Thunder Mountain was one of the first themed and steel roller coasters, the Matterhorn was the very first steel coaster built in late 50's early 60's and dubbed by many coaster fanatics the "Grandaddy of all Steel Coasters".

Answer: True

I remember watching this on the Wonderful World of Disney. The Columbia really was armed for that day with a few black cannons and a staff of 20 men dressed as sailors. When the pirates attacked, there were cannon and musket fire. The pirates raided the ship, tossed most of the crew overboard, and forced a few to "walk the plank", including a few sword fights high in the masts.

After the takeover, the pirates broke open kegs of root beer from the cargo hold of the ship and passed out the drinks to the guests.

Answer: True

As a matter of fact, and even though it sounds a little weird, there is a basketball court on top of the Matterhorn. The building that houses the ride is registered as an athletics building, and is used as a Cast Member break area.

Answer: False

On opening day for Star Tours, there really was all of the actors dressed up as mentioned above. The rest I just made up thinking it would be really cool if it happened.

Answer: True

Aside from the 8 foot tall streams of water, there was also a huge marble ball in the middle that floated on water, and could be pushed around by guests.

Answer: False

Fantasyland went through one overhaul in the early 1980's. The main concern was to take away the circus/festival theme, and give it the gothic/European look which included a remodeling of all the buildings and cobblestone pavement.

Answer: True

During winter, Santa Clause helped a crew raise the massive star onto the Matterhorn. This idea was soon scapped because the light at night distracted drivers on the nearby freeway.