Q 01/05

Despite its stone look, Magic Kingdom's Cinderella Castle was built without any of which common building material?

A) Bricks

B) Concrete

C) Steel beams

D) Fiberglass

Answer · why

A) Bricks

Bricks are nowhere in the castle: behind the stone-like walls stand 600 tons of steel framing and a ten-inch reinforced concrete wall. Fiberglass is u...

Q 02/05

Magic Kingdom's Cinderella Castle was kept just under 200 feet tall so its spire would not need which safety feature?

A) Lightning rods

B) Emergency exit stairwells

C) Storm tie-down cables

D) Aircraft warning lights

Answer · why

D) Aircraft warning lights

Aircraft warning lights would have had to flash from the spire under FAA rules had it reached 200 feet, so the castle stops at 189. Expedition Everest...

Q 03/05

Why were the staff tunnels beneath Magic Kingdom built at ground level, leaving guests to walk a full story above them?

A) Solid limestone bedrock

B) A county digging ban

C) A high water table

D) Risk of sinkholes

Answer · why

C) A high water table

A high water table ruled out digging, so the tunnels, known as utilidors, sit on the surface with the park built on top. The climb from the gate is so...

Q 04/05

The restaurant in Magic Kingdom's castle was first named for King Stefan, the father of which Disney heroine?

A) Snow White

B) Sleeping Beauty

C) The Little Mermaid

D) Pocahontas

Answer · why

B) Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty is King Stefan's daughter, so the name came from the wrong fairy tale. Imagineers borrowed it for King Stefan's Banquet Hall because n...

Q 05/05

The steam locomotives that circle Magic Kingdom were salvaged from a railroad boneyard in which country?

A) Mexico

B) Cuba

C) Canada

D) Brazil

Answer · why

A) Mexico

Mexico is where Disney scouts found all four engines, parked in a boneyard in Mérida, Yucatán, and bought them for $8,000 apiece. Each had been built ...