Posted on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 @ 06:37 AM
Walt Disney Trivia-How Much Do You Know
Ever wondered about all those things about Walt Disney World Resorts that many people think they know, but they do not. There are literly so many rumors and misleading information about the most popular attraction in the world that give people the wrong answers to many trivia questions.
Being the Disney fanatic that I am, I was surprised to find some trivia questions had stumped me. I could not believe it. I have selected 10 trivia questions and listed them below. See how many you can answer. The answers are at the bottom below the picture.
1. What is the maximum speed that the cars on “Test Track” get up to during the ride?
2. How tall is Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom Park?
3. Who was the narrator of Spaceship Earth from 1986 to 1994?
4. What Disney World attraction features the mayor being dunked in the town’s water well?
5. What attraction exits into an arcade?
6. What Walt Disney World attraction do you get to see the “backside of water?”
7. What vehicle do you travel in when you board your Star Tours flight?
8. What color were the ride vehicles in Epcot’s World of Motion?
9. How much area does Typhoon Lagoon Water Park cover?
10. During your ride on the Walt Disney World Railroad, what song might your hear from one of Disney’s animated films?
1. 64.8 mph
2. 189 feet tall making it the tallest attraction at the park.
3. Walter Cronkite
4. Pirate's of the Caribbean
5. Space Mountain
6. Jungle Cruise
7. Starspeeder 3000
8. Blue
9. 56 acres
10. Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas
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Posted on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 @ 07:24 AM
Innovations at Epcot Center Opens The Great Piggy Bank Adventure
Last week, the newest addition to Disney World's Epcot Center Innovations opened, the Great Piggy Bank Adventure. The experience features a series of games which bring to life and teach financial themes of setting goals, saving and spending smartly, staying ahead of inflation and diversifying assets. The attraction is presented by T. Rowe Price and promotes family members working and learning together.
The game begins by choosing a dream goal using a touch screen. During the queue, we are introduced to P.I.G. (Personal Investment Guide) and see him enjoying the Ultimate Vacation, Retirement, a College Education and an Extreme Bedroom Makeover. These are one of the goals we pick.
You are then requested to open a drawer and reveal your own PIG who accompanies your during the game. The PIG is a little piggy bank, of course.
You arrive at the next station and the PIG is placed on a conveyor and drawn into the machine you are standing in front of. The PIG becomes an animated character on the screen in front of you. A game begins where coins start to fall from the top of the screen and various buckets are at the bottom including Savings, Candy, Toys, MP3s and Outfits. The goal is to use levers to direct the money into the Savings bucket. A pesky wolf keeps changing them so you are constantly fighting to make sure enough is going into savings. Just like in life, you need to make sure you don’t forget to save and be aware of where your money is going.
You then get your PIG back and move on to the next kiosk, the Inflation Race. Here, our PIG is put in a tube and sent to help us learn about inflation. On the screen, the PIG floats from balloons and you need to maneuver him around to collect money and avoid inflation. After the game, the PIG is returned and you move on to the last station.
The Diversify station requires us to use a magic wand to move money into pots with different growth factors. The wolf comes along every so often and takes money from different pots so putting it all in the pot with the highest growth factor can backfire on you. The lesson of course is to diversify and spread your money around.
Finally, you return your PIG to find out if you achieved your goal. Your cartoon pig will either sprout wings and happily fly to its destination or land in the mud.
This is a great way for a parent and child to have some fun while learning about the choices and strategies they need to be aware of. This is especially important given the environment we are in right now and this attraction couldn’t have come at a better time.
I really like the fact that the folks at Epcot are not ignoring Innoventions and are paying some attention into making it better and putting some new life into an area that has become stale. Between Stormstruck, the Great Piggy Bank Adventure and "Sum of All Thrills" ride that is upcoming in 2009, Innoventions will hopefully become a place people make a point of going to instead of rushing through to get somewhere else.
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Posted on Fri, May 15, 2009 @ 07:46 AM
Favorite Epcot Center at Disney World Ride or Attraction
So you have been to Epcot Center at Disney World, You are planning on going to Epcot Center..What would you say is your favorite attraction or ride, or what is the one thing that you are looking forward to seeing while you are going to visit Epcot Center?
Below is a list of our favorites:
Mission Space
This ultimate interactive thrill-packed adventure is as close as you can get to blasting off into space without leaving Earth. Each member of your astronaut team has a challenging role in a dynamic and daring cosmic mission dodging meteors and navigating nebula. Feel the force of lift-off and have an exhilarating, mystical rendezvous on another planet. It's out of this world!
Soarin
Take a free-flying adventure across the natural wonders of the Golden State aboard this thrilling Disney's California Adventure park attraction. With the wind in your hair, glide 40 feet in the air as you look down upon the breathtaking vistas of Yosemite and redwood forests. Soar as high as your imagination over a world of wonders.
Spaceship Earth
Travel through time and space within this world-renowned 180-foot-tall geosphere to discover communications at work. Dazzling scenes of life in the 21st century's Global Neighborhood depict every corner of our world drawn closer through new technologies.
Test Track
Buckle up and take the ride of your life up bumpy terrain, through hair-pin turns, into freezing cold chambers, and on to 50-degree banked curves at 60 miles an hour. It's all the hair-raising challenges of an automotive proving ground and this time, you're the test driver.
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth in Disney's Epcot Center theme park is a 12-minute fireworks, laser and water show that plays nightly for Guests of all ages at the World Showcase area. Take in brilliant effects that represent the history of Earth and its people.
World Showcase
The World Showcase is probaly the best part of Disney's Epcot Center..There you can go to all the different countries like: Canada, United Kingdom, France, China, Japan, America, Germany, Norway, Morocco, Mexico & Italy....With all the great culture, food and drinks..You are sure to have a blast..
And that is just a few of the rides and attractions that Epcot Center at Disney World has to offer.
So if you had to choose...What would be your favorite Epcot Center attraction or ride?
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Posted on Sun, May 10, 2009 @ 07:33 AM
Walt Disney Theme Parks
Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida is home to four of the best theme parks the world has to offer..
Magic Kingdom is home to Cinderellas Castle and all your favorite Disney Characters like Mickey & Minnie, Donald & Goofy....
Epcot Center at Disney World is where you see the World Showcase, and all your favorite rides like Test Track & Mission Space.....
Disney World Animal Kingdom is home to the famous Expedition Everest & Kilimanjaro Safaris.....
Looking for thrills, then you have it at Disney's Hollywood Studios with AeroSmith's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster & The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror....
So what is your favorite Disney World Theme Park?
Posted on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 @ 09:54 AM
Disney's Epcot Center Announces The Great Piggy Bank
T. Rowe Price, the global investment management organization, today announced
that it has signed a sponsorship agreement to create an innovative financial
education and entertainment experience at Epcot Center(R).
Designed in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering, The Great Piggy Bank
Adventure(SM) is scheduled to open this spring at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot Center(R)
at the Walt
Disney World in Orlando Florida. This interactive exhibit will bring basic
saving and investing concepts to life in a fun and captivating way. The
experience will entertain and empower families, while encouraging them to engage
in regular dialogue about the importance of saving and how to manage money
responsibly.
The first-of-its-kind exhibit, in conjunction with a
companion online game and associated web site, broadens T. Rowe Price's
longstanding investor education initiatives. The Great Piggy Bank Adventure(SM)
will offer lessons on four key financial themes: setting goals, saving and
spending smartly, staying ahead of inflation, and diversifying your investments.
Discussions began over three years ago with
Epcot Center(R)
Business Development and Walt Disney Imagineering to bring this experience to
guests visiting Epcot Center INNOVENTIONS.
"Empowering parents to initiate discussion
of the topics of saving and investing with their children is more important than
ever before," said Edward C. Bernard, vice chairman of T. Rowe Price Group.
"Financial awareness and decision-making is heavily influenced by one's early
experiences, making vibrant family discussion a powerful and lifelong
educational influence that can help children develop sound financial values and
habits. In watching families during play-testing of the exhibit, it has been
rewarding to see how
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure(SM) engages families in a
unique way and really does get the conversation started.
"T. Rowe Price
has a long history of educating investors and helping people reach their
financial goals," Mr. Bernard added. "We can't think of a better way to expand
those efforts than by collaborating with an organization that is a true
innovator in turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and whose name is
synonymous with world-class family education, entertainment, and service
excellence."
Dan Cockerell, Vice President of
Disney's Epcot Center(R),
shared his excitement about working with T. Rowe Price to create this unique
experience. "At
INNOVENTIONS, our focus is on encouraging guests to imagine,
invent, inquire and inspire while exploring amazing innovations that make our
lives better.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure(SM) will give our visitors a better
insight into what it means to save and invest in an innovative and engaging
manner."
Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW) is
a global investment management organization with $276.3 billion in assets under
management as of December 31, 2008. The organization provides a broad array of
mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for
individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial
intermediaries. The company also offers a variety of sophisticated investment
planning and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price's disciplined, risk-aware investment
approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental
research.
INNOVENTIONS is located in the
heart of
Epcot Center(R)
at the
Walt
Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Creativity and
imagination abound as guests celebrate inspiration and the innovations that
improve their lives and expand their horizons. Hands-on, interactive exhibits
allow children and adults to be immersed into ideas that inform, entertain and
inspire -- conquer the most dangerous house in America, find solutions to
"sticky" problems, experience the most cutting edge products at the "
House of
the Future," protect the environment from the daily waste we create and push the
limits of everyday products as we make the world a safer place. For more
information on
INNOVENTIONS, visit
www.innoventions.disney.com.