The goal of this blog series is to factually prove or disprove rumors and myths in the Disney-verse. Tonight on TMSM Mythbusters we are tackling some of the more “unique” myths and misconceptions we see frequently in Disney based forums.
Removable Rooms
One of the great Urban Legends about Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort is that the rooms are removable. This is one of those myths that created itself, in this case because of how the Contemporary (and Polynesian) were built to ensure the hotel would be ready on time for the park to open. The Contemporary’s A-frame design was created to let the rooms themselves be built off site by U.S. Steel and trucked to the building’s frame and then slid into place with a crane. Once they were installed all of the service connections (water, plumbing, electricity) were hooked up and then the outside of the building was completed making it impossible to remove the rooms from the building.
So though the rooms were originally “portable” the rooms at the Contemporary are in fact not removable, making this Disney myth busted!
Misquoted Walt?
Many Disney fans know the quote “If You Can Dream It, Then You Can Do It”
this quote has become a great Urban Legend within itself. Many of us believe this was written by Walt, but in fact it WASN’T!
D23.com’s Ask Dave by Chief Archivist Emeritus Dave Smith resolves this myth so perfectly I couldn’t even try to do a better job in disproving this myth. Dave write’s when asked “I heard that Walt Disney did not, in fact, ever say the famous quote, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Is that true? If so, who did say it?”
“He never said this quote. If you check my book, Disney Trivia from the Vault, you can find the true story: “Despite its frequent publication, that is not a Walt Disney quote. We checked with Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald for the definitive answer: ‘I am very familiar with that line because I wrote it! It was written specifically for the Horizons attraction at Epcot and used in numerous ways, from dialogue in the ride to graphics. I find it amusing that the Science of Imagineering DVD series attributes it to Walt Disney, but I guess I should be flattered.”
So though this quote was made by someone employed BY the Disney, Walt was not it’s originator, making this Disney myth busted!
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Contemporary construction photos courtesy of bigfloridacountry.com
Dave Smith info from d23.com
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