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  • Welcome to TPMvids Disney Beat where we talk about all things Disney!

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  • Over the past couple years on this channel, weve spoken heavily about theme park secrets

  • at Walt Disney World but now it's about time to dive deeper into Disneyland.

  • I mean it was the very first Disney theme park and there’s so many little details

  • that go unnoticed!

  • Now we already have a few videos dedicated solely to Disneyland secrets so if you haven’t

  • seen those yet, theyre all in the card on the right-hand side.

  • Earlier in the year we posted a video just talking about general hidden secrets at Walt

  • Disney World, and a lot of you requested that same style of video but for Disneyland.

  • So get ready to explore the original Disney theme park as we count down the Top 7 Hidden

  • Secrets at Disneyland!

  • Number 7 Main street USA is the gateway to many magical

  • lands at Disneyland but if you run right down the middle of main street USA to get to that

  • next attraction youre probably missing some little hidden details along the way.

  • Right in the center of town square sits a flagpole that soars 65 feet over the park,

  • but have you ever noticed that the base of the flagpole has this fancy design?

  • Now the man responsible for dressing Main Street with the appropriate props and fixtures

  • was Imagineer Emile Kuri.

  • On a window above the Market House, his name can be found credited as the Interior decorator.

  • Well, the base of the town square flagpole was actually acquired by Emile and had a previous

  • life on a street in Los Angeles.

  • One day after work, Mr. Kuri was driving through Los Angeles on his way home, when he saw a

  • light post on Wilshire Blvd that had been knocked down by a car.

  • He thought it could fit in with the look of Main Street so he purchased the base of the

  • light post for 5 dollars.

  • He brought it back to Disneyland, and to this day, that light post has remained the base

  • of the Town Square flagpole ever since.

  • Number 6 The King Arthur Carousel has 72 majestic white

  • horses that gallop and spin around Fantasyland.

  • All these antique wooden horses look like a uniform team but each is unique and there’s

  • one horse in particular that's especially unique.

  • Jingles, who got its name from the bells that hang off the saddle, can be found on the outside

  • ring and is the lead horse on the Carousel.

  • It just happened to be Mrs. Disney’s favorite horse.

  • In Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney offers Jingles to PL Travers and this gives you a clearer

  • idea of what the horse originally looked like.

  • For Disneyland’s 50th anniversary Julie Andrews, who played the iconic Mary Poppins

  • was the theme park ambassador for the 50th.

  • So after the celebration ended, they dedicate Jingles to Disney legend Julie Andrews on

  • April 8th 2008.

  • She was asked what her favorite colors were and Imagineers painted the horse accordingly.

  • Now that Jingles is dedicated to Julie Andrews there are some hidden tributes to her and

  • Mary Poppins on the horse.

  • First off there’s a blue Umbrella on the saddle blanket, then on the crest, you have

  • the J and A for Julie Andrews, there’s a pair of Mary Poppins boots with a bird, and

  • there’s the classic silhouette of Mary Poppins flying with her umbrella.

  • So the next time youre choosing a horse on the King Arthur Carousel, keep an eye out

  • for Jingles who holds a lot of significance in Disney history.

  • Number 5 Everyone loves a good gag, right?

  • Well in Mickey’s Toontown there’s a bunch of gags hidden right in front of your eyes,

  • you just need to explore the land really carefully.

  • Any handle you can pull, door knob you can grab, or button you can push will definitely

  • give you a little surprise.

  • Now we aren’t gonna spoil all of them but here are just two of my favorites.

  • Near the back, youll find the Powerhouse where the sign on the door saysOpening

  • this door is absolutely, positively, and unquestionably forbidden.

  • Well in true Disney fashion anything that tells you to not do something means they want

  • you to do that thing.

  • So if you go and pull the doorknob, youll be in for a little surprise.

  • This one’s especially great when you tell someone who doesn’t know what happens to

  • go and pull that doorknob.

  • It always makes for some great reactions.

  • Across from the gag factory, youll find this phone that will connect you with the

  • police department of Toon Town.

  • If you pick it up, youll get to eavesdrop on some conversations with some pretty familiar

  • voices.

  • {Police Voice} Be on the lookout for Roger Rabbit.

  • Over

  • Roger!

  • That’s right, Roger!

  • Roger!

  • {Roger Rabbit} This is Roger, did somebody call me?

  • Over!

  • {Police} Nobody called you over.

  • {Roger Rabbit} I know nobody called me over, be somebody called me Roger.

  • {Police} Roger

  • {Roger Rabbit} See I told ya so!

  • Number 4 Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden

  • Eye has probably one of the best queues at Disneyland.

  • So much detail and theming has gone into the entire queue experience that stretches about

  • half a mile until you reach the loading area; its a pretty far walk.

  • It was anticipated that this ride would be extremely popular so Imagineers actually built

  • many interactive elements into the queue to keep you entertained while you wait.

  • One of them can be found in the room with the excavation site.

  • Youll find a sign that readsCaution, do not pull rope,” but remember this is

  • Disney and they want you to pull the rope.

  • Youll hear a little surprise

  • {Voice} Careful.

  • Were excavating an artifact down here.

  • You may have also walked through the queue and noticed some hieroglyphics written on

  • the walls.

  • Well, Imagineers actually made up their own hieroglyphic language called maraglyphics.

  • You never wanna stare into the eyes of Mara, but if you stare at the messages on the wall

  • they do provide a back story for the attractionwell that’s if you can figure out what they mean.

  • When Indiana Jones Adventure first opened, they actually used to hand out these decoder

  • cards which would allow you to decode the messages engraved on the walls.

  • Apparently, Disney officially discontinued these cards in the late 90s only a few years

  • after the ride opened, but sometimes if you ask the right Cast Member, they will still

  • have a card they can give you.

  • If you encounter a cast member who doesn’t have a card, you can always just screenshot

  • this image here and use it next time you walk through the queue.

  • Youll be able to decode a message like this on the wall.

  • Youll find out it reads, “Mara Shall Guide You Through the Doorway of Your Most

  • Secret Desire in the Chamber of Destiny.”

  • When you know which symbols are which letters, youll realize that many of them look like

  • their corresponding letter.

  • Decoding these hidden messages along the queue are a fun little way to pass time while you

  • wait in line on Indiana Jones Adventure.

  • Number 3 Next, well head back to Main Street USA.

  • Telling the stories of beloved Disney movies through the display windows of the Emporium

  • have always been a Disneyland tradition, but for the Diamond celebration in 2015, they

  • debuted the enchanted window displays which added some hidden magic to Main Street.

  • Now when you walk by, you might see one specific scene like Aladdin reaching for the magic

  • lamp.

  • It may just look like that’s all this window is but if you stick around and watch the entire

  • segment, the scene transforms by introducing the Genie then places the action into the

  • cave of wonders with all the gold and jewels.

  • These windows displays are quite magical and there’s 6 different films represented- theres

  • Frozen, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Princess and the Frog, Cinderella and Toy Story.

  • Each of them transforms and contains many little-hidden details to spot; you can easily

  • spend a half an hour watching them all.

  • One of the most magical windows is Cinderella where you see the Fairy Godmother turning

  • Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful ball gown.

  • Now the vast majority of people probably wouldn’t think to stop and look at what would usually

  • be generic gift shop windows but these are truly hidden gems.

  • Next time you find yourself on Main Street USA, make sure to take some extra time to

  • absorb all the Disney magic hidden right outside the Emporium.

  • Number 2 Around Sleeping Beauty castle you can find

  • Snow White’s grotto tucked away in this quiet little path off the hub.

  • Its a really relaxing spot to visit while youre at Disneyland and it just happens

  • to be full of many hidden details.

  • Snow White’s Grotto was added in 1961 but have you ever noticed an issue with the scale

  • of these figures?

  • Well here’s a little secret- the Snow White figure is the same height as the other 7 Dwarfs;

  • that's right!

  • These marbles figures from Italy were a gift to Walt Disney and he wanted to use them in

  • the theme park.

  • He gave Imagineer John Hench the task of figuring out how to make these figures work in a display.

  • By creating a multi-level scene, playing with distance and height, Hench placed Snow White

  • on the top of the hill with the other figures below her.

  • This allows forced perspective to trick your mind into thinking she’s smaller than the

  • dwarfs because she’s higher up, but really theyre all the exact same height.

  • Now as youre walking through Snow White’s Grotto, you may have been lucky enough to

  • see and hear this area come to life.

  • Numerous fountains begin spraying water, youll hear the sounds of birds chirping and hear

  • the song I’m Wishing from Snow White plays.

  • In the movie, Snow White sings the song into the wishing well which echoes back at her.

  • During this little fountain surprise at Disneyland, if you listen closely into the wishing well

  • directly across from the grotto, youll also hear Snow White’s Echo during the song.

  • {Snow White} To find me.

  • To find me.

  • Today.

  • Today.

  • Today.

  • Number 1 On February 24th, 2017 the Village Haus restaurant

  • in Fantasyland was transformed into the Red Rose Taverne.

  • The quick-service restaurant used to be themed to Pinocchio but is now themed to Beauty and

  • the Beast.

  • When you think of Beauty and the Beast the 1991 animated film probably comes to mind.

  • With this specific re-theme, it was actually done to coincide with the release of the 2017