Top 7 Hidden Secrets at Walt Disney World

[@TPMvids]

By 30 miles I meant 30mph😅 anyway hope you enjoyed the video!!

[@luvlygloe]

your videos always make my day! keep up the amazing work!

[@Dylanschannel21]

Im going to Disney World on November 30. I’ll try to send you some malfunctions. If there are. YOUR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME

[@SlipperySoap]

Such fun facts and secrets, thank you TPM VIDS!💐🌹By the way can you please do top ten secrets of Disneyland's haunted mansion? I'd like to see that!😍❤️

[@jennifercontreras1424]

You maed my mind blown

[@josecrane4132]

Btw any idea when the video about liberty Square is happening? Cause it's been a while.

[@jennapounds1112]

Hi, TPM! I love your videos! I’m a cast member at Animal Kingdom and technically we get “escaped animals” all the time. The macaws that we use for both bird shows don’t always make it back home and tend to hang out where they’re not supposed to be. We call this a Signal 96E over our radios.

[@itsyahomiescott3742]

Awesome!!!

[@SlipperySoap]

Amazing!

[@JustInDisney]

Attendez quoi

[@hithxerecustomer555]

@@JustInDisneyEh bien, je veux dire qu’ils sont tous sauvages

[@clifferyrodderydoo]

No way! I've always wanted to work at Disney.

[@kyliehomar7378]

I work at little mermaid in WDW and I didn’t even know that about our animatronics! I’ve been watching your videos for years now and they greatly contributed to me having the courage to follow my dream to work for Disney, I owe so much to you! Thank you!

[@mayapapaya5005]

Hey! A little late to the vid but how is working for Disney? :D

[@KenLieck]

@@mayapapaya5005 As a kid I was backstage there with my school choir and I can verify the stories that people tell that they do warn you you will be thrown out if you try to take pictures of anybody without their heads on!

[@krististarosta6736]

I've always thought Disney created most of the animatronics, but really Garner Holt Productions did. I'm surprised!

[@starfall2378]

Same

[@Jinsoku440]

"So, it's all Garner-Holt?" *click* "Always has been..."

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

Fun fact: Garner Holt made the animatronics for the Awesome Adventure Machine and Studio C stages at Chuck E. Cheese.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Disney's original Audio Animatronics were built internally by WED Enterprises. Like the original Mr. Lincoln figure and the original ones used in It's a Small World. But Disney also has had a long history of working with 3rd party companies on rides, Arrow Dynamics built the first Disney Roller Coasters they even later sold the MIne train coaster to other parks. Zamperalla and Intermen were hired to build Disneyland Paris rides.

[@MrsSykes]

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[@bananaslocal2521]

Hi TPM! My mom is a cast member , one of her friends used to work as Ariel for fantasmic they used blue fireproof bags because the black ones obsorbed heat from the fireworks 😅

[@MrFrankd1962]

Back in 2007, I took the Keys to the Kingdom tour and it took you backstage in a number of areas showing some secrets. One of the areas was the catch area for Tink's flight. They told us about what they have to do to get her to fly and a few funny behind the scenes things like a hook if she comes up short of the padded catch area. Can you imagine being her and being just short of the area and the guys teasing you to keep coming before they get the "hook"?

[@coolbone6177]

Captain hook

[@jordannnk]

I’m pretty sure they hire guys to be tink lol

[@MrFrankd1962]

@@jordannnk I forgot who put it out but there is a video out there about the history of Tink at the Parks. And during the tour, they did tell us there is only Tinker Bells and no Tinker Bills. :) They also told us backstage how you can tell who is in what costume. The tall costumes, like Goofy, are guys. And Mickey is a female performer. That freaked someone out on our tour. :D

[@jordannnk]

@@MrFrankd1962 thanks, I thought I might’ve been wrong (but I think there is some place that has a male performer that I’ve heard of, I’m not sure)

[@ѕнєу-е9ы]

@@MrFrankd1962 LOL wow, that's actually really cool to know! Thank you! 👀

[@kristenroberts4502]

Tink also has to be incredibly strong because she’s required to pull herself hand-over-hand down the zip line if she gets stuck. The actor who plays Indy in the Indiana Jones stunt show also gets paid hazard pay per stunt.

[@whitewolf3051]

*Hopefully* they keep the live version at the park as a white blonde person, and *not* switch to the reimagined nonsense.

[@palmickey420]

Actually Disney did have plans to bring Haunted Mansion Holiday to the WDW. So much so that Tim Burton had toured the attraction. He even left nightmare before Christmas books laid out around the ride. You can only see them with the lights on, but they are there, I’ve seen them in person. The wallpaper in the stretching room is actually from the scrapped layover.

[@ButterFlyGardenBlossom]

If Magic Kingdom gets a Haunted Mansion overlay like Disneyland, I hope it’s due from late November-early January. I don’t get why the Disney ride perfect for Halloween gets a Christmas overlay during Halloweentime in Disneyland.

[@SlipperySoap]

That's interesting!

[@velociwyatt9080]

Amy Vasquez it is based on a movie that is either for Halloween or Christmas.

[@berrypie11]

For #5, Disney’s Enchantment was actually canceled on us during our trip in August. It was raining for most of the night, and they kept announcing that it was only delayed. The rain kept going, and more people were leaving. We eventually got a spot right in front of the castle. However, even we had to give up and leave, but as we left, they announced the show was canceled. It was my husband’s first time in Disney World, and my first trip back in almost 20 years. We were excited to see the fireworks and Tinkerbell flying. 😞

[@krististarosta6736]

I’m sorry to hear that. Maybe you’ll get another chance next time and hopefully it won’t rain.

[@the_redhead2718]

I had a similar situation in August just gone. It was the last night we had at Disney and we were flying back home the following day, and we hadn’t had a chance to see the fireworks with a decent viewing spot, so we had to see them on that day. However, there was a big thunderstorm nearby that was getting closer to magic kingdom and me and my family has a great viewing spot where we had been for ages, so we hoped the show wouldn’t be cancelled. When it got to 9pm, the announcement was made that the show would be delayed. At this point, the lightning from the storm literally lit up the whole sky, and the rain was getting bad. We waited like another half hour and the show was still being delayed, so we decided to leave as we had to get up early the next morning. On the plus side, the cast members had to take people through a route down the back of Main Street where all the emergency service vehicles were, which was kinda cool.

[@LivvyL8106]

Poor you, hope that you will se the magic of the fireworks sometime soon😢

[@randomuser2468]

Even if they cancel the fireworks show they will eventually light all the fireworks in very rapid order to get rid of them safely. It could happen at 1 AM, 4 AM, etc. They will fire them all off within about a minute instead of over 18 minutes.

[@bettyhoward9016]

My grandchild knows everything about your channel, and Disney. She has only been to Orlando but, she loves it! She went in 2022 and misses it. She can't wait to go back with all you little easter eggs! Today I asked her if you could live in any 5 places were would live? She replied, Florida, California, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. I said why, she replied, "Because a disney themepark is in each of those places!" We love you! Thank you TMPvids!

[@cmaden78]

Smart girl. I'm 45 and went to University of Central Florida ( UCF) mostly bcuz of that same reasoning!❤😊 I also have family there. But even now at 45 with my own 2 kids grown if I had to move...same thing❤ I honestly have a retirement plan of being able to go to tokyo Disney and Disneysea

[@bradenbot283]

I have a question. How do you find these kind of secrets? I know some of these are really obvious, but the little ones like secrets in dark rides. It just always suprised me how you find these out.

[@masonsoda]

Most likely current cast members or former cast members learn a few secrets during their time working for Disney World or Disneyland. Everything is online now-a-days, so websites like reddit or twitter and even google have tons of information on little secrets.

[@Yourdancergirl]

He also goes to Disney himself a lot

[@Sweetay-zb9cv]

The flag portion of the video was very interesting. I enjoy watching your videos TPM vids!

[@TPMvids]

Thank you so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it😁

[@paul08211973]

@@TPMvids So I will say that I am guilty of not paying attention if there are any American Flags any where else in MK other than the ones mentioned here. If there are, it would be interesting to know if they are current flags or if they represent a certain period of American History. Like is there one outside of Hall of Presidents? Either way, this was a very cool little fact that was provided.

[@ButterFlyGardenBlossom]

Thank you for giving Garner Host some credit! I didn’t know they made the animatronics until now, but I’m even more impressed than before. I hope they can make awesome animatronics for Universal as well, they are really lacking in terms of at least great animatronics.

[@jasoncarrillo48]

I thought they did make some for universal unless I'm slow

[@davidleavitt835]

Regarding Tinkerbell, I'd be shocked if there's not a movement to get an animatronic figure, similar to Spiderman. A great money saver.

[@13xPetra]

They'd certainly enjoy a money saver for all of those fireworks lol

[@kairi4640]

Honestly, that was what I was thinking. That's such a niche specific job requirement and kinda feels like it's getting old with the times.

[@kenny3001]

Give it time

[@whitewolf3051]

Do you know how much money it takes to make, program, and maintain an animatronic, especially one meant to go on zip line? Pretty sure it’s substantial. Sure there could be many things that *could* go wrong when an actual person is up there, but the same *could* said about a robotic puppet. There’s also keeping the weight of the animatronic to the same as the person, *doubt* it’ll be easy at all.

[@riyanlittlefield9418]

"No animal has ever escaped." Incorrect! We had the luxury of being there for a preview before the official opening of Animal Kingdom. Back then, crested cranes were kept in DinoLand along with a few other animals and we came off of Countdown to Extinction to find one in the path. They told us she regularly escaped to look for her keeper. When the keeper came, she ran and leapt into his arms. A fun memory for us!

[@jonathanfazio6290]

Disney: We have a 18’x25’ moat to separate the guest. Ian Malcolm: Life finds a way…😂

[@a.Malgam]

Former character costuming CM at MK, and I worked with Tink a good amount! I got to help her dress for flight, and you got it spot on! Costume wasn’t too heavy, but it was a bit finicky bc of wiring. Performers also have to meet upper body strength requirements as well, just in case they get stuck on the zip line, they can get themselves to the end on their own 😉

[@whitewolf3051]

How tall is the actress portraying Tink? Some are wondering about her health, *if* she’s on the short side. Given most people haven’t been under 100 lbs since they were 12 years or younger, that may be a valid concern.

[@Youreallyreadthis]

I was at animal kingdom last year. And I looked up at a tree cause I saw something very colorful in the corner of my eye.. it was a parrot from the bird show! A cast member came and took care of it. But in my 10 years of going to Disney world, I’ve never seen a “escaped” animal ever.

[@bex_schuster]

My question isn’t why Prince Eric doesn’t carry Ariel down the steps at the end, but rather why isn’t Ariel just in her human form for fantasmic? I feel like it makes more sense safety wise all the way around, but the bagging of Ariel is a pretty funny tradition 😂

[@imkiko6466]

Hi TPM! I just adore you videos and they make my day so joyful!

[@Themeparkfan630]

You do not know how much I'm excited when you post its so much fun to watch your videos.

[@Yourdancergirl]

I have been watching this channel for over 4 years! I love this channel and it always makes me feel better!😁

[@pipeeer17]

Love this video! Never even noticed about the “Bagging Fish”! Thanks for this amazing video

[@AlolaMaskedYT]

With the return of Fantasmic comes the return of Bagging the Fish!

[@nnessawessaa]

Yayyyy! I love a TPM upload!!

[@calebchromek_music]

I have a quick question, have u noticed that spaceship earth is changing? When me and my dad last rode the ride we and him noticed several things just seemed different or changed. Idk might just be us or us getting excited for Epcot’s future changes 😂

[@jaylund9477]

Spaceship Earth has been updated several times since it opened: The narration has changed at least four times with four different narrators, several animatronics have been updated to A100's, the descent at the end has been altered at least three times (The ''Tomorrow's Child' ending, the ending with the 'disco lighting' and Pepper's ghost effect scenes, and the current one with the screens.... which were added to the ride vehicles within the last 10 years), the original 'Network Map' when AT&T was the sponsor, the 'home office' and kid's bedroom scene were removed ages ago and replaced with more up-to-date scenes, plus smaller updates and alterations here and there.

[@NathanSpies]

Also fun fact the tinker bell who flys above the castle is sometimes played by a guy. Not to mention that garner holt also designed the Chuck E Cheese animatronic on the studio C stages. Cec was the first big business the company worked with before Disney

[@testerwulf3357]

Yea, a lot like to refer the guys taking over sometimes as "Tiker Bill"s lol

[@clementineakita9320]

@@testerwulf3357 Tinker Bro

[@whitewolf3051]

I think some men *wouldn’t* mind crossdressing, but that level is asking too much. Also considering the weight limit, the men has got to be short and slim. Seeing as how most men could weigh more next to women of equal height, looking for men weighing 90 lbs or less may not be easy.

[@ghost2679]

The "welcome to TPMvids Disney beat" never gets old keep it up !!!

[@ghoulbusters6805]

I see you said that you meant 30 MPH and I knew you meant that, but imagining a 30 mile long zip line for her is absolutely hilarious 💀😂

[@lpscokeking2633]

Fun Fact: I'm a CEC Fan and I'm in the Fandom(short for Chuck E Cheese). Garner Holt Created the Studio C 16 and 32 Movement Animatronic for Studio C Beta and for The Alpha Stages...

[@TPMvids]

Yes they did!! If I remember correctly Garner Holt said they built about 500 figures for Chuck E Cheese

[@lpscokeking2633]

@@TPMvids yep that's true!! Omg he answered

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

@@lpscokeking2633 I posted the same comment, because almost all CECs I go to seem to be Studio C or CoL.

[@lpscokeking2633]

@@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official yeah true!! I think it's because Garner Holt animatronics are cheaper than the full set of MMBB

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

@@lpscokeking2633 **Aaron Fetcher at Creative Engineering be like kaching**

[@Tw1st138]

Your videos teach me so much I didn’t know about Disney and made me really want to go there!

[@SlipperySoap]

I agree with you 💯!

[@vanncity5523]

Hi TPMvids I can’t stop watching your videos and I have so much to look for when I go and i hope finding these will make my experience 100% better

[@sasamichan]

You should do a video on Animatronics. Who made them , and when I would love to answer the following 1. What company made the animatronic? 2. Was it used in the world's fair? 3 At what park was it and from when to when? 4. What ones got repurposed? 5. Where is each one now? 6. what ones got in use the longest? 7. What was the 1st to use each new technology upgrade? 8. What shows actually use live performers? 9, What figures are actually not technically Animatronic? 10. What is the future of rides and shows? is it AR? 3D? Drones? What will replace the Animatronic?

[@ebotikk]

Can you please do a food video- on whats the best to wat at disneyland? I feel like that will be a good video option. Or like what to expect in December for Christmas :D

[@johnhicks692]

I once ate lunch in the castle at WDW. You had to make reservations at the front gate as you came in. Of course it was a limited number each day. So you needed to get there early to get a reservation.

[@velvetpoltergeist]

The haunted mansion fact is funny to me cuz the first time I went on the nightmare before christmas version was 2004! I even have the patch from then, still! We ate out of souvenir black dog bowls with a little zero on them, too. It's one thing I'll never forget.

[@TheRealJustinAlvizo]

Hope you have a good day TPM ❤

[@o11iepdragoon32]

He has returned

[@nintendofan_64]

I was gonna send a video of being stuck on peter pan, but after waiting for over 20 minutes in front of the jolly Rodger, the sent it moving and my dreams were crushed like a fly.

[@Youtubesaltnojoke]

YES NEW DISNEY WORLD VID LOVE YOUR VIDS

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Imagine if a different Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay that’s based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol would come to the Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion!

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

That would have worked... in 2009.

[@luvliibublii3595]

Hi , TPM! I really like your videos!!! My mom is a cast member At magic kingdom !! So thanks to your videos and my moms job , I am Now an expert in Disney !!

[@meowspots]

At 7:23, the dog, there's a dog that looks almost exactly the same at a record shop in Old Town Orange, California! It looked familiar, so I went to Google Maps and found it in the window from street view!

[@lilirave]

Love your vid tpm keep it up. And what’s your fav ride at Walt Disney TPM

[@JBean549]

I LOVE listening to tpm vids ramble on about Disney ❤❤❤

[@mr.finesse4236]

TPM, your vids are the best! I have seen almost all of them, its always super entertaining!

[@boring2483]

i love these vids so much.

[@thatoneperson-_-]

Eric is so nice for helping his wife❤

[@superdamanx2680]

Love your Vids!

[@highonlives712]

More Disneyland videos please. ❤️

[@ddc163264]

Disney USED to create their animatronics, it was outsourced and ONLY the development is done in house. So that corporate disney can file the patents, butr save the labor costs of building them. Also, your piece about the flags is ALMOST correct, U.S. flag code allows flags to be flown at night. But only if they are properly lit and displayed. Walt chose to HONOR the flag at Disneyland by only displaying it during the daylight hours & to have that ceremony each day. He could have just put lights at the base to keep it up all day & night.

[@vivalanina]

90 lbs!? holy moly. I haven't been 90 lbs since middle school! Even in highschool I was 120 lbs and a size 2. I hope tink is okay, or really short. I can't imagine it being healthy for anyone over 5 ft to be under 100 lbs.

[@SlipperySoap]

I see your point!

[@wildthoughtsco]

Love this! Very informative

[@JustInDisney]

WE LOVE YOU TPM

[@brandiharvey2258]

Hi tpm vids I love your videos!

[@jonshiff]

I just liked your video yesterday and I'm so happy I did!

[@rickroll7579]

they did an awesome job making the dragon in fantasmic!! 🔥💥💣🧨

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Omg I love your vids I can’t stop watching them!

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that all things disney just hits different

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[@agentsloth8593]

I love it when he uploads!

[@tridentsilver766]

Love these videos. I have even had my girlfriend watch as we plan out trip to Disney World

[@cinnaminrollz]

Fun fact: I went to garner Holt productions for a field trip in 3rd grade and they make lots of Disney animatronics!

[@dowfish12]

just saw this on my reccomended page and got nostalgia from about 3-4 years ago, glad you are still going strong, and even from not watching you for a bit, i still remember the intro😅

[@mastro_films1962]

The video I have bean waiting for.

[@randomvidsshorts2322]

You got your wish tpm, they updated the last scene in carousel of progress

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I love your content 😊

[@pomsgaming7793]

The poor dog, watching his owners evolve to extinction, leaving him at a wasteland, like walls-e. Alone, rotting and losing movement. F in the chat for this dog still going.

[@JelMain]

Nipper was an actual dog, in the early days of phonographs, the subject of a painting licensed to a significant number of manufacturers.

[@hiridavidfeign]

Tuned in thinking I already knew, then WOW, I DID NOT KNOW THAT!

[@GirlWhoLovesStrangerThings]

Love these videos me and my boyfriend have just got back from WDW and I am definitely having post Disney blues! 😂

[@BXLlisp]

I love watching this channel defined out facts about Walt Disney World and Disneyland. I’m going on Wednesday

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

My favorite secret was that Buzzy remained intact for 29 years at Epcot. #FindBuzzy

[@Bumpyroads]

You guys really help my family when we go to Disneyland

[@vanncity5523]

I’m going to Disney in January so I’ll look for these

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[@Rufusdog124]

Hi,TPM! I love your videos.I have been to Disney with my dance place.the whole dancing people went to Disney ,whith me ofc lol 😜

[@heamac]

Great video! Maybe it's just me, but your voice was sounding a little strained in a few places? I hope you're feeling ok! Thanks for sharing the theme park magic with us!

[@slicklife995]

This is good so keep it up

[@DaveysWonderfulWorld]

I love Disney secrets plus I just went to Disney world this summer 2022 so got to see some Disney secret s

[@davidrachal3345]

Love these videos of secrets

[@Olivia_Thompson_]

I bet that Garner Hult was really sad that the dragon that was in Fantasmic at Disneyland caught fire.

[@ieatplastic1756]

Ariel with the blanket looks so funny

[@summerbailey2870]

I live in Queensland and Australia so I can watch videos from KZbin channels ok

[@shro0miegamez495]

TPM: what’s the first thing you think of in the word animatronic? Me: FNAF

[@jadent5444]

I liked the Tinkerbell fact!!

[@CutesyBubblez]

I also heard that FL's HM has more ride vehicles and a higher hourly capacity, meaning that a lengthy retheme and detheme every year would be too detrimental to guests.

[@lateramae]

Wow, props to Ariel and Tinker Bell for risking their lives for us! I feel bad for Ariel because she's trapped to that chair.

[@stitchisking3839]

im going to disney on sunday and these videos are really helpful

[@lxcai8275]

i literally live for these!! thank u TPM 🫶🏻

[@2AMLiam]

Love the vids

[@jennedge94]

Need to remember all these when I take my family!

[@Pazzy360official]

TPM IS AMAZING. just realized i had capslock lol

[@crazybird199]

So that must be why they haven't fixed the Ariel animatronic yet, it's not theirs! They don't know how!

[@Nimeariel]

I was looking for a comment like this!! All the animatronics mentioned here are ones that I also see or hear mention of being frequently broken!! That's not to say that Disney's don't break, but..... maybe that's why they don't fix them??

[@crazybird199]

@@Nimeariel sort of strange

[@testerwulf3357]

I don't get why they don't just replace it with one they legally own and could fix?

[@crazybird199]

@@testerwulf3357 Well, they can fix it, they just don't know how. They are likely hesitant to replace it because that would mean building a brand new animatronic, very expensive. Right now, the figure works just well enough to keep it.

[@jlafunk]

Thanks for these videos! I had something to add to the US flag information. The US flag can be flown at night if it's appropriately lit.

[@princessofmoonxx9653]

They have a documentary somewhere about making the animatronics at disney world its actually pretty cool Im obsessed with disney world and ive always wanted to be a imagineer id draw all the ideas i dont know how to build animatronics

[@S.WIX_]

Hello love your videos keep it up😊

[@ahuman7672]

Holy shit I haven't seen this channel in ages. Damn brought back memories

[@niamhdlay]

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[@Izzy_Dizzy25]

These are really cool secrets I never knew this :0