Stupid Guest Tricks

Cucumber wine?

Yeah, this is getting out of hand, so I'll just give it up.

Vegetable wines include tomato, carrot, and celery wine.

The tomato is actually drinkable -- more so than some of the grape wines on offer, IMHO.

So, let's see what today's question is:

"Except for the Hall of Presidents, the Magic Kingdom isn't well known as a place for sleeping. Yet there's one spot in the Park that pays tribute to the author of Rip van Winkle. Where and how?"

:jeb:

Zazu wrote:"Except for the Hall of Presidents, the Magic Kingdom isn't well known as a place for sleeping. Yet there's one spot in the Park that pays tribute to the author of Rip van Winkle. Where and how?"

:jeb:

Well, since Washington Irving wrote both Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleep Hollow, an obvious one is Sleepy Hollow Refreshments. Not sure if there is something more subtle, though.

Edit: After searching a little online I found out that Sleepy Hollow Refreshments is modelled at least in part after Washington Irving's home. Quite cool.

I'm back! Spring break should be mandatory for everyone. I did miss out on some great questions, but it was worth it.

I believe WEDFan has the answer already with Sleepy Hollow, unless Zazu wants to expand the answer to previous attractions ;) then we could include Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was adapted into The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

WEDFan wrote:Well, since Washington Irving wrote both Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleep Hollow, an obvious one is Sleepy Hollow Refreshments. Not sure if there is something more subtle, though.

Edit: After searching a little online I found out that Sleepy Hollow Refreshments is modelled at least in part after Washington Irving's home. Quite cool.

Right and right!

Okay, enough for WDW for now, here's a twofur for the Disneylanders:

"The Grand Canyon Diorama includes the longest seamless backdrop painting in the world.

Easy question: How long is it?

Hard question: Who drew it?"

:jeb:

I'm going to let someone who actually already knew the answers to have a chance to answer, but I found out it used 300 gallons of paint,cost 367 thousand dollars and 80,000 manual hours

Zazu wrote:"The Grand Canyon Diorama includes the longest seamless backdrop painting in the world.

Easy question: How long is it?

Hard question: Who drew it?"

Well, well. Looks like I finally stumped you guys.

The Grand Canyon Diorama is 306 feet long and 34 feet tall.

It was painted by Delmer J. Yoakum (1915--1996) and his crew. He was nominated for a number of Academy Awards for Set Design.

Another organization that gives out awards is the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Their designations of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks honor everything from the Drake Oil Well to the telescope at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.

"What Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark was built by Disney?"

:jeb:

Zazu wrote:"What Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark was built by Disney?"

1986 - Disneyland Monorail System

hobie16 wrote:1986 - Disneyland Monorail System

Why am I not surprised that you got this one?

Okay, onward! Here's one that's stumped every CM I ever asked:

"The phrase "A Dead Man's Chest" makes one think of Adventurland and pirates. But at the Magic Kingdom, there's an artifact made from "A Dead Man's Vest" (and it's not in Adventurland). What is it and where?"

:jeb:

I have two guesses:

One of the costumes or exhibits in the Hall of Presidents.

Or

Something to do with this:
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