Did You Know?

Disneyland's Space Mountain squeezes two intertwined tracks into a smaller building than its Florida counterpart, which is why the two rides feel so different.

A colony of feral cats lives in Disneyland year-round. They're fed, given medical care, and let loose at night to handle rodents - an arrangement said to date back to the park's early years.

The horses that pull Main Street's streetcars are mostly Belgians and Percherons, work only short shifts, and retire to a Disney-owned ranch.

Disneyland's horses, ponies and other park animals live at Circle D Ranch, a working ranch on Disney property.

The Enchanted Tiki Room was the debut of Audio-Animatronics - and the technology worked so well that Walt reportedly worried people would think the birds were real.

Disneyland has closed for a full unscheduled day only a handful of times in 70 years - including the day of President Kennedy's assassination and after the September 11 attacks.

'it's a small world' was built for that World's Fair as a UNICEF fundraiser, then shipped to Disneyland in 1966.

Club 33 in New Orleans Square was, for years, the only place inside Disneyland where alcohol was served. Walt didn't live to see it open.

The Lilly Belle is a private, ornately decorated parlor car on the Disneyland Railroad named for Walt's wife, Lillian. Riding it usually requires being invited.

The Mint Julep sold at Disneyland contains no alcohol at all - it's a sweet, minty, entirely virgin drink that confuses first-timers every day.

Pirates of the Caribbean originally used real human skeletons, because early artificial ones looked unconvincing. Disney says they were all returned to their origins - though fans still argue about one skull.